ess the relationship between umbilical cord blood gases at birth and morphology of umbilical cord, in a prospective study of 200 consecutive term delivery, we investigated the relationship between umbilical cord morphology characteristics (umbilical crd length, number of vascular coil, coiling index) and color of amniotic fluid and umbilical vessel blood gases. statistically significant linear ...

SINCE the introduction of external cardiac massage the technique and results of cardiac resuscitation have received much attention, but less information is available on the effect of cardiac arrest on respiration and circulation. The authors, who provided a resuscitation service for a general hospital, were particularly interested in these aspects and in thirty-eight of the first 100 patients t...

Objective. Cyclosporine (CsA) causes tubular dysfunction characterized by polyuria, calcium wasting, distal tubular acidosis, and hyperkalemia. The hypercalciuria induced by CsA administration is associated with an inhibition of calbindin D28k expression. It has also been shown that chronic metabolic alkalosis increased the expression of Ca transport proteins accompanied by diminished urine Ca ...

B. The “New Iseg Base” employs essentially the same HV circuitry as the Old Iseg Base, however, it is distinct from the old version in that it implements a splitground configuration using an isolation amplifier, whereby two DC-isolated grounds are created: the “noisy section” consisting of the digital interface and the oscillator for HV generation and the “analog” section consisting of the cath...