conclusions lower extremity movement extent was carefully evaluated and, in respect to muscle strength, the patient was able to walk independently three months after the surgery. the patient’s balance was studied and the results showed moderate levels of stability. case presentation this is a case report concerning a patient who had septic arthritis in the knee area and so underwent soft tissue...

background: composting as a waste management technology is becoming more widespread. the purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and to find the most effective composting process for the ratio of green waste, digested and dewatered sludge from chonibieh wastewater treatment plant in the west region of ahvaz. methods: the composting time was 23 days and the evaluated parameters in th...

  Purpose: Despite discovering new antibiotics, mortality due to septic shock has remained high.   This research has examined the effect of selenase in patients with septic shock admitted to the   intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in Tehran.   Materials and Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was done on 80 participants (40 case   and 40 control) who were admitted to the ICU with se...

arginine vasopressin as a supplementary vasopressor in septic shock restores vascular tone and mean arterial pressure, meanwhile decreases dose and exposure time to catecholamines. the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of vasopressin on lactate and lactate clearance as markers of tissue perfusion during septic shock. in this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, 30 patient...

septic arthritis of the hip in children has multiple sequelae and may result in severe disability. significant morbidity can be prevented by early recognition and treatment. the authors reviewed 13 children with 14 hips with sequelae of septic arthritis of the hip. all of children had history of hip septic arthritis before age of 4 years. six were male subjects, and 7 were female subjects. we e...

bacterial meningitis is still the leading cause of high morbidity and mortality among the children. the present study was conducted to determine the epidemiology, clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis and to evaluate the risk factors associated with developing the infection.this cross sectional study was conducted in three hospitals of gaza strip -palestine during the period 2009. al...

results the present study revealed that the sobt and sop extracts showed in vitro bactericidal activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. furthermore, administration of sobt and sop increased the rats’ survival rates by 66.7% and 83.33%, respectively, as compared to the untreated clp-septic rats. treatment of the clp-septic rats with sobt and sop significantly alleviated alterat...

1. We investigated the effect of adrenergic receptor stimulation or inhibition on the hepatic ultrastructural changes in a porcine faecal peritonitis model of multi-organ failure. We infused either the α1 adrenergic receptor agonist methoxamine or the β2 adrenergic receptor antagonist ICI 118551 during 8 h of the study. 2. Anaesthetized pigs (25–30 kg) were divided into four non-septic groups (...