Background: Cigarette smoking is an important environmental risk factor for cardiovascular events of hypertension (HTN).Existing studies have provided evidence supporting altered gut microbiota by cigarette smoking, especially in hypertensive patients.Metabolic biomarkers play a central role in the functional potentials of the gut microbiome but ar
An early diagnosis is required for intervention in prion disease cases.To elucidate the specificity of early electroencephalography discharges in cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, we analysed epileptiform discharges through electroencephalography.Nine patients with methionine/methionine type 1/classic sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease a
An underutilized modality within the operating room is PRO-ADD the use of Intraoperative Ultrasound.This modality offers real time, noninvasive, and accurate imagining of the spinal anatomy in neurosurgery.This modality can be utilized to confirm decompression of a level, or indicate to the surgeon the need to continue decompression.We present the
Abstract This study aimed to investigate whether phosphate contributes to the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in dolphins.Renal necropsy tissue of an aged captive dolphin was analyzed and in vitro experiments using PRO-ADD cultured immortalized dolphin proximal tubular (DolKT-1) cells were performed.An older dolphin in captivity died o