brain death is associated with increased inflammatory cytokines levels and poor graft quality to transplant. we aimed to evaluate the impact of ascorbic acid (aa) on the inflammatory status of brain-dead donors (bdds). forty bdds were randomly divided into two groups. donor treatment (n=20) consisted of 100 mg/kg aa infusion 6 hours before donor operation and subsequent infusion of 100 mg/kg/p6...

Introduction: Enterobacter can be included in the group of extended spectrum β-lactamases (EBSL)-producing bacteria, though few studies exist evaluating risk factors associated with this microorganism. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to determine risk factors associated with ESBL-producing-Enterobacter and mortality. Methods: A retrospective cohort study with 58 bacteremia caused by ...

Copyright © 2014, Nephrology and Urology Research Center; Published by Kowsar Corp. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor, The hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a serious disorder of microangiop...

Starvation could be the cheapest solution for cancer treatment. Alternatively, controlled amino acids diets could be another solution. Starving the body from certain amino acids as well as changing the amount of some used amino acids con-trolled diet is the main idea of this study. In this study, acrylamide was used to induce cancer in the rats. Acrylamide is a cancer causative agent. We utiliz...