scholarly journals Study of effect of various treatments in clinically diagnosed patients of Carpal tunnel syndrome

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 3105-3113
Author(s):  
Sahoo J.K. ◽  
Joshi A.G
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Exercise Group ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Medicinal Treatment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the compression neuropathy in upper extremity. Several researches have been done to see the effect of various treatments separately. But very little research work is available for comparison of treatments. So the study was aimed to study the clinical and electrophysiological findings and their Comparision before and after various treatments. NCS was carried out in 200 CTS patients before and after 6weeks of treatment. Patients were divided into 4 groups. Group I- operative, Group II-medicinal treatment, Group III-exercise, Group IV-medicine+exercise. Clinical and electrophysiological parameters all groups were compared before and after treatment. Group (I), showed significant changes in all parameters except SNAP in operated Rt. Hand as compared to Lt. Hand. Group-II showed significant changes in DML,DML(diff.),DSL,DSL(Diff.)except CMAP,SNAP,&SCV in Rt. Hand but in Lt. hand DML,DML(diff.)DSL showed significant changes where as DSL(Diff.) CMAP,SNAP,&SCV were non-significant. Group-III showed significant changes in DML, DML(diff.),DSL,DSL(Diff.) but SCV,SNAP and CMAP were non-significant in Rt. hand but in Lt. hand only DML(diff.) was significant . Group-IV showed significant changes in all parameters except SCV in Rt. hand but in Lt. hand DML, DML (diff.),DSL, DSL(Diff.) were significant , where as SNAP, CMAP, and SCV were non-significant. It was concluded that maximum improvement was observed in clinical and electrophysiological parameters in operative group, then Medicine + exercise Group, then exercise Group and minimum in Medicinal treatment Group. So operative method is the method of choice for CTS; however the duration of treatment should be more so that further improvements can be seen in all parameters.

scholarly journals FLUORIDE ABSORBED ON EXTRACTED TEETH AFTER IMMERSING IN FLUORIDE TABLET, FLUOCOL SOLUTION AND FLUORIDE DENTRIFICE (IN VITRO TEST)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Diyah Fatmasari ◽  
Lanny Sunarjo
Keyword(s):  
Research Result ◽  
Fluoride Concentration ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
In Vitro Test ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Vitro Test

Background: The role of fluoride in preventing tooth decay both for children and adult has been acknowledged internationally. There are several types of fluoride modalities either topically or systemic way. In Indonesia the modalities used to apply are fluoride tablet, fluocol solution and fluoride containing toothpaste. The purpose of this research is to find the effectiveness of fluoride modalities.Method: The study design was quasy experimental with 40 extracted teeth (Premolar teeth). The teeth divided into four groups D group I soaked on tablet fluor, Group II ; soaked on fluocol solution, Group III soaked on fluoride tooth paste and group IV soaked on Mill J (Aquadest/ Control solution). Fluoride concentration before and after soaking was determined using Spectrophotometer UV-Vis. Fluoride absorption was determined by the reduction of fluoride concentration after soaking.Result: Research result shown that the highest fluoride absorption was on soaking in fluoride tablet, followed by soaking on fluocol and tooth paste (mean fluoride absorption was 0,32; 0,08 and 0,04 ppm). Anova test shown significance level was 0,000.Conclusion: there were a significance of fluoride absorption on soaking in tablet fluoride, fluocol solution and toothpaste. The mechanism of fluoride regimens shown different fluoride absorption.

Using Ultrapure Water in Hemodialysis Delays Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

1991 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 681-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Baz ◽  
C. Durand ◽  
A. Ragon ◽  
K. Jaber ◽  
D. Andrieu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Actuarial Survival ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Kaplan Meier ◽  
Group I ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Membranes ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Stimulation Of

Since 1977, our patients have undergone chronic HD with ultra-pure dialysate (UPD), defined as having endotoxin levels below 0.008 ng/ml and less than 1 bacteria/ml of dialysate. We evaluated the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in three groups of patients. Group I (GI), 84 patients, dialysed for 6.1 ± 3.2 years (mean ± SD) with UPD only; Group II (GII), 39 patients, first dialysed for 3.7 ± 2.3 years with non-UPD and afterwards for 8.4 ± 2.1 years with UPD; Group III (G III), 103 patients treated for 6 ± 5.9 years exclusively with non-UPD. All patients were dialysed with cuprophan or cellulose acetate membranes. Results, expressed by Kaplan-Meier actuarial survival curves as the percent of patients without CTS, show that CTS occurred significantly less in GI than in GIII. This may be due to less stimulation of monocytes resulting from the absence of bacteria, endotoxins and pyrogens in the dialysate which would reduce the stimulation of cytokines release, interleukin 1 and 6, and tumor necrosis factor, known to stimulate β2 microglobulin synthesis.

INSULIN SECRETION IN INSULIN-REQUIRING DIABETICS BEFORE AND DURING INSULIN TREATMENT

1977 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 559-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Enk
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Insulin Treatment ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Immunoreactive Insulin ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Endogenous Insulin Secretion ◽  
Endogenous Insulin ◽  
Group I ◽  
Group Ii

ABSTRACT Endogenous insulin secretion after different stimuli was determined in insulin requiring diabetics without circulating insulin antibodies. Four groups of non-obese diabetics were investigated and compared with 111 controls. Group I: 14 patients with mild diabetes, not yet requiring insulin; diagnosis before the age of 30 years. Group II: 19 ketonuric patients just before being started on insulin treatment. Group III: 18 patients during remission after an average of 16.5 months' insulin treatment. Group IV: 13 patients with no remission period or relapse after an average of 19.5 months on insulin treatment. Blood glucose and immunoreactive insulin were measured during fasting and after iv secretin, iv tolbutamide, iv GTT, and oral GTT, followed by combined iv tolbutamide and glucagon stimulation. A considerable insulin secretion could be demonstrated in group I, whereas in group II only a very low insulin peak was obtained after secretin and the combined injection of glucagon and tolbutamide. In group III considerable insulin secretion was demonstrated, whereas in group IV only a very low insulin peak was obtained. A significant correlation between the degree of metabolic control and endogenous insulin secretion was found.

scholarly journals Results of surgical treatment of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome depending on the severity of the disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
O.M. Semenkin ◽  
◽  
S.N. Izmalkov ◽  
A.N. Bratiichuk ◽  
E.B. Solopikhina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Median Nerve ◽  
Carpal Tunnel ◽  
Functional Improvement ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Tunnel Syndrome ◽  
Wrist Function

Introduction Although surgical treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is known to be highly effective outcomes may not be equally satisfactory for the patients due to severity of clinical presentation and objectifying assessment of the condition. Purpose Provide clinical evaluation of outcomes of surgical treatment of CTS using questionnaires and electroneuromyography (ENMG) findings depending on baseline severity of the condition. Material and methods The review included 161 patients who underwent 189 operations of open decompression of the median nerve using mini-access. The patients were assigned to three groups with mild (Group I), moderate (Group II) and severe (Group III) CTS. Evaluations were produced at 6 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months following the surgery. Results The majority of patients showed positive dynamics, and delayed recovery of the wrist function was noted in Group III at a 12-month follow-up. Patients of Group III exhibited spasmodic improvement of the wrist function at 6-week-to-3-month follow-up. Conclusion Open decompression of the median nerve performed for patients with CTS using mini-approach facilitated substantial clinical and functional improvement in most cases. However, the most favorable results could be provided for mild and moderate CTS.

Source of ethane in expirate of rats ventilated with 100% oxygen

1989 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 1268-1272 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Habib ◽  
M. A. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Group Iv ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Group V ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Free Air ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats ◽  
Ethane Production ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Group Ii

Ethane in alveolar expirate may have its source in organs other than the lung and be transported to the lung for elimination. We determined ethane production rates in rats (group I) ventilated with hydrocarbon-free air (HFA) before and after exsanguination. To determine whether the lung is the source of increased ethane production during exposure to 100% O2, we measured ethane in the expirate of nine exsanguinated, Sprague-Dawley rats (group II) mechanically ventilated with HFA and then with 100% O2. In all nine animals, ethane elimination rates on 100% O2 increased compared with HFA values. In five of the nine rats, HFA ventilation was reinstated after O2 (group III). In all five, ethane elimination fell with HFA ventilation compared with the value on 100%. Six rats with circulation intact were ventilated with HFA and then 100% O2 (group IV). Ethane production rate for group IV animals breathing HFA was not significantly different from the exsanguinated animals in group II while ventilated with HFA. The mean increase in ethane production for the group II animals was not significantly different from the group IV animals. Lung slices from four other rats (group V) were incubated in saline at 37 degrees C with FeCl2 (10 mg) added to enhance free radical formation. Paired lung samples from the same rat were incubated with either HFA or 100% O2. Headspace gas was analyzed chromatographically for ethane at 120 min. Mean ethane in the O2 samples was higher than for HFA. Rat lung tissue is the main source of increased ethane production during 100% O2 exposure.

scholarly journals Efektivitas Desensitizing Agent dengan dan tanpa Fluor pada Metode in Office Bleaching terhadap Kandungan Mineral Gigi (Kajian In Vitro)

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Yulita Kristanti ◽  
Widya Asmara ◽  
Siti Sunarintyas ◽  
Juni Handajani
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Mineral Content ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Application Process ◽  
Tooth Sensitivity ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Before And After

In office bleaching menggunakan hidrogen peroksida 40% sering memberikan efek samping berupa linu baik selama maupun setelah perawatan tersebut dilakukan. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh waktu aplikasi dan kandungan fluor desensitizing agent pada metode in office bleaching terhadap kandungan mineral gigi. Delapan gigi masing-masing dipotong menjadi 4 bagian, 6 potong digunakan untuk pemeriksaan XRD awal. Gigi dikeringkan dalam oven suhu 50° selama 30 menit diserbuk, diambil 1 mg untuk diperiksa kandungan mineralnya dengan goniometer. Dua puluh empat potong yang lain dibagi dalam 4 kelompok perlakuan. Kelompok I: gigi diaplikasi bahan bleaching 0,5-1 mm hidrogen peroksida 40% selama 1 jam, dicuci, dikeringkan, diikuti aplikasi 0,1 ml desensitizing agent tanpa fluor (CPP-ACP) selama 30 menit, dicuci, dikeringkan. Kelompok II : gigi diaplikasi CPP-ACP 30 menit, dicuci, dikeringkan, dibleaching menggunakan hidrogen peroksida 40% selama 1 jam. Selanjutnya gigi diaplikasi CPP-ACP 30 menit lagi, dicuci, dikeringkan. Kelompok III gigi dibleaching menggunakan hidrogen peroksida 40% selama 1 jam, dicuci, dikeringkan, diikuti aplikasi desensitizing agent yang mengandung fluor (CPP-ACFP) selama 30 menit, dicuci, dikeringkan. Kelompok IV: gigi diaplikasi CPP-ACFP 30 menit, dicuci, dikeringkan, dibleaching menggunakan hidrogen peroksida 40% selama 1 jam. Selanjutnya gigi diaplikasi CPP-ACFP selama 30 menit, dicuci dikeringkan. Sesudah perlakuan, semua gigi dilakukan pemeriksaan kandungan mineral gigi dengan prosedur yang sama. Uji Mann Whitney menunjukkan penurunan mineral paling sedikit terjadi pada kelompok IV (4500). Desensitizing agent mengandung F sebelum dan sesudah perlakuan in office bleaching menunjukkan penurunan mineral paling kecil. The Effectiveness of Desensitizing Agent with and without Fluorine in Office Bleaching Method to Tooth Mineral content. Tooth sensitivity arises during or after an in-office bleaching was performed is usually overcome by using desensitizing agent with or without fluor. So far, desensitizing method applied only reduces tooth sensitivity but it had not overcome demineralization problem yet. This study was aimed to determine the influence of an application process and fluoride containing desensitizing agent in tooth mineral lossEight teeth were divided into four parts. Six specimens were smoothened using agate mortar. One mg of powder was inserted into the sample holder and mounted on goniometer heads to examine mineral content before treatment using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). Twenty-four specimens were classified into four groups. In group I, 0,1 ml desensitizing agent without fluoride (CPP-ACP) was applied for 30 minutes after an in-office bleaching using 40% Hydrogen Peroxide was performed, while in group II, CPP-ACP was applied before and after an in-office bleaching was performed. In group III 0,1 ml fluoride containing desensitizing agent (CPP-ACFP) was applied for 30 minutes after in-office bleaching using 40% Hydrogen Peroxide was performed, while in group IV fluoride containing desensitizing agent was applied before and after an in-office bleaching was performed. Finally, all of the specimens were measured in their after-treatment mineral contain. Mann Whitney test showed that the lowest mineral lost was detected in group IV (4500). Fluoride containing desensitizing agent applied before and after an in-office bleaching effectively reduced mineral loss.

The Effects of Splenectomy on Pattern of Nitric Oxide Induction and Pathogenesis of Rodent Malaria Caused by Plasmodium berghei Infection

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Arbabi ◽  
Sara Soleimani Jevinani ◽  
Hossein Nahrevanian ◽  
Hossein Hooshyar ◽  
Ahmad Reza Esmaeili Rastaghi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Control Group ◽  
No Production ◽  
Animal Blood ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Rodent Malaria ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Contaminated Blood

Background and Aims: The aim of this study is to clarify nitric oxide (NO)-production by spleen and the importance of spleen in malaria infection in murine model. Materials and Methods: Thirty outbred NMRI female mice were divided into four groups, Group I: No intervention (Healthy control), Group II: With splenectomy (Healthy test), Group III: No intervention, Inoculation of contaminated blood (Infected control), Group IV: With splenectomy, inoculation of contaminated blood (Infected test). The Parasitemia was counted every other day through Giemsa stain examination of animal blood. The parasitemia and survival rates, hepatosplenomegaly and body weight were recorded. After terminal anesthesia, plasma and liver/spleen suspensions were assessed by the Griess micro assay for measurement of NO-levels. Results: At the end of the experiment (on day 16), the parasitemia was 26.99±0.46 % among the group of non-splenectomized animals (Group III) compared with 31.25±0.72% among the group of splenectomized animals (Group IV). The average parasitemia among the groups at the end of the experiment was statistically significant (Group III, Group IV: p= 0.0002). Survival rate was statistically significant (p<0.0001). NO concentrations in plasma, liver and spleen were determined. The amount of NO in plasma increased significantly in the infected groups (p=0.0003). Conclusions: Although, splenectomy decreased immune function against rodent malaria, it did not solely changed the pattern of antimalarial activity via NO-pathway. It is concluded that NO possibly comes from several sources rather than spleen during rodent malaria disease and is released into circulation, which may replace NO shortage by splenic cells to combat malaria parasites.

Reduction in Bacterial Loading using Papacarie and Carisolv as an Irrigant in Pulpectomized Primary Molars – A Preliminary Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-179
Author(s):  
Viral P Maru ◽  
Dimple Padawe ◽  
Vandana Pandey Tripathi ◽  
Vilas Takate ◽  
Kishor Dighe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Bacterial Load ◽  
Agar Plate ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Primary Molars ◽  
Plate Method ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Before And After

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reduction in bacterial loading using Papacarie and Carisolv as an irrigating solution in pulpectomized primary molars. Study design: A controlled, randomized clinical trial involving 120 necrotic canals from both genders between 3 and 7 years old children were included, 30 irrigated with Papacarie [ group I], Carisolv [ group II], 1% NaOCl gel [ group III] and 1% Na0Cl solution [group IV ] each; in all cases, 2 microbiological samples from within the canals were taken with sterile paper points, the first after the canal opening and before the first irrigation, and the second after instrumentation and final irrigation, before obturation. All samples were evaluated by Agar plate method. Results: The results were statistically analyzed by ANOVA. After analyzing samples before and after irrigation in all the groups, a strong significant decrease in bacterial load [ p = &lt; 0.001 ] was found with Papacarie and Carisolv. Conclusion: Papacarie and Carisolv can be suggested as an alternative irrigant for pulpectomy of necrotic teeth.

Maximum coronary blood flow and minimum coronary resistance in exercise-trained dogs

1984 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Y. Liang ◽  
M. Hamra ◽  
H. L. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Training ◽  
Coronary Flow ◽  
Exercise Group ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Coronary Resistance ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Group I ◽  
Daily Exercise ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Group Ii

Exercise training has been found to increase coronary vascularity of the heart in experimental animals. Maximum coronary flow and minimum coronary resistance were determined in 16 dogs with the injection of microspheres (15 micron) into the left atrium at rest and during the intravenous infusion of adenosine (0.7 mg X min-1 X kg-1). Heart rate was paced at 150 beats/min. Dogs were divided into three groups with microsphere injections made before and after 4–5 wk of daily exercise (group 1); before and after 8–10 wk of daily exercise (group II); and before and after 8–10 wk of cage rest (group III). Results of average left ventricular maximum myocardial flow before and after daily exercise were 4.08 +/- 0.34 and 4.89 +/- 0.33 ml X min-1 X g-1 for group I, 5.13 +/- 0.32 and 5.55 +/- 0.56 ml X min-1 X g-1 for group II, and 5.24 +/- 0.43 and 4.34 +/- 0.55 ml X min-1 X g-1 for group III. Arterial pressure, maximum coronary flow, and minimum coronary resistance were not significantly different before and after any condition in all three groups of dogs. Peak reactive hyperemia coronary flow was not altered by daily exercise. These results indicate that maximum coronary flow and minimum coronary resistance were not altered by either 4–5 or 8–10 wk of exercise training.

The induction of coincident superovulation and oestrus in the anoestrous ewe

1958 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Hunter ◽  
G. P. Bishop ◽  
D. L. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Ovarian Follicles ◽  
Group Iv ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Progesterone Treatment ◽  
Group I ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Group Ii

Eight Merino and eight Dormer ewes, none of which had been on heat for 2–3 months prior to treatment, were given six intra-muscular injections of 30 mg. progesterone at 3-day intervals. The ewes were divided into four groups, each consisting of two Merinos and two Dormers. On the second day after the last progesterone injection, 1000 i.u. P.M.S. were administered to each of the ewes in group I. The remaining ewes each received an injection of 500 i.u. P.M.S. on either the first and second days (group II), the second and third days (group III), or the first and third days after the end of the progesterone treatment (group IV).Five of the Dormer ewes, but not one of the Merino ewes, were served after the treatment. Mean ovulation rates for the four groups were 2·50, 2·75, 2·00 and 2·50, respectively, and the mean numbers of large follicles (i.e. those which were observed at laparotomy, approximately a week after treatment, to have a diameter of not less than 4 mm.) were 3·00, 2·75, 1·00 and 2·00, respectively. Contrary to expectation, it was observed that only one of the ewes (a Merino) showed evidence of a silent ovulation shortly before treatment.It is suggested that (i) the amount of oestrogen produced by the ovarian follicles of the Merinos may have been exceptionally low, thus accounting for the non-occurrence of oestrus in these ewes, (ii) ovulation rates might be increased by greater reductions in the time between the last progesterone injection and P.M.S. treatment, and (iii) if silent heat in the Merino is rare, it may be simpler to induce coincident heat and superovulation in ewes of this breed by two injections of P.M.S. at 16-day intervals.

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