An Epidemiologic Study on Emergency Department Mortality.

Introduction: Epidemiologic evaluation generally starts with recording the raw data regarding mortality, and healthcare managers should have a national plan executed for this purpose.

Objective: The present study was planned and performed with the aim of epidemiologically evaluating mortality cases among patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) of a major hospital in Tehran, Iran in order to plan and provide proper equipment for decreasing the mortality of patients.

Method: This cross-sectional study was performed in Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital, Tehran, Iran.

Intravascular tumor: a previously unreported finding of glucagonoma.

Glucagonoma is a relatively rare pancreatic islet cell tumor. Historically, these tumors present a typical constellation of symptoms including diabetes, weight loss, anemia, necrolytic migratory erythematous rash, and propensity for thrombosis. This clinical presentation is described as the glucagonoma syndrome.