background :delay in diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis (aa) results in an increased rate of perforation, postoperative morbidity, mortality and hospital length of stay. several biochemical parameters including white blood cell (wbc) count, c-reactive protein (crp), interleukin-6 (il6) and procalcitonin (pct) have been used to further improve the clinical diagnosis of aa. the aim of ...

conclusions in the current study, the clinical and paraclinical signs of aflp were mostly - liver, coagulation, kidney, and hypoglycemia disorders. considering that patients mostly refer in three phases of clinical, laboratory, and complications, it is essential to evaluate the suspected ones who present clinical symptoms especially nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. patients and methods this...

background: we intended to investigate the serum magnesium impact upon the disability after ischemic stroke. methods: a total of 67 ischemic stroke patients who less than 6 hours had passed from their attacks participated in this cross sectional study. we have measured their serum magnesium level and determined its correlation with their rankin disability score (rds) in the first 72 hours (rds0...

In this paper, the decentralized control of generalized systems is considered via a frequency domain approach. Firstly, based on the design of generalized decentralized observer-based controllers, a state-space representation of the decentralized Bezout identity is developed for generalized decentralized control systems with two control channels. Secondly, all the stabilizing decentralized cont...

introduction: primary small cell carcinoma of theesophagus (pscec) associated with paraneoplastic sweating syndrome is a rare disease characterized with rapid growth rate, metastasis at the time of diagnosis, and poor prognosis. the lung is the most common site for small cell carcinoma but this malignancy includes 0.1% to 1% of all gastrointestinal and 0.8% to 2.7% of esophageal malignancies. s...

objective: successful bonding of a dental implant to bone, which was referred to as osseointegration by branemark has been well documented. however, long-term prognosis of an implant depends on adequate maintenance and long-term care. an effective maintenance program is required to preserve the health of peri-implant tissues. several techniques have been suggested for this purpose but it is not...

background: acute myocardial infarction (ami) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality. considering immense socioeconomic damages of growing ami in developing countries we estimated prognostic value of major risk factors of ami to predict probable in-hospital ami mortality. methods: in a cohort survey from june 2004 to march 2006, 1798 patients hospitalized with proven ami en...

introduction: traumatic injuries to the teeth are among the most serious dental accidents, with the anterior teeth being mostly affected. some consequences of dental trauma include misshaping, speech defects, psychological and social effects. the knowledge of the field can reduce the suffering, cost, and the time for patients, parents, and health care providers. the aim of this study was to inv...

introduction: considering the anti-inflammatory role of intravenous (iv) lidocaine, its analgesic properties, and its ability to reduce the need for opioids during and after surgery, in this study we decided to evaluate the effect of iv lidocaine infusion on levels of inflammatory factors based on neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (nlr) in breast cancer surgery candidates. methods: the present stu...