We describe the adipokine concentration in patients with metabolic syndrome, stressing the role of visfatin. A cross-sectional single center study on 70 patients with metabolic syndrome plus 76 controls was performed. Patients with metabolic syndrome had higher visfatin levels compared to controls, following adjustments for age, sex, waist/hip circumference, systolic, and diastolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), HbA1c, body mass index, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) [(5.39 ± 0.29 vs. 3.88 ± 0.32); F(1, 129) = 10.8, P < 0.01]. A logistic regression analysis revealed that circulating visfatin levels and HbA1c were the top variables for predicating metabolic syndrome. In patients with metabolic syndrome, visfatin did not correlate with any of the measured variables, with the single exception of adiponectin; in patients without metabolic syndrome, circulating visfatin levels were significantly associated with FPG, HbA1c, insulin, HOMA-IR, HDL, and triglyceride. These findings may contribute to our current knowledge about visfatin in metabolic syndrome.
Introduction:One of the most common complications of spinal anesthesia in elective cesarean is a headache, known commonly as post-dural-puncture headache (PDPH). Various methods are mainly recommended such as resting and the use of non-opioid analgesics, caffeine, and codeine, but none of them has been fully effective in its treatment. Hence, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of magnesium sulfate on the prevention of postdural-puncture headache in the elective cesarean.Method: a total of 68 patients candidate for elective cesarean and admitted to Kamali Hospital were selected using convenient sampling and they were randomly divided into two groups. One group received magnesium and other group received saline. Subjects of case group received magnesium at the dose of 50 mg / kg as bolus and the subjects of control group received normal saline at the same dose as bolus. The incidence of headache and its severity 12, 24, 36, 48 , 60 and 72 hours after surgery were measured in both case and control groups.
Results:The mean age of patients in the magnesium sulfate group was 27.94 years with a standard deviation of 5.18 and the mean age of patients in the normal saline group was 29.35 years with a standard deviation of 5.97. The mean body mass index (BMI) in the magnesium sulfate group was 26.34 with a standard deviation of 4.03 and the mean body mass index (BMI) in the normal saline group was 27.15 with a standard deviation of 2.47. Postdural-puncture headache severity was lower in the case group than that in the control group at all times (P <0.05).
Conclusion:The results of this study revealed that intravenous administration of magnesium sulfate before elective cesarean in patients undergoing spinal anesthesia significantly decreases the severity of post-duralpuncture headache (PDPH).
Background and Objectives: Furosemide is one of the elements of drug therapy for cardiogenic pulmonary edema, but its systemic administration is associated with complications, such as hypotension, renal damage, and decreased serum potassium. Inhalation administration is a new route, which does not have the side effects of systemic administration, but its effectiveness is still unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of treatment with the nebulized furosemide in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema Methodes: This clinical trial study was conducted on 125 patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema reffering to the Department of Emergency Medicine of Rasoul Akram and Firouzgar hospitals in 2017. The samples were randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (62 individuals receiving furosemide with nebulizer) and control (63 individuals receiving normal saline with nebulizer). After the vital Signs intervention, the data relating to the lung were compared using t-test and Chi square test. Results: There was no difference between the two studied groups in terms of the mean changes in systolic (intervention 129, plasebo 128.9) and diastolic blood pressures (intervention 79.2, plasebo 78), pulse rate (intervention 92.2, plasebo 91.8), respiratory rate (intervention 22.8, plasebo 22.3), and blood oxygen saturation (intervention 92, plasebo 91.7). Changes in lung auscultation showed no statistically significant changes between the groups (p=0.56). Conclusion: The finding of the present study revealed that inhaled furosemide had no positive effect in the patients with acute pulmonary edema. Therefore, considering the novelty of the issue, further studies are recommended.
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