BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Repetitive periods of cerebral ischemia result in more severe injury than a single period of ischemia of similar total duration. We investigated the possibility of prostaglandin mediation of this increased injury by attempting to modify brain edema formation with indomethacin pretreatment. METHODS Under halothane/N2O anesthesia, groups of gerbils underwent bilateral car...

OBJECTIVES To study (i) the incidence and course of jaundice, and (ii) the predictors of significant jaundice in late preterm infants. DESIGN Prospective analytical study. SETTING Urban perinatal center. PATIENTS Inborn late preterm infants (post menstrual age of 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks). METHODS Infants were followed till day 14 of life or till onset of significant jaundice. Relevant ma...

Egg yolk (EY) and glycerol are common constituents of extenders used for sperm cryopreservation. It has been demonstrated that using cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrins (CLC) improves sperm cryosurvival in several species. However, standard freezing extenders might not be the most appropriate for CLC-treated sperm. This study evaluated the EY and glycerol requirements for freezing CLC-treated boar...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether cardiac troponin T increases after electrical cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. DESIGN Serum creatine kinase (CK), creatine kinase-MB (CKMB), and cardiac troponin T were measured before, 24 hours, and 48 hours after cardioversion in 15 patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. RESULTS 12 of the 15 patients (80%) w...

The purpose of this study was to investigate acute neuromuscular and endocrine responses and recovery to a single session of combined endurance and strength loading using 2 loading orders. Forty-two men were demographically matched to perform a single session of combined endurance + strength (E + S) or strength + endurance (S + E) loading. The strength loading was conducted on a leg press and i...

This study was designed to characterize the relative roles of bound Xa/Va and thrombin activity in vascular wall procoagulant activity after balloon-induced injury and the extent to which intravenous aspirin and heparin attenuate procoagulant activity associated with the vascular wall. Abdominal aortic injury was induced in rabbits by overinflation and multiple passages ofa 4F embolectomy cathe...

ASTRACT Twenty-three client-owned dogs with persistent, watery diarrhea having failed conventional medical management for a period of 48 hours or longer were considered eligible for treatment were given 500 mg of calcium aluminosilicate (CAS) clay orally until they had two consecutive formed stools. Owners reported fecal consistency and the number of stools per day until resolution. Overall, 15...