Fluid resuscitation was used on aged patients with traumatic shock in their early postoperative recovery. The present study aimed to assess whether different fluid resuscitation strategies had an influence on aged patients with traumatic shock.A total of 219 patients with traumatic shock were recruited retrospectively. Lactated Ringer and hydroxyethyl starch solution were transfused for fluid r...

To investigate the effects of antihypertensive treatment with four currently used agents (trichlormethiazide, atenolol, nicardipine, and enalapril) on the arterial baroreceptor function at the early phase of hypertension, we administered the agents to spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats from 8 to 10 weeks of age and examined the aortic nerve activity function. In untreated spo...

Auranofin (SKF-D 39162) is an oral gold preparation for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. One of its major side effects is diarrhoea. To determine one possible mechanism for this we compared the effects of auranofin and myochrysine on intestinal water and solute transport in the rat. Jejunal perfusion with 2 mM auranofin (n=5) induced fluid and electrolyte secretion and inhibited glucose a...

BACKGROUND Up to 80% of patients without a recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy report alteration in their voice after a thyroid procedure. The aims of this study were (1) to quantify voice changes after thyroid operation; (2) to correlate the changes to the extent of operation; and (3) to correlate voice changes to intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve swelling. METHODS Patients undergoing tot...

this research established the scientific bases for the folkloric use of the neglected dialium guineense fruit coat in wound and microbial infection management in nigeria. the phytochemical analysis of the crude extract, fractions and sub-fractions was performed by standard methods. agar well diffusion protocol was adopted for the antimicrobial assay while the wound healing properties was determ...

Knowledge of breed effects on carcass and pork quality traits is required to develop commercial crossbreeding programs that emphasize product quality. A 2 x 2 diallel mating system involving Landrace and Duroc pigs was used to estimate individual heterosis, direct breed effects and reciprocal cross differences for post-weaning growth, real-time ultrasound, carcass, and pork quality traits. Data...

A two-year dry season experiment was conducted at the research farm of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA Ibadan, Nigeria to estimate irrigation water requirements and establish crop water use. Two upland rice varieties (NERICA 2 and NERICA 4) were planted in a randomized complete block design (RCBD). Four treatments based on different water distribution levels were adopt...

The authors investigated acute cardiopulmonary effects of noradrenaline and isoproterenol infusion in a canine model of increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and decreased cardiac output (CO). In six anesthetized, ventilated dogs, autologous blood clots were injected over approximately two hours to increase right ventricular (RV) afterload and decrease CO. After CO had decreased 40 perc...