introduction: the conventional method of teaching endodontics has some drawbacks. due to the small size of the oral cavity, students cannot closely observe the clinical procedure. use of new teaching modalities such as the intraoral camera may obviate this problem. this study assessed the effect of video-assisted clinical instruction in dentistry (vacid) on dental student’s knowledge and perfor...

Jebraili R1, Rezaei K2, Matourianpour H3, Moradi L4, Meshkaat MH5, Tarrahi MJ6 1. Assistant professor, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Tehran 2. Instructor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 3. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medic...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Currently, conventional endoscopic treatments provide an unsatisfactory hemostatic outcome in upper gastrointestinal bleeding from tumor. Hemospray has been shown to be useful in many active gastrointestinal bleeding conditions. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of Hemospray and conventional endoscopic hemostasis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fourteen patients with ac...

Goodpasture's disease is a rare autoimmune disorder characterised by the development of antiglomerular basement membrane autoantibodies, which typically presents with rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis and pulmonary haemorrhage. Even with aggressive nonspecific immunosuppression and plasma exchange, mortality remains high. We report a case of life-threatening Goodpasture's diseas...

Objectives: Anterior knee pain is an important problem for patients with Osteoarthritis (OA) of knee, and there is urgent demand for surgery treatment in these patients. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of core decompression in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Methods: A total of 120 patients with knee osteoarthritis, who visited the Department of Chinese Medicine of Nanjin...

Objective: This study attempts to analyse the curative effect of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) on patients with septicopyemia and acute kidney injury and its influence on serum inflammatory factors. Methods: A total of 96 cases with septicopyemia and acute kidney injury at our hospital from January 2014 to June 2016 were collected. These cases were then divided into the observatio...

BACKGROUND This study sought to evaluate effectiveness of autologous dendritic cell vaccine (immunotherapy) for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). METHODS Patients 14 to 70 years of age with newly diagnosed GBM and Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) score >70 who were receiving initial treatment were enrolled and were randomized into 2 groups during the 5-year study period. Eighteen patients under...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive clinical syndrome of unknown etiology and fatal outcome. Currently available therapies are ineffective and associated with significant adverse effects. Pirfenidone, a new, investigational antifibrotic agent, was evaluated for its tolerability and usefulness in terminally ill patients with advanced IPF. Consecutive patients with IPF and deteri...

The conventional treatment of comminuted fractures in the distal radius has been unsatisfactory. We therefore made a prospective study using the principle of ligamentotoxis and primary cancellous bone grafting as the uniform method of treatment. Ligamentotaxis was maintained by using an external fixator for three weeks only, after which a carefully monitored programme of rehabilitation was give...

BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-most-common chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease. The long-term use of levodopa leads to a loss of efficacy and to complications. Therefore, many patients with PD have turned to complementary therapies to help relieve their symptoms. Acupuncture is most commonly used as a complementary therapy in patients with PD. This paper present...