fractures of the os sacrum can be the cause of severe pain and immobility. a common cause of insufficiency fractures is osteoporosis. in elderly and multimorbid patients, the complications of conservative therapy can sometimes be severe. in the meantime, good outcomes with regard to pain reduction and improved mobility are achieved with ct-assisted balloon sacroplasty. we report on the successf...

objective: to evaluate whether systemic inflammatory markers (neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (nlr), platelet to lymphocyte ratio (plr) and red blood cell distribution width (rdw) to platelet ratio (rpr)) can be used as reliable markers for the diagnosis of premature ovarian insufficiency (poi) and to determine if there is a relationship between these markers and follicle stimulating hormone (fs...

background: vitamin d has a potential to modulate inflammatory response against noxious particles in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd). the present study was conducted to determine the status of serum vitamin d in copd versus healthy group. methods: the patients presented to the outpatient pulmonary clinic of ayatollah rouhani hospital, babol iran. diagnosis of copd was...

conclusions treatment of neonatal respiratory failure with high rate mechanical ventilation may reduce some complications. results intraventricular hemorrhage (ivh) and air leak (e.g. pneumothorax) were less in hfppv group than conventional group (p = 0.012 and p = 0.038). the mean time needed for mechanical ventilation was lower in hfppv group, but this difference was not statistically signifi...

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a thrombophilic condition leading to multiple complications. Primary APS rarely causes primary adrenal insufficiency, but it can be life-threatening. In the present report, patient presents with symptoms and signs of insufficiency subsequent hormone level tests radiological findings led diagnosis insufficiency.