PURPOSE The aims of our study were to evaluate the blood urea nitrogen to creatinine ratio (BUN/Cr ratio) for distinguishing between an upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB), and differentiating between the two most common causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) presenting with melena in children. METHODS Retrospective data of patients with GIB presenting with melena were a...

This study aimed to estimate the changes in milk yield, fat, energy indicators [NEFA, BHBA, Dry MatterIntake (DMI) and Body Condition Score (BCS)] concentration of innate immune molecules (Haptoglobin: Hp,Serum Amyloid A: SAA, TLR-4, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8), during transition period primiparous andmultiparous dual-purpose zebu (Deoni) cows. The blood sample was collected at weekly intervals p...

INTRODUCTION A serological and entomological investigation was performed to monitor for potential Bunyamwera (BUN) serogroup virus activity in Montana. RESULTS To facilitate the serological investigation, sera were collected from 104 sheep in 2013 and 2014 and assayed by plaque reduction neutralization test using all six BUN serogroup viruses known to occur in the United States: Cache Valley ...

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...

زۆربەى لێکۆڵينەوەکان کە لە سەر ناوچەى ئاکرێ نووسراون زیاتر لایەنەکانى سیاسى و کارگێڕى سەربازى دەگرێتەوە, کاتێکدا بوارە گرنگەکانى ديكه‌ى ژیان فەرامۆش کراون، بە تایبەتى لایەنى ئابوورى نێویشيدا بوارى کشتوکاڵ زەورى زار، پەیوەندى راستەوخۆى لەگەڵ ژیانى مروڤدا هەیە, سەرەڕاى ئەمەش لەچاو کەمتر بایەخى پێ دراوە, بۆیە پێمان باش بوو لەسەر ئەم بابەتە بنووسين. ئامانجى سەرەکیشمان ئەوەیە بەم لێکۆڵینەوە لایەنێکى...

BACKGROUND Cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II; CP) is used widely as an antitumor drug in clinics, but is accompanied with renal toxicity. Cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity consists of change in kidney weight, histological changes in kidney and increase in serum creatinine (Cr) and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). This study was designed to find out a model for prediction of cisplatin induced ...

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...