BACKGROUND For the last few years, researchers have been interested in developing a method for chemical sterilization which may be a better alternative to surgical castration. An ideal chemical sterilant would be one that effectively arrests spermatogenesis and androgenesis as well as libido with absence of toxic or other side effects. Calcium chloride in various solutions and concentrations ha...

Background: For the last few years, researchers have been interested in developing a method for chemical sterilization which may be a better alternative to surgical castration. An ideal chemical sterilant would be one that effectively arrests spermatogenesis and androgenesis as well as libido with absence of toxic or other side effects. Calcium chloride in various solutions and concentrations h...

The effect of calcium chloride (4.0 mg Ca2+/100 g BW) on the calcium metabolism in the hepatic bile system was investigated in intact and thyroparathyroidectomized rats. The administration of calcium did not alter the serum calcium of intact rats but increased it markedly in thyroparathyroidectomized rats. The administration of calcium to intact rats also caused a significant decrease in the li...

This report describes a novel presentation of chloride resistant metabolic alkalosis in a patient with hypercalcemia related to Multiple Myeloma (MM). A 51-year-old male with newly diagnosed MM presented with widespread skeletal involvement, calcium (Ca(+2)) of 18 mg/dL, phosphorous (PO4) of 6 mg/dL, serum bicarbonate (HCO3) of 37 mEq/L, and serum creatinine (Cr) of 2.6 mg/dL Other causes of me...

The adaptation of a tetrazolium salt assay for serum lactate dehydrogenase to full automation is described. The tetrazolium salt, INT, (2-p-iodophenyl-3-p-nitrophenyl5-phenyl tetrazolium chloride) serves as the chromogenic indicator of the enzyme activity. Phenazine methosulfate serves as an intermediate electron carrier. Estimation requires only 5 mm. of incubation, and assays may be run at th...

Increased serum bromide may result from the ingestion of various drugs and from environmental exposures. Chloride methods that are less susceptible to bromide interference have a clinical disadvantage in that they are less likely to arouse suspicion in cases of bromide toxicity. When there is a clinical suspicion of bromide toxicity, differences among various analyzers in the amount of interfer...

AIMS Metabolic acidosis is a common problem after infusion with chloride-based parenteral nutrition. However, it is unknown whether the occurrence of metabolic acidosis is related to this regimen of therapy or to patient-specific risk factors. METHODS Patients receiving parenteral nutrition from July to December 2003 at this hospital were included for a retrospective study. Patients were excl...

Experimental trials of acclimatization of juvenile Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus to different salinites of 0,5,10, 15ppt were studied. The juvenile Persian sturgeons in three weight classes (1.5, 3, 5g) have been  transfered from freshwater to different concentrations of saline water.  Na+, k+, Cl- concentrations of blood serum and the changes in the number and size of chloride cells wer...