Quantification of haemosiderin-laden macrophages in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) has been used to diagnose diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) but has not been assessed in patients with diffuse alveolar damage (DAD). The present study analysed BALF obtained from 21 patients with DAD diagnosed by surgical lung biopsy. The median age of 21 patients with DAD was 68 yrs (range 18-79 yrs); 14 ...

PURPOSE Currently available ophthalmic drug delivery systems are inefficient and may lead to side effects. To increase efficiency and reduce side effects, the authors propose disposable particle-laden soft contact lenses for ophthalmic drug delivery. METHODS The essential idea is to encapsulate the ophthalmic drug formulations in nanoparticles and to disperse these drug-laden particles in the...

BACKGROUND Highly competitive market in the private hospital industry has caused increasing pressure on them to provide services with higher quality. The aim of this study was to determine the different dimensions of the service quality in the private hospitals of Iran and evaluating the service quality from the patients' perspective. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted between Octo...

BACKGROUND Morphometric measurements of the corpus callosum (CC) are important to have normative values according to sex, age and race/ethnicity. OBJECTIVES This study was done to measure the size of CC and to identify its gender- and age-related differences in the North of Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS The size of CC on midsagittal section was measured in 100 (45 males, 55 females) normal sub...

Cistus creticus (Pembe laden), Cistaceae (Ladengiller) familyası içinde yer almaktadır. Bu bitki türü Akdeniz bölgesinde doğal olarak yetişmektedir. Yeşil, bodur ve çalı biçimindedir çiçeğinin rengine göre tanımlanmaktadır. Türkiye’de genellikle halk arasında C.creticus tüylü laden, pembe laden otu, pamukla pamukluk gibi adlarla anılmaktadır. toplumda peptik ülser, diyare, yüksek ateş, bazı der...