Celiac disease (CD) rarely presents with life-threatening complications in older individuals. We report a 64-year-old woman who presented with profuse diarrhea, weight loss, hemodynamic instability, hypokalemia, hypoproteinemia, acidosis, and vitamin and iron deficiency. Pathologic and serologic studies confirmed CD presenting with celiac crisis with extensive and severe intestinal disease. Alt...

The indiscriminate and injudicious use of second generation fluoroquinolones viz., enrofloxacin produced anemia, leucopenia, hypoglycaemia, hypoproteinemia, increased enzymatic activity and hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic effects in broiler chickens. Exposure to heavy metals results in congestion and hemorrhages in the lungs, tubular degeneration in kidneys and occasional hemorrhages in the brain. ...

In a group of 18 infants with birth weights of 1,500 gm or less, either preterm transitional or mature human milk was given during the time of initial hospitalization. Half of the infants were given protein supplement isolated from mature human milk which increased the protein content of the ingested milk by 0.8 gm/dl. The protein intake of these infants was increased by 0.6 to 1.6 gm/kg/day be...

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is prevalent on large scale in hospitalized patients which increases morbidity and mortality, reduces the effectiveness of medical treatment in our hospitals and impairs the quality of life significantly. Early diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition is gaining the significance day by day. METHODS A prospective study was carried out to assess the effects of hypoprotein...

Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia (NLH) in the small intestine is a rare benign lesion, characterized by the presence of multiple small nodules on the surface of the intestine. To define the clinicopathological and colonoscopic characteristics in Chinese patients with ileal NLH, we collected 65 patients with NLH in the terminal ileum from the endoscopic database in our hospital and clinical data fro...