Effects of motion sickness patch on postoperative nausea and vomiting in female patients undergoing thyroid surgery: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: This study aims to investigate whether the application of motion sickness patch can effectively reduce the incidence of PONV (Postoperative nausea and vomiting) in female patients undergoing thyroid surgery.

Methods: One hundred and sixty-two female patients undergoing thyroid surgery were randomly assigned into motion sickness patch group and control group. Both groups received standard prophylactic antiemetic therapy with intravenous dexamethasone (8 mg) and palonosetron (0.

Assessment of Amentoflavone Loaded Sub-Micron Particle Preparation using Supercritical Antisolvent for its Antitumor Activity.

Introduction: The amentoflavone (AMF) loaded polymeric sub-micron particles were prepared using supercritical antisolvent (SAS) technology with the aim of improving the anticancer activity of AMF.

Methods: Zein and phospholipid mixtures composed of Hydrogenated Phosphatidylcholine (HPC) and egg lecithin (EPC) were used as carrier materials and, the effects of carrier composition on the product morphology and drug release behavior were investigated. When the mass ratio of Zein/HPC/ EPC was 7/2/1, the AMF loaded particles were spherical shape and sub-micron sized around 400 nm, with a drug load of 4.

Reduced biofilm formation in the presence of chitosan-coated iron oxide nanoparticles.

can adhere to most foreign materials and form biofilm on the surface of medical devices. Biofilm infections are difficult to resolve. The goal of this in vitro study was to explore the use of chitosan-coated nanoparticles to prevent biofilm formation.

Biocompatibility of chitosan-coated iron oxide nanoparticles with osteoblast cells.

Background: Bone disorders (including osteoporosis, loosening of a prosthesis, and bone infections) are of great concern to the medical community and are difficult to cure. Therapies are available to treat such diseases, but all have drawbacks and are not specifically targeted to the site of disease. Chitosan is widely used in the biomedical community, including for orthopedic applications.