Background: The management of data on coronary artery disease (CAD) plays a significant role in controlling the disease and reducing the mortality of patients. The diseases registries facilitate the management of data. Objective: This study aimed to identify the attributes of hospital-based CAD registries with a focus on key registry processes. Method: In this systematic review, we searched for studies published between 2000 and 2019 in PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE and ISI Web of Knowledge. The search terms included coronary artery disease, registry and data management (MeSH terms) at November 2019. Data gathering was conducted using a data extraction form, and the content of selected studies was analysed with respect to key registry processes, including case finding, data gathering, data abstracting, data quality control, reporting and patient follow-up. Results: A total of 17,604 studies were identified in the search, 55 of which were relevant studies that addressed the 21 registries and were selected for the analysis. Results showed that the most common resources for case finding included admission and discharge documents, physician’s reports and screening results. Patient follow-up was mainly performed through direct visits or via telephone calls. The key attributes used for checking the data quality included data accuracy, completeness and definition. Conclusion: CAD registries aim to facilitate the assessment of health services provided to patients. Putting the key registry processes in place is crucial for developing and implementing the CAD registry. The data quality control, as a CAD registry process, requires developing standard tools and applying appropriate data quality attributes. Implications: The findings of the current study could lay the foundation for successful design and development of CAD registries based on the key registry processes for effective data management.

Gravity override and viscous fingering are inevitable in gas flooding for improving hydrocarbon production from petroleum reservoirs. Foam is used to regulate gas mobility and consequently improve sweep efficiency. In the enhanced oil recovery process, when the foam is introduced into the reservoir and exposed to the initial saline water saturation and pH condition, selection of the stable foam is crucial. Salinity and pH tolerance of generated foams are a unique concern in high salinity and pH variable reservoirs. NaOH and HCl are used for adjusting the pH, and NaCl and CaCl 2 are utilized to change salinity. Through analyzing these two factors along with surfactant concentration, we have instituted a screening scenario to optimize the effects of salinity, pH, surfactant type, and concentration to generate the most stable state of the generated foams. An anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate) and a nonionic (lauric alcohol ethoxylate-7) surfactants were utilized to investigate the effects of the surfactant type. The results were applied in a 40 cm synthetic porous media fully saturated with distilled water to illustrate their effects on water recovery at ambient conditions. This most stable foam along with eight different stabilities and foamabilities and air alone was injected into the sand pack. The results show that in optimum surfactant concentration, the stability of LA-7 was not highly changed with salinity alteration. Also, we probed that serious effects on foam stability are due to divalent salt and CaCl 2 . Finally, we found the most water recovery that was obtained by the three most stable foams by the formula of 1 cmc SDS + 0.5 M NaCl, 1 cmc SDS + 0.01 M CaCl 2 , and LA-7@ pH ∼ 6 from porous media flooding. Total water recovery for the most stable foam increased by an amount of 65% compared to the state of air alone. A good correlation between foam stability and foamability at higher foam stabilities was observed.

Background: A nursing management information system is a decision support system for nursing managers. The present literature review aimed to systematically examine the features of different nursing management information systems employed by nursing managers in different countries.Method: For this purpose, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched using various combinations of English words, including "management information system", "decision support system", "information system" and different equivalents of "nursing management". Research articles in English published between 2000 and 2018 were searched.Results: Eventually, 21 articles were selected and analyzed. The analysis showed that different systems were used to meet various nursing management objectives. More often than not, the purpose of using nursing management information systems was to plan and manage human resources, measure nursing workload, determine the correct nurse-topatient ratios, run shifts, and manage and control costs. Furthermore, systems referred to as nursing management information systems were based on patient classification or workload measurement systems, or systems supporting planning and budgeting through integrating nursing resource information with hospital resource measurement. There was no centralized or consistent database for obtaining information required for nursing management objectives. Conclusion:Countries employed various systems to provide diverse nursing management objectives, and the overriding goal of these systems was to plan and manage human resources.

Hypertension is a chronic condition, and a major risk factor for other chronic conditions requires management. Considering the growth and extensive use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies and their capabilities, it is essential to examine the effects of these technologies on hypertension control and self-management. The present systematic review examined the effect of using mHealth technologies in controlling blood pressure and investigated the functionalities of mHealth technology on self-management aspects of patients with hypertension. A systematic search was conducted on PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Scopus databases. Clinical trials in English investigating the use of mHealth technologies for blood pressure control published from 2005 to 2018 were included in this study. The functionalities of these technologies were also investigated. These functionalities were divided into five categories of monitoring, alarms, feedbacks, education, and communication. The most frequently used technology for hypertension control was smartphones in the 15 articles examined. Moreover, the most frequent functionalities used for self-management of hypertension were communications and reminders, education, monitoring, and feedback, respectively. In the majority of the studies, these functionalities were employed in combination with mHealth technologies, a feature that affects hypertension control and self-management. The use of mHealth technologies, such as smartphones, positively affects hypertension self-management and reduces blood pressure. Functionalities such as communication and reminders, education, monitoring, and feedback are effective in hypertension self-management programs. The simultaneous use of these functionalities combined will be more effective in hypertension self-management programs.

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