poisoning remains a major cause of hospital admission into the emergency department and intensive care unit. proper diagnosis is the cornerstone for optimal management of poisoned patients. since the definitive analytical confirmation of the nature of the toxicant involved in the poisoning cannot be rapidly obtained in the majority of healthcare facilities, diagnosis relies on the medical histo...

klinefelter syndrome includes a group of chromosomal disorders with at least one  additional  x  chromosome  in  male  karyotype  (46,xy).  up  to  now, different dental manifestations such as taurodontism, congenital absence of permanent teeth, shovel incisors, occlusal anomalies and increased permanent tooth size have been reported. a case of klinefelter syndrome with very rare dental feature...

Billings, R., Burry, H. C., Grahame, R., and Berry, D. J. (1975). A double blind crossover trial of prenazone and aspirin in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 14, 61-66. Dippy, J., Pritchard, M. H., and Lloyd, K. N. (1976). Aspirin in rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of microencapsulated and enteric coated. Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 15, 77-80. Fos...

During pre-slaughter handling, poultry is exposed to a variety of co-acting stimuli: sudden displacement, vehicle movement, speeding up, vibrations, jolts, noise, lack of feed and water, restriction of natural behaviours, disturbance of flock hierarchy, restriction of living space, exposure to pain, and change of transport microclimate (Duncan, 1989; Broom, 1990; Mitchell and Kettlewell, 1998)....

The announcement of the synthesis of pteroylglutamic acid by Angier, Boothe, Hutchings, Mowat, Semb, Stokstad, SubbaRow, Waller, Cosulich, Fahrenbach, Hultquist, Kuh, Northey, Seeger, Sickels & Smith (1945) and reports of its effectiveness in the treatment of the haematological changes of pernicious anaemia were followed by the production of numerous synthetic analogues and derivatives, some of...

There are a number of methods for inducing analgesia which can be used for minor gynaecological procedures. These differ considerably in efficacy and possible side effects. We have administered pentazocine mixed with diazepam as a hypnotic and analgesic, in 196 patients with relative safety even in potentially hazardous conditions, such as patients with arteriosclerotic heart disease or a full ...

conclusions adherence to the meddiet, according to mds and sofi-mds, may not predict mets components and mets incidence after 3 years of follow-up in iranian adult populations. results after adjusting for potential confounders, neither higher mds nor higher sofi-mds were significantly associated with the mean values of mets components and the risk of metabolic abnormalities incidence after 3 ye...

introduction: cervical rib is relatively uncommon congenital abnormality that originates from the seventh cervical vertebrae and rarely from the sixth vertebrae. the purpose of this paper is to consider that this abnormal condition is an important cause of neurovascular compression at the thoracic outlet. methods: in this study all patients who were referred to radiology department of isfahan h...

introduction women with mosaic turner syndrome (ts) bearing the presence of y chromosome material or with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (cais) is at risk of gonadal malignancy. two patients with characteristic features of these uncommon disorders are reported, and the surgical techniques of laparoscopic gonadectomy are reviewed and discussed. the aim of the present study is to report...