creatinine/seizures

Lung transplantation is a life-saving therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease refractory to medical treatment, providing an improvement in both survival and quality of life.[1,2] Despite the benefits, patients are at risk for myriad side effects including infection, malignancy, neurologic

Once the need for fibrinogen supplementation is confirmed, study participants will be randomized into one of two treatment groups (n=15 in each group): 1. Cryoprecipitate group (dose: 10 ml/kg; active control group) or 2. Fibrinogen Concentrate group (dose: 70 mg/kg; intervention group). There will

Cefepime, a fourth-generation cephalosporin, is widely prescribed for the treatment of serious bacterial infections. Cefepime has a more narrow spectrum and has relatively lower minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values compared to meropenem. Therefore cefepime is widely endorsed, and preferred

Background: During coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operations with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the use of desflurane continuously or intermittently may have effects on serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels. Aim of the study: The aim is to investigate the association between

More than 50 years ago, valproic acid has become established as an effective broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug. It is a drug of choice in children and adult with generalized or focal types of epilepsy, and in generalized convulsive status epilepticus. It is used in migraine prophylaxis, and as a

Rationale and background: Ceftobiprole is a beta-lactam antibiotic with bactericidal activity against a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, that was developed to treat patients with pneumonia both in a hospital or community setting. Clinical trials were conducted in adult

This retrospective case control study will be conducted on 120 epileptic patients treated with AEDs, 60 patients are drug responders and 60 patients are drug resistant. All epileptic patient will be recruited from outpatient epilepsy clinic, Department of Neurology, Mansoura University hospital. The

This is a prospective, randomized, non-blinded, research study undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy at the University of Missouri/Ellis Fischel Hospital. Participants will be randomized in a 1:1 fashion. Data also will be tracked on those who are post-operatively stratified by

Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte abnormality which is hospital-acquired in two-thirds of cases, and can lead to obtundation, seizures, encephalopathy and death. In children, the use of hypotonic maintenance fluids had been routine until recent evidence showing that they were associated with an

Background of the Project including Preliminary Observations Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, complicate up to 10% of pregnancies worldwide, constituting one of the greatest causes of fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, low birth weight, perinatal mortality, and

MATERIALS AND METHODS After approval of the institutional Ethics committee board, written informed consent will be taken from all the eligible and willing patients. A. Study design: Randomized double blind active controlled parallel group noninferiority clinical trial. B. Randomization: A variable

After the approval of medical ethical committee of Ain Shams University, this prospective parallel group double blinded study will be conducted over 60 patients between the age of 35-57 years old, ASA physical status I and II, scheduled for fixation of open tibial fractures using iIlizarov external

Study Methods: Study Population A 60 adult (aged >18 years) patients were included with a diagnosis of acute thromboembolic ischemic stroke within 48 hours after onset, according to clinical picture and imaging findings by brain computed tomography (CT) without evidence of hemorrhage, upon admission

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) consists of blood extravasation into the space between arachnoid and pia mater. Bleeding is a consequence of cerebral aneurysm rupture in most cases. It particularly affects females with an average age of 55 years. Despite incidence being only 9 cases out of 1000 people