patients and methods we conducted an observational prospective study in adults proposed to various types of surgery using the brief pain inventory short form preoperatively (t0), one day after surgery, and three months later (t3). if the patient had pain at t3 and other causes of pain were excluded, they were considered to have ppp, and the mcgill pain questionnaire short form was applied. qol ...

Methods Setting: outpatient tertiary referral clinic specialized in conservative treatment of spinal deformities. Participants: Inclusion criteria: idiopathic scoliosis; European Risser 0-2; 25° to 45° Cobb; age 10 years or more at start of treatment. Exclusion criteria were for both groups: secondary scoliosis and pathologies known to be possible causes of scoliosis, neurological, previous tre...

the purpose of this study was comparison of applicability of tertiary treatment of tehran domestic sewage with organic and inorganic coagulants or a combination of them. the far test procedure was applied utilizing: alum, polyelectrolyte wt 2600, anionic polyelectorlyte wt 3000, and nonionic polyelctrolyte wt 2690 as organic coagulants (products of calgon). the combination of lime with each of ...

3-phenylaminoisoxazol-5(2h)-ones,s ubstituted on nitrogen with an isoquinoline or quinazoline group, react with tertiary amine bases to give imidazo annelated compounds. when the n-substituent is a nitropyridine, 2-aminoindole derivatives are formed instead. evidence is presented that the reactions proceed by initial addition of the tertiary arnine to c-4