AIM To evaluate the relative ability of 4 mg dose of intraoperative dexamethasone, administered submucosally, to reduce the postoperative discomfort after third molar surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 100 patients requiring surgical removal of a single mandibular third molar were included. The experimental group (50) received dexamethasone 4 mg as submucosal injection and control grou...

OBJECTIVE Vomiting is one of the most important postoperative complications of adenotonsillectomy. This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of preoperative intravenous dexamethasone on postoperative emesis. METHODS In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 100 patients aged 5-15 years, ASA classes I and II were randomly selected to receive either 0.5 mg/kg IV dexamet...

Objective: To examine the role of the sympathetic nervous system in regulating insulin’s action on coronary perfusion in uncomplicated type 1 diabetes by blocking centrally mediated sympathetic activity with dexamethasone. Methods: Positron emission tomography and oxygen 15 labelled water were used to quantify myocardial blood flow basally and during adenosine infusion with or without simultane...

OBJECTIVE To examine the role of the sympathetic nervous system in regulating insulin's action on coronary perfusion in uncomplicated type 1 diabetes by blocking centrally mediated sympathetic activity with dexamethasone. METHODS Positron emission tomography and oxygen 15 labelled water were used to quantify myocardial blood flow basally and during adenosine infusion with or without simultane...

Abstract Background Induction of labor is one the most common procedures performed in world Obstetrics. Traditionally, induction using prostaglandin and oxytocin. However, usage corticosteroids nowadays gaining a lot interest regarding its effects on cervical ripening shortening physiological process labor. Aim work to evaluate efficacy intravenous dexamethasone versus vaginal misoprostol enhan...

background : a significant number of patients who receive palliative irradiation for painful bone metastases experience pain flare, defined as a distressing transient increase in pain not immediately controlled by additional analgesics. this pain is postulated to be due to edema at the onset of radiotherapy. this study aims to compare the incidence of bone pain flare among patients who receive ...

Leukocyte-platelet adhesion during hypoxia, tissue damage, activation of inflammation and coagulation is associated with the expression ICAM-1 membrane molecules integrins by blood cells. At same time, platelet receptors determine their to endothelium recruited lymphocytes. The role platelets in pathogenesis ischemic cardiovascular diseases also consists ability modulate both hemostasis inflamm...