OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of the physiologic and facilitated labor on the mother and neonate outcomes in the prim gravid women referring to Arash Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS This clinical trial study was performed on 200 low risk pregnant women referring to Arash Women's Hospital in 2012-2013. Mothers were divided into two groups of 100 patients using a simple random sampling method...

OBJECTIVE Review the historical development and physiologic principles of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) based on human and veterinary experimental literature and current equipment in use. DATA SOURCES Review of basic physiologic concepts. Data from human and veterinary journals were reviewed through Pubmed and Veterinary Information Network database searches as well as reference searches o...

background & aim : the process of delivery, from physiologic point of view, is similar to long exercises and decrease in physical activities is so common during pregnancy which could cause disruptions in the process of delivery. the present study aimed to determine the effects of exercise on childbirth process among primigravid women. methods & materials : this single-blind randomized clinical ...

T he management of surgical illness requires appropriate metabolic and physiologic adjustment to preserve tissue and organ function. A patient’s baseline nutritional status along with optimal nutritional support will provide the substrate to meet the increase in metabolic demand. Adequate response to metabolic demands allows the host to limit catabolism, promote wound healing, and muster a defe...

with low oral bioavailability due to to extensive gastrointestinal breakdown or high hepatic first-pass effect. Intranasal delivery of drugs to reach the system has been widely studied and a number of reports is available in the literature (1). The concentration-time profiles of drugs achieved after nasal administration are often similar to those after intravenous administration, with resultant...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Qualitative decreases in maternal brain size have been observed late in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to quantitatively evaluate changes to the maternal brain during and after healthy pregnancy and to compare these changes with those observed in cases of preeclampsia. METHODS Three-dimensional T1-weighted MR volume images were obtained in nine healthy participant...

single-walled carbon nanotubes (swnts) are among the promising nano-devices for delivery of therapeutic agents. yet the drastic hydrophobic natures of swnts make their handling and hence application difficult.several researches have been conducted to make them more hydrophilic and water dispersible and less toxic. among the different approaches, dispersion methods exploit different reagents suc...

Although we have known since the 19th century that oxygen tension affects erythrocyte production, we have only recently begun to understand many subtleties of erythropoietin physiology. The unanticipated increase in mortality associated with erythropoietin use found in recent randomized studies is prompting a reassessment of static hemoglobin targets. Hemoglobin levels in dialysis patients do n...

The chemosensory system is one of the earliest emerging systems in fetal development. Smell is detected through the epithelium of the nasopharynx and taste through the tongue. Anatomical structures and innervation are already present in the first and early second trimesters. Early fetal experience with the mother's specific diet through the amniotic fluid provide for a continuous sensory enviro...

Sepsis is a clinical syndrome defined by physiologic changes indicative of systemic inflammation, which are likely attributable to documented or suspected infection. Septic shock is the progression of those physiologic changes to the extent that delivery of oxygen and metabolic substrate to tissues is compromised. Biomarkers have the potential to diagnose, monitor, stratify and predict outcome ...