The most frequent laboratory abnormalities in patients with congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are microcytosis, hypoglycemia, hypoalbuminemia, hypoproteinemia, increased liver enzyme activities, decreased blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and urate crystalluria. The microcytosis is probably due to impaired iron transport. Hypoglycemia, hypoalbuminemia, hypoproteinemia and decreased BUN are partly ...

BACKGROUND Nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity are side effects of Cisplatin (CP) therapy. OBJECTIVES We investigated the role of gender in CP-induced nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Low dose of CP (1 mg/kg/day; ip) was administered daily to male and female Wistar rats for 15 consecutive days. Serum creatinine (Cr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), malondialdehyde (MDA), ni...

High blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentration is linked to low fertility in cows and ewes; however, this relationship has not been reported mares. The study characterized the between BUN follicular fluid (FUN) during follicle growth (Experiment 1) impact of from embryo donors on pregnancy outcome recipient mares 2). In experiment one, samples were collected diestrus with growing follicles estrus...

INTRODUCTION The decision of when to start dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) patients with overt uremia is strongly established, however, when blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels is < 100 mg/dL the timing of initiation of dialysis remains uncertain. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to assess mortality and renal function recovery AKI patients started on dialysis at different BUN levels. ME...

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...

Background and aim: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The accuracy of scoring scales is lower regarding the evaluation of mortality and need for ICU treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the role of the albumin level and Blood urea nitrogen /Albumin (BUN/Alb) ratio in the prediction of disease severity and one-month mortality. Mater...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a hydro-alcoholic extract of Vitex agnus-castus (VAC) fruit on blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (Cr) and, kidney histology of a female mouse model of D-galactose induced aging. In this experimental study, 72 NMRI mice were divided into 6 groups: control, VAC, D-galactose, D-galactose+VAC, aging, and aging+VAC. D-galactose was injec...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and enteral nutrition (EN) on biochemical and clinical outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy. METHODS From the year 2006 to 2008, 60 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy in Tianjin Third Central Hospital were enrolled in this study. They were randomly divided into the EN gro...

Fumaria officinalis is one of the herbal medicines used in Iran extensively. There are many useful properties recognized for this plant, but there is no information about its side effects especially in long term and at high doses. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of F. officinalis hydroalcoholic extract on the Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine conce...

PURPOSE Diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy are microvascular complications in patients with diabetes that are considered to be related. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), a strong inhibitor of angiogenesis, is significantly elevated in the blood of diabetic patients, especially those with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). The level of PEDF in the blood, on the other hand, is re...