of chronic renal disease (CRD). In contrast with patients who have acute renal disease, most patients with CRD progressively and irreversibly lose renal mass and the ability to carry out critical renal functions. If untreated, patients will have life-threatening complications develop. Treatment modalities such as dialysis and renal transplantation greatly reduce the risk of such complications, ...

conclusions it should be kept in mind that the oral flora bacterium s. anginosus may cause transient bacteremia and deep-seated organ abscesses in immunodeficient patients with poor oral hygiene. such patients with intra-abdominal abscesses should be treated with antibiotics and surgery. introduction the streptococcus anginosus group of bacteria are low-virulence bacteria existing as commensals...

Objective: To assess oral health status and its relationship with stomatological complications, oral mucositis (OM) and odontogenic infections (OI), after dental work in pediatric patients with cancer. Design: Prospective cohort study and analysis of oral health conditions with a 6-month follow-up. Setting: Dental Unit, Stomatology Unit and Oncology Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre...

purpose: to evaluate the effect of oral prednisolone on visual outcome and complications of scleral buckling (sb) in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rrd). methods: in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, patients with acute rrd who underwent sb were randomly divided into two groups. oral prednisolone was administered for the treatment group and placebo for the co...

Background: Hyperprolactinemia is a disorder which is present in clinical forms of galactorrhea, infertility, menstrual disturbances, hirsutism and premenstrual syndrome. Bromocriptine is a dopamine agonist and is a drug of choice for the treatment of this disease. However, the patient's tolerance of this drug is also important because of prolonged use, which can sometimes last for years. In th...

Background: Hyperprolactinemia is a disorder which is present in clinical forms of galactorrhea, infertility, menstrual disturbances, hirsutism and premenstrual syndrome. Bromocriptine is a dopamine agonist and is a drug of choice for the treatment of this disease. However, the patient's tolerance of this drug is also important because of prolonged use, which can sometimes last for years. In th...

Dear Editor, Oral lesions may be as a manifestation of mucocutaneous or systemic disease or a side effect of treatment including laceration, erosion, vesicle, traumatic lesions (such as cheek biting, denture induced lesions), infections (candidiasis, warts,..), chemical or heat burn lesions, drug complications, radiotherapy effects and specific lesions in pemphigus vulgaris, lichen planus and a...

objective: to evaluate the maternal and neonatal complications of vaginal birth after cesarean section (vbac). materials and methods: this cross sectional study was conducted in mashhad university of medical sciences. eighty women with previous cesarean section who were candidate for vbac were enrolled the study. patients were followed up for 6 weeks after delivery. the complication of vbac was...

background transurethral resection of the prostate (turp) is the most common surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare the conventional bipolar transurethral resection of prostate (turp) with a modified transurethral resection of the prostate (m-turp) in men with mild to moderate symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. patients...