Physicochemical properties, consumer acceptance, antioxidant and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activities of infusions and fermented beverages of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Litsea glaucescens were compared. Among physicochemical parameters, only the pH of fermented beverages decreased compared with the unfermented infusions. No relevant changes were reported in consumer prefe...

Plasma concentrations of the recently discovered hormones adrenomedullin (ADM), from vascular tissue, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), secreted by myocardium, are elevated in patients with heart failure. We tested the hypotheses that short-term increments in circulating levels of these hormones, within the pathophysiological range, would have biological effects and that the 2 hormone system...

Four ewes, each fitted with a rumen cannula and with catheters in the mesenteric artery and portal and mesenteric veins, received continuous intrarumen infusions of water or of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA). SCFA infusions were isoenergetic (83 kJ/h) and provided rumen molar proportions (acetate:propionate:butyrate) of 70:20:10, 50:40:10 or 50:20:30. The rumen SCFA production rate with the bas...

this paper presents a 54-year-old female with lupus whom severe anaemia due to pure red cell aplasia (prca) was the first manifestation. there was seven years interval between prca onset and diagnosis of lupus. thymectomy due to thymoma had been carried out six years before but anaemia sustained. hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism were other associated diseases. severe anaemia and the need f...

OBJECTIVES To study the effect of an individualized treatment approach with regard to dosage intervals between infliximab infusions on the clinical outcome of pediatric Crohn's disease (CD). PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of medical records of all pediatric patients with CD who had been treated with infliximab between 1999 and 2007 in two Swedish counties, where an individualiz...

The cost of intravenous insulin infusion to the NHS is unknown. The aim of this study was to estimate the direct cost of insulin infusions to the NHS in England and Wales in the first 24-hour period of infusion. Data from the National Inpatient Diabetes Audit 2013 in the UK were used to estimate the number of insulin infusions in use across England and Wales. Costs were calculated for six model...

High-dose opioid administration is associated with significant adverse events. Evidence suggests that low-dose ketamine infusions improve perioperative analgesia over conventional opioid management, but usage is highly variable. Ketamine's adverse drug effects (ADEs) are well known, but their prevalence during low-dose infusions in a clinical setting and how often they lead to infusion disconti...

Previous studies have shown that macelignan has anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects. Subsequently, in the current study, we demonstrate that oral administrations of macelignan reduce the hippocampal microglial activation induced by chronic infusions of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into the fourth ventricle of Fisher-344 rat brains. A Morris water maze was used to evaluate the status of th...

The content of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Mn, Ni and Zn was determined, using flame atomic absorption spectrometry in infusions made from commercial herbal mixtures readily available in herbal stores. ANOVA test revealed that the metal contents did not differ considerably in most of infusions. The scatter plot of principal component analysis (PCA) designated infusions characterized by similar contents...

Patients with cluster headaches have been reported to have low serum ionized magnesium levels. We examined the possibility that patients with cluster headaches and low ionized magnesium levels may respond to an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulfate. Thirty-eight infusions of magnesium sulfate were given to 22 patients with cluster headaches. The mean ionized magnesium level prior to 23 infu...