aim : assessment of short term changes in portal blood flow and long term changes in liver functions in cirrhotic patients who chose to fast during the month of ramadan in summer. background : during ramadan, healthy muslims obligated to fast from predawn to sunset. patients and methods : forty cirrhotic patients intended to fast during the month of ramadan in the year 2014, were examined by co...

objective(s): there is controversial evidence about the effect of methamphetamine (meth) on spatial memory. we tested the time- dependent effects of meth on spatial short-term (working) and long-term (reference) memory in meth –sensitized and withdrawn rats in the morris water maze. materials and methods: rats were sensitized to meth (2 mg/kg, daily/5 days, sc). rats were trained in water maze ...

In the randomized clinical trial 200 pregnant women reffred to Niknafs maternity center from November 1997 to May 1998 were divided into two groups and underwent cesarean section.in the first group (control) the parietal and visceral peritoneum were approximated with delayed absorbable material whereas in the second group (case) the parietal and visceral peritoneum were left open.the mean age o...

purpose: to compare the short and long-term efficacy and complications of releasable suture vs conventional interrupted suture for scleral flap in trabeculectomy. methods: in a prospective randomized clinical trial, 42 eyes of 42 consecutive patients requiring trabeculectomy for uncontrolled primary glaucoma underwent conventional trabeculectomy (group a) and trabeculectomy with releasable sutu...

Background: Pediatric liver transplant is a complex surgical procedure. Pediatric liver transplantation has evolved over the last two decades into an effective and widely accepted therapy for infants and children. The aim of our report is to review the current state of knowledge and explore the incidence of complications, the involved pathogens among liver recipients to determine the effective ...