Use of autologous conditioned serum dressings in hard-to-heal wounds: a randomised prospective clinical trial.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to assess both the efficacy and tolerability of autologous conditioned serum (ACS) as an innovative wound dressing in the local management of hard-to-heal wounds.

Method: In this single-blinded randomised controlled trial, patients with hard-to-heal wounds were randomly assigned to receive either ACS treatment or normal saline (NS) dressings. The treatment was applied once a week for three weeks with a final assessment at three weeks from the first ACS application.

Effect of Dextrose Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma and Autologous Conditioned Serum on Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the common degenerative articular disorders that are related to decreased quality of life. Currently, novel biologic therapeutic approaches are introduced in the literature for OA management. In this study, the clinical efficiency of Dextrose prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and autologous conditioned serum (ACS) injection on the level of pain and function in Knee OA were compared.

Mental health status among female sex workers in Tabriz, Iran.

Female sex workers are a deprived part of Islamic communities. It is necessary for public health policy makers to have knowledge about their mental health status. This study aims to have an evaluation of mental health among female sex workers in Tabriz for the first time in northwest of Iran.

The effect of preoperative intravenous paracetamol administration on postoperative fever in pediatrics cardiac surgery.

Background: Post-operative fever is a common complication of cardiac operations, which is known to be correlated with a greater degree of cognitive dysfunction 6 weeks after cardiac surgery. The aim of the present study was to examine efficacy and safety of single dose intravenous Paracetamol in treatment of post-operative fever in children undergoing cardiac surgery.

Materials And Methods: In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 80 children, aged 1-12 years, presenting for open heart surgery were entered in the trial and randomly allocated into two groups: Placebo and Paracetamol.

Intravenous paracetamol versus intramuscular pethidine in relief of labour pain in primigravid women.

Background: Intramuscular pethidine is one of most common opioids used for labour analgesia. There are a number of concerns in the literature regarding the use of pethidine. The aim of this study is to compare analgesic efficacy of paracetamol with pethidine for labour pain in normal vaginal delivery.