OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of systemic pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) after lung resection in patients with lung cancer. METHODS Forty-one patients undergoing lung resection were enrolled and classified into the experimental (n=31) and control groups (n=10). The experimental group underwent post-operative systemic PR which was conducted 30 min/day on every hospitalization day by an ...

BACKGROUND Five to ten percent of immunocompetent persons fail to develop a protective immune response to hepatitis B vaccination, and are defined non-responders (NR). We investigated the immune response to intradermal hepatitis B vaccination after pre-treatment of the skin with the TLR7 agonist imiquimod. METHODS Twenty-one non-responders (anti-HBs <10 IU/l after at least 6 intramuscular hep...

introduction: ascorbic acid is a water-soluble vitamin solved in water that acts as a helper of some the enzymes in the reactions of energy metabolism. thus, the study aims to investigate the use of supplemental ascorbic acid on the aerobic and anaerobic capacity of the children.methodology: participants of this quasi-experimental study were 18 children in esfahan who were randomly selected and...

thyroid hormones (t3, t4) have marked effect on body metabolism and in controlling osmoregulation activity in fish. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of water salinity changes on thyroid hormones level and thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh) of grass carp. for this purpose 120 grass carp were divided randomly in to four groups (10 fish in each group and three replicates per treatm...

background: busulfan (bus) is a chemotherapy drug that is widely used for cancer treatment. however, administration of busulfan may cause temporary or permanent sterility in male patients. therefore, reduction of this side is necessary. objective: evaluation of the protective effects of l-carnitine and testis homogenized tissue (tht) on sperm parameters and the testis structure after busulfan t...

introduction: butylated hydroxytoluene (bht 2, 6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol) is one of the extensively used antioxidants in the food industry. it is used in low-fat foods, fish products, packaging materials, paraffin, and mineral oils. bht is also widely used in combination with other antioxidants such as bha, propyl gallate, and citric acid for the stabilization of oils and high-fat foods. on the ...

conclusions: use of ginger was effective at decreasing postoperative nausea. ginger could be used as a safe antiemetic drug at post operation. results: mean nausea score at 2 hours post operation was significantly lower in the experimental group (p= 0.04). mean nausea score at 4 and 6 hours post operation was lower in the experimental group; however, there was no significant difference between ...

background: our aim was to investigate the effects of clinical application of perioperative predictive nursing on reducing psychiatric complications in intensive care unit (icu) patients after neurosurgery. methods: a total of 129 patients who underwent neurosurgery and received intensive care were enrolled in our study from february 2013 to february 2014. these patients were divided into two g...

Introduction: Retinoid signaling has been argued to have favorable effects on Alzheimer's disease (AD). We studied the role of chronic intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on the amyloid-beta (A&beta;) model of AD. Methods: Adult male rats weighing 260-330 g were divided into 12 groups of 8 each. Six groups of rats received ATRA (3nM, 30nM, 3&mu;M, 0.3mM, 30...