Searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Pre-MEDLINE were searched from 1966 to October 1999 for articles published in the English language. References from retrieved articles were also manually searched. The search terms included 'nausea', 'vomiting', 'emesis', 'postoperative', 'surgery', 'ondansetron', 'granisetron', 'tropisetron', 'dolasetron', 'metoclopramide', 'droperidol', 'prochlorperazine', 'perp...

conclusions: the reduction of propofol injection pain was observed by using medications (in comparison with normal saline), but it was more significant in groups g and l. moreover, hypotension was higher in groups s and g and it was lessened in group p. patients and methods: this is an interventional study containing 336 patients underwent elective orthopedic surgeries in educational hospitals ...

Whole body exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation is associated with small intestinal and colonic dysfunction, the etiology of which remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the role of both neural and nonneural 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-mediated pathways in radiation-induced attenuation and recovery of colonic secretory function. Rats were exposed to whole body 10-Gy gamma irradi...

Abstract Abstract Background: Availability and affordability of medicines are crucial to achieving success in prevention programs, particularly in developing countries. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the availability and affordability of cardiovascular medicines for secondary prevention in Tehran province of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Tehran pro...

this study investigated the relative effects of deductive and inductive form-focused instruction (ffi) on the acquisition of 4 non-generic definite article uses(cultural, situational, structural, and textual) as assessed by explicit and implicit outcome measures. the tests utilized to assess efl learners' acquisition of definite article uses were timed and untimed grammaticality judgment t...

Searching MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Pre-MEDLINE were searched from 1966 to October 1999 for articles published in the English language. References from retrieved articles were also manually searched. The search terms included 'nausea', 'vomiting', 'emesis', 'postoperative', 'surgery', 'ondansetron', 'granisetron', 'tropisetron', 'dolasetron', 'metoclopramide', 'droperidol', 'prochlorperazine', 'perp...

In a prospective randomized double-blind study, we compared the effectiveness of dexamethasone 8 mg with either granisetron 1 mg or ondansetron 4 mg in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Hundred ASA I and II patients scheduled for laparoscopic surgery were enrolled in the study and 84 patients completed it. Following induction of ane...

BACKGROUND APF530, a novel extended-release granisetron injection, was superior to ondansetron in a guideline-recommended three-drug regimen in preventing delayed-phase chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) among patients receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC) in the double-blind Phase III Modified Absorption of Granisetron In the prevention of CINV (MAGIC) trial. PATIENTS A...

Genre analysis as an area of great concern in recent decades, involves the observation of linguistic features used by a determined discourse community. The research article (RA) is one of the most widely researched genres in academic writing which is realized through some rhetorical moves and discursive steps to achieve a communicative purpose. This study aimed at proposing a model of generic p...