BACKGROUND People with special needs undergoing dental surgery frequently require general anesthesia. We investigated the effect of remifentanil vs fentanyl on stress response and postoperative pain in people with special needs undergoing day-case dental surgery. METHODS Forty-six adult patients with cognitive impairment undergoing day-case dental surgery under general anesthesia were allocat...

We report on a case of autoimmune thyroiditis in a 6-month-old patient with cortico-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Normal serum levels of thyroid hormons and thyroid-stimulating hormone were detected with high titers of circulant antithyroid antibodies and a dysomogeneous ultrasound appearance of the gland, typical of autoimmune thyroiditis. The research of maternal thyroid antibodies was negati...

Certain functional relationships are known to exist, between the maternal and fetal thyroid glands. Whether or not thyroid stimulating hormons (TSH) takes part in this relationship is a problem of interest. In the present studies, special attention was paid to the possibility that TSH may be produced in the placental tissue since reports on this subject have been limited and it is an unknown ar...

Zusammenfassung Die Nebennieren spielen eine zentrale Rolle in der Regulation verschiedenster Stoffwechselprozesse im Körper, nicht zuletzt aufgrund adrenalen Produktion des lebenswichtigen Hormons Hydrokortison. Erkrankungen Nebenniere manifestieren sich als Funktionsstörungen einzelnen Nebennierenhormone und/oder stellen zufällig aufgefallene Raumforderungen nur die Endokrinologen, sondern im...

Background: Cyclophosphamid as an anti-neoplastic medicine, is classified as a derivative of mustard nitrogen, which passes through brain- blood -barrier and it is known as causing significant poisoning affects with high stoppage effects on body. Through attaching two DNA chains of cell nucleus and breaking inter/intra-chain connection and inhibition RNA synthesis Cyclophosphamide causes high t...