the present study was aimed to evaluate the beneficial effect of cystone syrup in an experimental model of glycerol-induced acute renal failure (arf) in rats. biochemical parameters, kidney weight and histopathological evaluation were performed to conclude the beneficial effect of cystone syrup. administration of single dose of 50% v/v glycerol (8ml/kg.i.m) caused severe renal dysfunction assoc...

Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Objective To identify predictive factors for blood transfusion and associated complications in lumbar and thoracic fusion surgeries. Methods The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database was used to identify patients who underwent lumbar or thoracic fusion from 2010 to 2013. Multivariate analysis was ...

Objective To study the effect of the essential oils of Citrus sinensis L., Mentha piperita L., Syzygium aromaticum L., and Rosmarinus officinalis L. on physical exhaustion in rats. Methods Forty-eight male Wistar rats were randomly divided into a control group, a fatigue group, an essential oil mixture (EOM) group, and a peppermint essential oil (PEO) group. Loaded swimming to exhaustion was ...

Aim of this work was to evaluate if long-term dietary supplementation of potassium iodide (KI) to dairy goats can influence metabolic and hormonal parameters. Thirty Sarda crossbred dairy goats were divided into three groups, which were orally administered 0 (control group; CON), 0.45 (low iodine group; LI) or 0.90 (high iodine group; HI) mg of KI/day, respectively. The daily dose of KI (76.5% ...

Background—Identifying reversible renal dysfunction (RD) in the setting of heart failure (HF) is challenging. The goal of this study was to evaluate if an elevated admission blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr) could identify decompensated HF patients likely to experience improvement in renal function (IRF) with treatment. Methods and Results—Consecutive hospitalizations with a disc...

Introduction: The effect of fluid and food restrictions on biochemical substances relating to the renal and bone function of pregnant women is not well defined. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of fluid and food restriction on the following substances in pregnant fasting women during Ramadan: blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr), calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), and alkal...

Purpose: To investigate the mechanism of resveratrol protection against sepsis-induced acute kidney injury in mice.
 Methods: A model was established mice by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Sixty healthy male ICR were randomly divided into sham operation (sham) group, (CLP) CLP + low-dose (20 mg/kg) treatment (CLP ResL) high-dose (40 ResH) group Klotho (0.01 Klotho) group. All administe...

Patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure (HF) have been shown to be at higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events and death. Recent studies have demonstrated that blood urea nitrogen (BUN) might serve as a powerful predictor of mortality in acutely decompensated HF. The goal of this study was to determine the impact of BUN on long-term mortality in patients with stage B a...

Purpose: To explore the protective effect of glycyrrhizin in rats with nephrotic syndrome (NS) induced by adriamycin (ADR). Methods: 36 Sprague Dawley (SD) male rats were divided into control, untreated and glycyrrhizin treatment groups. The NS rat model was established by injecting ADR twice in the untreated and in the glycyrrhizin treatment groups. Rats in the glycyrrhizin treatment group wer...