OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship of plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) to physiologic parameters and cardiac morphologic characteristics in a population of young athletes. Our hypothesis is that physiologic and cardiac morphologic characteristics do not predict BNP levels in adolescent athletes. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Outpatien...

objective: several medications have been used for sedation in children in dentistry and intra-nasal route has been reported to be an efficient way regarding patient cooperation. the aim of the present study was to compare the changes in physiologic parameters following intra-nasal midazolam and ketamine administration.   methods: in this randomized cross-over double-blind trial, 17 uncooperativ...

the aims of this study were to determine some major biochemical alterations observed in first calving cows with udder edema during the periparturient period and to detect some associations between dietary factors and the disease. for that, the concentrations of some electrolytes (na+, k+, cl, ca2+, p and mg2+), lipid (triglycerides and cholesterol) markers and lipoproteins (hdl, ldl and vldl) a...

The characteristics of FDG uptake in the physiologic and malignant nasopharynx were investigated in the paper which was correlated with either pathologic findings or clinical follow-up. Three patients had pathologically established nasopharyngeal malignancy. In the 3 nasopharyngeal malignancies, 2 had diffusely and expansively increased FDG uptake, and one had asymmetric uptake. Our results ind...

objective: to compare the effect of the physiologic and facilitated labor on the mother and neonate outcomes in the prim gravid women referring to arash hospital. materials and methods: this clinical trial study was performed on 200 low risk pregnant women referring to arash women's hospital in 2012-2013. mothers were divided into two groups of 100 patients using a simple random sampling method...

BACKGROUND The relationship between patient characteristics and anesthesia induction dose at a high administration rate is unclear. This study was designed to investigate the relation between induction dose and patient characteristics and to compare it to the predicted induction dose using the previously reported pharmacokinetic model. METHODS Diluted propofol (0.5 mg/ml) dose required to rea...

This clinical report describes the characteristics and prosthodontic restoration of 2 young male patients with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. With proper care and prosthodontic treatment, the patients can enjoy a relatively normal life. It is important that the patients and their parents fully understood the dental problems related to their physiologic and psychological conditions. The need f...