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Methamphetamine is a stimulant commonly abused worldwide. Methamphetamine can produce a rapid pleasurable rush caused by release of dopamine, nor-ephinephrine and serotonin. It produces euphoria, a heightened level of alertness and increased level of alertness and increased energy. Long-term regular
Participants:
The investigators will enroll participants with acute Sydenham's chorea (aSC) and age-matched controls with streptococcal tonsillitis (ST) within the past 4 months and healthy children (HC) with no a history of a strep infection in the past 6 months and negative throat culture.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the effective and life-saving treatment modality used in psychiatry for a long time because it responds more rapidly than pharmacological treatment. ECT is used safely in treatment-resistant depression, and in psychiatric disorders such as mania,
- Normal gut microbiota is essential in preventing colonization of the harmful bacteria by competing with them for vital resources such as food and growth factors .
- Another way that gut microbiota can enhance the function of the intestinal barrier is through protecting and improving epithelial
Eligibility and type of the study: This prospective randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study will be conducted after approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee and obtaining written informed consent from patients undergoing elective direct microlaryngoscopic surgeries under general
INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular morbidity and kidney impairment Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of cardiovascular events and that is already substantial in early stages of CKD. The pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in CKD patients is poorly understood. In end stage
TREATMENT PLAN
PREOPERATIVE HYDRATION According to our observations, preoperative hydration reduces the risk of nephrotoxicity from intrathoracic infusion of hyperthermic cisplatin. Therefore, all patients will be admitted the night before surgery and receive intravenous hydration.
CYTOREDUCTIVE
Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) occurs in up to 2% of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles, resulting in accumulation of fluid in peritoneal, pleural and pericardial cavities, haemo-concentration with resultant venous thromboembolic phenomena, reduced perfusion of vital organs, renal
This is a multicentre national, comparative, randomized, uncontrolled, non-inferiority, unblinded (open). Two groups of patients are compared (postoperative antibiotics versus no antibiotics postoperatively) in a ratio (1:1), intention to treat.
The international consensus conference held in Tokyo,
BACKGROUND
Pneumonia occurring outside of the hospital setting is regarded as community acquired pneumonia. However, pneumonia occurring in non-hospital long-term care facilities constituted a distinct type of pneumonia from CAP. Kollef et al has justified health care associated pneumonia (HCAP) as
Tremor, rigidity, slow movement, poor balance, and difficulty walking are characteristic symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) that are associated with degeneration of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain. Administration of growth factors that stimulate neuronal stem and progenitor cells is
OBJECTIVES:
Primary
- To determine the safety and optimal dose of hyperthermic intraperitoneal oxaliplatin when administered during cytoreductive surgery and followed by intraperitoneal leucovorin calcium and fluorouracil in patients with peritoneal malignancies.
Secondary
- To determine the outcome
PROTOCOL
Prevention of Contrast Nephropathy by Sodium Bicarbonate Versus Sodium Chloride and N-Acetylcysteine
Nephrology and Cardiology Services, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
1. Background and rationale
The development of acute renal failure following cardiac catheterization has been
1. Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be approximately 215,990 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in women during 2004 in the United States. Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death in