Metabolic alkalosis is related to delayed response to treatment of hypokalemia in non-surgical critically ill patients.

: Potassium (K+) homeostasis is closely related to acid - base disorders. The aim of this study is to analyze the possible causes of hypokalemia non-surgical critically ill patients including acid - base disorders and its relationship with response to K+ supplementation. : We performed a retrospective cohort study of 122 consecutive non-surgical patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit during July 2016 Patients were classified according to the presence of hypokalemia or not.

[Effect on fear of falling and functionality of three intervention programs. A randomised clinical trial].

Introduction: The fear of falling has a high prevalence in the community, and intervention programs for this condition are scarce, making it is necessary to strengthen this type of therapy in order to prevent adverse consequences in the elderly population.

Objective: To establish the effectiveness of three intervention programs in reducing the fear of falling and increasing functionality in elderly people in the city of Manizales.

Participants And Methods: A randomised trial was conducted on ambulatory elderly patients with fear of falling and functional limitation of the city of Manizales.

NADPH-Auxotrophic E. coli: A Sensor Strain for Testing in Vivo Regeneration of NADPH.

Insufficient rate of NADPH regeneration often limits the activity of biosynthetic pathways. Expression of NADPH-regenerating enzymes is commonly used to address this problem and increase cofactor availability. Here, we construct an Escherichia coli NADPH-auxotroph strain, which is deleted in all reactions that produce NADPH with the exception of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase.

Dengue virus enters and exits epithelial cells through both apical and basolateral surfaces and perturbs the apical junctional complex.

Dengue is the most relevant mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. It has been estimated that 390 million infections of dengue occur each year. Dengue virus (DENV) infection can be asymptomatic or can produce a self-limited febrile illness called dengue fever (DF) or a severe form of the infection called severe dengue.

Peritoneal Dialysis as a First versus Second Option after Previous Haemodialysis: A Very Long-Term Assessment.

Unlabelled: For renal replacement therapy, overall survival is more important than the choice of currently available individual therapy. Objectives. To compare patients and technique survival on peritoneal dialysis as first treatment (PDF) versus after previous haemodialysis (HDPD) and other indicators of follow-up.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis versus automated peritoneal dialysis and peritonitis in the short and very long term at risk.

Peritonitis (P) is the most important infectious complication in peritoneal dialysis (PD), but disagreement remains about the impact of PD modality on the frequency of P episodes. We compared indices linked to P between patients on continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) and those on automated PD (APD) in the short and very long term. The study included 9 prevalent and 72 incident patients on CAPD (twin-bag system) and 37 incident patients on APD from 4 August 1995 to 31 March 2011.

The importance of the Patient's training in chronic peritoneal dialysis and peritonitis.

In a chronic disease, traineeship in the methodology to be used to treat oneself is a key part of success from the beginning and during long-term treatment. In chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD), peritonitis emphasizes, in a certain way, the result of the apprenticeship. We set out to evaluate the relationship between the number of PD training lessons and the frequency of peritonitis.

Body surface area, adequacy, and technique failure in chronic peritoneal dialysis.

Large body surface area (BSA) could be a pitfall in long-term peritoneal dialysis. We analyzed the viability of the peritoneum in terms of adequacy and technique survival in patients of varying BSA. We grouped our PD patients into three categories (BSA < or = 1.

Peritoneum: a noble membrane in long-term dialysis treatment.

The durability of the peritoneum as a dialysis membrane is as yet an unanswered question. Peritonitis episodes have an important effect in long-term treatment. To evaluate survival of the peritoneum for dialysis, we analyzed peritoneal failure related to technique dropout because of peritonitis, inadequate dialysis, and ultrafiltration disorders.

[Fontan operation: short- and long-term risk factors].

The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the outcome of patients who underwent a Fontan procedure at National Heart Institute "Ignacio Chávez", Mexico, from January 1989 to December 2003. We had 81 patients with a mean age of 7 years old: 53 with tricuspid atresia, 14 with pulmonary atresia and intact septum, 11 with univentricular atrioventricular connection and 3 with Ebstein's anomaly. An intra-atrial tunnel was performed on 61 patients and an extracardiac conduit on the rest.