There is continual re-evaluation of immunosuppressive protocols as clinical experience increases in cardiac allotransplantation. Loyola University Medical Center has performed 44 heart transplants over a span of 18 months. The initial protocol was a distillate of several established regimens (Stanford, Pittsburgh, and Papworth). Since its inception, cyclosporine loading dosage has been reduced ...

Medicine is a learned profession, but clinical practice is above all a matter of performance, in the best and deepest sense of the word. Because music is, at its core, a pure distillate of real-time performance, musicians are in an excellent position to teach us about better ways to become and remain expert performers in health care and ways for our teachers and mentors to help us do that. Ten ...

Crude vegetable oils contain triacylglycerols as major component and various minor components such as diacylglycerols, monoacylglycerols, free fatty acids, phospholipids, tocopherols, sterols, squalene, color pigments, waxes, aldehydes, ketones, triterpene alcohols and metals that may affect the quality of the final product. The minor components are removed partially or entirely by either physi...

ethanol extracts of donkey thistle (Onopordum acanthium L.) was conducted. The were added to the pure distillate from grapes Melnik-55 grapevine variety in amounts 20, 50, 80, 100, 200, 400 and 600 ml. remaining amount liter a distillate. A (without extracts) used as control. addition 50% extract Onopordum L. increased total volatile composition variants 1000:20 1000:50, comparison control samp...

Abstract Considering that vaginal delivery is a painful process, the present study investigated the effects of Citrus aurantium on the severity of first-stage labor pain in primiparous women. This study was a randomized clinical trial conducted with 126 eligible primiparous patients. The pain severity of patients was measured at the time of enrolling in the study. In the intervention group, (ar...

Abstract Considering that vaginal delivery is a painful process, the present study investigated the effects of Citrus aurantium on the severity of first-stage labor pain in primiparous women. This study was a randomized clinical trial conducted with 126 eligible primiparous patients. The pain severity of patients was measured at the time of enrolling in the study. In the intervention group, (ar...

Introduction: Aloe Vera compounds have inhibitory activity on fungi, bacteria, and viruses. This study examines the antibacterial activity of A. Vera purified extracts including gel, boiled skin, boiled gel, and distilled extract against pathogenic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), Klebsiella pneumonia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were elucidated. Method: Th...