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Original Article:
Comparison of the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided prolotherapy in supraspinatus tendon with ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection of subacromial subdeltoid bursa in rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: A clinical trial study
Aref Nasiri, Leila Sadat Mohamadi Jahromi, Mohammad Amin Vafaei, Reyhaneh Parvin, Maryam Sadat Fakheri, Shahram Sadeghi
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:12 (30 March 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_181_20
Background:
Shoulder pain is the third most common type of musculoskeletal disorder and rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy is the most frequent diagnosis. Ultrasound is the most preferable guidance tool for diagnostic and interventional purposes. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the prolotherapy injection with corticosteroid injection in patients with RC dysfunction.
Materials and Methods
: Thirty to sixty-five-year-old patients with chronic RC disease were divided into two groups. Ultrasound-guided dextrose prolotherapy of supraspinatus tendon was done for one group and ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection in the subacromial bursa was done for the other groups. Visual analog scale (VAS) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) were evaluated for both groups at baseline, 3 and 12 weeks after injections.
Results:
Thirty-three patients were included in the result. Both the groups showed significant improvement in VAS and SPADI scores in 3 and 12 weeks after injections compared with preinjection times with no difference between two groups neither in 3 weeks nor in 12 weeks after injections.
Conclusion:
Both ultrasound-guided dextrose prolotherapy and CS injections are effective in the management of RC-related shoulder pain in both short-term and long-term with neither being superior to the other. Therefore, prolotherapy may be a safe alternative therapy instead of corticosteroid injection due to lack of its side effects.
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Evaluation of sleep training effectiveness on the quality of sleep in cancer patients during chemotherapy
Leila Alem, Hourieh Ansari, Ali Hajigholami
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:11 (30 March 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_174_20
Background:
Sleep disorder is one of the most common problems in cancer patients involved in chemotherapy stages, which is caused by the side effects of anticancer drugs and the exacerbation of mental disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of sleep health education on sleep quality of cancer patients during chemotherapy stages.
Materials and Methods:
In this clinical trial, 70 cancer patients were selected in the chemotherapy phase and divided into two groups of 35. In the intervention group, two 60-min training sessions on sleep hygiene were educated, solutions of coping with the exacerbation of sleep disturbances were determined, and routine care was provided in the control group. Patients were evaluated for sleep disorders before and 1 and 3 weeks after the intervention by the Pittsburgh questionnaire and then the effect of this intervention compared between the two groups.
Results:
The mean score of sleep medication consumption in the intervention group was not significantly different between the three times (
P
= 0.59), but the mean score of total sleep quality disorder and its other dimensions was significantly different between the three time points (
P
< 0.05). Least significant difference
post hoc
test showed that the mean total score of sleep quality disorder and its dimensions except using sleep medication 1 week after the intervention was significantly less than before the intervention and 3 weeks after the intervention <1 week after the intervention in the intervention group (
P
< 0.05).
Conclusion:
Sleep health education for cancer patients involved in chemotherapy can significantly have a positive effect on improving their sleep quality.
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The effectiveness of sternocleidomastoid muscle dry needling in patients with cervicogenic headache
Zahra Mohammadi, Zohreh Shafizadegan, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Navid Taheri
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:10 (26 February 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_138_20
Background:
Cervicogenic headache (CGH) is a secondary headache with a cervical source that radiates pain to the head or face. Accordingly, one reason of CGH is myofascial trigger points. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of one session dry needling (DN) of myofascial trigger points of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle in patients with CGH.
Materials and Methods:
In this before-and-after clinical trial, 16 females aged 18–60 years with a clinical diagnosis of CGH were enrolled. All of the patients received one session DN into the myofascial trigger points of the SCM muscle. Headache index (HI), headache duration, headache frequency, and headache disability index (HDI) were assessed at 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after the intervention. This study was registered in Clinical Trials as IRCT20181109041599N1.
Results:
One session DN into myofascial trigger points of the SCM muscle showed a significant improvement in HI (
P
< 0.001). Duration and frequency of headache as well as HDI significantly reduced after intervention (
P
< 0.001).
Conclusion:
One session DN into myofascial trigger points of the SCM muscle was effective on improvement of HI, headache duration, headache frequency, and HDI in patients with CGH.
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Effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program on psychological symptoms, quality of life, and symptom severity in patients with somatic symptom disorder
Fatemeh Zargar, Leila Rahafrouz, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:9 (26 February 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_111_19
Background:
Patients with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) had a poor quality of life and suffered from depression, anxiety, and stress. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a psychological treatment with remarkable effects on several psychological disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the MBSR program on psychological symptoms, quality of life, and symptom severity in patients with SSD.
Materials and Methods:
The patients with SSD were randomly divided into two groups of receiving venlafaxine alone and venlafaxine with an 8-week MBSR program. Depression, anxiety, and stress with their severities were assessed along with the quality of life, the number of physical symptoms and their severities, as well as SSD severity before and after the intervention. Subsequently, the results were compared between the two groups.
Results:
This study included 37 patients with SSD who referred to Shariati Psychosomatic Clinic, Isfahan, Iran, with a mean age of 37.08 ± 8.26 years. It should be noted that 37.8% of the participants were male. The intervention group obtained significantly lower scores in depression, anxiety, stress, and their severities, compared to the control group. Moreover, the number of physical symptoms, their severity, and the severity of SSD were significantly decreased more in the intervention group rather than the controls.
Conclusion:
The MBSR accompanied by prescribing venlafaxine can significantly reduce the severity of SSD, as well as the number and severity of physical symptoms. Moreover, it can reduce depression, anxiety, stress, and their severity. The MBSR can be used as complementary medicine for the treatment of patients with SSD.
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Prediction of single-nucleotide polymorphisms within microRNAs binding sites of neuronal genes related to multiple sclerosis: A preliminary study
Reyhaneh Dehghanzad, Somayeh Panahi Moghadam, Zeinab Shirvani Farsani
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:8 (26 February 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_143_20
Background:
Different genetic variants, including the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) present in microRNA recognition elements (MREs) within 3'UTR of genes, can affect miRNA-mediated gene regulation and susceptibility to a variety of human diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous system. Since the expression of many genes associated with MS is controlled by microRNAs (miRNAs), the aim of this study was to analyze SNPs within miRNA binding sites of some neuronal genes associated with MS.
Materials and
Methods:
Fifty-seven neuronal genes related to MS were achieved using dbGaP, DAVID, DisGeNET, and Oviddatabases. 3'UTR of candidate genes were assessed for SNPs, and miRNAs' target prediction databases were used for predicting miRNA binding sites.
Results:
Three hundred and eight SNPs (minor allele frequency >0.05) were identified in miRNA binding sites of 3'UTR of 44 genes. Among them, 42 SNPs in 22 genes had miRNA binding sites and miRNA prediction tools suggested 71 putative miRNAs binding sites on these genes. Moreover,
in silico
analysis predicted 22 MRE-modulating SNPs and 22 MRE-creating SNPs in the 3'UTR of these candidate genes.
Conclusions:
These candidate MRE-SNPs can alter miRNAs binding sites and mRNA gene regulation. Therefore, these genetic variants and miRNAs might be involved in MS susceptibility and pathogenesis and hence would be valuable for further functional verification investigation.
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 changes leukocyte number and oxidative stress in the lung and blood of female BALB/c mice
Mahdiyeh Hedayati-Moghadam, S A Rahim Rezaee, Mohammad Hossein Boskabady, Nema Mohamadian Roshan, Saeideh Saadat, Kowsar Bavarsad, Saeed Niazmand
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:6 (30 January 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_117_20
Background:
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1(HTLV-1) infection is likely to induce nonneoplastic inflammatory pulmonary diseases. Therefore, an experimental study was conducted to evaluate the leukocytes' number alteration and oxidative stress in the lung and blood of HTLV-1-infected BALB/c mice, which could be of benefit for the recognition of HTLV-1 mechanism in the induction of pulmonary disorders.
Materials and Methods:
Twenty female BALB/c mice were divided into two groups of control and HTLV-1-infected animals. The HTLV-1-infected group was inoculated with 10
6
MT-2 HTLV-1-infected cells. Two months later, the infection was confirmed using real-time polymerase chain reaction, and then lung pathological changes, total and differential inflammatory cell counts in the blood and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), along with oxidative stress biomarker levels in the BALF and lung tissue were evaluated.
Results:
In the HTLV-1-infected group, the peribronchitis score (
P
< 0.01), the number of total leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes (
P
< 0.05) in the blood and BALF were increased. The number of eosinophils in the blood of the HTLV-1-infected group was higher than in the control group (P < 0.01), whereas the number of basophils of BALF was increased in the HTLV-1-infected group (
P
< 0.001).The lung and BALF oxidative stress results showed that the MDA level was increased, while the total thiol level and superoxide dismutase activity were decreased in the HTLV-1-infected group (
P
< 0.01).
Conclusion:
The HTLV-1 infection seems to induce pulmonary inflammatory reactions by recruiting leukocytes as well as inducing oxidative stress in the lung tissue.
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Case Report:
Report of a case of paraquat poisoning and mediastinal involvement
Shiva Samsamshariat, Amirhossein Vedaei, Sharare Jahangiri, Mahdi Badiee Gavarti, Ramin Sami, Abolfazl Taheri, Gholamali Dorooshi
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:5 (27 January 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_95_20
Paraquat has been recognized as a highly toxic agent for pest removal and is used worldwide.In adults, paraquat poisoning for suicidal attempts is much more common than accidental exposure poisoning. Approximately 20' of patients with paraquat poisoning develop pneumomediastonium as a complication with a mortality rate of approximately 100'. A 19-year-old man patient was admitted to the poisoning emergency department of Khorshid hospital, who had ingested paraquat. He had nausea and vomiting and had normal vital signs and examination in admission. Initial treatment for the patient was done. The patient signs got worsened on the 21
st
day of hospitalization and had severe emphysema of the superficial and deep spaces of the neck, followed by bilateral pneumothorax, and severe pneumomediastinum. Unfortunately, the patient died on the 27
th
day of hospitalization. Purpose of the current study is to raise awareness of rare paraquat toxicity complications, treatment, and especially its lethal complications, including pneumomomediastonium.
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Fabrication and characterization of glycerol/chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol-based transparent hydrogel films loaded with silver nanoparticles for antibacterial wound dressing applications
Ali Samadi, Saeed Azandeh, Mahmoud Orazizadeh, Vahid Bayati, Mohammad Rafienia, Masoud Ali Karami
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:4 (27 January 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_211_20
Background:
Wounds have a bad prognostic nature and excessive discharges whose regular wound dressings are ineffective. Hydrogels are the best candidates for dressing such wounds due to their high water content and ability to exchange substances. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to make a novel hydrogel wound dressing following the integration of various findings on wound healing and the use of regenerative medicine.
Materials and Methods:
Various compounds were fabricated by glycerol/chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and then characterized to obtain the optimal composition using several techniques, including a water vapor passage test, scanning electron microscopy, water absorption, tensile strength, biodegradability, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and antibacterial test.
Results:
The findings revealed the optimal dressing ratio. Better antibacterial activity was found for the silver nanoparticle (AgNP) dressing.
Conclusion:
Our new fabricated dressing, glycerol/chitosan/PVA hydrogel loaded with AgNPs, exhibited satisfactory wound healing properties.
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Molecular typing of community-acquired methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
isolated from 2- to 6-year old children by staphylococcal protein A and
agr
typing in Isfahan, Iran
Sina Mobasherizadeh, Hasan Shojaei, Davood Azadi, Seyed Asghar Havaei, Behrooz Ataei, Farzin Khorvash
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:3 (27 January 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_139_20
Background:
Methicillin - resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) has become a considerable public health concern in the entire world due to the rapid spread of this bacterium in human community; also the epidemiology of MRSA has changed, as the isolation of MRSA strains from healthy and non-healthy patients. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance profile of community-acquired (CA)-MRSA nasal carriage in the Iranian samples.
Materials and Methods:
A total of 25 CA-MRSA were isolated from the anterior nares of 410 healthy preschool children. All MRSA isolates were characterized by the detection of the toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and typed by γ-hemolysin genes,
agr
groups, and staphylococcal protein A (
spa
) typing. Kirby-Buyer antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed and interpreted as per the standard guidelines.
Results:
A total of 25 (6.1%) MRSA isolates were recovered from the anterior nares of 410 preschool children. Sixteen isolates (64%) were positive for the TSST-1 gene. Three
agr
specificity groups were determined, as follows: eight (32%) isolates belonged to
agr
Group I, five (20%) isolates belonged to
agr
Group II, and 12 (48%) isolates belonged to
agr
Group III. The repeated profiles of these
spa
types of 25 isolates were organized into eight different lineages groups. Five of lineages contained a single strain, three of lineages contained two strains, and three of lineages consisted of more than three strains.
Conclusions:
The results of our study show that the rate of MRSA in our region is significantly high. Additionally,
spa
type t037 was the predominant type among CA
S. aureus
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Correlation between stable hyperglycemia and mortality in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of Imam Hossein Hospital
Mohsen Reisi, Majid Keivanfar, Neda Mostofizadeh, Yahya Madihi, Yousof Esmaeilian, Elham Hashemi
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:2 (27 January 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_31_20
Background:
Stress-induced hyperglycemia is an important issue among pediatrics admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Former studies have declared that hyperglycemia has a high prevalence rate and could increase the risks of mortality among pediatrics. Here, we aimed to investigate the prevalence rate of hyperglycemia and its effects on mortality among pediatrics in the PICU of the hospital.
Materials and Methods:
This cross-sectional study was performed in 2018–2019 on 88 patients admitted in PICU. Data regarding blood sugar (BS) and other clinical and laboratory parameters were collected. Hyperglycemia was accounted for as BS of >126 mg/dl. Hyperglycemia was divided into: mild (126 <BS <150), moderate (150 <BS <200) and severe (BS >200). The pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score was also calculated for each patient during the first 24 h.
Results:
Thirty patients (34.1%) had persistent hyperglycemia and 58 patients (65.9%) had normal glycemic indexes. Eleven patients (12.5%) had mild, 9 patients (10.2%) had moderate, and 10 patients (11.4%) had severe hyperglycemia. The prevalence of mortality was 5.7% among hyperglycemic patients and 6.8% among normal glycemic pediatrics. There were no statistically significant differences regarding mortality rate (
P
= 0.499). The mean PRISM score for normal glycemic patients was 7.03 ± 5.18 and for patients with hyperglycemia was 7.36 ± 6.37.
Conclusion:
Hyperglycemia has no significant effects on mortality and PRISM score of pediatrics in PICU, despite of the previous studies. The frequency of hyperglycemia was also 5.7% among the patients admitted in PICU.
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The circulating midkine in the newly diagnosed celiac disease: Clinical implications
Mohammad Hassan Emami, Shima Soltani, Nahid Eskandari, Mohsen Masjedi
Adv Biomed Res
2021, 10:1 (27 January 2021)
DOI
:10.4103/abr.abr_8_20
Background:
Celiac disease (CeD) is a chronic inflammatory small intestine disorder caused by an abnormal immune response to an array of the epitopes of the wheat gluten and related proteins of rye and barley in genetically susceptible individuals. Midkine (MK) is an angiogenic cytokine, chemotactic in the direction of polymorphonuclear neutrophils and macrophages, and a T-regulatory cell suppressor. So far, a possible relationship with CeD has not yet been explored. Diagnosis of CeD is based on serologic test in a clinical setting suggestive of CeD and confirmatory histologic examination of the duodenal biopsy. Sometimes, genetic testing of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 may be needed. The objective of this study was to measure and compare the circulating MK in the celiac patients and healthy individuals.
Materials and Methods:
Twenty newly untreated CeD cases and 20 normal controls were enrolled in this study. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure the circulating MK in the celiac patients and controls.
Results:
There was insignificant difference in the circulating MK between the patients and controls (
P
> 0.05).
Conclusions:
The study results suggest that the MK marker does not have any diagnostic value in CeD activity to be used at the time of diagnosis or during follow-ups.
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