Intraoperative Wound Irrigation for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection After Laparotomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial by CHIR-Net.

Importance: Surgical site infections frequently occur after open abdominal surgery. Intraoperative wound irrigation as a preventive measure is a common practice worldwide, although evidence supporting this practice is lacking.

Objective: To evaluate the preventive effect of intraoperative wound irrigation with polyhexanide solution.

Elderly Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Benefit from Liver Transplantation as Much as Younger Ones.

Introduction: The literature on liver transplantation (LT) for cirrhosis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (cirr-HCC) in elderly patients (≥65 years of age) is scarce. The aim of this study was therefore to analyze the outcome after LT for cirr-HCC in elderly patients in our single-center experience.

Methods: All consecutive patients who underwent LT for cirr-HCC at our center were identified from our prospectively collected LT database and stratified into an elderly (≥65 years) and a younger (<65 years) cohort.

Efficient osteogenic differentiation of the dental pulp stem cells on β-glycerophosphate loaded polycaprolactone/polyethylene oxide blend nanofibers.

Hard tissue lesion treatment in oral and maxillofacial has been challenging because of tissue complexities. This study aimed to investigate novel biopolymeric construct effects on the osteogenic differentiation potential of the dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) for introducing a cell copolymer bioimplant. A blended polycaprolactone (PCL)-polyethylene oxide (PEO) was fabricated using electrospinning, simultaneously filled by β-glycerophosphate (β-GP).

Cardiac involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study in Iran.

Background: Cardiovascular disease is one of the extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is the most common cause of death in these patients. So we decided to evaluate RA patients in terms of history, clinical examination, electrocardiography, and echocardiography to determine the prevalence of types of cardiac involvements in these patients.

Methods: 100 consecutive patients, diagnosed with RA, referred to rheumatology clinic in Razi referral hospital of Rasht, Iran, were enrolled.

Comparison of Antifungal Activity of 2% Chlorhexidine, Calcium Hydroxide, and Nanosilver gels against Candida Albicans.

Objectives: Residual microorganisms in the root canal system (RCS) after endodontic therapy such as Candida albicans are a major cause of endodontic failure. Calcium hydroxide (CH) and chlorhexidine (CHX) have suitable antimicrobial activity against bacteria and can be used as intracanal medicaments. Nanosilver has also shown antimicrobial activity against microorganisms.

Depressive symptoms in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism--the effect of treatment with levothyroxine: a double-blind randomized clinical trial.

Despite the increasing evidence for relationships between thyroid dysfunction and neuropsychiatric alterations, the effect of treatment of thyroid disease on various clinical psychiatric outcomes is controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of levothyroxine treatment on depressive symptoms in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism. A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial was performed.

Microfluidic space-domain time-resolved emission spectroscopy of terbium(III) and europium(III) chelates with pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate.

This article describes the utilization of laminar microflows for time-resolved emission measurements with steady-state excitation and detection. Passing a laminar flow through a short illuminated section of a microchannel provided a means for pulsed-like photoexcitation of the moieties carried by the fluid. Imaging the microchannel flows carrying thus photoexcited chelates of lanthanide ions allowed us to extract their excited-state lifetimes from the spatial distribution of the changes in the emission intensity.

Changes of subtests of Wechsler Memory Scale and cognitive function in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism following treatment with levothyroxine.

Introduction: Subclinical hypothyroidism has been reported to be associated with disturbed cognitive function. In this study, changes of subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale and memory quotient were investigated in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism following treatment with levothyroxine. The aim of the study was a randomized double blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.