Publications by authors named "Sanaz Rouhbakhsh Halvaei"

Article Synopsis
  • The study aims to assess the incidence and burden of acute lower respiratory tract diseases (aLRTD) in adults visiting primary care, focusing on cases potentially caused by RSV, SARS-CoV-2, and pneumococcus.
  • It involves a cohort of adults registered at six GP practices in Bristol, UK, where researchers will collect data from real-time medical records and patient interactions for detailed analysis.
  • Results will help understand clinical incidence rates, symptom severity, healthcare costs, quality of life impacts, and vaccine prevention opportunities related to aLRTD.
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Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a common problem in the health-care system. It imposes risks to both patients and medical staff and could be the subject of ethical deliberation. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2017 on 400 patients who were discharged against medical advice from the emergency ward of Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran.

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Background: The medical profession has always been an inspiration for human societies throughout its diverse history. This position and historical authority in the field of ethics has had a different and higher status, in such a way that many of the norms of general ethics and professional ethics, especially principles, such as trust, confidentiality and respect for human dignity, have been developed by medical professionals. Developing guidelines of general and professional ethics is one of the inherent duties of the Medical Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIMC) as a professional organization.

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