background: preeclampsia is a pregnancy multisystem disorder of unknown etiology. it is a significant cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. objectives: due to the significant role of magnesium in physiological regulation of blood pressure, this study was conducted to measure the level of magnesium in pre-eclampsia and control groups since the beginning of the pregnancy. materials...

DiNicolantonio JJ, et al. Open Heart 2017;7:e000617. doi:10.1136/openhrt-2017-000617 CAN SUPPLEMENTAL CALCIUM INCREASE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK? A meta-analyses of randomised controlled studies of calcium supplementation (some including concurrent modest intakes of vitamin D) has observed a modest increase in risk for vascular events in the calcium-supplemented subjects. Some recent observational ep...

Urinary magnesium and pH are known to modulate urinary calcium excretion, but the mechanisms underlying these relationships are unknown. In this study, the data from 17 clinical trials in which urinary magnesium and pH were pharmacologically manipulated were analyzed, and it was found that the change in urinary calcium excretion is directly proportional to the change in magnesium excretion and ...

To assess the cardiovascular actions of magnesium in neurally intact animals, magnesium chloride (1-4 mM/min) administered i.v., producing a peak arterial magnesium level between 4.7 and 7.2 mg/dl, was given to alpha-chloralose-anesthetized, open-chest dogs. Magnesium lowered heart rate by 36 +/- 11 beats/min (P less than .05), cardiac output by 0.7 +/- 0.2 liters/min (P less than .05), left ve...

Recent studies have shown that zinc, iron, vitamin A and other nutrients are closely related to the body's resistance to infection. This study was aimed to investigate the nutrient status of Chinese infants with pneumonia and reveal the relationship between nutrients and the outcome of pneumonia. Total 120 infants with pneumonia and 60 healthy infants aged 6 to 36 months were enrolled in this s...

BACKGROUND/AIMS In recent years, one of technical attempts to improve biocompatibility and tolerability of the hemodialysis procedure is the substitution of acetate in dialysis solution with citrate. The aim of our study was to compare two dialysis solutions: traditional bicarbonate dialysis solution containing acetate (3 mmol/L) (solution A); and (solution C) commercially produced citrate-enri...

Traditionally, penicillin binding to serum proteins was believed to be a passive chemical process; however, it appears to be facilitated by serum factors. The objectives of this in vitro investigation were to examine facilitated penicillin haptenation, to study the kinetics of haptenation, and to determine the nature of haptenation-facilitating factors. The model involved addition of [3H]benzyl...

Treatment of unresponsive hypoparathyroidism when the oral route administration is not possible: Considering subcutaneous teriparatide Tratamiento con PTH subcutánea en el hipoparatiroidismo posquirúrgico de difícil control cuando la vía oral no está disponible PTH is a polypeptide of 84 amino acids with an active fragment of 34 amino acids in the N-terminal extreme. It is secreted by the parat...

BACKGROUND Bryophyllum pinnatum, commonly known as Pattharcaṭṭa, is used traditionally in ethnomedicinal practices for the treatment of kidney stone and urinary insufficiency. AIM The present study evaluated the effect of Bryophyllum pinnatum on ethylene glycol (EG)-induced renal calculi in rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Renal calculi were induced in rats by administration of 0.75% EG in drink...

Background: Various studies have shown the correlation between Magnesium, Zinc and Copper levels in Serum and Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and occurrence of Febrile Convulsions. Hypomagnesaemia is characterized by hyper excitability of the central nervous system leading to convulsions. Hence the study is undertaken to find out the Serum Magnesium levels and its correlation with febrile convulsions...