objective: atorvastatin has the pleiotropic effects, including anti-inflammation and antioxidant. therefore, this study considered to examine the effects of atorvastatin on nf-қb expression, as a main transcription factor for expression of inflammatory cytokines, in hyperglycemia-induced nephropathy in rat. materials and methods: twenty four male wistar rats were randomly divided into four grou...

although several studies have investigated the effects of ramadan fasting on diabetic patients, the exact impacts on diabetes control have not been well elucidated yet. there are neither precise quantitative criteria nor clear guidelines regarding ramadan fasting for diabetic patients. this review aimed to discuss the results of previous studies. the neglected points in performed studies should...

background:poisoning with ethylene glycol (eg) can be fatal even if appropriate treatments are delivered. eg poisoning usually causes central nervous system depression, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure (arf). case report:a 33-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with reduced consciousness and dyspnea of four-hour duration due to unknown rea...

conclusions addition of fc decoction to oral hypoglycemic drugs might significantly decrease 2hpp in patients with dm type 2. it is a safe and inexpensive method. the mechanism for this decrease is something other than increased insulin secretion. results thirteen patients in each group completed the trial. fbs, fructosamine, hba1c, and c-peptide baseline and post-trial amounts in the case grou...

Introduction It has been reported that hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic non-ketotic coma (HHNC) occurs more commonly in black patients (Pyke, 1969) and this has become an accepted part of clinical teaching on the subject (Oakley, Pyke and Taylor, 1978; Jackson and Vinik, 1977). Recently this point has been further emphasized (Nikolaides et al., 1981; Wright et al., 1981). Our personal observations h...

t-wave oversensing occurs when the counter starts giving dual beeps for every cardiac cycle instead of one. this usually happens when the monitoring lead displays a tall t wave, which is also sharp. r wave sensing algorithms of the devices do not sense t wave because the slow rate of the t wave is much less than that of the r wave. but the slow rate of t waves may change with time and also beca...

abstract diabetes mellitus (dm) is one of the greatest public health threats in modern societies. although during a few years it was suggested that dm had no significant effect in male reproductive function, this view has been challenged in recent years. from a clinical perspective, the evaluation of semen parameters, as well as spermatozoa deoxyribonucleic acid (dna) integrity, are often studi...