traumatic brain injury is a common entity. however cerebral infarction in infants is a rare entity while the diagnosis of this pathology in the pediatric population is usually difficult. the mild head trauma is rarely accompanied by intracranial injury and even less, with cerebral infarction. we herein report the first case of cerebral infarction after a mild brain trauma in a 2-year-old latin-...

background: the nonamnesic type of mild cognitive impairment (na?mci) is predementia state with subtle decline incognitive domains except memory. although cognitive rehabilitation (cr) has been investigated in amnesic type of mci, we could not find any trial that rehabilitated na?mci exclusively. we studied the effectiveness of cr on na?mci. materials and methods: this study was a blinded, rand...

the levels of serum tota1 protein, albumin, transaminases and phosphatases were estimated in a group of children with severe marasmus or mild malnutrition in order to identify some of the associated deficiencies in these syndromes. the biochemical pattern was similar in the normal and malnourished children.

background: about 5–10% of patients with asthma suffer from poorly-controlled disease despite corticosteroid (cs) therapy. methods: 21 severe and 30 mild asthma patients were recruited and underwent collection of blood sample. we determined whether there were any differences in inflammatory biomarkers between severe and mild asthma patients or not.results: levels of interleukin-8 (il-8) and int...

conclusions mild traumatic brain injuries despite of the normal ct scan and history of substance abuse are closely related to psychological symptoms. therefore, it is recommended that patients with brain trauma 6 months post-injury and subjects with a history of substance abuse be evaluated for psychological distress to support better rehabilitation. background it is well-known that severe brai...

in this article, we apply two new fixed point theorems to investigate the existence of mild solutions for a nonlocal fractional cauchy problem with an integral initial condition in banach spaces.

background: preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication with unknown etiology and its incidence is associated with genetic and environmental factors. there are inconsistent reports related to the role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (enos) 4a/b polymorphism on the risk of preeclampsia development. the aim of the present study was to investigate the possible influence of enos 4a/b and its syne...

objective(s): the aim of this study wasto investigate the effects of mild hypothermia therapy on oxidative stress injury of rabbit brain tissue after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr). materials and methods: rabbit models of cardiac arrest were established. after the restoration of spontaneous circulation, 50 rabbits were randomly divided into normothermia and hypothermia groups. the followin...