purpose: to compare the efficacy of granisetron, metoclopramide and dexamethasone in prevention of post operative nausea and vomiting (ponv) after cataract surgery. methods: sixty patients scheduled for cataract surgery with age between 45 to 80 years and with asa class i & ii were enrolled in this clinical trial. the patients were randomly allocated to three 20- person groups. the induction of...

the pain is the most common complaint in various diseases. postoperative pain is common complication and spatially in elderly patient because of exacerbation of heard and vessel was impotents. the aim of this study was evaluation of the effect of low-dose iv dexamethasone on postoperative pain in patients with lumbar discectomy.   in a clinical trial that studied in neurosurgery wards of shohad...

introduction : deproteinized bovine bone mineral (bio-oss) is a xenogenic bone substitute, widely used in maxillofacial bone regeneration. the aim of this in vitro study was to investigate its influence on the growth behavior of human osteosarcoma cell line, saos-2 culture, and compare it with the physiologic dose of dexamethasone, an inductive factor for osteoblasts. materials and methods: hum...

This study aims to determine the ability of Modified Foam Stability (FS-50) test predict fetal lung maturity in preterm premature rupture membranes treated with Dexamethasone. The sample included pregnant women PROM at a gestational age 24 less than 34 weeks ER and Obstetrics Ward Sanglah Central General Hospital, Denpasar. patient underwent vaginal speculum examination collect fluid pooled vag...

introduction: presence of a sore throat after surgery is a common side effect of general anesthesia with intratracheal intubation and can cause discomfort for the patient and prolong the recovery process. in this study we compared the effect of dexamethasone before and after intubation on the incidence of sore throat after tympanoplasty surgery.   materials and methods: in a double-blind, rando...

bakcground: the aim of itp treatment is to prevent intracranial hemorrhage and increase the platelet count rapidly. this study was conducted with the objective of comparing the efficacy of anti-d immunoglobulin (ig) with dexamethasone in treating childhood itp. materials and methods: in this randomized prospective control trial, 20 itp patients (platelet count< 20,000/µl) younger than 16 were s...

the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different time combinations of dexamethasoneand acetylcysteine on experimentally induced corneal ulcers in dogs. experimental corneal wounds werecreated surgically to the anterior one third of the cornea in the center of all eyes of 15 mixed breed dogs. the eyes were divided into five groups according to planned post-operative medications...

background: periodontal ligament stem cells (pdlscs) are considered as a type of mesenchymal stem cell that is beneficial target for numerous clinical applications in periodontal tissue regeneration therapy. materials and methods: this study examined the effects of dexamethasone (dex) on human pdlscs in vitro. pdlscs obtained from the roots of patient’s teeth were cultured with dex (0.01 μm), a...

Although dexamethasone is highly effective in the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), it can cause serious metabolic side effects. Because studies regarding the effects of dexamethasone are limited by their small scale, we prospectively studied the direct effects of treating pediatric ALL with dexamethasone administration with respect to activation of components of metabo...