BROOKS, GEORGE A., AND TIMOTHY P. WHITE. Determination of metabolic and heart rate responses of rats to treadmill exercise. J. Appl. Physiol.: Respirat. Environ. Exercise Physiol. 45(6): 1009-1015, 1978. -A rapid-flow, open-circuit, indirect calorimeter was developed and used to study metabolic rates of rats at rest and in response to three running speeds (14.3, 28.7, and 43.1 m/min) and five g...

Apparent enzyme kinetics were determined for pulmonary angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) as a function of postnatal development and alveolar hypoxia in intact conscious lambs (9 newborn and 7 sheep, 8-23 wk). We injected into the right atrium a mixture of indocyanine green and 3H-labeled benzoyl-phenylalanyl-alanyl-proline (BPAP), a synthetic substrate for ACE, and sampled blood from the aort...

Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the demographic features, clinical findings, radiological and bronchoscopical findings of patients with bronchial anthracosis. Methods: Among 1541 patients who underwent broncoscopy in our bronchoscopy unit between 2006-2008, 104 patients with anthrocosis were included in this prospective study. The patient’s geographical location, occupation, ty...

Intravenous analgesic use in dialysis patients We would like to congratulate Dr Pauli-Magnus and his cholesterol, triglyceride, alkaline phosphatase, creatine colleagues for their work that further elucidates the pharm-kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, aspartate aminotransferase acokinetics and hazards of the use of morphine in ESRD and alanine aminotransferase. Ascorbate leads to well-known confu...

The traditional intraoperative ventilatory settings (tidal volume > 10 ml/kg ideal body weight) can be harmful even in patients with healthy lungs. In the operating theatre, safe anesthesia and optimization of oxygen delivery should be achieved while minimizing the deleterious effects of surgical trauma and avoiding iatrogenic complications. This review examines the mechanisms of perioperative ...

TOPIC: Procedures TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction surgery (BLVRS) is a minimally invasive treatment option for severe emphysema with hyperinflation and air trapping. The one-way valves are designed to induce lobar atelectasis. most common complication pneumothorax, which usually develops within 72 hours after BLVRS. We present case o...

We have studied the effect of 3,5,3 't r i iodothyronine (Ts) on the respiration of adul t rat hepatocytes in pr imary monolayer culture p repared f rom hypothyroid rat liver. After addit ion of T3 to the culture medium at a concentration of 2 x 10 -7 M, oxygen consumption of the cultured cells increased detectably at 24 h and was maximal at 72-96 h, relative to control cultures (38.0 -+ 1.8 vs...

Rabbit serum is the most important constituent in culture media for the growth of pathogenic leptospires. Many reports have shown that fatty acid or lipid fractions supported the growth of leptospires in place of rabbit serum [I. Mifuchi and T. Kawata, Med. Biol. (Tokyo) 28:128, 1953; H. Woratz, Zentr. Bakteriol. Parasitenk. Abt. I Orig. 162:106, 1955; 169:269, 1957; R. C. Johnson and J. B. Wil...

Tempering of the wheat samples with d ifferent amounts of water was done to obtain f lour t rea tments having different moisture levels i .e . T1 (13.5%), T2 (13%), T3 (12%), T4 (11%), T5 (10%) and T6 (9%) af ter mil l ing. These treatments were separately packed in polypropylene and paper bags. During the s torage per iod of 60 days, each t reatment in both polypropylene and paper bags was eva...

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