The ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among obese and nonobese diabetes mellitus patients.

Background: Obesity and diabetes mellitus are two major factors related with the risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. Co-existing hypertension with diabetes mellitus and obesity has poor prognosis for cardiovascular diseases. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) correlates more closely to target organ damage than clinic blood pressure.

Implementation and Evaluation of Virtual Anticoagulation Clinic Care to Provide Incessant Care During COVID-19 Times in an Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.

COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-II) has become a global pandemic disrupting public health services. Telemedicine has emerged as an important tool to deliver care during these situations. Patients receiving Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) require structured monitoring which has posed a challenge during this pandemic.

Impact of Updated 2016 ASE/EACVI VIS-À-VIS 2009 ASE Recommendation on the Prevalence of Diastolic Dysfunction and LV Filling Pressures in Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction.

Background: Assessment of diastolic dysfunction (DD) and left ventricular filling pressures (LVFP) by echocardiography is complex in patients with preserved ejection fraction (EF). The American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASE/EACVI) jointly published recommendations in 2016 to simplify the diagnosis and classification of DD and the assessment of LVFP. We aimed to study the impact of the updated 2016 ASE/EACVI guidelines vis-à-vis the 2009 ASE recommendations on prevalence of DD and LVFP in patients with preserved EF.

Assessment of Clinical Pharmacists' Assistance for Patients With Established Cardiovascular Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From Southern India.

We aimed to assess the clinical pharmacist-initiated telephone-based patient education and self-management support for patients with cardiovascular disease during the nationwide lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic. A prospective single-center telephone-based cross-sectional study was conducted among patients at the Cardiology Department and its speciality clinic at a 1,800-bed tertiary care hospital in Southern India. A validated 8-item clinical pharmacist aided on-call questionnaire with two Domains was administered during and after lockdown (15 March and 8 June 2020).

Study of correlation between epicardial fat thickness and severity of coronary artery disease.

Epicardial fat thickness (EFT) reflects visceral adiposity and is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). This study aimed to assess the correlation of echocardiographic EFT with the severity of CAD and to determine the EFT cut-off to predict CAD. EFT was measured in 503 patients undergoing coronary angiogram.

Minority enrichment programs at the New Jersey Medical School: 26 years in review.

In 1971 the New Jersey Medical School formed a task force to address the training of physicians from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds, and in 1972 the Students for Medicine Program (SMP) was launched. The program, one of the first of its kind, provided previews of college science courses to help minority students develop their noncognitive skills and make the transition to medical school. The school has also established other minority programs.

Effects of 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields on maturation of the rat neopallium.

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of extremely low frequency (ELF; 60 Hz) electromagnetic (EM) fields on somatic growth and cortical development, as well as biochemical and morphological maturation, of the rat neopallium. On the fifth day of pregnancy, female rats were put in pairs into plastic cages that were housed in a specially constructed apparatus for irradiation under three separate sets of combination and intensity: 1) 1 kV/m and 10 gauss; 2) 100 kV/m and 1 gauss; and 3) 100 kV/m and 10 gauss. The dams were exposed for 23 h daily, from days 5 through 19 postconception, after which they were returned to cages outside the exposure apparatus until they littered.

Effects of 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields on the development of the rat cerebellum.

The effects of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic (EM) fields on the maturation of the rat cerebellum were studied. Newborn rats were exposed to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields under three different combinations in a specially constructed apparatus. The pups were irradiated for 7-8 h daily, with a 30-min interruption for nursing.

Calcaneal spurs in a black African population.

The radiological incidence of calcaneal spurs in a black African population was studied. Our findings show that spur incidence increased with age and was greater in females than in males. These results, the first from a large, exclusively African population, are similar to those from previous studies of individuals from other continents.

Undergraduate education in rural primary health care: evaluation of a first-year field attachment programme.

In an effort to evaluate the first part of the rural field attachment programme at the University of Zimbabwe Medical School, a self-assessment questionnaire was administered to the first-year students. Assessment criteria were derived from the stated aims of the school's new undergraduate medical curriculum. The results indicate that students view the programme as relevant and of value of their training as future doctors, even though they were dissatisfied with aspects of the programme.

"Proplast" for keratoprosthesis.

'Proplast,' a Teflon fluorocarbon polymer and carbon fiber composite, was used as support for a polymethyl-methacrylate cylinder in a keratoprosthesis that was implanted in rabbit corneas with successful retention for up to 3 years.

Calcium-binding protein (28,000 Mr calbindin-D28k) in kidneys of the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana during metamorphosis.

A protein of approximately 28,000 relative molecular mass (Mr) cross-reacting with antiserum against the 28,000-Mr rat renal calcium-binding protein (calbindin-D28k) has been localized in the kidney of a salientian amphibian, Rana catesbeiana. Cells reactive for calbindin-D28k were found in the distal tubule at all stages of metamorphosis by the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique. Adult kidneys appeared to have more calbindin-D28k-positive cells.

Response of the lens of the galactose-fed rat to YAG laser-induced injury.

Many investigations have focussed on the response of normal lenses to injury, but almost no attention in this regard has been given to the response of cataractous lenses. We addressed this subject, particularly in regard to cell proliferation, using 'cataractous' lenses from rats fed on a galactose-rich diet. Five days after initiation of the 50% D-galactose diet, the anterior aspects of the lenses of these animals were injured by Nd-YAG laser.

Immunocytochemical localization and immunological characterization of vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein in the bullfrog cerebellum.

Antiserum prepared against rat renal calcium-binding protein (CaBP) was used with the unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique to localize the 28,000 molecular weight CaBP in the cerebellum of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Whole brains of premetamorphic tadpoles and adults were fixed in Bouin's solution for 2 or 24 h and embedded in paraffin. 8-microns parasagittal sections were prepared and treated by the PAP method.

Wound healing by the rat lens after neodymium-YAG laser injury.

Wound healing of the ocular lens after exposure to neodymium-YAG laser energy (3.9-4.2 mJ) was studied.

Mitosis in the lens epithelium of the galactose-fed rat after prolactin treatment.

We have investigated the effect of the anterior pituitary hormone, prolactin, on mitosis in the lens epithelium of the galactose-fed rat. Our findings indicate that prolactin had a stimulatory effect on galactose-triggered mitosis within 24 hours after hormone administration. After three full days of galactose-feeding and daily prolactin injections, lens epithelia from prolactin treated rats had fewer mitoses than those from saline-injected controls.

Localization of prolactin uptake by the kidney of the teleostean, Colisa lalia.

Although evidence has been presented that the hormone prolactin specifically bind to the kidneys of the teleost Sarotherodon mossambicus (J. N. Fryer, 1979, Gen.

Pharmacodynamics of alcide, a new antimicrobial compound, in rat and rabbit.

Alcide is a germicidal preparation which has been shown to kill a wide range of common pathogenic bacteria as well as fungi, in vitro. This preparation is composed of Part A and Part B which contains sodium chlorite (NaClO2) and lactic acid as the active ingredients, respectively. The two parts are combined in equal volumes immediately prior to application resulting in the formation of chlorine dioxide (ClO2).

Cytoarchitectural changes in lens epithelium of galactose-fed rats.

Whole mounts of lens epithelia from rats fed on a galactose-rich diet for one, two, three or seven days were examined for morphological alterations. The meridional rows of epithelia from lenses of animals fed on galactose for seven days were found to be grossly disorganized or abnormally elongated. There was some indication that the cells were edematous and that the epithelium had become multilayered.

Uptake of 125I-labelled prolactin by bullfrog kidney tubules: an autoradiographic study.

The uptake of 125I-labelled ovine prolactin in the bullfrog kidney was studied by autoradiography. Five minutes after the intracardiac injection of 125I-labelled prolactin, no labelling was detected in the kidneys of premetamorphic tadpoles or in animals whose forelimbs had just emerged (climax tadpoles). After 15 min, a few isolated tubules were labelled in the premetamorphic tadpole kidneys and many kidney tubules were labelled in climax tadpoles.

Prolactin and ergocryptine effects on mucus glycoproteins of the rat ileum.

The present work reports observations from a first study on the effect of prolactin on mucous cells of the mammalian ileum. Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with prolactin or with the prolactin-inhibitor ergocryptine. Light microscopic histochemical study revealed that ergocryptine increased the number both of Alcian Blue-positive mucous cells and of the total number of mucous cells in the ileal crypts.

Mucous glycoproteins of teleostean fish: a comparative histochemical study.

To examine the hypothesis that the histochemical characteristics of teleostean mucus reflect functional characteristics, mucous cells were studied in four related and behaviourally similar species of fish (Family Belontidae). Histochemical characteristics were determined with Alcian Blue at both pH 2.6 and pH 1.