Abstract ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) is a safe treatment of the most severe neuropsychiatric diseases. However, sometimes complecated by transient cognitive impairment (TCI). The importance individual current parameters (seizure threshold, seizure duration, frequency, amplitude, duration stimulation, and pulse width) has been taken into account. time to reorientation (or recovery, TTR) very...

Abstract Background Ketamine is an anesthetic drug that is importantly analgesic without respiratory depression. Ketamine increases blood pressure and heart rate. Propofol is an anesthetic drug with good sedation, rapid recovery, but it causes respiratory depression, low heart rate and low blood pressure. Combination of Ketamine and Propofol provides sedation, analgesia and rapid recovery wit...

background opium is a highly addictive agent and the most common narcotic often misused in iran. the pharmacokinetic of anesthetic drugs in patients with opium addiction is one of the great challenges for anesthesiologists. hemodynamic instability and postoperative side effects are of these challenges which should be managed correctly. objectives in this study we aimed to assess the effects of ...

background: treatment of ionizing radiation combined with chemical agents can enhance the inactivation of cells. the aim of this study was to determine the parameters involved in the inhibition of cell recovery. materials and methods: a mathematical model describing the process of recovery as a decrease in the effective radiation dose was used. the model includes two parameters, recovery consta...