introduction: traumatic ulcers are one of the most common causes of referral to emergency wards and interfere with wound healing. even in a complete sterile condition, all of the ulcers may be contaminated with bacteria, but a few of them progress and cause clinical manifestations. there is a controversy on the use prophylactic antibiotics in traumatic ulcers. in this study we compare the effic...

Prophylactic mastectomy generally occurs in two different patient populations: (1) high-risk women without breast cancer who undergo bilateral prophylactic mastectomy (BPM) to reduce their risk of developing breast cancer and (2) women with unilateral breast cancer who choose contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) to prevent cancer in the contralateral breast. The purpose of this article i...

conclusions according to our study, phototherapy should not be used as prophylactic therapy for all vlbw infants, but rather it should be individualized in order to maintain low bilirubin levels. results the mean bilirubin level on the first day in both groups exhibited no significant difference. the peak serum bilirubin was 7.7 ± 1.4 and 8.5 ± 2.1 mg/dl in the prophylactic and therapeutic grou...

In the article by Bedrosian et al. (1) entitled " Population-based study of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and survival outcomes of breast cancer patients, " the authors used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and

Couples expecting their first child were randomly assigned to intervention (n=28) and comparison groups (n=38) to assess the efficacy of a couples intervention and examine marital satisfaction trajectories across the transition to parenthood. The primarily European American sample (M age=30 years) completed assessments of marital satisfaction at 5 points from the final trimester of pregnancy to...

purpose: to evaluate the role of prophylactic topical steroids in the prevention of dlk after lasik. methods: in a randomized double blind clinical trial, 101 lasik candidates aged 18 to 55 years were enrolled. myopia ranged from -2 to -12 diopters and was stable for at least one year. no patient had any ocular or systemic contraindication for lasik. from one day before surgery, topical betamet...

conclusion we suggest the standard cefazolin prophylaxis (after cord clamping) for elective cesarean section and cefazolin before incision for non elective cesarean section. therefore, administration of prophylactic cefazolin prior to incision will not increase the rate of neonatal sepsis. compared between these groups. results two groups were demographically identical. rate of iv line need (rr...

background: we evaluated the in vivo activity of bunium persicum (boiss) essential oil on infected mice with acute toxoplasmosis. methods: to evaluate prophylactic effects, male nmri mice received b. persicum essential oil at the concentrations of 0.05 and 0.1 ml/kg for 14 days . after 24 h mice were infected intraperitonealy with 1×10 4 tachyzoites of t. gondii, rh strain. in order to investig...

BACKGROUND Despite no demonstrated survival advantage for women at average risk of breast cancer, rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) continue to increase. Research reveals women with higher socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to select CPM. This study examines how indicators of SES, age, and disease severity affect CPM motivations. METHODS Patients (N = 113) who under...

This study examines whether intervention-induced changes in mother-child relationship quality and discipline led to short-term (6 months) and long-term (6 years) changes in children's coping processes in a sample of 240 youth aged 9-12 years when assessed initially. Data were from a randomized, experimental trial of a parenting-focused preventive intervention designed to improve children's post...