INTRODUCTION Intra-abdominal hypertension is becoming increasingly recognised in intensive care patients. The objective of this paper was to review the modern published literature to establish a representative consensus view of the incidence, causes, pathophysiology, management and outcome of intra-abdominal hypertension. METHODS A computerised MEDLINE search from 1966 to November 2000 was co...

background: research into the role of neuroimaging in primary headaches such as tension type headache (tth) is ongoing. in the present study, we aim to evaluate the ability of neuroimaging to detect potential abnormalities in patients with new onset tth and normal neurological exam. materials and methods: in a prospective study, 294 cases of new onset tth with normal neurological exam, that had...

background: subglottic stenosis is defined as inflammatory narrowing of the airway. it can be related to trauma, intubation, autoimmune disorders, vascular malformations, infection and congenital abnormalities. pot-wine stain (pws) is a small dermis venous malformation which is present at birth. pws is found on face and neck, but can occur in throat and can cause subglottic stenosis. case repor...

myocardial infarction (mi) is one of the most important health burdens worldwide. aspirin as an non- steroid anti—inflammatory drug, has been proven to be a protective factor to decrease the incidence, however its effect of mi size is still unknown. we designed this study to compare the biomarkers after mi in patients with and without aspirin intake. 378 patients were enrolled and the results s...

Background: Hallux valgus (HV) is a deformity that affects the quality of life and function in negative manner causing disturbed balance walking even alters foot kinematics. Conservative treatments are choice for mild to moderate HV, but question about best method has not been responded yet. In current study, it aimed assess compare efficacy kinesiotaping (KT) versus phonophoresis (PH) treatmen...

background: mullerian adenosarcoma, a rare tumor, is composed of mixed mesenchymal and epithelial elements. the epithelial component is typically benign and admixed with malignant sarcomatous stroma. this tumor can be distinguished in approximately 8% of all uterus sarcomas and commonly originates in the endometrium as a growing polypoid mass in the uterine cavity. all age groups are affected b...

The correlation function of the intensity fluctuations of a single mode laser in the threshold region has been measured with a 1'ast digital correlator. The various exponential components have been separated for the first time, by exploiting the nonlinear characteristics of the correlator. The results are in quantitative agreement with the theoretical predictions. It is well known that the elec...

background: studies demonstrated controversial results on subclinical hypothyroidism (sch) regarding lipid profile alteration with or without levothyroxine treatment. the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of levothyroxine on serum lipids in sch. materials and methods: one hundred patients with sch referred to taleghani hospital in kermanshah were recruited and randomly assigne...

background: the aberrant expression of dickkopf-1 (dkk1), triose phosphate isomerase (tpi) and fatty acid binding-protein 5 (fabp5) in lung cancer tissues and their presence in secretome of lung cancer cell lines were reported. here, serum levels of these molecules in lung cancer patients were compared to those in a healthy control group. materials and methods: the patients’ group consisted of ...

background: various methods are used to improve the quality and usefulness of basic sciences taught to medical students before beginning of the clinical course and practice in higher grades. one method which is evaluated in the present study is early clinical experience. methods and materials: in this descriptive study, all medical freshmen were participated in a half day workshop for familiari...