The aim of the present study was to analyse the bacteriological factors during the process of dental alveolitis, relating it to a higher incidence of bacteraemia in adult rats subjected to neonatal malnutrition. We used forty male Wistar rats, suckled by mothers fed a diet during lactation containing 17 % protein in the nourished group (N) or 8 % protein in the undernourished group (UN). After ...

Mushrooms are low calorie food with very little fat and are highly suitable for obese persons. With no starch and very low sugars, they are the 'delight of the diabetics'. Combination of herbal drugs (or isolated phytochemicals) is found to be beneficial in certain diseases when given along with conventional drugs. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of aqueous extract of P...

One of the specific complications associated with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is sleeve stenosis. It takes place mostly at the incisura angularis. We describe a 17-year-old patient with a stricture of sleeve and symptoms of severe gastrointestinal obstruction immediately after surgery. The patient underwent relaparoscopy on the 21st postoperative day, followed by two sessions of endoscopic ...

The prevalent and negative impact of knowledge hiding behaviour among employees has called the attention of both practitioners and researchers to begin investigations on its causes, and other factors that influence it on both the targets and perpetrators. Some of the possible suggested antecedents of knowledge hiding studied include trust, job characteristic, organisational culture, and workpla...

Received November 09th, 2017 Accepted November 28th, 2017

This study evaluated the association between use of misoprostol and other drugs to induce menstruation, and congenital anomalies. A sample of 4,856 pregnant women 20 years and older were enrolled consecutively in prenatal services in the Unified National Health System, in six Brazilian State capitals. Data on socio-demographics and use of medicines were obtained using an interview from the 21st...

Total ... 28 grains injected. Collapse was passing off at 4 p. M. Urine was not passed, however, till morning of 28th : had reactionary fever, for which he was treated with quinine. Recovered. 3. At Sadr Dispensary.?Sahibdin, aged 35, Mussulman. 28th April.?10 A. M., was attacked yesterday morning. Is now in intense collapse : cramps severe. 28tli April, 10 A. M. injected G grs. Chloral. 2 P. M...

BACKGROUND The most prevalent topical treatment for partial thickness burns is silver sulfadiazine 1% (SSD). Recent studies have shown that the healing of partial thickness burns is delayed with the use of SSD. One of the potential burn dressings is sucralfate. OBJECTIVES With this study the authors have aimed to analyze comparatively the effects of sucralfate and SSD on second degree burn wo...

BACKGROUND Safe and effective prescription writing, using drug formularies, and managing pharmaceutical care are skills medical students need to acquire. Spurred by the Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century (UME-21) grants, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Nebraska independently developed educational workshops to address these competencies. METHODS The Universi...