Norlin, Andreas, and Hans G. Folkesson. Ca2 -dependent stimulation of alveolar fluid clearance in near-term fetal guinea pigs. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 282: L642–L649, 2002; 10.1152/ajplung.00417.2000.—We investigated the importance of changes in intracellular Ca2 concentration ([Ca2 ]i) for amiloride-sensitive alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) in late-gestational guinea pigs. Fetal guin...

the role of blood transfusion as a cause of induced malaria is a known fact, and an increase in this condition has already observed in iran mainly due to the increase in blood transfusions. among cases in whom the onset and course of the disease were followed, it was observed that fever and other symptoms of malaria usually appear about 6 weeks alter the transfusion and appear mainly among pati...

PURPOSE to compare the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonographic measurement of the uterine cervix with Bishop's score for the prediction of vaginal delivery after labor induction, with 25 mcg of misoprostol. METHODS a prospective study for the validation of a diagnostic test was conducted on 126 pregnant women with indication for labor induction. The patients were evaluated by Bishop's score...

conclusions according to the appearance of the purple line in most of the cases and its high sensitivity and specificity, we can use it as a non-invasive complementary method for clinical assessment of labor progress. results the purple line appeared in 75.3% of women during the active phase of labor. appearance of the purple line in the prediction of labor progress had 90.2% sensitivity, 45.3%...

OBJECTIVE Placental corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) affects myometrial contractility and the secretion of several uterotonins such as prostaglandins (PGs); however, the activity of CRF is counteracted by CRF-binding protein (CRF-BP). At term and pre-term labor, CRF levels in maternal plasma are highest whereas those of CRF-BP are falling, and the cause of this fall is unknown. Thus, in thi...