Background: Despite recent technical improvement in assisted reproductive techniques (ART), the implantation rate per embryo still remains low (15%). The aim of the study is to determine whether the failure of IVF cycle is associated with endometrial thickness on the day of HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) administration. Materials and Methods: Endometrial thickness of two hundred and seven p...

background: coasting is the most common method used in the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss) acting through vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) reduction. however, the pregnancy rate is reported to fall with coasting when it takes more than three days. recently lowdose cabergoline, a selective d2 dopamine receptor agonist has been proven to selectively reduce vascular...

BACKGROUND Drug administration error is a major problem causing substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. Lack of education about drug administration appears to be a causative factor. We devised an online teaching module for medical students and assessed its short- and long-term efficacy. METHODS One hundred and thirty clinical medical students were invited to undertake additional, onlin...

Pharmacokinetic parameters of amoxicillin were studied in healthy fasted subjects afqer both oral and intravenous administration of a single 500-mg dose. Serum levels and urinary excretion rates were determined at various time intervals by a microbiological method. The conventional two-compartment model with elimination occurring from the central compartment was used to analyze the data. Mean v...

Urinary excretion data were obtained after oral administration of a single dose of 250 mg of Cloxacillin in six healthy young men volunteers. The excretion rate data were fitted to single and two compartment open models and the pharmacokinetic parameters were determined. The drug showed a rapid absorption and fast distribution. The time of appearance of peak renal excretion was 45 minutes in al...

background : in most iranian hospitals, the nurses in the wards prepare intravenous (iv) drugs and unfortunately pharmacists are not involved in this process. the severity of the patients in intensive care unit (icu) heightens the risk of errors. more over the frequency of using iv drugs in this unit is high, so we decided to determine the frequency and types of errors, which occur in the prepa...

  The involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the reinforcing properties of opiate reward was studied by examining the effect of a NO precursor (L-arginine) and a NO synthase inhibitor (L-NAME) on the rate of intravenous self-administration of morphine. This experiment was investigated in male albino Sprague Dawley rats (300 ± 50 g). At doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg (i.p.), L-arginine decreased morphine ...