INTRODUCTION The prevalence and predisposing factors were determined for inappropriate urinary catheterization (UC) among inpatients in medical wards. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted including all patients aged ≥ 18 years admitted to medical wards in a 1300-bed tertiary-care centre, and who had a urinary catheter in place on the day of the survey. RESULTS Of 380 patients obser...

An unusual case is presented in which an atrioventricular (A-V) junctional tachycardia at a rate of 285 beats/min developed in the immediate postoperative period following surgical repair (a Mustard procedure) of transposition of the great vessels in a four-month-old infant. With that heart rate the systolic blood pressure bacame 35-40 mm Hg and urinary output ceased. Ventricular paired pacing ...

Water and electrolyte balance has been studied in 39 patients with a permanent ileostomy, who had had a proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. The findings have been compared with those in 39 healthy subjects who were matched for age and sex. The ileostomists were found to lose excessive quantities of water and sodium in the ileostomy effluent compared with the corresponding losses in normal f...

Urinary kallikrein excretion was measured in 21 healthy subjects and 44 patients with various types of hypertension. The kallikrein activity was determined by the method of esterolytic assay. The excretion rates in normal subjects were 112.9 +/- 11.1 (S.E.) EU/day. The kallikrein excretion was decreased in patients with essential hypertension, the mean estimated values were 75.2 +/- 10.0 EU/day...

Background: Delayed graft function is a main complication after deceased donor kidney transplantation that adversely affects graft outcome. Difficulties in prediction and early detection of delayed graft function have hindered the ability to perform proper therapeutic interventions. We investigated whether measuring urinary interleukin 18 and neutrophi...

This experiment was conducted to determine the bioavailability of D-methionine (Met) relative to L-Met for nursery pigs using the slope-ratio assay. A total of 50 crossbred barrows with an initial BW of 13.5 kg (SD = 1.0) were used in an N balance study. A Met-deficient basal diet (BD) was formulated to contain an adequate amount of all amino acids (AA) for 10-20 kg pigs except for Met. The two...

conclusions urinary ghrelin concentration was lower before treatment of uti and significantly increased after cessation of inflammation. further studies are required for more definite results. patients and methods this study was performed on 40 hospitalized children with uti at mofid children’s hospital during years 2013 to 2014. ghrelin and creatinine were measured before and after treatment. ...

Although considerable data have been gathered on the metabolism of the ash constituents, the literature concerning the interrelations between calcium and magnesium metabolism is very limited. This experiment was undertaken to ascertain whether an increased intake of calcium would affect the urinary and fecal excretion of magnesium and eice r’ersn, thus showing intcrrclations between the metabol...

Although most investigators ( 1 to 4) have agreed that the ingestion of protein increases the output of uric acid in man, there has been no clear elucidation of the mechanism whereby this is accomplished. Mares (5) believed that the increased uric acid in urine following high protein feeding resulted from the deterioration of nuclei of digestive cells concerned in the assimilation of the ingest...