introduction the increase in the use of breast feeding and the decrease in mothers' hospitalization in the past few years have caused  an increase in the infant bilirubin level, so it is necessary to introduce methods which can identify infants with higher risks of hyperbiliru binemia. the aim of this study is to determine the predictive value of measuring the umbilical cord bilirubin for ...

conclusions changes in neonatal leptin levels can reflect changes in the body fat tissue and neonatal birth weight and could be effective in predicting weight gain in newborns with mothers who have gestational diabetes and may reduce birth trauma or future complications. results serum leptin levels in the cord blood of mothers with gdm were significantly higher than in normal mothers. there was...

stem cell based treatments are being increasingly explored for their possible potential to treat various cancers. mesenchymal stem cells believed to possess anti-tumor potential and are preferred for their properties like immune privileged nature, ability to migrate to the site of tumor and capability for multilineage differentiation. this tumor tropism property of mscs could be utilized to del...

hernial sac or subcutaneous tissue would consistently demonstrate signs of colic, this does not occur in most cases of strangulating umbilical hernias. Horses with intestinal incarceration within an umbilical hernia can have several different clinical presentations. The most common is a reducible umbilical hernia in a young horse (i.e., usually 6 to 12 months of age) that develops acute abdomin...

The common condition of infantile umbilical hernia may cause considerable concern among mothers, and there still seems to be some diversity of opinion concerning appropriate treatment. It is probable that the condition is present in one baby in six. In this paper I have considered 283 infants with umbilical hernia. The time of the first appearance of the hernia has been noted and particular att...

Umbilical hernias are present in up to 20% of patients with long-standing cirrhosis and 40% of those with ascites. There are some case reports of incarcerated umbilical and diaphragmatic hernias following colonoscopy. To our knowledge, this is only the second case of umbilical hernia strangulation following esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in the literature [1]. A 46-year-old white man with a h...

purpose : our aim was to isolate mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) from mouse umbilical cord and culture them with vitreous body to investigate their capacity to differentiate into lens fiber cells, crystallins are expressed. methods : wharton's jelly is the appropriate source of mscs. after isolation, the cells were cultured and alkaline phosphatase detection kit was used for staining undiffe...

Cord blood hematopoietic stem cells are widely used as an alternative source for hematopoietic stem cells transplant. Increasing rate of patients who need hematopoietic stem cells transplant and many advantages of cord blood in comparison to bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells, have promoted banking of cord blood units. Cord blood banking requires accurate steps in donor selection, cord blood ...

INTRODUCTION The incidence of hernias is increased in patients with alcoholic liver disease with ascites. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an acute rise in intra-abdominal pressure from straining for stool as the cause of a ruptured umbilical hernia. CASE PRESENTATION An 81-year-old Caucasian man with a history of alcoholic liver disease presented to our emergency dep...