EFFECT OF HYPOTENSIVE HYPOVOLEMIA AND THORACIC EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA ON PLASMA PRO-ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TO INDICATE DEVIATIONS IN CENTRAL BLOOD VOLUME IN PIGS: A BLINDED, RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Effect of hypotensive hypovolemia and thoracic epidural anesthesia on plasma pro-atrial natriuretic peptide to indicate deviations in central blood volume in pigs: a blinded, randomized controlled trial

Rune B Strandby,1 Rikard Ambrus,1 Michael P Achiam,1 Amalie Henriksen,1 Jens P Goetze,2 Niels H Secher,3 Lars B Svendsen11Department of Surgical Gastroenterology; 2Department of Clinical Biochemistry; 3Department of Anesthesiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkPurpose: Changes in plasma pro-atrial natriuretic peptide

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Estimation of serum levels of mast cells-related chymase, histamine and diamine oxidase in oral submucous fibrosis- a preliminary report

Abstract background Mast cell infiltration in oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) has been drawn in to play a definitive role in initiation, progression, and symptom like burning sensation.Degranulation products of mast cells like tryptase and chymase have been studied through immunochemistry.The presence of mast cells in close to Rolling Cases fibrobla

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