introduction: to examine the long-term effects of normal saline and a synthetic tissue fluid (phosphate buffered saline, pbs) on mineral trioxide aggregate (mta). materials and methods: root-ends of twelve extracted human teeth were resected; root-end cavities were prepared and filled with mta. samples were randomly divided into two groups of six each. teeth in group i were placed in normal sal...

conclusions: the study findings revealed that peritoneal lavage with imipenem solution (1 mg/ml) decreases the rate of post-operative ssis in patients with perforated appendicitis in comparison to patients irrigated with normal saline alone. these patients also had shorter hospital stay, and lower hospital costs. results: imipenem solution irrigation was associated with significant clinical imp...

cialist in the medical critical care/pulmonary unit at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware. history of smoking along with chronic respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and bronchiectasis. Other patient-related factors that may contribute include smoking, immobility, sedation, muscle weakness, and dehydration. A mucous plug occ...

distilled water it becomes cloudy owing to partial precipitation of the serum globulin. Under certain circumstances, a copious precipitate forms instead of a mere cloudiness. This precipitate is due to a globulin-like substance as is evident from the following facts:? (1) It is soluble in normal saline, in dilute acids, and in dilute soda bicarb, solution. It is also soluble in sodium hydrate s...

Fixation is the cornerstone of histopathology.In order to preserve morphology tissue for further details its essential that all components are preserved in a life like state. Formalin universal fixative but on account carcinogenic potential needs be replaced by alternate fixatives which easily available.This study aims assess and compare efficacy alternative local anesthetic solution, normal sa...

BACKGROUND Normal saline is sometimes instilled into the endotracheal tube preparatory to airway suctioning, to assist in removing thick secretions. However, saline can damage the antimicrobial properties of airway secretions. We previously described a low-sodium physiologically based solution for airway care and reported a small (n = 60) randomized trial in neonates, which showed trends toward...

inhibition of prostaglandin (pgs) production leads to decrease in orthodontic tooth movement (otm). it is not known whether inhibition of cyclooxygenase-1 (cox-1) or cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) is the key mechanism for this effect. in this study, the effect of celecoxib, a highly-selective cox-2 inhibitor, was investigated on otm in rats.four groups of male rats (seven animals in each goup) were u...

The induction of a frequent fusion in dissociated fish embryonic cells is reported. Fusion was induced during mechanical isolation of blastomeres in normal saline solution or Ca2+-free saline solution by quickly bringing about physical contact between cells within about 1-5 min of dissociation. Fused blastomeres were obtained in about 18% yield from early morula cells in about 68% yield from ea...