the initial experience concerning the use of magnetic resonance imaging in 94 patients who had sustained chronic cord injury showed its specific advantages over traditional imaging modalities. a variety of 84 cord abnormalities were identified including myelomalacia in 47%, cord cysts in 37%, focal atrophy in 11 % and cord transection in 5%. canal stenosis was seen in twenty-five patients, elev...

Background B-lines and pleural line (PL) changes represent lung ultrasound (LUS) findings for detection of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial disease (SSc-ILD). The ≥10 cut-off was found to be closely related moderate ILD on high-resolution chest tomography (CT). Recently proposed Fairchild’s criteria PL evaluation resulted in high accuracy reproducibility a low spending time. Semi-quan...

One of the most important factors responsible for axonal degeneration following spinal cord trauma is ischemia produced by cord compression. Previous studies have revealed that omental transposition upon the injured site of the spinal cord could be beneficial in the induction of partial improvement of neuroelectrical and motor function in laboratory animals. The purpose of this study is to...

objective: to compare the maternal and umbilical cord serum selenium concentrations in low and normal birth weight neonates. materials and methods: a case-control study was carried out in vali-asr and akbarabadi hospitals (jan. to dec. 2013). two groups; case group; 91 mothers who delivered a low birth weight (lbw) neonate and control group; 86 subjects who delivered a normal birth weight neona...

background and aims: one of the most common injuries around the world is the traumatic injury of the spine and spinal cord with unknown worldwide situation of traumatic spinal cord injury (tsci) affecting on the effectiveness of preventive policy programs. in addition, because of possibility of making paralysis, the potential injury to the spine could be one of the most important traumas and a ...

polymeric yarns for reinforcing cement composites have got great interest in all over the world. in this research the performance of bonding between nylon tire cord grad yarns, and one kind of cement composite called fine grained concrete was studied. two kinds of nylon cord yarns, nylon 6 and 66, with different finesse were selected. the durability of yarns with time in alkaline media was inve...

introduction: worldwide, every year, many people undergo spinal cord injury which is of the worst health problems and is followed by several secondary complications. today, more than half of the world population is in danger of natural disasters such as earthquake, which is one of the causes of spinal cord injuries outbreak. earthquake in bam also caused many spinal cord injured people for whom...

Introduction: The use of cord stem cells, as a cell source for bone marrow reconstruction in patient under hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is enhancing. The amount of CD34+cells collected from cord blood compared to peripheral blood and bone marrow are less, but their collectionprocesure is easier. Delay in freezing has negative effect on cells surveillance and reduce their ability in ...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the topical effect of breast milk, chlorhexidine, and dry cord care on the umbilical cord bacterial colonization in premature infants hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit. Methodology: This randomized controlled double-blinded trial was performed on premature infants admitted to the NICU of Valiasr Hospital, Birjand in 2016.  The...