dome; years ago, Widal reported a desperate case of cerebrospinal meningitis which was apparently cured by washing out the spinal theca with solution of collargol. Bonche and his colleagues have recorded a case in which the spinal theca was washed with warm sterile normal saline solution through two needles, one introduced between the 2nd and 3rd lumbar vertebne and the other between the 7th ce...

BackgroundWe aimed to compare the efficacy of nebulized hypertonic (3%, 5% and 7%) saline with normal saline in hospitalized infants with acute bronchiolitis.Materials and MethodsIn this triple-blinded randomized clinical trial, 120 children with moderate to severe bronchiolitis randomly assigned into four groups to receive nebulized normal saline (group A),  saline 3% (group B), saline 5% (gro...

INTRODUCTION Large-volume cold intravenous infusion of crystalloids has been used for induction of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. However, the effectiveness of cold colloids has not been evaluated. Therefore, we performed an experimental study to investigate the cooling effect of cold normal saline compared to colloid solution in a porcine model of ventricular fibrillation. MET...

This note describes the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel microelectromechanical systems Coulter counter. The Coulter counter will be used to detect and monitor impedance changes of cells as a function of time in response to different experimental extracellular environments. The device consists of SU-8 (negative photoresist) microchannels, vertical electroplated electrodes, polydimeth...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of intraportal administration of hypothermic hydrogenrich saline solution (HRSS) on hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. Thirty rats were divided equally into six groups; 1) sham, no I/R or transfusion, 2) I/R injury (60 minutes ischemia + 120 minutes reperfusion, 3) I/R injury + normal saline 24°C, 4) I/R injury + normal saline ...

statement of problem: sodium hypochlorite (naocl) have been widely used as an irrigant since it has been introduced to endodontics by walker in 1936, because of its bleaching, deodorizing and tissue dissolving properties. it should be used clinically in concentrations of 3% to 5%. purpose: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the naocl to eliminate enterococcus faecalis (e...

Background: The fundamentals in the treatment of acute peritonitis include resuscitation, treatment of septicemia, control of the contaminating source and peritoneal toilet. Numerous studies have shown the roles of different solutions such as normal saline, antibiotics and betadine as intraperitoneal lavage, in reducing morbidity and mortality of peritonitis. The objective of this study was to ...

It is not uncommon to receive hemorrhagic fluids for cytological examination. The red blood cells impair diagnostic efficacy of smears. The body fluid can be processed in many waysNSRT (Normal saline rehydration technique) is one such technique. The present study was done to evaluate quality of smears prepared by NSRT and Carnoy’s fixation. The smears were stained by Hematoxylin & Eosin and Lei...

Ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) lung injury using University of Wisconsin solution (UW) as perfusate has not been well studied. Isolated rat lungs were challenged with various periods of ischaemia and/or reperfusion. Haemodynamics, lung weight gain (LWG), capillary filtration coefficient (K(fc)), tissue pathology, the concentrations of cytokines in the perfusate, and mRNAs for the various cytokines...