Mitral valve is a complex cardiac structure composed of several components to work in synchrony to allow blood flow into left ventricle during diastole and not to allow blood flow into left atrium during systole. Accessory ...

Objective To evaluate the serum levels of the serine proteinase inhibitor kallistatin in women with preeclampsia (PE). Methods The clinical and laboratory parameters of 55 consecutive women with early-onset PE (EOPE) and ...

Transportation allocates a significant proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to each country, and it is one of the largest consumers of petroleum products. On the other hand, many efforts have been made recently to ...

The performance of waste management system has been recently interrupted and encountered a very serious situation due to the epidemic outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). To this end, the handling of infectious ...

Introduction: Open rhinoplasty involving columellar incision has gained popularity since the 1930s. Many surgical incision techniques have been employed to obtain better results in terms of postoperative scarring. This ...

Introduction: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is the commonest bariatric procedure worldwide. Yet there is significant variation in practice concerning its various aspects. This paper report results from the first modified Delphi ...

Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasm is a rare malignancy with an aggressive course and rapid transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), or less frequently to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Cases with t(8;22)(p11;q11) ...

Objective: It is known that social isolation process has an impact on individuals' eating behaviors. Continuing nutritional behavior resulting from emotional eating, uncontrolled eating and cognitive restriction may turn ...

Human nude SCID is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of immunity (IEI) characterized by congenital athymia, alopecia, and nail dystrophy. Few cases have been reported to date. However, the recent introduction of ...

Introduction: Dressing changes and wound care-debridement procedures often cause fear and anxiety in burn patients, as these processes are quite painful. In order to determine the best method for alleviating pain during ...