scholarly journals Serum inorganic phosphorus levels predict 30-day mortality in patients with community acquired pneumonia

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad E. Naffaa ◽  
Mona Mustafa ◽  
Mohje Azzam ◽  
Roni Nasser ◽  
Nizar Andria ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
N. O. Kravchenko ◽  
L. V. Kovalenko ◽  
O. P. Rudenko ◽  
V. S. Boiko

The purpose of these studies was to determine status of metabolic processes in clinically healthy horses of sport breeds in spring period. Blood samples for biochemical studies were collected from 12 clinically healthy 7–9 month-old stallions of Ukrainian horse breed at Dnipropetrovsk region equestrian club. Protein (albumin, globulin, urea and creatinine) and mineral (common calcium and inorganic phosphorus) metabolic statuses, level of glucose, vitamins A and E and acid, as well as activity of hepatospecific enzymes (ALT, AST and AP) were determined using common techniques. It has been found that common protein level was within the limits of physiologic norm, although the level of albumins was decreased at the average rate of 12.0%, and the level of β- and γ-globulins was increased at the average rates of 5.2 and 11.3% respectively. AST activity was decreased at the rate of 38.0% regarding to physiological norm. Thereby, urea and creatinine concentrations were within the referent levels. Hyperglycaemia was observed in 50.0% of tested animals with maximal excess at the rate of 44.0%. Also, decreasing of common calcium and inorganic phosphorus levels was determined at the rate of 16.0 and 58.6%, vitamins А and Е — at the rate of 64.0 and 48,6% respectively, in comparison to lower level of physiological norm. The average index of acid capacity reached maximal referent levels. At the same time, it was increased in 33.3% of animals. Therefore, detected changes in biochemical indices in horse blood evidence that various metabolic disorders progress in clinically healthy stallions at spring and may furtherly lead to the appearance of metabolic syndrome


1973 ◽  
Vol 13 (64) ◽  
pp. 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
RF Thornton ◽  
DJ Minson

During the concluding phase of a six-year grazing trial a study was made of the steers and the pasture material from paddocks annually fertilized with 125 kg ha-1and 250 kg ha-1of superphosphate. Plucked pasture samples from the low and high superphosphate treatments contained 0.11 and 0.15 per cent phosphorus, 0.83 and 0.91 per cent nitrogen and 0.12 and 0.12 per cent sulphur, respectively. The N: S ratio of these samples were 6.8 and 7.6 and the in vitro digestibilities were 41.6 and 44.9 per cent. There were marked seasonal patterns in the concentrations of all components with minimum values in the winter months when liveweight gain was lowest. Greater superphosphate application increased mean liveweight gain (0.29 to 0.41 kg head-1day-1), mean plasma concentrations of both urea-nitrogen (6.3 vs 5.0 mg 100 ml-1) and of inorganic phosphorus (6.7 vs 6.3 mg 100 ml-1). The mean blood sulphate-sulphur concentration of 28 �g ml-I was not influenced by treatment. Comparisons of the levels of nutrients in pasture and blood with published requirements indicated that neither sulphur nor phosphorus were deficient in either treatment. However, the between treatment differences in both nitrogen and phosphorus levels could not be ignored as possible reasons for the difference in animal production between the two levels of superphosphate application. Improved animal performance associated with increased application of superphosphate was probably influenced more by the induced changes in the organic components rather than the mineral levels of the pasture material.


Endocrinology ◽  
1949 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHOH HAO LI ◽  
I. GESCHWIND ◽  
HERBERT M. EVANS

1970 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
Vappu Kossila ◽  
Paavo Niemelä ◽  
Erkki Koskenkorva

Blood mineral studies were carried out in the dairy herd of the Viik Experimental Farm, in which parturient paresis has been successfully prevented by intramuscular injections of vitamin D3 (2 X 5 million I.U.). The material consisted of 41 cows from which 207 blood samples had been taken in 1963 and 12 cows (6 controls, 6 vitamin D injected cows) from which 72 blood samples had been taken in 1969. All cows were either dry and pregnant or lactating and nonpregnant. Compared to values obtained during the dry period, the serum calcium level was only slightly lower shortly after calving. The calcium level increased in the vitamin D treated cows during the ascending phase of lactation, whereas both the calcium and inorganic phosphorus levels remained relatively low in the control cows, respectively. The highest mean magnesium levels occurred during the 2nd and 3rd weeks of lactation. The serum calcium level was higher during the grazing period than during the indoor feeding period. Inorganic phosphorus remained at a relatively high level in younger cows during the grazing period, whereas a significant decrease was noted in the phosphorus level of older cows, respectively. The lowest magnesium values were noted in May, i.e. already before the beginning of the pasture season, the concentration increasing towards the end of the grazing period especially in younger cows. As a whole, younger cows had slightly higher mean serum calcium and magnesium levels and significantly higher inorganic phosphorus levels compared to older cows. The effect of age on the inorg. phosphorus level appeared to be more marked in dry cows and during the grazing period than in lactating cows and during the winter feeding period. Special attention has been paid to the blood mineral values of four individual cows suffering from various illnesses during the study period.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 2209-2214 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Beaton

Male rats weighing 207 ± 2.38 g were exposed to cold (2–3 °C) for a period of 7 days during which urine and faeces were collected daily and analyzed for phosphorus. As a consequence of cold exposure, urinary excretion of phosphorus is increased. With free access to food, the increased food (and hence phosphorus) intake of the animals compensates for the increased urinary excretion and a normal phosphorus balance results. Cold exposure was without significant effect upon blood concentrations of acid-soluble, inorganic, organic, or lipid phosphorus. Increased inorganic and decreased organic, non-lipid phosphorus levels were observed in livers of cold-exposed rats. These observations suggest the breakdown of organic phosphates (e.g. hexose and triose phosphates, adenosine phosphates, phosphocreatine) to inorganic phosphorus.


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