RESUMO
Fifty cases with chronic renal failure and 25 age and sex matched normal healthy controls were studied. The mean serum magnesium level was significantly higher (4.10 +/- 0.85 mg/dl) in the patients as compared to controls (2.40 +/- 0.14 mg/dl; p less than 0.001) and levels rose progressively with deterioration in renal function. Significantly higher serum magnesium levels were observed in patients of chronic renal failure with encephalopathy than in those without. Greater the impairment in level of consciousness, higher was the magnesium level. Improvement in neurological status correlated well with fall in serum magnesium level. The fall was significantly higher in patients on dialysis as compared to non-dialysed patients. Serum magnesium is a worthwhile tool in assessing duration of disease, morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic renal failure. Its estimation may help in evaluating conservative treatment and dialysis in chronic renal failure.
Assuntos
Adulto , Cálcio/sangue , Encefalopatia Hepática/sangue , Humanos , Falência Renal Crônica/sangue , Magnésio/sangue , Potássio/sangue , Sódio/sangueRESUMO
Twenty healthy subjects have been selected for the present study. There was significant parallelism between trypsin and lipase secretion but frequent dissociation between trypsin and amylase. Lower values of pancreatic volume, bicarbonate and enzymes secretion as compared to the Western reports are explained by the lower weight of Indians in comparison to Western people. Prostigmine an inexpensive and reliable alternative to pancreozmin is recommended for routine clinical studies of pancreatic enzymes.
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Adulto , Amilases/metabolismo , Bicarbonatos/análise , Duodeno , Feminino , Humanos , Secreções Intestinais/enzimologia , Lipase/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neostigmina/diagnóstico , Pâncreas/enzimologia , Testes de Função Pancreática/métodos , Tripsina/metabolismoAssuntos
Feminino , Humanos , Índia , Indicã/urina , Jejuno/microbiologia , Cirrose Hepática/microbiologia , MasculinoAssuntos
Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Diabetes Mellitus/microbiologia , Humanos , Indicã/urina , Jejuno/microbiologia , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeAssuntos
Doença Aguda , Adolescente , Adulto , Ceruloplasmina/análise , Cobre/intoxicação , Feminino , Humanos , Nefropatias/sangue , Masculino , Sulfatos/intoxicaçãoAssuntos
Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Mucosa Intestinal/patologia , Jejuno/patologia , Masculino , Síndrome Nefrótica/patologiaAssuntos
Adulto , Eletrocardiografia , Esôfago , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valores de ReferênciaRESUMO
Forty normal subjects have been taken for the present study. The mean Indican excretion was 40.45 mg/24 hrs. The mean jejunal count was 1.96 x 10(3) +/- 5.39 x 10(3) organisms/ml and 40% of the jejunal aspirates were sterile. Wide range of bacteria were cultured bu the coliform organisms were obtained in only 16.6%. There was a significant correlation between Indican excretion and total bacterial count (P less than .01).