at present, many drugs are used for inhibition of uterine contractions, but the proportions of preterm labors are increasing. although magnesium sulfate is the most commonly prescribed parenteral tocolytic agent, but it’s optimal use has yet to be delineated. in this study a high-dose protocol for magnesium sulfate tocolytic therapy was compared with a low-dose regimen. one hundred patients adm...

background: the use of high-dose steroid therapy peri portoenterostomy may have a positive impact on the frequency of cholangitis and survival rate.   methods: a prospective study was conducted on two groups of patients (less than three months of age) suffering from biliary atresia from 1999 to 2005. the patients in group i (g i) were managed peri-operatively by high-dose methylprednisolone whi...