INTRODUCTION Dialysis-induced oxidative stress is one of the mechanisms of atherosclerotic changes. Heparin, used in hemodialysis, is an anticoagulant drug with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. This study was planned in order to evaluate the antioxidant effects of heparin and dalteparin (low-molecular weight heparin). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-two patients underwent 3 hemodialysi...

Mitral regurgitation (MR), the systolic flow reversal from the left ventricle to the left atrium, is currently the most frequent valvular heart disease.1 Because MR affects predominantly patients 65 years of age,1 with age at surgery most often in the sixth decade,2 the observed prevalence will increase with the aging of the population. Thus, the number of US citizens affected by moderate or se...

When friction ridge detail is examined using the ACE-V methodology, examiners’ documentation shall be such that another qualified examiner can determine what was done and interpret the data. Documentation shall be made at or near the time of the examination and may be in the form of annotated images, narratives, worksheets, annotated legible copies, sketches, [etc.]...Although all examinations ...

Many scholars and managers endorse the idea that the primary purpose of the !rm is to make money for its owners. This shareholder wealth maximization objective is justi!ed on the grounds that it maximizes social welfare. In this article, the !rst of a two-part set, we argue that, although this shareholder primacy model may have been appropriate in an earlier era, it no longer is, given our curr...

We conducted a retrospective, literature-based decision analysis to compare the cost-effectiveness of conventional low-dose heparin, dalteparin, and intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) as thromboembolic prophylaxis to a no-prophylaxis option in patients at moderate risk of developing thromboembolic complications after major elective abdominal surgery. The analysis was conducted through an ...