enterocolitis/albumin

A patient with a 15 year history of diarrhoea of unknown origin is described. Scintigraphy with technetium-99m labelled albumin suggested albumin loss at the terminal ileum and caecum; subsequent colonoscopic biopsies of these macroscopically normal looking areas showed abundant infiltration with

Purpose: To investigate whether serum albumin (SA) concentration can predict the need for surgical intervention in neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Methods:

The phenomenon of endointestinal protein exudation in acute infectious enterocolitis is studied. Total proteins were determined in 30 cases of acute enterocolitis and 50 of bacillary dysentery in the acute stages of the disease and convalescence. The proteinogram of the jejunal juice was performed

OBJECTIVE We investigate the efficacy of serial ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) measurements in diagnosis and follow-up of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and compare its effectiveness with C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), in NEC. METHODS Preterm infants, whose gestational age and

Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) can be diagnosed scintigraphically using 99mTc-human serum albumin (HSA) scans. METHODS To evaluate the usefulness of this method in detecting enteric protein loss, we retrospectively reviewed the 99mTc-HSA scans of 18 children presenting consecutively with

OBJECTIVE Toxic megacolon is a rare complication of pseudomembranous enterocolitis. We reviewed our recent experience with this complication. METHODS The first five patients of the series were studied retrospectively, and six others were followed prospectively. RESULTS Between June 1992 and May

Cow's milk is the most common cause of food-protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). The aim of this study was to examine the clinical features and treatment outcomes of infants with severe FPIES to cow's milk. We reviewed all infants ≤ 12 months of age who were hospitalized and diagnosed

Intramural injection of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-PS) induces acute enterocolitis that spontaneously relapses in Lewis but not Fischer rats. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor-necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) induce prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) secretion, which inhibits secretion of these cytokines

OBJECTIVE To evaluate calcium balance and parathyroid gland function in healthy horses and horses with enterocolitis and compare results of an immunochemiluminometric assay (ICMA) with those of an immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) for determination of serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH)

OBJECTIVE Subserosal injection of purified group A streptococcal peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-APS) induces chronic relapsing granulomatous enterocolitis and systemic inflammation in susceptible inbred Lewis rats but only transient intestinal injury in Buffalo and Fischer rats. Cecal interleukin

BACKGROUND Pelvic irradiation has been a popular therapy modality for cervical cancer for many years, and its usage in rectal cancer and prostate cancer cases is on the rise. However, it is associated with significant side effects. In this study, we compared the different characteristics of surgical

BACKGROUND Intravenous albumin infusion to treat hypoalbuminaemia is used in intensive care nurseries. Hypoalbuminaemia occurs in a number of clinical situations including prematurity, the acutely unwell infant, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), chronic lung disease (CLD), necrotising