OBJECTIVE To analyse the functional and oncological outcome of consecutive renal-transplant recipients (RTRs) with clinically localised prostate cancer who underwent radical retropubic (RRP) or perineal (RPP) prostatectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 2000 and July 2011 16 patients underwent RRP (group 1) and seven RPP (group 2). In all, 200 consecutive non-RTRs served as the control...

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a suspected pathogen in rapidly progressive periodontitis (RPP). We have determined the anti-P. gingivalis serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype response and avidity and the subclass titer distributions for 30 RPP patients and 30 age-, sex-, and race-matched healthy subjects by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technology. Patients and control subjects were clas...

Tracheal intubation under general anaesthesia causes a rise in heart rate and blood pressure. This can worsen myocardial ischaemia or precipitate infarction in patients with coronary artery disease. We monitored 50 sedated and non-sedated patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring. We subsequently studied 15 patients undergoing en...

Resistance training increases muscle strength in older adults, decreasing the effort necessary for executing physical tasks, and reducing cardiovascular load during exercise. This hypothesis has been confirmed during strength-based activities, but not during aerobic-based activities. This study determined whether different resistance training regimens, strength training (ST, constant movement v...

سن گلخوار یونجه، Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Hemiptera: Miridae)، یکی از آفات مهم یونجه در بسیاری نقاط جهان می‌باشد. زیست‌شناسی آزمایشگاهی و پراسنجه‌های جدول زندگی این آفت پنج دمای 25، 5/27، 30، 5/32 35 درجه سلسیوس، رطوبت نسبی 5 ±60 درصد دوره نوری 16 ساعت روشنایی 8 تاریکی مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. قادر به نشوونما سلسیوس نبود. طولانی‌ترین کوتاه‌ترین طول پورگی به‌ترتیب 5/27 (81/13 روز) (08/8 به‌دست آ...

OBJECTIVE With respect to the equivocal value of the reverse perfusion pattern (RPP) in technetium-99m (Tc)-sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging, a study was carried out to evaluate this pattern in association with the presence or absence of coronary artery disease (CAD) and other underlying factors, mainly the time of acquisition and the presence of intense visceral uptake. PATIENTS AND ME...

Baryon-baryon elastic scattering is considered in the independent scattering (Landshoff) mechanism. It is suggested that for scattering at moderate energies, direct and interchange quark channels contribute with equal color coefficients because the quark color is randomized by soft gluon exchange during the hadronization stage. With this assumption, it is shown that the ratio of cross sections ...

A report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommended avoiding atropine premedication during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We have examined the cardiovascular effects of ECT with or without atropine premedication. Consenting patients (n = 30) were allocated randomly before their third ECT session to receive atropine or no premedication. The rate pressure product (RPP) was recorded befor...

The routine use of veno-venous bypass during the anhepatic phase of orthotopic liver transplantation is controversial. Decreased shunt flows (1.5-3.0 litre min-1), as reported in the literature, may explain the lack of beneficial effects on outcome. We have studied the influence of bypass flows on caval pressure gradient (CPG) and renal perfusion pressure (RPP) in 45 patients undergoing orthoto...