background in contemporary practice, acute mesenteric ischemia (ami) remains a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in abdominal emergencies. objectives we report the measurement of peritoneal fluid potassium and ph on a small series of rats that developed extensive ami following the surgical ligation of superior mesenteric vessels and compare the results with control groups. materials and ...

the toxicity of 7 herbicides to the three cyanobacteria was tested in this work. the results indicated that: (1) there was a highly significant relationship between dried weight or chlorophyll-a and od680nm for tested cyanobacteria; (2) the toxicity of the tested herbicides with the order from high to low was: photosynthesis-inhibiting > accase inhibitor > protox inhibiting herbicides; (3) the ...

introduction hemangioma is the most common benign tumor of the liver. most cases are asymptomatic and do not require treatment. a hemangioma can rarely be pedunculated; as a result, it may undergo torsion and infarction, which can make it symptomatic. case presentation we report the case of a 45-year-old woman with acute abdominal pain due to torsion of a giant pedunculated hepatic hemangioma a...

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acute bacterial meningitis (abm) is one of the most severe infectious diseases, causing neurologic sequel, and a case fatality rate of 20-30%. the aim of this paper was to summarize the main causes of abm in iran. we searched the data for relevant articles using meningitis, etiology, and iran as search terms. we found 23 papers for inclusion in the review that focused specifically on the abm, a...

background: the purpose of this study was to examine symptoms of acute coronary syndrom (acs) with resect to sex differences. methods: this comparative cross-sectional study was performed on patients older than 20 years with acs who were hospitalized at cardiac wards. sampling was performed through stratified sampling on the basis of sex. five hundred male and female patients met all eligiblity...

purpose: to report a case of acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) presenting with periorbital cellulitis and progressing to facial and neck cellulitis. case report: a 17 year old male patient presented with periorbital cellulitis which progressed to the right hemifacial and neck area. he did not respond to regular antibiotic therapy. peripheral blood smear showed leukocytosis with predominance of i...

purpose: to present a case of acute myopia secondary to usage of topiramate. patient and findings: a 26-year-old female presented with 6-diopter myopia after two weeks of using topiramate for migraine headache. she improved after 3 days of cessation of this medicine. conclusion: when a patient present with acute onset visual loss secondary to refractive error, history of drug usage can help for...

background: treatment of cancer patients using conventional chemotherapy causes serious side effects and, at best, merely extends the patient’s lifespan by a few years. the potential of alternative therapies may therefore be of great benefit in cancer control. the effect of trigonella foenum graecum seed extract has been previously reported on some neoplastic cells. here, its effect is evaluate...