Recent correspondence in the British Medical Journall-4 has discussed the need for oxygen-failure devices and the philosophy of their design, so we shall not repeat this discussion here. Briefly, however, we think that very occasional oxygen failures are inevitable, during both anaesthesia and artificial ventilation with oxygen. Because the danger is so remote any safety device that is to gain ...

background: melatonin is a free radical scavenger. it has also antioxidant effects through its stimulatory actions on antioxidant system. objective: we conducted this study to examine the effect of different oral doses of melatonin on liver tissue. methods: we used 42 rats—6 rats in each group. group i served as the control group; group ii rats were pretreated with only melatonin; group iii was...

Biliary complications remain a significant problem following liver transplantation in the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) era. We hypothesized that donor, recipient, and technical variables may differentially affect anastomotic biliary complications in MELD era liver transplants. We reviewed 256 deceased donor liver transplants after the institution of MELD at our center and evaluated ...

Unconstrained development of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-secreting natural killer (NK) cells and T helper (Th) 1 cells is central to protection against Listeria monocytogenes. In contrast, interleukin 4 (IL-4) is considered harmful. IL-12 produced by infected macrophages promotes, and IL-4 interferes with, protective antilisterial immunity. The liver NK T lymphocytes, which are a potent source...

This study was aimed at evaluating the blood glucose level, hepatic biomarkers and histology of alloxan induced diabetic rats fed with Sesamum indicum compounded diet. Thirty-Six male albino were divided into nine groups (normal control, standard drug-glibenclamide treated, 15%, 30% 60% diet normal diabetics after 14 days) four each lasted for 21 days. The induction diabetes done by a single do...