conclusions intravenous paracetamol appears to provide better analgesia than intravenous morphine in acute limb trauma. further larger studies are required. objectives this study was conducted to compare intravenous paracetamol and intravenous morphine sulfate for acute pain reduction in patients with limb trauma. patients and methods in a randomized double-blinded clinical trial, all patients ...

BACKGROUND Rapid growth of the embryonic heart occurs by addition of progenitor cells of the second heart field to the poles of the elongating heart tube. Failure or perturbation of this process leads to congenital heart defects. In order to provide further insight into second heart field development we characterized the insertion site of a transgene expressed in the second heart field and outf...

Background: Congenital limb defects (CLDs) are the leading cause of disability across the world.CLDsvary depending on the anatomical location, type, and cause of anomaly. The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and patterns of CLDs in the North of Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytical, hospital-based study was conducted in three hospitals in Gorgan, the capital of Golestan Prov...

background and aims. a combination of guided tissue regeneration (gtr), bovine porous bone mineral (bpbm), and platelet rich plasma has been already applied for the regeneration of intrabony defects. the aim of this study was to determine the role of plasma rich in growth factor (prgf) alone in the periodontal regeneration of intrabony defects in humans as compared with bpbm/gtr technique. mate...

objective: to evaluate the predictive value of some biochemical markers in the outcome of extremity vascular trauma. methods: this study comprised 30 patients with traumatic arterial injury and acute limb ischemia referred to namazi hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical ssciences, over a period of 8 months, from sep 2009 to jul 2010. venous blood samples were drawn from distal i...