the most accepted method of secondary prophylaxis in rheumatic fever (rf) has been an injection of 1,200,000 units of benzathine penicillin g (bpg) every 4 weeks, but recurrences have been reported in some patients despite such a prophylaxis program. the who recommended bpg injections every 3 weeks in high risk patients and situations due to some published data in favor of inadequacy of once ev...

cases with hirschsprung’s disease show the functional intestinal obstruction. obstruction in these patients may lead to bacterial overgrowth with stasis and inflammation of the colon. bacterial overgrowth can cause hyperammonemia that makes lethargy and loss of conscious and finally admitting in icu. the purpose of this case report is to present a case that had hirschsprung’s disease and referr...

BACKGROUND Hyponatremia is common in patients with conditions such as congestive heart failure and is associated with increased mortality in hospitalized patients. Congestive heart failure is common in patients with chronic kidney disease, but the association of serum sodium concentration with mortality in such patients is not well characterized. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the associatio...

The effect of Trypanosoma brucei infection on changes in concentration of some serum electrolytes and the consequence of these changes on electrocardiographic (ECG) indices were investigated in dogs. The nature of association between each of the electrolytes and the various ECG indices were studied at different days during the infection. The serum concentration of sodium, potassium and calcium ...

Background—Hyponatremia is common in patients with conditions such as congestive heart failure and is associated with increased mortality in hospitalized patients. Congestive heart failure is common in patients with chronic kidney disease, but the association of serum sodium concentration with mortality in such patients is not well characterized. Methods and Results—We examined the association ...

two experiments were conducted to evaluate the different levels of selenium supplements on performance, blood metabolites and nutrient digestibility in mehraban male lambs. the first experiment consisted of 18 lambs, 4-5 months of age and 35.9±2.7 kg average in weight randomly allotted to 3 treatments. treatments were: 1) control diet (a diet without selenium, containing 0.06 ppm of selenium), ...

Background: A lot of risk factors for mortality have been proposed in hemodialysis patients. However, most of the findings were derived from the analyses using all of the hemodialysis patients. What we really want to know is the prognostic factor in stable hemodialysis patients who have good activities of daily living, because it is difficult to estimate their prognosis by physical appearance. ...

The relations of sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium to blood pressure were investigated in four groups of men (119 high-mountain Yi farmers, 114 mountainside Yi farmers, 89 Yi migrants, and 97 Han people) with a wide range of electrolyte intake in Puge County, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. Electrolytes were measured in diet, serum, and urine. Sodium excretion was 73.9 mmo...