due to the importance of clinically significant macular edema in diabetic patients, this study is aimed to determine if laser photocoagulation is effective in the treatment of clinically significant diabetic macular edema. in addition, the effects of risk factors arc surveyed* this is an existing data study considering patients with clinically significant diabetic macular edema, treated with ar...

abstract background: premature infants are subjected to many painful procedures during care and treatment. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of music therapy on physiological and behavioral pain responses of premature infants during and after blood sampling. materials and methods: this study was a cross-over clinical trial conducted on 20 infants in a hospital affiliated to tehran ...

objective: crocin, as an active constituent of saffron, has many biological functions including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of crocin and chlorpheniramine on local edema induced by histamine. materials and methods: local edema was induced by subcutaneous injection of histamine (100 μl, 0.1%) in ventral surface of right hin...

objective(s): preclinical studies show that iron plays a key role in mediating neuronal injury. this study was performedin order to identify the relationship between the serum level of ferritin and severity of the brain injury which occur after an intracerebral hemorrhage (ich). materials and methods:this was a cross sectional descriptive – analytic study, which was conducted on those patients ...

a 34 day-old girl infant was admitted for poor feeding and cholestasis. she had a bulging fontanelle, with no evidence of intracranial infection or hemorrhage. investigations demonstrated that she had galactosemia. computed tomographic scans demonstrated the presence of diffuse cerebral edema. after treatment the edema resolved.

BACKGROUND Pathologic breast conditions are rare in childhood and adolescence. The spectrum of breast disease in the pediatric age group is different from that in adults, and most lesions are benign. OBJECTIVES To describe the causes and characteristics of breast asymmetry in adolescents with normal endocrine profiles and sexual development. METHODS The files of patients with a diagnosis of...

BACKGROUND Women with severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia are at risk of developing chronic hypertension in future. Chronic hypertension may manifest initially as persistent hypertension at the end of the puerperium. The objective was to determine the incidence and maternal biochemical, hematological and socio-demographic risk factors for persistent hypertension in patients with pre-eclampsia/eclamp...

PURPOSE To investigate the immediate effect of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab on intraocular pressure (IOP). METHODS This was a prospective and nonrandomized study. A total of 291 eyes with macular edema or active choroidal neovascularization were submitted to a single 1.25 mg (0.05 mL) bevacizumab intravitreal injection. Intraocular pressure was measured with an Icare(®) tonometer imm...