Long-term use of indwelling medical catheters has often been hindered by catheter-associated nosocomial infections. In this study the effectiveness of silver coating of polystyrene and polyethylene polymers was investigated. Polymer pieces of 2 cm2 each were coated with a thin layer of silver using electroless plating technique. Silver-coated polymers were challenged with cultures of four diffe...

Background:  We aimed to report outcomes of total hip arthroplasty (THA) in very young patients under the year of 30.   Methods:  Thirty patients (45 hips) with various indications for THA were retrospectively reviewed radiologically and clinically and analyzed regarding survival, reasons of failure, factors associated with outcomes and postoperative complications.   Results:  Within a mean fol...

introduction: to investigate 28 days survival rate following first acute myocardial infarction (ami) associated with the presence of classical risk factors and treatment modalities in gorgan, north of iran. materials and methods: our cohort including all patients hospitalized due to ami from 2010 to 2013. data were collected on demographic, prophylactic drugs and classical coronary risk factors...

long-term use of indwelling medical catheters has often been hindered by catheter-associated nosocomial infections. in this study the effectiveness of silver coating of polystyrene and polyethylene polymers was investigated. polymer pieces of 2 cm2 each were coated with a thin layer of silver using electroless plating technique. silver-coated polymers were challenged with cultures of four diffe...

background: we compared the outcomes in patients with a low ejection fraction (ef) and multivessel coronary artery disease (cad) who either underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) or received medical treatment (mt) after a viability study via dobutamine stress echocardiography (dse). methods: we considered patients with cad and left ventricular ejection fraction (lvef) <40% who were re...

Long-term use of indwelling medical catheters has often been hindered by catheter-associated nosocomial infections. In this study the effectiveness of silver coating of polystyrene and polyethylene polymers was investigated. Polymer pieces of 2 cm2 each were coated with a thin layer of silver using electroless plating technique. Silver-coated polymers were challenged with cultures of four diffe...

Ornamental fish sector is considered a large international market and parasitical diseases cause a serious damage on this trade’s profits. This study was conducted to investigate the use of garlic (Allium sativum) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) aqueous extracts on suppression of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis parasite in guppy fish (Poecilia reticulata). Two experimental groups consisted o...

Survival in the majority of high-grade astrocytoma (HGA) patients is very poor, with only a rare population of long-term survivors. A better understanding of the biological factors associated with long-term survival in HGA would aid development of more effective therapy and survival prediction. Factors associated with long-term survival have not been extensively studied using unbiased genome-wi...

conclusions there were no significant differences in the survival rates and short-term postoperative complications between the laparoscopic partial nephrectomy group and the laparoscopic radical nephrectomy group for small rcc, but the former was slightly more effective. background renal cell carcinoma (rcc) is a common malignancy of the urinary system with high rates of morbidity and mortality...