SUMMARY A radiologically gasless abdomen in a neonate with EA is usually regarded as being pathognomonic of an absence of distal T.E.F. It has been estimated that up to 1.5% of patient with a distal fistula may have a radiologically gasless abdomens as a manifestation of a very small fistula plugged with mucus. In this case a contrast study via the gastrostomy demonstrated a fistula between th...

Acupuncture lowers blood pressure (BP) in hypertension, but mechanisms underlying its action are unclear. To simulate clinical studies, we performed electroacupuncture (EA) in unanesthetized rats with cold-induced hypertension (CIH) induced by six weeks of cold exposure (6 °C). EA (0.1 - 0.4 mA, 2 Hz) was applied at ST36-37 acupoints overlying the deep peroneal nerve for 30 min twice weekly for...

Background: Anxiety is one of the emotional conditions among patients scheduled for surgery that can result in increasing postoperative pain, increasing analgesic and anesthetic requirements and prolonged hospital stay. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of listening to music and Holy Quran on patient’s anxiety and vital signs before abdominal surgery Method: it was a blind and three-group clinic...

Ethno-musicology is an academic field encompassing various approaches to the study of music that emphasize its cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts instead of its isolated ‘sound’ component or any particular repertoire. The term ‘Ethno-musicology’ became common in1950, although the emergence of the field can be traced back to the late nineteenth ce...

BACKGROUND We previously described an index, defined as the ratio between the inspiratory muscle pressure (Pmus) and the electrical activity of the diaphragm (EA(di)) (Pmus/EA(di) index). In the present work, we describe the trend of Pmus/EA(di) index over time, investigating whether it could be an indicator of muscular efficiency associated with risk factors for diaphragmatic injury and/or cli...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was to investigate the gastric smooth muscle reactivity in the Adriamycin-induced esophageal atresia (EA) rat model. METHODS The fetuses were divided into 3 groups. The control group was exposed to saline. The second group was comprised of fetuses that were exposed to Adriamycin but did not have EA (Adriamycin-no-EA group). The third group was comprised of fetuses...

Reproductive hormones such as estradiol and progesterone are known to influence autonomic cardiovascular regulation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether amenorrheic athletes (AA) have impaired autonomic cardiovascular regulation compared with eumenorrheic athletes (EA). Thirty-five athletes were tested: 13 AA (19 +/- 1 yr), 13 EA (21 +/- 1 yr), and 9 EA (23 +/- 1 yr) on oral cont...