background: there is accumulating evidence that a polyphenol present in olive oil, oleuropein, has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects. this study aimed at determining the anti-apoptotic effect of oleuropein (ole) on dexamethasone-induced apoptosis of mouse thymocytes. method: mice were randomly divided to four groups as follow: dexamethasone (dex)-treated group (20 mg/kg;...

Background Laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is a technique in the restrictive category of bariatric procedures that reduces the gastric volume and increases intragastric pressure. Nausea and vomiting are the most common complications after this procedure. The goal of this research is to compare the combined effect of promethazine/dexamethasone versus Metoclopramide/ dexamethasone on the pre...

idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome represents a heterogeneous group of leukoprolifrative disorders associated with prolonged eosinophilia of an undetectable cause with multi organ system dysfunction. it is a rare group disorder in children, most cases are reported in adult age group. we report a child with this syndrome who along with the usual features of the syndrome also had the presentat...

background: hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (i/ri) is a multifactorial pathophysiologic process which can lead to liver damage and dysfunction. this study examined the protective effect of dexamethasone on the gene expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (enos) and endothelin-1 (et-1) and on the liver tissue damage during warm hepatic i/r. methods: a total of 32 male wistar rats was...

the use of accelerated temperature stability studies using the arrhenius relationship is routine for estimating the stability of a drug at room temperature. therefore, the acceleration method is used to determine the expiration date of dexamethasone aqueous formulation manufactured in iran. a high-performance liquid chromatography (hplc) method utilizing ultraviolet (uv) detection for dexametha...

Hyperthyroidism is a rare complication of molar pregnancy. Perioperative management in hyperthyroidism treatment needs comprehensive approach. A 23-year-old woman with pregnancy at 11 weeks gestation was consulted for perioperative consultation an emergency dilatation and curettage by the obstetrics gynecology department. She had chief complaint intermittent light bleeding from vagina two ago. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Management of post operative pain in children undergoing hypospadiasis repair, accounts for optimized surgery outcomes and improved patients' satisfaction. Thus, various studies have widely investigated the best approaches for the pain management. In this study our aim was to determine the effect of dexamethasone in combination with penile nerve block on the postoperati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence of postsurgical sensory complications in patients with scalp masses and classify the locations of them from a surgical standpoint according to anatomical considerations. METHODS A total of 121 patients who underwent surgery for scalp mass were included in this study. The authors reviewed medical records and preoperative radiologic images. We investigated th...

OBJECTIVE To prospectively analyze the prognostic factors for neurological complications of childhood bacterial meningitis. METHODS This prospective study enrolled 77 children from 1 month until 16 years of age, treated for bacterial meningitis during the period of January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010. 16 relevant predictors were chosen to analyze their association with the incidence of ...