Low HDL-C can be a biomarker to predict persistent severe AKI in septic patients? A retrospective cohort study.

Purposes: Low HDL-C is associated with an increased risk of sepsis-associated AKI and subsequent decline in eGFR. HDL-C possesses anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and endothelial repair-promoting properties. The use of Apo A-I mimetic peptides, which are the main structural components of HDL-C, has been shown to improve renal function in animal models of sepsis.

Migration of phthalates from plastic packages to convenience foods and its cumulative health risk assessments.

Convenience foods are commonly packaged with plastic materials. Many of the phthalate plasticizers (PAEs) in the packages may migrate into the foods and cause health hazards. In the present study, the contents of some PAEs were analyzed in 283 convenience foods and the plastic packaging materials.

[Antimony film-plated glassy carbon electrode for simultaneous determination of trace lead and cadmium in urine by differential pulse stripping voltammetry in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide].

Objective: To investigate and optimize the experiment conditions of determining lead and cadmium simultaneously with antimony film-plated glassy carbon electrode.

Methods: CTAB was used as sensitizer, and antimony film-plated glassy carbon electrode was prepared by in-situ plating for the determination of trace lead and cadmium by differential pulse stripping voltammetry.

Results: Under optimized conditions, well defined peaks of lead and cadmium were obtained at the potential of -0.