BACKGROUND Regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) is strongly recommended for adults with an increased risk of bleeding complications. The objective of this retrospective analysis was to evaluate an RCA protocol concerning feasibility and safety in intermittent high-flux haemodialysis (iHD) treatment in children and adolescents. METHODS Eighteen children and adolescents aged 5-17 years (media...

Background and Aims: Although local plants as mosquito repellents are known and used among the different cultures of Africa and beyond, little effort is done to document about the knowledge, usage pattern and their repellency potential in Ethiopia in general and specifically around Gilgelgibe Field Research Centre, Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. This study was aimed to assess the ethno botanic...

The efficacy of intravenous choline citrate infusions was investigated in 34 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) by clinical evaluation and by monitoring of lymphocyte proliferation in vitro against fragments of myelin basic protein (MOG-35-55, MBP15-31, PLP 39-15) over a period of 12 weeks. Patients have been diagnosed with MS at least one year before entering the study and suffered from mil...

OBJECTIVES The diversity of experimental results obtained in the study of the effect of citrus juice on urinary lithogenicity moved us to study the effect of these substances in vitro and in-vivo. The in-vitro study is based on the turbidimetric method on calcium oxalate crystallization. In vivo, we studied the effect of lemon juice consumption on urinary chemistry and we tested it on calcium o...

The effect of ACTH, adrenaline, noradrenaline, insulin, parathormone, hydrocortisone,and glucagonon the homeostaticmechanismcontrolling serum glucose,citrate, calcium, phosphorus,and potassium was studied in fasting rabbits and children. Citrate levelsare kept in balancebyACTH, adrenaline,and glucagon,which raisethe levels,and by insulin,which lowers them. Stressalone raisescitrate levels,proba...

In recent years, several changes have been made to the composition of various products which are used indoors. Plenty new chemical additives incorporated materials comply with current legislation and safety rules. Consequently, emission profiles contaminants detected indoors may change over time, requiring continuous monitoring. this study, dust samples were collected from 25 homes located in F...

In addition to its presence in milk (9) and urine (1) citric acid has, within the past few years, been found in many other body fluids including sweat (12), cerebrospinal fluid (2), aqueous humor (7), follicular fluid (14), and blood (3). Apparently, saliva is the only body fluid tested in which citrate has not been detected.l Although citric acid appears to be so generally distributed and is e...

This article presents a simple colorimetric assay for Enterobacter cloacae P99 beta-lactamase activity detection and its inhibitors screening on the basis of silver and gold nanoparticles aggregation. In the presence of E. cloacae P99 beta-lactamase, the beta-lactam ring in the cephalosporin substrate was opened and resulted in releasing the active sites-modified linker which induced significan...

BACKGROUND Primary distal renal tubular acidosis is a clinical disorder characterized by hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia, urinary acidification impairment, hypokalemia, metabolic bone disease, and nephrocalcinosis. Urinary acidification ability may be evaluated by an acidification test or maximum urinary pCO2 assessment with alkaline urine. The maximum urinary ...