A Risk Index for the Structural Diagnosis of Masonry Heritage (RISDiMaH)

2021 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
pp. 122433
Author(s):  
Nirvan Makoond ◽  
Luca Pelà ◽  
Climent Molins
Keyword(s):  
Risk Index ◽  
Structural Diagnosis

Serum Thiamine Values in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients under Maintenance Hemodialysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 348-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masamitsu Ubukata ◽  
Nobuyuki Amemiya ◽  
Kosaku Nitta ◽  
Takashi Takei
Keyword(s):  
Thiamine Deficiency ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Nutritional Risk ◽  
Maintenance Hemodialysis ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Nutritional Risk Index ◽  
Serum Aspartate Aminotransferase ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage

Abstract. Objective: Hemodialysis patients are prone to malnutrition because of diet or many uremic complications. The objective of this study is to determine whether thiamine deficiency is associated with regular dialysis patients. Methods: To determine whether thiamine deficiency is associated with regular dialysis patients, we measured thiamine in 100 patients undergoing consecutive dialysis. Results: Average thiamine levels were not low in both pre-hemodialysis (50.1 ± 75.9 ng/mL; normal range 24 - 66 ng/mL) and post-hemodialysis (56.4 ± 61.7 ng/mL). In 18 patients, post-hemodialysis levels of thiamine were lower than pre-hemodialysis levels. We divided the patients into two groups, the decrease (Δthiamine/pre thiamine < 0; - 0.13 ± 0.11) group (n = 18) and the increase (Δthiamine/pre thiamine> 0; 0.32 ± 0.21)) group (n = 82). However, there was no significance between the two groups in Kt/V or type of dialyzer. Patients were dichotomized according to median serum thiamine level in pre-hemodialysis into a high-thiamine group (≥ 35.5 ng/mL) and a low-thiamine group (< 35.4 ng/mL), and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups. The low-thiamine value group (< 35.4 ng/ml; 26.8 ± 5.3 ng/ml) exhibited lower levels of serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase than the high-thiamine value group (≥ 35.4 ng/ml; 73.5 ± 102.5 ng/ml) although there was no significance in nutritional marker, Alb, geriatric nutritional risk index , protein catabolic rate and creatinine generation rate. Conclusion: In our regular dialysis patients, excluding a few patients, we did not recognize thiamine deficiency and no significant difference in thiamine value between pre and post hemodialysis.

Studies on the Functionality of Newly Synthesized Fibrinogen after Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction with Streptokinase, Increase in the Rate of Fibrinopeptide Release

1993 ◽  
Vol 70 (06) ◽  
pp. 0978-0983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edelmiro Regano ◽  
Virtudes Vila ◽  
Justo Aznar ◽  
Victoria Lacueva ◽  
Vicenta Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Steady State ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Coronary Arteries ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Weight Fraction ◽  
High Molecular Weight Fraction ◽  
Fibrinopeptide A

SummaryIn 15 patients with acute myocardial infarction who received 1,500,000 U of streptokinase, the gradual appearance of newly synthesized fibrinogen and the fibrinopeptide release during the first 35 h after SK treatment were evaluated. At 5 h the fibrinogen circulating in plasma was observed as the high molecular weight fraction (HMW-Fg). The concentration of HMW-Fg increased continuously, and at 20 h reached values higher than those obtained from normal plasma. HMW-Fg represented about 95% of the total fibrinogen during the first 35 h. The degree of phosphorylation of patient fibrinogen increased from 30% before treatment to 65% during the first 5 h, and then slowly declined to 50% at 35 h.The early rates of fibrinopeptide A (FPA) and phosphorylated fibrinopeptide A (FPAp) release are higher in patient fibrinogen than in isolated normal HMW-Fg and normal fibrinogen after thrombin addition. The early rate of fibrinopeptide B (FPB) release is the same for the three fibrinogen groups. However, the late rate of FPB release is higher in patient fibrinogen than in normal HMW-Fg and normal fibrinogen. Therefore, the newly synthesized fibrinogen clots faster than fibrinogen in the normal steady state.In two of the 15 patients who had occluded coronary arteries after SK treatment the HMW-Fg and FPAp levels increased as compared with the 13 patients who had patent coronary arteries.These results provide some support for the idea that an increased synthesis of fibrinogen in circulation may result in a procoagulant tendency. If this is so, the HMW-Fg and FPAp content may serve as a risk index for thrombosis.

169-OR: Differential Effects of Amount, Intensity, and Mode of Exercise Training on the Diabetes Risk Index

Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 169-OR
Author(s):  
LEANNA M. ROSS ◽  
CRIS A. SLENTZ ◽  
IRINA Y. SHALAUROVA ◽  
JAMES D. OTVOS ◽  
MARGERY A. CONNELLY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exercise Training ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Diabetes Risk ◽  
Differential Effects

Complex evaluation of health state of population residing under combined exposure to noise and chemical risk factors caused by activities of major airport hub

2019 ◽  
pp. 12-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin P. Luzhetsky ◽  
Ol’ga Yu. Ustinova ◽  
Svetlana S. Kleyn ◽  
Dmitrii N. Koshurnikov ◽  
Svetlana S. Vekovshinina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Serum Level ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Health State ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
Combined Exposure ◽  
Complex Evaluation

Complex evaluation covered health state of population residing under combined exposure to physical (noise) and chemical (manganese, formaldehyde, phenol, benzene) risk factors caused by airport activities. Findings are unacceptable chronic risks expressed through risk index for development of nervous system diseases (HI=9.45–51.75), respiratory disorders (HQ=2,62–6,95) and immune system ailments (HQ=1,75–4,23). In children, functional disorders of nervous system (parasympathetic type vegetative dystonia) and respiratory organs (chronic disorders of upper respiratory tract) are diagnosed 1,5–1,8 times higher than those in the reference group; over 5% of children aged 4–7 years demonstrate bilateral conductive deafness. Reliable cause-effect relationships were revealed between functional nervous system disorders (parasympathetic type vegetative dystonia, astheno-neurotic syndrome, vascular cephalgia, sleep disorders) and increased serum level of manganese and benzene (proportion of explained dispersion, R2=0,55–0,87, 26,44≤F≥389,54), between respiratory diseases (chronic rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis) and increased serum level of formaldehyde (R2=0,73–0,91; 350,8≤F≥778,3), with high statistic significance (p < 0,0001). For sanitary epidemiologic examination purposes, case-based reasoning for relationships of children health disorders, management decisions, the authors suggested and justified a list of parameters for negative combined impact of risk factors caused by airport hub.

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