BACKGROUND An alert value is a result suggesting that the patient is at imminent danger unless appropriate remedial actions begin promptly. Report of alert values (AV) by the clinical laboratories has taken special relevance in recent years due to its contribution to patient's care. AIM To report results of AV informed during 2007 within the Health Network of the Pontificia Universidad Católi...

Heat-cured acrylic resin is easily fractured and can be prevented by adding reinforcing materials of duck eggshell powder. Furthermore, it used as a biocompatible material due to the high content CaCO3. This study aims determine effect 2.5% 5% eggshells reinforcement for denture base with heat-cured on transverse strength. The method an laboratory experiments post-test only control design condu...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 10 weeks of resistance training on serum levels of heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic women. 20 women with type 2 diabetes were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into experimental group (n = 10, mean age 47.13±6.27 year, bmi 28.45±3.32 kg/m²) and control group (n = 10, mean age 5...

This controlled study compared immediate effects of two relaxation techniques on state anxiety and sustained attention in healthy subjects. 86 volunteers (56 men and 30 women) were divided into two groups: the first 43 volunteers (age range 18 to 64) practiced 20 minutes of yoga-based Deep Relaxation Technique (DRT), while the second group of 43 volunteers (same age range), practiced 20 minutes...

Glucose tolerance tests have been performed on five patients with Huntington's chorea and no difference in response has been observed compared with seven controls. Insulin tolerance tests have been performed on 12 patients with Huntington's chorea and 10 controls. Blood samples were taken at regular intervals for 75 minutes and analysed for blood glucose, insulin, and growth hormone (HGH). Ther...

The objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of oral 30% dextrose during venepuncture in neonates. Neonates admitted in the Special Care Nursery for jaundice from September 200 to January 2001 were recruited for this double-blind randomised controlled trial. The intervention consisted of administration of either 2 ml of oral 30% dextrose or 2 ml of sterile water 2 minutes b...

A 26-year-old male suffering from acute rhinitis took the first dose of Zolistan (mizolastine, 10 mg), orally, and 15 minutes later he developed intense generalized pruritus, cutaneous rash, oropharyngeal pruritus, edema on his face, difficulty in swallowing, and mild dyspnea. He was treated with methylprednisolone and epinephrine and improved within 30 minutes. The patient had not taken mizola...

BACKGROUND Results of arterial blood gas analysis can be biased by pre-analytical factors, such as time interval before analysis, temperature during storage and syringe type. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of samples storage temperature and time delay on blood gases, bicarbonate and PH results in human arterial blood samples. PATIENTS AND METHODS 2.5 mL arterial blood samples were dr...

To clarify the excitability of spinal motor neuron function after transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TES), we investigated the F-wave before and after TES. Fourteen healthy volunteers with a mean age of 23.4 years were studied. TES was applied to the flexor hallucis brevis (FHB) for 15 minutes. F-wave and M-wave were recorded from the FHB after tibial nerve stimulation at the ankle before T...