Ascites refer to accumulation of fluids in the peritoneal cavity. Ascites is caused by multiple causes, among which liver cirrhosis is the commonest. Confirming the etiology is the first and most important step toward proper management. Assuming that ascites is always caused by cirrhosis can lead to unnecessarily sending patients with different etiologies for liver transplantation, particularly...

Ribonucleic acid isolated from cerebral cortex of mature male and female rats was fractionated by chromatography on methylated albumin Kieselguhr columns or by sucrose gradient centrifugation. Three principal fractions were obtained with analytical ultracentrifuge s~o,~ values of 4, 17, and 28. By comparison with ribonucleic acid prepared from purified rat brain ribosomes, the 17 S and 28 S fra...

conclusions administration of albumin compared to hes in patients with a normal renal function results in a lower drop of gfr and platelet count, less bleeding and lower rise of serum creatinine. background the ideal strategy to prime the cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) circuit in adult cardiac surgery is still a matter of debate. objectives in this retrospective study, we examined albumin solutio...

background: the clinical symptoms of diabetes mellitus in oral cavity are xerostomia, pathological changes in periodontal tis­sues and caries. it has been suggested that the determination of salvia`s components in diabetic patients may be useful in de­scribing and further understanding the oral findings in this condition. the aim of this study was to detect differences be­tween the salivary alb...

serum albumin is the most abundant protein in blood plasma. its two major roles are maintaining osmoticpressure and depositing and transporting compounds. in this paper albumin-ethanol/water solutionssimulations are carried out by three techniques including monte carlo (mc), molecular dynamic (md) andlangevin dynamic (ld) simulations in aqueous solutions. investigation the energy changes with t...

Optimisation of peak capacity is an important strategy in gradient liquid chromatography (LC). This can be achieved by using either long columns or columns packed with small particles. Monolithic columns allow the use of long columns at relatively low back-pressure. The gain in peak capacity using long columns was evaluated by the separation of a tryptic bovine serum albumin digest with an LC-U...

Several recent outbreaks of toxoplasmosis were related to drinking water. We propose a strategy for Toxoplasma oocyst detection as part of an approach to detecting multiple waterborne parasites, including Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp., by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method with the same sample. Water samples are filtered to recover Toxoplasma oocysts and purified on a sucrose de...

A method for the separation and fractionation of the major whey proteins from a whey protein concentrate (WPC80) by anion-exchange chromatography coupled to a Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) system is proposed. The method is based on the use of an ionic column (Mono Q) and a salt gradient elution by increasing the ionic strength of the elution buffer (Tris–HCl 20 mM plus 0 to 1 M NaCl...

 Background: Inflammatory process has a substantial contribution in the development of anemia in chronic hemodialysis patients. Low serum albumin in hemodialysis patients is considered a marker of inflammation. The present longitudinal study aimed to determine the relationship between low baseline serum albumin and future development of anemia. Methods: The population of this study consiste...