The presentation of a patient with acute abdominal pain often is both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the veterinary practitioner. Rapid physical examination and assessment of the patient’s cardiovascular status are critical to initiating appropriate and often aggressive medical management as diagnostic tests are being performed. A number of diagnostic tests can be performed, includi...

objective(s)the purpose of this study holds, for the first time, an evaluation of the intraperitoneal curcumin lavage on the development of post-operative intra-abdominal adhesions.materials and methodsthirty male wistar rats were randomized into five groups. the rats were administered anesthesia and underwent surgery in order to create intra-abdominal adhesions. before the abdomen was closed, ...

PURPOSE To study the effects of peritoneal lavage with a 2% lidocaine solution, on the survival of the rats submitted to peritonitis caused by their own feces. METHODS Forty-eight Wistar rats, weighting between 300 g and 330 g (mean, 311,45 +/-9,67 g), were submitted to laparotomy 6 hours following induction of fecal peritonitis. Animals were randomly divided into four groups of 12 each as fo...

introduction: management of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma in resource-restricted settings requires precise clinical expertise. in this study, we reviewed pediatric patients who were suspected to have blunt abdominal trauma in a level iii trauma center in iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 66 injured children were studied from october 01, 2014 to october 01, 2015 in niks...

INTRODUCTION Bacterial peritonitis is a severe medical condition associated with a natural mortality rate of 80-100%. Progress in surgical techniques, new developments in intensive care medicine and antibiotic therapy reduced this rate significantly. Aim of this study was to evaluate sepsis parameter in perforated appendicitis and different postoperative management. METHODS In 50 consecutive ...

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a disease of the respiratory system and manifested by an infectious pneumonia, with fever, cough breathlessness as most common presenting symptoms.