Previous work (1) showed t,hat when the concentration of plasma proteins is reduced by plasmapheresis, the concentration of serum protein varied inversely with the chloride and directly with the calcium, while no relation could be demonstrated between protein and total base or bicarbonat,e. The experiments were open to the serious object,ion that plasmapheresis involves the injection of a solut...

Darrow and his associates (1, 2) have recently obtained evidence that a correlation exists between the concentration of serum bicarbonate, muscle potassium, and intracellular sodium from a study on rats subjected to procedures designed to produce a deficit of one of the ions sodium, chloride, or potassium. Thus, the serum bicarbonate concentration was found to vary directly with the intracellul...

Respiratory failure, with or without pneumonia, is the usual cause of death in patients with motor neuron disease (MND). Forced vital capacity (FVC) is often used to monitor respiratory function in MND and is, in part, predictive of survival time. However, such volitional tests are unreliable in many patients, especially later in the disease, and access to hospital laboratories can also be a pr...

A number of antimicrobial silver dressings based on different substrates and silver technologies have been introduced recently. Initial in vitro testing of a new cost-effective silver dressing* showed a strong dependence between silver release and the ionic strength and organic content of the extraction solution. To answer the question if all silver dressings show similar dependence on extracti...

BACKGROUND It is intriguing and imperative that the comparison of the iron preparations in hemodialysis (HD) patients. This study aimed to observe the short-term efficacy of parenteral iron sucrose and ferric chloride in HD patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a consecutive 10-week single-blind study in Taiwan. An intravenous iron supplement of 100 mg/week was administered as an infusion ...

A four day old female infant was admitted because of poor feeding, vomiting and jaundice. Laboratory examination showed hyperkalemia, mild hyponatremia and renal tubular acidosis type 4. Serum aldosterone and plasma renin activity were elevated but serum cortisol, 17 -hydroxyprogesterone, ACTH, 24 hour urinary 17- ketoste roid, pregnanetriol, renal function and sonogram were normal and henc...

CONTEXT Contrast-induced nephropathy remains a common complication of radiographic procedures. Pretreatment with sodium bicarbonate is more protective than sodium chloride in animal models of acute ischemic renal failure. Acute renal failure from both ischemia and contrast are postulated to occur from free-radical injury. However, no studies in humans or animals have evaluated the efficacy of s...