BACKGROUND Pancreatitis is a serious complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and may cause significant morbidity and even death. There is no effective prophylactic intervention for patients with average risk yet. This study aims to investigate preventive effect of aggressive hydration for post-ERCP pancreatitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a double-blind controlled ...

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that the development of clinical and ethical criteria for the nutrition and hydration of persons through the life span should be established by members of the health care team. Registered dietitians should work collaboratively to make nutrition, hydration, and feeding recommendations in individual cases. Registered dietitians have an activ...

A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organo Element Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences 28 ul. Vavilova, 117813 Moscow, Russia Z. Naturforsch. 52c, 227-234 (1997); received June 25/November 11, 1996 Hydrophobicity Scale, Amino Acid Hydration, Millimeter Spectroscopy, Heat Capacity Hydration indexes of protein a-amino acids were measured by the new method of absorp­ tion millimeter spectroscopy (AM ...

Hydration water determines the stability and function of phospholipid membranes as well as the interaction of membranes with other molecules. Experiments and simulations have shown that water dynamics slows down dramatically as the hydration decreases, suggesting that the interfacial water that dominates the average dynamics at low hydration is slower than water away from the membrane. Here, ba...

NMR on frozen solutions is an ideal method to study fundamental questions of macromolecular hydration, because the hydration shell of many biomolecules does not freeze together with bulk solvent. In the present study, we present previously undescribed NMR methods to study the interactions of proteins with their hydration shell and the ice lattice in frozen solution. We applied these methods to ...

ABSTRACT Non-invasive bioengineering technologies continuously discovered and developed in recent decades provide a significant input to research development and remarkably contribute to the improvement of medical education and care to our patients. AIM Assessing skin hydration by using the capacitance method for a group of patients with allergic contact dermatitis versus healthy subjects, be...

Hydration of a commercial hydrophilic polyacrylamide gel in 20 meq Ca(NO 3)2/ liter was reduced to <10% of the maximum hydration in deionized water. Repeated soaking with deionized water to remove soluble salts restored hydration to ≈ 30% of maximum. Incorporating KNO3 at concentrations ranging from 5 to 40 meq·liter -1 with the Ca(NO3)2 in the hydration solution partially reversed the Ca 2+ in...