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BACKGROUND This prospective, randomized, double-blind study was designed to evaluate the preemptive and preventive analgesic efficacy of adding magnesium to a multimodal regimen of patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy. METHODS Ninety patients were randomly assigned to one of the three groups. Pre-magnesium patients received bolus of magnes...

BACKGROUND In kidney transplant (KT) recipients, CMV infection poses significant morbidity and mortality. Both prophylactic and pre-emptive approaches for preventing CMV infection have been utilized. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of routine prophylaxis vs. pre-emptive treatment for preventing CMV disease after KT. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing...

ambiguity and obscurity are frequently used to indicate a similar meaning yet there are real differences between them. the ambiguity is an affirmative concept in arabic poetry, and the critics consider it as an artistic standard in best literary samples. whereas, obscurity is a negative concept which results to the lack of text's values of skillfulness. this article deals with an explanation of...

This article examines international relations rhetoric rather than foreign policy practice. Between the time of his acceptance Republican presidential nomination in August 2000 and reelection November 2004, George W. Bush changed rhetorical focus from "realist" to "liberal internationalist" an effort sell agenda. shift is identified through analysis nine speeches one excerpt a book wrote prior ...

Surrealism and the New Universal Myth During the 1940s and 1950s, surrealists increasingly explored abstraction. A widespread interest in biomorphism (the use of organic shapes that reference natural life forms) was accompanied by a heightened emphasis on automatism. Investigations into abstraction paralleled the search for a new social myth, which André Breton deemed therapeutic, mind expandin...

<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) reported the COVID-19 epidemic a global health emergency on January 30 and confirmed its transformation into pandemic March 11. China has been hardest hit since virus's outbreak, which may date back to late November. Saudi Arabia realized danger of Coronavirus in 2020, took initiative take set pre-emptive decisions that preceded many countries world,...

Arteriovenous graft (AVG) a. Regular Access Blood Flow (Qa) or Doppler ultrasound stenosis (DUS) screening increases the detection of AVG stenosis compared to dynamic venous pressure (DVP)/clinical examination. (Level II evidence) b. Regular Qa screening with pre-emptive angioplasty does not reduce AVG thrombosis or prolong AVG survival. (Level I & II evidence) c. Whether regular DUS screening ...

This article presents the question whether it is correct to classify Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum as a work of magical realism. A brief scrutiny of the elements of magical realism, particularly Authorial Reticence and concept of Hesitation indicates that contrary to the advertisement of certain sources and publishers, this novel in certain circumstances, contradicts and opposes these two indispe...