practice appointment rates could have a significant impact on national health care costs and services offered by doctors. in this respect a study was designed to determine the relationship between practice appointments and possible predictors in high-risk asthmatics. an observational retrospective analysis of the predictors for the practice appointments in asthmatic patients with at least one h...

1. dept. of hematology and medical oncology, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran 2. students research committee, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran 3. medical biology research center, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, iran                                     corresponding author: masoud sadeghi, msc. tel: (+98) 9185960644 ema...

Severe aplastic anemia (SAA) in children has been previously treated with high dose methyl prednisolone (HDMP) with favorable results. We reviewed our experience with intravenous HDMP. Seven children with a diagnosis of SAA confirmed on bone marrow biopsy were treated with 300 mg/kg total dose of intravenous HDMP over a 4 week period. Patients were closely monitored for response and side effect...

In a randomised, controlled study alternate day prednisolone with an initial high dose phase ("prednisolone only series") has been compared with cyclophosphamide plus alternate day low dose prednisolone ("cyclophosphamide-prednisolone series") in 43 patients with previously untreated fibrosing alveolitis (five patients had received prednisolone in minimal dosage). In the prednisolone only serie...

The conversion of prednisone to the biologically active corticosteroid prednisolone and the degree of plasma protein binding of prednisolone were studied in 22 patients with acute or chronic liver disease and in eight control subjects. In patients whose disease was active at the time of study, as judged by elevated serum levels of bilirubin and transaminase, significantly higher levels of plasm...

The multistate outbreak of fungal infections in the United States following contaminated methyl prednisolone injection has been well reported (1). Meningitis was the most frequent consequence, but other infections included arachnoiditis, with local spinal infection and peripheral joint infections seen in 12% of cases. The black mold Exserohilum rostratum was implicated as the main causative age...

the glass transition temperature of several pvac(1)-b-poly(ma-co-mma) (2) terpolymers with different fractions of methyl acrylate (ma) and methyl methacrylate (mma) repeating units in random copolymer (block 2) were calculated with barton, kwei and topological equations. the calculation was on the basis of the correlation between the fraction of repeating units in random copolymers and theoreti...

Fourteen patients with liver cirrhosis received oral prednisone or prednisolone (0.3 mg per kg) randomised on two consecutive days. Serum prednisone and prednisolone were measured over the following four hours. Mean serum prednisolone concentration after oral prednisone decreased with impaired liver function estimated by galactose elimination capacity (r = 0.64, P less than 0.03). Mean serum pr...