Premedication With Single Dose of Acetazolamide for the Control of Referral Shoulder Pain After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Background: The use of laparoscopic surgeries is escalating thanks to their advantages over the open surgeries. However, several complications can be observed following laparoscopy operation. Postoperative pain is a major concern in cholecystectomy surgeries.

Hemodynamic parameters of low-flow isoflurane and low-flow sevoflurane anesthesia during controlled ventilation with laryngeal mask airway.

Background: Nowadays laryngeal mask airway (LMA) is popular as one of the best choices for airway management. Low-flow anesthesia has some advantages like lower pollution, hemodynamic stability and cost effectiveness. Volatile anesthetics are widely used for anesthesia maintenance during operations.

Efficacy of video-guided laryngoscope in airway management skills of medical students.

Background & Aims: Video-guided laryngoscopy, though unproven in achieving better success rates of laryngoscopy outcome and intubation, seems to provide better glottic visualization compared with direct laryngoscopy. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of video-guided laryngoscope (VGL) in the airway management skills of medical students.

Materials And Methods: Medical students throughout their anesthesiology rotations were enrolled in this study.

Vascular endothelial growth factor and insulin-like growth factor-1 in preterm infants with retinopathy of prematurity.

Introduction: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can lead to severe visual impairment. This study was conducted to determine the levels of biochemical mediators (i. e.

Comparison of postoperative complication between Laryngeal Mask Airway and endotracheal tube during low-flow anesthesia with controlled ventilation.

Objective: To compare the postoperative complications between Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) and endotracheal tube (ETT) during low-flow anesthesia with controlled ventilation.

Methodology: Eighty adult Patients with ASA class I or II were randomly allocated into two forty-patient groups (ETT or LMA). Cuff pressure was monitored during anesthesia.

Serum selenium levels of the very low birth weight premature newborn infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Background: The selenium (Se) is an essential trace element that has a critical role in synthesis and activity of a number of selenoproteins with protective properties against free radical damage. This study was conducted to detect the serum Se concentration in very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants and its association with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Materials And Methods: Cord blood Se concentration was determined in 54 neonates with gestation age 30 week or less.

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in preterm infants with retinopathy of prematurity.

Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the main cause of visual impairment in preterm newborn infants.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether insulin-like growth factor binding protein -3 (IGFBP-3) is associated with proliferative ROP and has a role in pathogenesis of the disease in premature infants.

Materials And Methods: A total of 71 preterm infants born at or before 32 weeks of gestation participated in this study.

Microscopic comparison of topical use of Mitomycin C and Fluorouracil on cold knife myringotomy.

Unlabelled: Objective/hypothesis A comparison of the histopathological effect of topical use of Mitomycin C and 5-Fluorouracil in preventing myringotomy closure in rats.

Study Design: clinical trial. Methods and materials The study was performed on 43 rats that were divided into three groups.

A prospective study of the safety of tracheal extubation using endotracheal ventilation catheter in patients undergoing maxillofacial surgery.

Objective: To assess the use of endotracheal ventilation catheter for extubation of patients who underwent maxillofacial surgery.

Methods: Sixty patients who underwent maxillofacial surgery were enrolled in this study from September 2004 to October 2006 in Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tabriz, Iran. They were randomized to 2, 30-person groups.

Comparison of umbilical cord interleukin-6 in preterm infants with premature rupture of membranes and intact membranes.

Objective: To compare inflammatory mediators in the cord blood of premature newborn infants with premature rupture of membranes (PROM) and intact membranes.

Methods: Eighty-nine premature neonates with gestational age of 27-34 weeks that delivered in Ghaem Hospital in Mashhad, Iran from June 2005 to March 2006 were enrolled in a prospective observational study, and their umbilical cord plasma was collected at birth. They were allocated into 2 groups (45 patients with PROM, and 44 neonates with intact membranes).