Publications by authors named "Vida Naderi-Boldaji"
Background: Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is the most prevalent acute peripheral polyneuropathy disorder. The disparities between populations and variations in the major risk factors highlight the importance of country-specific studies. This study aimed to report clinical characteristics and outcomes of ICU-admitted patients with GBS in an academic medical center in Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The effectiveness of continuous wound infiltration (CWI) as a postoperative pain-control technique has been shown in many surgical procedures. This study investigates the effect of CWI of local anesthetic on postoperative pain control in intertrochanteric fracture patients undergoing hip nailing surgery.
Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 48 patients who were scheduled for hip nailing surgery were randomly assigned to receive ( = 24) or not receive ( = 24) bupivacaine infusion through a catheter inside the surgical wound, postoperatively.
Background: Despite the beneficial effects, RBC transfusion can be associated with infectious and non-infectious complications in critically ill patients.
Objectives: Investigate current RBC transfusion practices and their effect on the clinical outcomes of patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
Design: Retrospective observational study.
Introduction: Canceling scheduled surgeries on the day of surgery places a heavy burden on healthcare providers and has psychological, social, and financial consequences on patients and their families. This study aimed to investigate the main reasons for cancellations of elective procedures and provide appropriate recommendations to reduce the rate of such avoidable cancellations.
Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from all consecutive elective cases scheduled for various elective surgeries from January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2022 at Namazi Teaching Hospital, a major referral center in southern Iran with a capacity of 938 beds.
Background: Several adjuvants, added to local anesthetics, were suggested to induce an ideal regional block with high-quality analgesia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the particular blocking properties of low-dose bupivacaine in combination with meperidine and fentanyl in spinal anesthesia during Cesarean sections.
Methods: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial was conducted at Hafez Hospital affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Shiraz, Iran) from February 2015 to February 2016.
Background And Goal: Laryngeal mask airway (LMA), a supraglottic device for airway management and ventilation, is used both in emergencies, out of the operating room, and in the operating room during general anesthesia. This study aims to compare the success rate and complications of the classic insertion method (with a semi-inflated cuff) and another technique using the index and middle fingers of the second hand to prevent retroversion of the mask tip (alternative method).
Methods And Materials: In total, 288 patients scheduled for short-time ophthalmologic elective surgeries under general anesthesia were randomly allocated to two groups for LMA placement; group C, classical method (with semi-inflated cuff), and group A, alternative method.
Background: Management of anticoagulant therapy in COVID-19 patients is critical. Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) thromboprophylaxis is already recommended, and anti-Factor Xa (anti-FXa) monitoring has been used to titrate LMWH doses.
Methods: Through a cross-sectional study, we evaluated anti-FXa activity in patients admitted to the ICU, receiving intermediate dose (30, 40, 50 mg, subcutaneously [SC], twice daily) or therapeutic dose (1 mg/kg, SC, Q12h) of enoxaparin to find whether the patients in these two groups achieved anti-FXa levels in the accepted thromboprophylaxis range.
Background: Comparing bupivacaine's adjuvants in spinal anesthesia, we assessed the specific blocking characteristics and adverse effects of bupivacaine alone and in combination with dexmedetomidine or meperidine in spinal anesthesia during cesarean section.
Methods: In this double-blind randomized clinical trial study, ninety pregnant women were divided into groups to receive 10 mg bupivacaine (group B), 10 mg bupivacaine with 5 g dexmedetomidine (group BD), or 10 mg bupivacaine with 10 mg meperidine (group BM) intrathecal. Patients were assessed for the quality of analgesia during operations.
Mild to moderate-intensity endurance exercise training combined with hind-limb blood flow restriction (BFR) induces elderly heart rejuvenation and improves cardiac inotropy and resistance to ischemia. However, the mediators of these beneficial effects are still not well known. The present study investigated the possible role of some important molecules in the mediatory of this model of exercise training in the promotion of heart health in aged rats.
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- This study investigates the effectiveness of posterior tibial and sural nerve blocks in controlling pain for patients undergoing surgery for calcaneal fractures.
- Forty-eight patients were divided into two groups: one receiving nerve blocks with bupivacaine and the other receiving a saline solution for comparison.
- Results showed that the nerve block group experienced lower pain scores, required less morphine, delayed requests for analgesics, and reported higher satisfaction with the pain management, indicating that peripheral nerve blocks can improve postoperative outcomes.
Background: Regarding the negative effects of androgenic anabolic steroids (AASs) abuse, the long-term effect of nandrolone decanoate with/without two intensities of endurance exercise training was investigated on heart tissue and electrocardiogram (ECG) in rats.
Methods: The experiment was conducted on 63 ýýmale Wistar rats, which were ý4 months old. The rats were divide into groups of control (CTL), arachis oilasnandrolone solvent (Ar), nandrolone (Nan) (received a dose of 5 mg/kg twice/week for 8 weeks), mild swimming exercise training (mEx), severe exercise (sEx), sEx + Nan, mEx + Nan, mEx + Ar, and sEx + Ar.
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of blood flow restriction (BFR) training on cardiac resistance to isoproterenol (ISO) induced heart injury in old rats and examined the hypothesis that BFR training may interfere with age-associated impairment of mitochondria by the inhibitory phosphorylation of GSK-3β at Ser9. Old male Wistar rats were divided into the following six groups: CTL (control), ISO (isoproterenol-treated), Sh + ISO (sham-operated plus ISO), BFR + ISO (blood flow restriction plus ISO), Sh-Ex + ISO (sham-operated subjected to exercise and ISO), and BFR-Ex + ISO (blood flow restriction along with exercise and ISO). 10 weeks of exercise training was considered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: Low-intensity aerobic training along with limbs blood flow restriction can improve mass and strength of skeletal muscle, but its effects on aging heart structure and performance is unidentified. We investigated the effects of this model of training on myocardial function, histology and angiogenesis in old male rats.
Main Methods: Animals randomly were divided into control (Ctl), sham-operated (Sh), limbs blood flow restriction (BFR), sham-operated plus 10 weeks low intensity treadmill exercise (Sh + Ex), and BFR plus exercise (BFR + Ex) groups.
Objectives: Considering the lack of information, the effects of mild endurance exercise plus blood flow restriction (BFR) on electrocardiographic parameters, hypertrophy index, and expression of angiotensin II receptors type 1 (AT1R) and type 2 (AT2R) and apelin receptor (APJ) were assessed in hearts of old male rats.
Materials And Methods: Animal were grouped as control (CTL), Sham (Sh), lower extremities blood flow restriction (BFR), exercise (Ex), Sham + exercise (Sh + Ex), and blood flow restriction + exercise (BFR + Ex).
Results: Exercise plus BFR significantly decreased the corrected QT (QTc) interval (<0.