silymarin, an extract from silybum marianum, has been shown to have antioxidant properties. however, there is no scientific report on wound healing activity of the silymarin. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of topical administration of silymarin on excision wound healing in rats. excision wounds were made on the back of rats. rats were divided into three groups, as control,...

tendons are frequently targets of injury in sports and work. whether nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) have beneficial effects on tendon healing is still a matter of debate. this study was conducted to evaluate effects of flunixin meglumine (fm) on tendon healing after experimentally induced acute trauma. twenty eight adult male new zealand white rabbits were subjected to complete t...

conclusions jytk combined with metformin improves some antioxidant indices (sod and mda), and decreases inflammation in patients with t2dm, suggesting that it can reduce the risk of diabetic complications. results all 112 patients, including 59 in the treatment group (jytk + metformin) and 52 controls (metformin only) completed the 26-week clinical trial. jykt plus metformin treatment increased...

objectives: weight loss as a consecution of losing appetite in post-operative patients and those suffering from hiv, cancer, cachexia and inflammatory diseases are the main inducements of morbidity and mortality. there is an increasing demand for more efficacious and endurable appetite stimulating treatment for patients with cachexia. health economics is influenced by the malnutrition which was...

Objective: Nigella sativa (NS) is a herbal medicine with anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant functions. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of oral administration of NS seeds oil on the treatment of Behcet’s disease (BD). Materials and methods:In this double-blind randomized controlled study, 130 patients with BD were screened and 71 patients with BD were randomly allocated to the tre...

BACKGROUND Satisfaction with birth care is part of quality assessment of care. The aim of this study was to investigate possible differences in satisfaction with intrapartum care among low-risk women, randomized to a midwifery unit or to an obstetric unit within the same hospital. METHODS Randomized controlled trial conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Østfold Hospital Tr...

BACKGROUND Despite an increasing emphasis on workplace-based assessment (WPBA) during medical training, the existing assessment system largely relies on summative assessment while formative assessment is less valued. Various tools have been described for WPBA, mini-clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) being one of them. Mini-CEX is well accepted in Western countries, however, reports of its ...

Studies on public transit have emphasized the role of passenger satisfaction with service quality in travel choice decisions and indicated that satisfaction depends on various service attributes. Few studies have, however, systematically examined the underlying relationships among service attributes to assess their influence on passenger overall satisfaction. Therefore, to contribute to this ra...

OBJECTIVE To determine the correlation between individual patient experience dimensions and overall patient satisfaction using text-based analysis of subjective comments of patients treated in emergency departments. METHODS Open-ended comments from 331 patients who visited the emergency departments of 4 hospitals were used for coding different dimensions of patient experience. Regression coef...