A first checklist of the Iranian Chrysididae is proposed. The list includes 184 species in 20 genera. Seventy species and genera Spinolia Dahlbom, 1854, Spintharina Semenov, 1892, Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 are newly recorded from Iran. New combination is proposed for Chrysura laconiae (Arens, 2001), comb. nov. (from Chrysis) and Chrysurapyrogaster turca (Linsenmaier, 1997), comb. nov. (from...

Ronald M. Krauss, MD (Chair, AHA Dietary Guidelines Committee); Robert H. Eckel, MD (Chair, Nutrition Committee); Barbara Howard, PhD (Vice Chair, Nutrition Committee); Lawrence J. Appel, MD; Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD; Richard J. Deckelbaum, MD; John W. Erdman, Jr, PhD; Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD; Ira J. Goldberg, MD; Theodore A. Kotchen, MD; Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc; William E. Mitch, MD...

Neil J. Stone, MD, MACP, FAHA, FACC, Chair Jennifer Robinson, MD, MPH, FAHA, Vice Chair Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, FAHA, Vice Chair C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FAHA, FACC Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA Conrad B. Blum, MD, FAHA Patrick McBride, MD, MPH, FAHA Robert H. Eckel, MD, FAHA J. Sanford Schwartz, MD Anne C. Goldberg, MD, FACP, FAHA Susan T. Shero, MS, RN* David Gordon, MD* Sidn...

Exploratory laparoscopy revealed necrosis of almost the entire greater omentum with torsion at its base and an indirect inguinal hernia with affected omentum and small bowel inside the hernia sac. The procedure was converted to a middle median laparotomy, and the omentum was ligated and resected at its base, ensuring that the entire necrotic part was removed (Fig. B). At the end, a Lichtenstein...

Necrotising fasciitis is a rare but disastrous complication after elective surgery. We present two patients (both male, 58 and 18 years old) who developed necrotising fasciitis following elective inguinal hernia repair according to Lichtenstein. The importance of both recognition and time interval between symptom occurrence and surgical intervention is illustrated, emphasising the need for imme...