background: prediction of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is very important for early treatment and prophylaxis of neurologic sequels. the aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive role of umbilical cord ^5-fetoprotein (ucafp) as a marker of an increased risk for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in full term babies. methods: umbilical cord blood was collected from 400 term singleton full t...

conclusions the stereotactic brachytherapy for patients with circumscribed and relatively small size tumors appears to be a safe, feasible, and minimally-invasive treatment. results thirteen patients were male and 16 were female, with the median age of 29 years (range, 2.5 – 64 years). the median follow-up was 95 (range, 6 – 240) months. based on pignatti classification, 10 patients were at low...

introduction: stress is associated with neurological and cognitive disorders. it has been suggested that doxepin, in addition to its influence on the content of neurotransmitters, has probable neuroprotective effects as well. therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of doxepin on synaptic plasticity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf) gene expression in the rat h...

long-term potentiation (ltp) is a reflection of synaptic plasticity that induced by specific patterns of synaptic activity and has an important role in learning and memory. the first clue of the potential role of glutamate receptors in ltp was in 1991 with the observation that the mglur agonists 1-amino-1, 3-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid (acpd), increased ltp. studies have shown that acpd induc...

objective: in this study efficacy of sub lingual misoprostol was examined in comparison to oxytocin (i.v.) for inducing of labor in term pregnancy. materials and methods: seventy patients were allocated by blocked randomization to groups a (n=35, sub lingual misoprostol 25 μg four hourly to maximum of 5 doses) and b (n=35, continuous oxytocin infusion). results: delivery active phase and total ...

abstract physiologists have shown that increased fluids improve skeletal muscle performance in prolonged exercise. typical orders provide for 125 ml of intravenous fluids per hour in patients taking limited oral fluids during labor. our purpose in this study was to determine whether increased intravenous fluids affect the progress oflabor. in a prospective randomized institutional clinical tria...

Introduction: The fetus needs a considerable amount of cholesterol for the development of tissues and organs.  Studies have suggested that genetic and environmental factors influence the composition of cord blood lipoproteins.  In this study, we aim to assess the effect of gestational age, sex and birth weight on the cord blood lipoproteins. Methods: We collected umbilical cord blood samples fr...

the acceptability of hearing aids in people with presbyacusis has been improved but assessment of whether there is a need for more counseling to increase the number of regular hearing-aid users seems to be important. the aim of this study was to determine if the hearing aid was worn regularly and over a long period of time in people with presbyacusis. a questionnaire survey of patients with pre...

background: to evaluate the intermediate-term outcomes of radius shortening as a treatment for kienbock’s disease. materials and methods: in a historical cohort, 16 skeletally mature patients (9 men and 7 women) with kienbock disease, who were treated with radial shortening osteotomy between 2002 and 2012, were reviewed in our study. the mean age of our patients was 30 (range 18-43) years old. ...