Effect of Obesity and Hypertension on Blood Loss and Blood Transfusion Requirements in Primary Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Clinical Study [PDF]
Introduction: Identifying risk factors of operative blood loss is imperative toward establishing an effective blood management implementation strategy and further minimise the requirement for perioperative blood loss and transfusion. Aim: To investigate
Vikram Indrajit Shah +2 more
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Luteal phase decrease in packed cell volume in healthy non‐pregnant and pregnant bitches
Objectives To establish packed cell volume (PCV) ranges for non‐pregnant, pregnant and post‐partum bitches from day 10 of proestrus, investigating any relationship with parity and litter size.
Rachel Moxon +4 more
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Blood rheology, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease: The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study [PDF]
The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) showed that pravastatin reduced the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in 6,595 middle-aged hypercholesterolaemic men aged 45-64 years without prior myocardial infarction followed for an ...
Ann Rumley +8 more
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Introduction: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal helminths, risk factors and haematocrit values among primary schoolchildren. Methodology: Across-sectional study was conducted in 12 primary schools in March 2011.
Bayeh Abera +3 more
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Effect of Early versus Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping on Neonatal Haemoglobin Status: A Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]
Introduction: Anaemia, especially Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA), among neonates and young children, is a major public health problem in India. Umbilical cord clamping after the delivery of the foetus plays an important role in preventing neonatal anaemia.
Mohammed Shahid Attar +3 more
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Nestling diet, secondary sexual traits and fitness in the zebra finch [PDF]
We examined the effect of nestling diet quality on a suite of physiological, morphological and life-history traits in adult male zebra finches,Taeniopygia guttata.
Arednt J. D. +5 more
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BCKDH: the missing link in apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism is required for full virulence of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei [PDF]
While the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii are thought to primarily depend on glycolysis for ATP synthesis, recent studies have shown that they can fully catabolize glucose in a canonical TCA cycle.
Barrett, Michael P. +11 more
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Growth performance and blood indices of growing turkeys fed diets containing shrimp waste meal
Fish meal (FM) is a major source of animal protein in the diet of turkeys but its high cost has been a major challenge to poultry practitioners in developing countries.
Adeyeye Emmanuel Abiodun +4 more
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Dogs’ general response to babesiosis infection of various severities
Global climate change in recent decades has led to an increase in the activity and expansion of the range of many diseases. One of them is canine babesiosis. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly important to monitor the functional state of the organism
V. Gryshchenko, O. Semenko, D. Bilokur
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Cancer disease: integrative modelling approaches [PDF]
Cancer is a complex disease in which a variety of phenomena interact over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. In this article a theoretical framework will be introduced that is capable of linking together such processes to produce a detailed ...
Alarcon, T +4 more
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