Herein we present the case of a healthy 29-year-old primigravida who had spontaneous term vaginal delivery complicated by postpartum development pneumomediastinum with mild pneumothorax, after pushing in an inverted hands-and-knees position for 3 hours. She was managed conservatively and experienced complete resolution symptoms without intervention.

OBJECTIVE To study the relation between a mental task (silent backward counting) and posture in patients with vestibular deficits and to study the role of attention. STUDY DESIGN In Experiment 1, postural sway and performance on the mental task were measured in a 2 x 2 dual-task design (with or without mental task and calf stimulation). In Experiment 2 a similar design was used, the only diff...

Background and Aim: Due to the increasing number of radiographic tests, TLD dosimeters can be used to measure the effective dose of critical organs in various radiographic tests. In this research, the progression of analogue to digital radiology devices, which facilitates and accelerates the performance of radiographs, especially emergency patients, was investigated, and then the effective dose...

background and aims. the aim of this study was to evaluate x-ray protection methods in dental offices in tabriz. materials and methods. in this study 142 dental offices were evaluated. a questionnaire-based method was used. the data was analyzed by descriptive methods. results. the least commonly used methods were leaded walls (4.9%) and film badges (16.9%) and the most commonly used methods we...

brain tumors are considered in regarded to their size, position and aggressive manner. brain tumors cause several neurologic symptoms. for instance, they increase intracranial pressure due to local damage and displacement of surrounding tissues. in this paper, two glioblastoma multiform cases with more than 15 year- survival have been reported. the first patient was a 52 year- old woman who suf...