Background Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) is a technique of palliative surgical therapy used by congenital heart surgeons as a staged approach to operative correction of congenital heart defects. Materials and Methods We report 5- year experiences from January 2011 to January 2016 of Imam Reza Hospital center (a tertiary referral hospital in Mashhad city, North East of Iran) that consist of 50 ...

The prognosis of patients with metastatic adrenal cortical carcinoma is poor, and their disabling symptoms are usually unresponsive to conventional therapy. A patient with Cushing's syndrome secondary to a secretory adrenal cortical carcinoma was treated with octreotide, endocrine therapy and chemotherapy having failed. Treatment led to a dramatic relief of her symptoms with a fall in corticost...

Although palliative sedation therapy is often required in terminally ill cancer patients, its efficacy and safety are not sufficiently understood. The primary aims of this multicenter observational study were to 1) explore the efficacy and safety of palliative sedation therapy, and 2) identify the factors contributing to inadequate symptom relief and complications, using a prospective study des...

The demarcation between research and medical practice appears partly blurred as they often coexist together while still having significant differences them. prospective complete merger seems to have a bright future that could benefit humankind. goal of is provide the diagnosis, palliative or curative therapy, preventative therapy term "research" recognized pursuit investigate hypothesis pull co...

cardiovascular disease has become the main factor of death and birth defects in the world. there are some therapeutic structures and drugs for curative and palliative therapy of the disease, but to the aim of accessing reliable therapy or to postpone onset of disease, especially for individuals with heritable coronary artery disease in their pedigree genetic engineering technologies are making ...

background: gestational or pregnancy-associated breast cancer is defined as breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy, within the first postpartum year, or during lactation. breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in nonpregnant and pregnant women. case presentation: a 29-year-old pregnant woman presented at eight weeks gestational age with a palpable breast nodule. on breast ultrasound ...

BACKGROUND Surgeries performed for metastatic spinal tumor are mostly palliative and are controversial for patients with short life expectancy. We investigated whether palliative posterior spinal stabilization surgery with postoperative multidisciplinary therapy results in improvement of life prognosis and activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with metastatic spinal tumor. METHODS The ...

Klatskin tumor is a perihilar cholangiocarcinoma of the lobar and common hepatic ducts (liver port cancer) which localized proximally to confluence cystic (before segmental second order). Currently, photodynamic therapy (PDT) recommended for complex management patients with inoperable extrahepatic because discussed PDT technique significantly increases life expectancy in comparison isolated pal...

OBJECTIVE To identify patient factors that influence the amount, frequency and intensity of physical and occupational therapy received by patients each weekday within 14 days of stroke. DESIGN Exploration of data from studies conducted to monitor activity and therapy. PARTICIPANTS Stroke patients receiving active treatment (not for palliative care). Physiotherapists and occupational therapi...