Commonly Employed Tropical Surgeries

The buffering ability of commonly employed cardiopulmonary bypass solutions and alkalizing agents.

This experiment evaluated the hydrogen ion (H+) buffering capacity (BC) of solutions and alkalizing agents employed during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). A solution's BC can be determined when a known quantity of H+ is titrated into the solution and the change () in pH (-log of the hydrogen ion activity ([H+]a)) is measured ([H+]a/mmole H+). Eleven solutions were studied:Lactated Ringers (LR), 0...

Determination of ancestral proportions in synthetic bovine breeds using commonly employed microsatellite markers.

The International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG) has chosen nine microsatellites (international marker set) as a standard that should be included in all cattle parentage studies. They are BM1824, BM2113, INRA023, SPS115, TGLA122, TGLA126, TGLA227, ETH10, and ETH225. We decided to ascertain whether this microsatellite set could be used to determine ancestral proportions in individual animals ...

Commonly Employed Rodent Models of Experimental Acute Pancreatitis: Their Strengths and Weaknesses, Relevance to Human Disease, Selection, and Appropriate Use

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a disorder with a sudden onset that can present in mild edematous and severe necrotizing forms (50). Mild AP is usually self-limiting and is characterized by minimal or no distant organ dysfunction and an uncomplicated recovery. In contrast, severe necrotizing AP usually involves organ failure (pulmonary insufficiency, renal failure, shock, etc.), and local complicati...

Tables of Representative Values of Foods Commonly Used in Tropical Countries

Central Surgeries

Sir,?I am with you all the way in the suggestion for establishment of Central Surgeries made in your article last month on " The Organisation of Panel Practice," and believe this to be one of the lines on which general practice must develop if it is to keep abreast of the advances of science. My experience at the out-patient department of a large general hospital during the war brought home to ...