Remifentanil, ketamine, and propofol in awake nasotracheal fiberoptic intubation in temporomandibular joint ankylosis surgery.

Background: Nasotracheal intubation of patients with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a challenge for anesthesiologists. Awake fiberoptic intubation (AFOI) is the safest technique in patients with difficult airway. This study compares 3 different techniques of conscious sedation during AFOI in patients with TMJ ankylosis.

The impact of reality therapy on metacognition, stress and hope in addicts.

Introduction: Drug dependence is a major problem in our country and in international level. Reality therapy is an internal control system that determines why and how to choose the options that are set for our lives. This study aimed to investigate the effect of reality therapy on metacognition, stress and decline in hope in drug addicts.

Evaluation of barriers contributing in the demonstration of an effective nurse-patient communication in educational hospitals of Jahrom, 2014.

Introduction: Establishing an effective communication with patients is an essential aspect of nursing care. Nurse-patient communication has a key role in improving nursing care and increasing patient's satisfaction of health care system. The study aimed at evaluation of barriers contributing in the demonstration of an effective nurse-patient communication from their viewpoint.

Insulin resistance and serum levels of interleukin-17 and interleukin-18 in normal pregnancy.

We performed this study to evaluate the role of Interleukin-17 (IL-17) and Interleukin-18 (IL-18) in insulin resistance during normal pregnancy. This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out on 97 healthy pregnant women including 32, 25, and 40 individuals in the first, second, and third trimesters, respectively, and on 28 healthy non pregnant women between the autumn of 2012 and the spring of 2013. We analyzed the serum concentrations of IL-17 and IL-18 by using the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Interventional Revascularization of Coronary Artery Lesions in Diabetic Patients; In-hospital and One Year Follow up.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a life threatening disease accompanied by several micro- and macro vascular complications. Several modalities are available for interventional revascularization of coronary artery lesions, but their efficacy in diabetic patients is studied only in few patients.

Materials And Method: This study evaluated major in- hospital complications and clinical outcome after one year in 200 consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous Coronary Intervention from 2007 to 2009.

Annexin V and anti-Annexin V antibodies: two interesting aspects in acute myocardial infarction.

Background: Myocardial infarction is the combined result of environmental factors and personal predispositions. Prothrombotic factors might play an important role in this phenomenon. Annexin V (ANV) is a calcium-dependent glycoprotein widely present in various tissues exerting a potent anticoagulant effect in vitro by reducing plaque adhesion and aggregation.

Single left coronary artery with origin of right coronary artery from left circumflex: a case report.

Background: A 40-years-old female presented with intermittent chest pain and dyspnea on exertion.

Case Presentation: Electrocardiography showed sinus rhythm with ST-depression in inferior and lateral leads. Subsequent exercise treadmill testing revealed significant ST-depression in V4-V5 and V6 leads.

Primary hypothyroidism presenting with Torsades de pointes type tachycardia: a case report.

Background: Hypothyroidism can manifest with cardiac abnormalities, often consisting of a combination of morphologic and functional changes. Low voltage, sinus bradycardia, and slowed conduction are usually found on electrocardiography.There are few reports of occurrence of torsades de pointes as the first presentation of long QT syndrome in the course of hypothyroidism.