OBJECTIVE Magnesium sulphate is recommended by international guidelines to prevent eclampsia among women with pre-eclampsia, especially when it is severe, but fewer than 70% of such women receive magnesium sulphate. We aimed to identify variables that prompt Canadian physicians to administer magnesium sulphate to women with pre-eclampsia. METHODS Data were used from the Canadian Perinatal Net...

BACKGROUND Penicillamine, once considered the cornerstone of treatment for Wilson disease (WD), is rather expensive and toxic, and often causes neurological worsening. Zinc sulphate, aiming at the treatment of free-copper toxicosis, has emerged as effective, safe and cheap alternative. AIM To assess the effect of withdrawal of penicillamine from maintenance treatment with penicillamine and zi...

Aminoglycosides Amikacin Framycetin Sulphate Gentamicin Sulphate Kanamycin Sulphate Lincomycin Neomycin Spectinomycin Tobramycin PET imaging tracer FDG Macrolide antibiotics Azithromycin Azaerythromycin Clarithromycin Erythromycin Roxithromycin Bioanalysis of pharmaceutics Acetaminophen Artemisinin Dihydro-artemisinin Artemether Etoposide 8-OH-DPAT mesna BNP7787 Vincristine Application Note Bio...

The distribution of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in different functional regions (weight-bearing and nonweight-bearing portions) of the human hip joint cartilage was studied. The results obtained were as follows: (1) Weight-bearing cartilage contains larger amounts of GAGs than nonweight-bearing, cartilage. (2) Weight-bearing cartilage contains keratan sulphate in higher ratio to chondroitin sulph...

After the application in vitro of (14)C amylopectin sulphate solution to frozen sections of human ulcer-bearing stomach, autoradiography demonstrates localization of amylopectin sulphate to the gastric surface. The affinity of amylopectin sulphate macromolecule for the gastric luminal surface would provide a substrate-bound pepsin inhibitor with a molecular sieve-like action to exclude proteoly...

To clarify the action of dextran sulphate, a heparin analogue, in the clotting of fibrinogen by thrombin, determinations were carried out on the clotting activity, the release of fibrinopeptides from fibrinogen, and the hydrolytic activity of thrombin against a peptide chromogenic substrate in the absence or presence of antithrombin III (heparin cofactor). It was shown that dextran sulphate its...

Polymer composites are among the most rapidly growing research fields in material science. Polymer composites are adding a great deal of material that is more durable and useful as compared to the conventional material. Properties of composite materials greatly depend on the nature, proportion and compatibility of the components of the composite materials. In this paper we have conducted an ana...

BACKGROUND A recent meta-analysis showed that intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate have similar levels of evidence to support their use in the treatment of acute asthma in adults. This consisted of weak evidence of effect on respiratory function and hospital admissions, with wide confidence intervals ranging from no effect to significant positive effects. Current BTS/SIGN guidelines sug...