a 25-yr-old iranian woman with incomplete abortion who was diagnosed and scheduled for dilatation and curettage procedures under general anesthesia. after premedication with fentanyl 50µg and midazolam 2mg and enough pre-oxygenation, anesthesia was induced by sodium thiopental 250 mg and succynilcholine 60 mg with mask ventilation. after completion of procedure, the patient had a period of lary...

results in the i-gel group, the success rate was 66.7% for placement on the first attempt, 16.7% for the second, and 3.33% for the third attempt. in the lma group, the success rates were 80.6% and 12.9% for the first and second attempts, respectively. failure in placement occurred in four cases in the i-gel and two cases in lma groups. the mean insertion time was not significantly different bet...

this experimental study was done in order to determine the effect of pentozocin to antagonise respiratory   depression due to fentanyle during general anesthesia in selected hospitals of the medical science university of iran and tehran.   subjects of this study consisted of 50 patients who were chosen randomly, and divided into two group of 25   each. group one received pentazocine before the ...

As anyone who has looked at a petunia or a pansy can testify, plants generate flowers with characteristic numbers and patterns of organs. The floral organs are derived from a pool of stem cells called the floral meristem. In wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana flowers (shown at lower left) the meristem gives rise to four sepals that enclose the bud, four white petals, six pollen-bearing stamens and ...

background: halothane is the routine used inhalation anesthetic drug in the world but at present, there is an increasing interest for using intravenous anesthetics like propofol. the purpose of this study was to compare these anesthetic effects on hepatic enzymes.methods: from 2006 to 2007, this study was performed on fifty eight patients classified in class i of american society of anesthetics...

background: chloral hydrate (ch) is a sedative agent that is widely used in infants and children for several decades. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ch before general anesthesia in pediatric population undergoing eye examination. methods: 165 pediatric patients with retinal tumor were examined from december 2014 to may 2015. 158 (95.7%) children were sedate...

perioperative stress and anesthesia are risk factors for exacerbation of multiple sclerosis (ms) attacks. infection, emotional labiality and hyperpyrexia are also known to increase the risk of postoperative ms attacks. appropriate preoperative evaluation, administration of a good premedication, control of fever, selection of the anesthetic agents and effective postoperative pain control can pre...