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The currently known Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors are recognized not only for their effects on improving intravascular glucose levels but also for their cardioprotective effects, including improvements in endothelial dysfunction, inhibition of platelet activation, reduction in autophagy processes, oxidative stress, and inflammation, as well as inhibition of the Na+/H+ exchanger pathway, which potentially reduces cell damage and death resulting from ischemia and reperfusion processes. Research on the benefits of SGLT-2 inhibitors in pre-clinical studies with myocardial infarction has shown a significant reduction in myocardial apoptosis, indicated by reduced levels of caspase-3 and the apoptosis index. Additionally, there was an increase in ketone bodies and myocardial ATP, reduced levels of inflammatory cytokines, free radicals, and infarct area, as well as improvements in left ventricular ejection fraction. However, large-scale studies in humans have thus far been limited to investigating the effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors on mortality, rehospitalization rates due to heart failure, cardiometabolic factors, and improvements in remodeling parameters in myocardial infarction patients, with the use of empagliflozin or dapagliflozin. Based on literature reviews, there have been no studies to date that directly demonstrate the effects of dapagliflozin on apoptosis (caspase-3 levels) in myocardial infarction patients.

Regional anesthesia is defined as the temporary removal of nerve conduction and pain in certain areas of the body with local anesthetic drugs without causing loss of consciousness. Spinal anesthesia can provide better analgesia and shorter recovery time in urological procedures resulted in shorter operating times, lower postoperative pain, lower analgesic requirements, and shorter length of stay (LOS) compared to the general anesthesia. Lidocaine is an attractive regional anesthesia drug for ambulatory surgery since it has a rapid onset and rapid recovery from motor and sensory block. However, when it is compared with other local anesthetic agents, the use of lidocaine in spinal anesthesia is associated with an increased risk of transient neurologic symptoms, thus impeding its application to outpatient spinal anesthesia. Lidocaine is more neurotoxic than other local anesthetic agents, especially when high concentrations are applied directly to nervous tissue. Another local anesthetic agent can be used is prilocaine. It has medium potency, rapid duration, and rapid onset of action. Compared with lidocaine, prilocaine has a lower incidence of neurological symptoms in spinal anesthesia for outpatient surgery, and suitable as an alternative to long-acting low-dose local anesthetics. Therefore, the investigators intend to observe the efficacy and safety of these two agents in adult patients who will undergo cystoscopy procedure using spinal anesthesia. In this study the investigators used high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) and high-sensitive Troponin (hs-Troponin). CRP is a systemic inflammation marker associated with conditions such as pain. Troponin can represent patient's kidney function since its metabolism and excretion are affected by changes of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). Previous study also showed that the use of spinal anesthesia can reduce the incidence of acute kidney injury. Therefore, the investigators aim to carry out further examination of the following two markers regarding to spinal anesthesia using lidocaine and prilocaine.

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of melatonin on MDA serum, IL-6, IL-8 levels, ANC, and sepsis score in preterm neonates with sepsis. The main question aim to answer :
• Does melatonin affect MDA serum, IL-6, IL-8 levels, ANC, and sepsis score in preterm neonates with sepsis?
The participants in the treatment group will receive a single dose of oral melatonin 20 mg, meanwhile those the control group will receive placebo.
The researchers will compare MDA serum, IL-6, IL-8 levels, ANC, and sepsis score before and after receiving melatonin, whether there are decreases of MDA serum, IL-6, IL-8 levels, ANC and increase of sepsis score