PURPOSE The aims of our study were to evaluate the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr ratio) for distinguishing between an upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), and differentiating between the two most common causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) presenting with melena in children. METHODS Retrospective data of patients with GIB presenting with melena were a...

INTRODUCTION A serological and entomological investigation was performed to monitor for potential Bunyamwera (BUN) serogroup virus activity in Montana. RESULTS To facilitate the serological investigation, sera were collected from 104 sheep in 2013 and 2014 and assayed by plaque reduction neutralization test using all six BUN serogroup viruses known to occur in the United States: Cache Valley ...

Background—Identifying reversible renal dysfunction (RD) in the setting of heart failure (HF) is challenging. The goal of this study was to evaluate if an elevated admission blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr) could identify decompensated HF patients likely to experience improvement in renal function (IRF) with treatment. Methods and Results—Consecutive hospitalizations with a disc...

Çal??mada, ?stanbul’da sat??a sunulan midye dolmalar?n mikrobiyolojik kalitesinin ortaya konmas? amaçlanm??t?r. Bu amaçla, aç?kta 200 dolma numunesinin kalitesi incelenmi?tir. Örneklerde toplam mezofilik aerob bakteri (TMAB), koliform bakteri, Escherichia coli, Staphyloccoccus aureus, Vibrio spp., Salmonella spp. ve Listeria monocytogenes ara?t?r?lm??t?r. Midye dolmalarda TMAB say?s? en az 2 x ...

Abstrak: Ubi Alabio atau uwi (Dioscorea alata L) merupakan tanaman pangan lokal jenis umbi-umbian yang potensial dapat dijadikan sebagai bahan alternative dan fungsional. mengandung karbohidrat protein tinggi tetapi kadar gula rendah. Selain itu beberapa penelitian menyebutkan manfaat kesehatan ubi Alabio. Namun pemanfaatan selama ini masih terbatas, biasanya masyarakat mengkonsumsi hanya denga...

BACKGROUND Cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II; CP) is used widely as an antitumor drug in clinics, but is accompanied with renal toxicity. Cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity consists of change in kidney weight, histological changes in kidney and increase in serum creatinine (Cr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). This study was designed to find out a model for prediction of cisplatin induced ...

Patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure (HF) have been shown to be at higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events and death. Recent studies have demonstrated that blood urea nitrogen (BUN) might serve as a powerful predictor of mortality in acutely decompensated HF. The goal of this study was to determine the impact of BUN on long-term mortality in patients with stage B a...