Interleukin 1 (IL-1) plays a central role in the regulation of the body's response to infectious and inflammatory stimuli. Recent evidence has shown that human platelets express a cell associated form of this proinflammatory cytokine very rapidly following activation. Since one of the earliest events in inflammation is frequently the rapid adhesion of platelets to injured endothelium, it was of...

of delivery (14) the mean (±SE) plasma concentration of glucose was 99±7 mg/100 ml, insulin 32±6 ,uU/ml, glucagon 183±17 pg/ml. These levels were similar to those occurring in mothers who did not have an i.v. infusion, permitting pooling of the two groups for further analysis. The 't' test for paired data was used for statistical comparison of plasma concentrations of metabolite or hormones. Th...

Balloon atrial septostomy was undertaken under cross sectional echocardiographic control in 63 consecutive infants: in no case was fluoroscopic imaging required. The procedure was performed in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory, ward side room, or at the bedside in the neonatal intensive care unit. Catheterisation via the umbilical vein was attempted in 37 infants aged less than 48 hours ol...

Introduction ▼ An aneurysm is a sac formed by localized dilatation of the wall of an artery, a vein, or the heart and the most common site is the abdominal aorta (Dorland’s Medical Dictionary, 32nd Edition, ­Elsevier,­ 2013)­ and­ is­ differentiated­ from­ an­ intra-abdominal­ ­umbilical­vein­varix­that­may­be­seen­as­a­cyst­-like­structure­in­ the­ fetal­ upper­ abdomen­ with­ venous­ flow­ on...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diameter changes of umbilical cord components in intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) fetuses comparative with normal growth fetuses by using the ultrasonogram. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross sectional study was performed with 140 singleton pregnant women who was attended at Maternal-Fetal Medicine unit, Thammasat University Hospital between June, 2007 to May, 2009. ...

Falciform ligament (remnant of umbilical vein) is an anatomical structure that connects the liver to the anterior abdominal wall. This case reports a rare clinical presentation of falciform ligament thrombosis as a consequence of acute gallstone pancreatitis, in a patient with noncirrhotic liver. A 55-year-old female with a history of cholelithiasis was admitted with abdominal pain. Biochemistr...

This report presents a case of a patient with a huge hepatocellular carcinoma in the right lobe of the liver with an extensive portal venous tumor thrombus extending into the main portal trunk and left portal branch. The patient underwent extended right hemihepatectomy with tumor thrombectomy with direct extraction from an opening of the ventral wall of the right portal vein and using a balloon...

Cell transplantation is a promising therapy for a myriad of debilitating diseases; however, current delivery protocols using direct injection result in poor cell viability. We demonstrate that during the actual cell injection process, mechanical membrane disruption results in significant acute loss of viability at clinically relevant injection rates. As a strategy to protect cells from these da...

sheep conjoined twins have been reported less than cow. an apparently female conjoined twin lambs was examined based on external and internal features. in radiology, two vertebral columns and two pairs of the ribs were seen. only two heads and two necks were separated (thoraco-omphalopygopagus). there were three forelimbs (tribrachius), one of which grew on dorsal region as a notomelus.  teat b...

The nervous system and the autonomic system in particular have been associated with stress-induced changes in host resistance to infections and inflammatory reactions. Since a key step in initiation of inflammation is adhesion of leukocytes to the endothelium, we hypothesized that neuron-derived factors might be involved in this process. Neuropeptide Y (NPY), a 36-amino acid neuropeptide that i...