BackgroundZinc is an essential trace element involved in multiple metabolic processes.Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with low plasma zinc, but outcomes with zinc supplementation in critically ill patients with AKI remain unknown.Our objective was to investigate the effectiveness of zinc supplementation in this patient population.MethodsCri
Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) is characterized by clinical manifestations resulting from the direct compression daddario ej10 of the celiac trunk by the median arcuate ligament.Symptoms typically include postprandial abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss.The patient, a 69-year-old female, presented with complaints of coughing,
Andrew Dinh,1 Ardin Berger,1 Elliot Krane1,2 1Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 2Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USACorrespondence: Andrew Dinh Email [email protected] With hundreds of pharmaceutical companies in
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) has been identified as the major cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in most developed countries.MicroRNA-770-5p depletion could repress high glucose (HG)-triggered apoptosis in podocytes, and downregulation of E2F transcription factor 3 (E2F3) could facilitate podocyte injury.Nevertheless, whether E2F3 is involved in
Kristen A Ballesteros,1 Angela Sikorski,2 James E Orfila,3 Joe L Martinez Jr41Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA; 2Texas A&M University Texarkana, Texarkana, TX, USA; 3University of Colorado in Denver, Denver, CO, USA; 4University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAAbstract: Isoflurane i