Background Caesarean sections are usually performed under spinal anaesthesia. It provides effective postoperative pain control over a limited period of time. As result, various intrathecal additives have been used. Recently, dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine used as adjuncts for different types regional anaesthesia without increasing the risk neurological complications. Objectives: We compared ...

Objective NA. Background Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS) is a rare movement disorder in children often associated with an underlying neuroblastoma. In other cases, it believed that the tumor occult or there another immune-stimulating precipitating event. Diagnosis can be difficult, requiring 3 of 4 criteria: opsoclonus ocular flutter, ataxia, behavioral sleep disturbances, and Prompt treatm...

objective: pharmacological effects of carvacrol such as its anti-inflammatory activities have been shows. in this study the effects of carvacrol on serum levels of total protein (tp), phospholipase a2 (pla2) and histamine in sensitized guinea pigs was evaluated. materials and methods: sensitized guinea pigs were given drinking water alone (group s), drinking water containing three concentration...

purpose: to compare the efficacy of granisetron, metoclopramide and dexamethasone in prevention of post operative nausea and vomiting (ponv) after cataract surgery. methods: sixty patients scheduled for cataract surgery with age between 45 to 80 years and with asa class i & ii were enrolled in this clinical trial. the patients were randomly allocated to three 20- person groups. the induction of...

the pain is the most common complaint in various diseases. postoperative pain is common complication and spatially in elderly patient because of exacerbation of heard and vessel was impotents. the aim of this study was evaluation of the effect of low-dose iv dexamethasone on postoperative pain in patients with lumbar discectomy.   in a clinical trial that studied in neurosurgery wards of shohad...

introduction : deproteinized bovine bone mineral (bio-oss) is a xenogenic bone substitute, widely used in maxillofacial bone regeneration. the aim of this in vitro study was to investigate its influence on the growth behavior of human osteosarcoma cell line, saos-2 culture, and compare it with the physiologic dose of dexamethasone, an inductive factor for osteoblasts. materials and methods: hum...

This study aims to determine the ability of Modified Foam Stability (FS-50) test predict fetal lung maturity in preterm premature rupture membranes treated with Dexamethasone. The sample included pregnant women PROM at a gestational age 24 less than 34 weeks ER and Obstetrics Ward Sanglah Central General Hospital, Denpasar. patient underwent vaginal speculum examination collect fluid pooled vag...

introduction: presence of a sore throat after surgery is a common side effect of general anesthesia with intratracheal intubation and can cause discomfort for the patient and prolong the recovery process. in this study we compared the effect of dexamethasone before and after intubation on the incidence of sore throat after tympanoplasty surgery.   materials and methods: in a double-blind, rando...

bakcground: the aim of itp treatment is to prevent intracranial hemorrhage and increase the platelet count rapidly. this study was conducted with the objective of comparing the efficacy of anti-d immunoglobulin (ig) with dexamethasone in treating childhood itp. materials and methods: in this randomized prospective control trial, 20 itp patients (platelet count< 20,000/µl) younger than 16 were s...