PURPOSE The purpose of this prospective, double-blind, crossover study was to evaluate the effect of 50% nitrous oxide (N2O) compared to oxygen (O2) alone on behavioral and physiologic parameters when a standard regimen of chloral hydrate (CH) (50 mg/kg) and hydroxyzine (2 mg/kg) was administered to young children for dental procedures. METHODS Twenty children (mean age 42 +/- 7.3 months) wer...

background: autologous skin graft is frequently used in the field of plastic, and reconstructive surgery. the engraftment is dependent upon revascularization and angiogenesis, which can be regulated by different factors. in addition to its hematopoietic effects, erythropoietin is shown to positively affect the wound healing process. objectives: we studied effects of human erythropoietin on reva...

BACKGROUND Many sexual psychophysiologic studies have failed to find differences in physiologic genital arousal between women with and those without sexual dysfunction. However, differences in self-reported (ie, perceived) measures of genital responses between these 2 groups of women have been noted. AIMS To determine whether women with and without sexual dysfunction differ on measures of phy...

the effect of massage therapy on the physiologic index of the patiants hospitalized at different intensive care units of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences       zolriasatain f [1] *, bahraini s [2] , hariri gh [3] , khoda karim s [4]     received: 4 dec , 2012 accepted: 18 feb , 2013       abstract:   background & aims : massage therapy is one of the appropriate methods of reducing...