results it was found that the positive hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), the high baseline hbv dna level, the positive hepatitis b virus e antigen (hbeag), and an absent or low hepatitis b surface antibody (hbsab) titer prior to starting treatment are the most important viral risk factors. furthermore, rituximab, anthracycline, and different types of tnf-α inhibitors were identified as the h...

The American Heart Association (AHA) has provided new guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis in dentistry. In this paper, written for dentists, major changes in the updated recommendations which dentists should be aware have been discussed. These recommendations address the impact of oral hygiene and type of dental procedures on high-risk patients, risk of adverse reactions of antibi...

we determined the knowledge of parents of 200 pediatric patients for bacterial endocarditis prophylaxis (bep ), using an eight question survey pertaining to their knowledge of their child's cardiac disease, medications, and bep. the patient's cardiac lesion and current medications were verified at the time of admission for diagnostic or interventional cardiac catheterization. each pat...

background: migraine headaches are the most common acute and recurrent headaches. current treatment of a migraine headache consists of multiple medications for control and prevention of recurrent attacks. global emergence of alternative medicine led us to examine the efficacy of cupping therapy plus serkangabin syrup in the treatment of migraine headaches. materials and methods: this study was ...

materials and methods this cross-sectional descriptive analytical study was carried out in hamadan in 2011. ninety gdps participated in this study and filled out a questionnaire. one-way anova andchi-squared test were used for statistical analysis of data. results the knowledge levels of gdps about cardiac diseases, dental procedures requiring prophylaxis and endocarditis prophylaxis regimens w...

introduction: infectious endocarditis might occur by oral microbial flora subsequent to dental procedures leading to bleeding in the oral cavity. therefore, the dental practitioner should be able to prescribe appropriate antibiotics in the prophylactic measures against bacterial endocarditis during dental procedures. the aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of general dental practiti...

results overall, 93.4% of the subjects received pep in less than 48 hours after exposure. of the 397 subjects, 86.0% were male, 61.7% aged 0 - 30 years, and 64.7% lived in rural areas. the subjects were mainly bitten by domestic dogs (79.8%), most of the subjects (91.9%) were involved with superficial wounds, and the most common sites of the animal bite were legs (48.1%) and hands (40.6%). the ...

 Backgrounds: There are controversies among surgeons about prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The aim of this study was the assessment of patients’ condition after laparoscopic cholecystectomy without any prophylactic measure. Methods: 100 cases of laparoscopic cholecystectomy without DVT prophylaxis were followed by duplex scanning in the first postopera...

Objectives. Prophylaxis regimens for severe hemophilia A allowing more flexible dosing while maintaining efficacy may improve adherence and decrease the cost of prophylaxis. Here, we compared the clinical effectiveness of once- or twice-weekly versus ≥3-times-weekly prophylaxis with sucrose-formulated recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII-FS) in a "real-world" practice setting. Methods. Data from 3 p...