Caspian journal of internal medicine
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Caspian J Intern Med · Jan 2018
Concurrent presence of buccal mucosal and ophthalmologic lesions in Behcet's syndrome.
Behcet's syndrome is a disease with different aspects in its clinical manifestations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the simultaneous presence of oral mucosal and ophthalmologic lesions in patients with Behcet's syndrome. ⋯ The results show that concurrent ophthalmic and oral lesions in Behcet's syndrome are relatively high. HLA-B5 positive cases are associated with more ophthalmologic lesions.
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Caspian J Intern Med · Jan 2017
Acupuncture and botulinum toxin A injection in the treatment of chronic migraine: A randomized controlled study.
Migraine is a common type of headache. Sometimes adequate pain relief is not achieved by conventional treatments. Acupuncture and botulinum toxin-A injection are known as non-pharmacological interventions for this purpose. The aim of this research was to compare the effect of acupuncture with botulinum toxin-A injection and pharmacological treatment in controlling chronic migraine. ⋯ Acupuncture, botulinum toxin-A injection and pharmacological treatment have beneficial effects on chronic migraine; however, acupuncture showed more effectiveness and fewer complications.
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Caspian J Intern Med · Jan 2015
Comparison of the analgesic effect of intravenous paracetamol/midazolam and fentanyl in preparation of patients for colonoscopy: A double blind randomized clinical trial.
Although some patients can tolerate colonoscopy procedure using fentanyl/ midazolam without any sedation and analgesic requirements but some patients may require additional sedation with benzodiazepines. We performed the present study to compare the effect of paracetamol/midazolam with fentanyl/ midazolam. ⋯ This study indicates that paracetamol can be considered as an alternative drug regimen in preparation of colonoscopy.
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Caspian J Intern Med · Jan 2015
Sedation with etomidate-fentanyl versus propofol-fentanyl in colonoscopies: A prospective randomized study.
The combination of propofol-fentanyl for sedation during colonoscopy is characterized by high prevalence of side effects. Etomidate-fentanyl provides fewer hemodynamic and respiratory complications. The aim of our study was to compare the safety and efficacy of propofol-fentanyl and etomidate-fentanyl for conscious sedation in elective colonoscopy. ⋯ The combination of fentanyl and etomidate provides an acceptable alternative to sedation with fentanyl and propofol with the advantage of significantly faster recovery time, in the outpatient setting.
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Caspian J Intern Med · Jan 2015
Validation of the Persian version of the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ) in ulcerative colitis patients.
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine that may have critical consequences on patient's quality of life (QOL). Many disease-specific QOL tools have been developed recently. The McMaster Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) is one of them. The aim of this study was to translate the IBDQ from English to Persian and evaluate the validity and reliability of this version of the McMaster IBDQ. ⋯ The findings of this study conclude that the Persian translation of IBDQ confers satisfactory psychometric and cultural properties when applied to a sample of Iranian population with inflammatory bowel disease. This questionnaire is recommended for use in clinical trials and in the assessment of efficacy of interventions and therapy.