introduction: treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis (fap) is centered on early recognition and curative surgery with either restorative proctocolectomy with ileal-pouch-anal-anastomosis (ipaa) or colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis (ira). in this study we describe the presentation, treatment, and complications of 27 fap patients. method: all patients diagnosed with fap at our center fro...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: increased pro-inflammatory factors, metabolic profile and biomarkers of oxidative stress during pregnancy have been associated with development of several complications. to our knowledge, no reports are available indicating the effects of vitamin d supplementation on serum hs-crp, metabolic profile and bio markers of oxidative stress amo...

blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by multiple recurrent vascular malformations of skin and gastrointestinal tract . the affected patients may present with diverse manifestations including iron deficiency anemia. we report this syndrome in a 22-year-old man that was referred to our hospital for iron deficiency anemia with unknown cause and vascular malforma...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa inadvertantly or purposely, an oral intake of corrosive substances may cause life-threatening problems. early admission to the hospital, clinical and endoscopic evaluation, and early surgery when required, may reduce morbidity and mortality. we report the case of a 49-year-old male patient, who had attempted suicide, by drinking about 800 ml of 25% ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : it has been shown that bispectral index (bis) may reduce during spinal anesthesia. the aim of this study was comparing bis scores during spinal anesthesia using hyperbaric bupivacaine alone or with intrathecal or intravenous fentanyl for cesarean section. methods : in this double-blind randomized controlled cl...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa objective: to compare the effect of betamethasonemethasone (betamethasone) and dexamethasonemethasone (dexamethasone) on maternal white blood cell (wbc) and differential count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr), apgar score, maternal and fetal plasma glucose and length of admission to delivery , gestational age at delivery in women at risk of pre...