OBJECTIVE To assess the repeatability and validity of the IUATLD respiratory symptoms questionnaire in relation to exercise-induced bronchoconstriction or bronchodilator responses in a community in southern Ethiopia. DESIGN A case-control study. SETTING Rural and small town setting in southern Ethiopia, April to May 2006. SUBJECTS Two hundred and forty seven adults and children who previo...

Low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress underlie chronic osteoarthritis. Although best-practice guidelines for osteoarthritis emphasize self-management including weight control and exercise, the role of lifestyle behavior change to address chronic low-grade inflammation has not been a focus of first-line management. This paper synthesizes the literature that supports the idea in which the W...

Alarm fatigue, a condition in which clinical staff become desensitized to alarms due to the high frequency of unnecessary alarms, is a major patient safety concern. Alarm fatigue is particularly prevalent in the pediatric setting, due to the high level of variation in vital signs with patient age. Existing studies have shown that the current default pediatric vital sign alarm thresholds are ina...

background brucellosis as a zoonotic infectious disease is endemic in iran and due to the variation in clinical and laboratory findings, its diagnosis is often delayed. objectives the aim of this study was to determine clinical and laboratory aspects of the disease in khuzestan. patients and methods medical records of 81 admitted patients with a diagnosis of brucellosis were reviewed. the study...

this is a semi-experimental survey which has been performed in order to identify the effect of fentanyle   administration through mouth mucus, on the vital signs and the time of the induction of anesthesia of patients who,   undergoing of elective surgery, are given general anesthesia in one of the hospitals affiliated to iran medic al   sciences university.   in this survey • 80 patients, in t...

conclusions the study showed that preparation package was effective in decreasing sbp and dbp, as well as heart rate. therefore, using multimodal comprehensive preparation packages, such as the package used in the present report, is suggested. results from the total number of 66 patients, the 63.3% were male and married. no significant differences were observed between the mean of sbp and dbp a...

abstract [1]   background and objective: the recent studies showed that the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and neurological soft signs in aggressive persons and murderers are more than general populations. the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of prisoners’ neurological soft signs (nss) and its association with crime subgroups in rudsar prison. methods: in a cross sectional ...

Dentists must take extreme care in treating patients with Hereditary Angioedema (HAE). Physical trauma, emotional stress, or anxiety during dental treatment could lead to an acute attack that may lead to a laryngeal obstruction. This article reviews clinical signs and symptoms, disease classification, pathophysiology, and treatment recommendations for HAE. Management of 2 patients with HAE is a...

The foundation of homeopathic medicine is the 'Similia Principle', also known as the 'Principle of Similarity' or also as the 'Simile', which reflects the inversion of pharmacological effects in healthy subjects as compared with sick ones. This article describes the inversion of effects, a widespread medical phenomenon, through three possible mechanisms: non-linearity of dose-response relations...