INTRODUCTION Intravenous lipid is commonly used as part of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in premature babies. The gold standard of measuring lipid tolerance involves measuring serum triglyceride levels. Many hospitals in Asia do not have this facility and rely on visual turbidity to titrate the rate of lipid infusion. The aim of this study was to determine if visual turbidity correlates with...

introduction: cigarette smoking affects nitric oxide production. the aim of this study was to determine associations between tobacco smoke and serum nitric oxide metabolites (nox) concentration. methods: serum nox concentration was measured by the griess method in 230 nonsmokers, 238 active, 196 passive and 29 waterpipe smokers. subjects were selected from participants of tehran lipid and gluco...

BACKGROUND It has been reported that walnuts reduce serum cholesterol levels in normal young men. OBJECTIVE To assess the acceptability of walnuts and their effects on serum lipid levels and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidizability in free-living hypercholesterolemic persons. DESIGN Randomized, crossover feeding trial. SETTING Lipid clinic at a university hospital. PATIENTS 55 men an...

background and aims. a link between the occurrence of severe periodontitis and several systematic health changes including an altered lipid metabolism has been suggested. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between chronic periodontitis and serum lipid levels. materials and methods. thirty patients with chronic periodontitis (the community periodontal index of treatment ne...

UNLABELLED In depression an increase, decrease, or a relative deficiency of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and the beneficial effects of its administration were observed. The correlation of low serum DHEA level and increased cardiac risk was confirmed in healthy subjects only in men (not in women). Taking into consideration the increased risk of heart disease in depression, it is interesting to ...

INTRODUCTION The depletion of defensive body chemicals called antioxidants may increase the risk of complications from the most common form of diabetes mellitus. This study aims to evaluate blood serum lipid peroxidation product (malondialdehyde), an antioxidant, in non-insulin dependent male and female type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS Blood serum samples were collected from the diabetic pat...

Aim: Aim of the study was to find out the serum lipoprotein(a) in healthy and essential hypertensive subjects along with the lipid levels in them to assess that lipoprotein(a) measurement could help in risk stratification in these newly diagnosed essential hypertensive group. Material &Method: Eighty newly diagnosed essential hypertensive patients and seventy healthy subjects were included in t...