The use of maggot therapy (MT) is proving effective in the treatment of complicated diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Most of the previous studies have focused on the comparison of MT and routine treatment approaches for the management of DFUs. The aim of this study was to add MT to routine treatment line of DFUs as a new approach. In this study, the pr...

By Omid Dehghan, Tabaie Mehdi, Javad Rafinejad, Mehrangiz Toutonnchy, Amir Tiyuri, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Haghi Motevalli

The aim of our study was to investigate if green tea and bilberry have protective effect on gentamicin-induced kidney damage, when applied together, and to make a connection between their effects. GM group of rats received only gentamicin, GT group received green tea only, B group received only bilberry, whereas control (C) group received saline on...

By Milica Veljković, Dragana Pavlović, Ivan Ilić, Dušan Sokolović

Bone tumors, including benign and malignant lesions, are not metastatic; however, they may appear in any part of the body skeleton. Distal femur and proximal tibia (around the knee joint) are the most prevalent sites. Most benign bone tumors are cartilaginous tumors, known as osteochondromas. Based on the reports, benign bone tumors are more freque...

By Frydoni Bahrami, Esmaeilnejad-Ganji Mokhtar

Analysis of arterial blood gases is necessary for managing the respiratory and metabolic parameters of patients in the intensive care unit. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of heparin 1000 and heparin 5000 units on arterial blood gases in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. This study was a triple-blinded clinical trial. A...

By Reza Borabadi, Mostafa Rad, Mohammad Rakhshani, Mojtaba Rad

Antioxidant properties of 2-[2-imino-5-nitro-3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzimidazol1-yl]-1-phenylethanone (compound 1) and 2-(4-fluorobenzylidene)-6-(phenylcarbonyl)[1,3]thiazolo[3,2a]benzimidazol-3(2H)-one (compound 2) were evaluated in vitro. Compounds 1 and 2 did not show significant radical scavenging activity. It has been suggeste...

By Katarina Tomović, Jelena Mrmošanin, Denitsa Yancheva, Anelia Mavrova, Andrija Šmelcerović

As a complex and multidimensional problem, the occupational burnout causes absence, dissatisfaction, badtemper, physical and emotional exhaustion and displacement. This study aimed to investigate the levels of occupational burnout and its components in Mazandaran's hospitals by the kind of their ownership. This descriptive-analytical study was cond...

By Ghahraman Mahmoudi, Jahani Ali, Masoomeh Abdi, Sedigheh Solimanian, Nikbakht Ali, Soheil Ebrahimpour

Oxidative stress, as one of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the reduction of myocardial contractility, stimulates the proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts and the activation of matrix metalloproteinases, which leads to extracellular matrix remodeling. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a well-known independent risk factor for cardi...

By Sandra Šarić, Tatjana Cvetković, Dejan Petrović, Valentina Mitić, Sanja Stojanović, Vladana Stoiljković, Marina Deljanin-Ilić

Teeth are biological markers of maturity, and their eruption into the oral cavity is an essential milestone in an individual's life. Multiple factors have been considered to play a role in the pattern of tooth eruption, including dental caries, fluorides and congenital conditions such as Down's syndrome. The aim of the paper was to determine the ti...

By Varshini Marimuthu, Pushparaja Shetty

Achilles tendon injuries most commonly occur in athletes, but also in the middle-aged population practicing recreational sports. The aetiology of injury and disease of the Achilles tendon has not been completely clarified. While acute injury can be attributed to trauma, research showed that a chronic degenerative process is present in most ruptures...

By Mihajlo Mitrović, Dražen Jelača, Ivana Mitrović

The waiting time for patients in the emergency department to receive health services influences many processes in this department. This research aimed to determine the effect of implementation and deployment of emergency severity index (ESI) on the waiting time for patients to receive health services in the emergency department. This quasi-experime...

By Akbar Sarvari, Hosein Habibzadeh, Leyla Alilu, Naser Sheikhi