Comparison of pre-hospital triage training by role playing and lecture on nursing students' knowledge, attitude and performance.

Aim: The objective of this study was to determine and compare the effectiveness of two methods of role playing and lecture on knowledge, attitude and performance of nursing' students in the context of pre-hospital triage.

Design: This was a pre-test-posttest quasi-experimental study.

Methods: A total of 66 nursing students (third year) were assigned to two groups, the control group ( = 23) and intervention group ( = 23).

Muscle-specific kinase antibody associated myasthenia gravis after bone marrow transplantation.

Myasthenia gravis is a rare complication of bone marrow transplantation and graft versus host disease. We report a 30-year-old woman presented with oculobulbar and proximal limb weakness after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Also, she developed graft versus host disease following bone marrow transplantation.

The effect of low-dose combined oral contraceptive pills on brachial artery endothelial function and common carotid artery intima-media thickness.

Background: Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are considered for their thrombogenicity and the risk of premature atherosclerosis and the stroke caused by them. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between chronic use of low-dose COCs (ethinyl estradiol 30 mcg + levonorgestrel 150 mcg) and endothelial dysfunction and intima-media thickness.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, in 2011-2012, 60 healthy premenopausal women (30 cases of COC consumers and 30 controls as nonconsumers), aged between 25 and 45 years, participated in this study.