Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is evident that traditional risk factors as well as uraemia related non-traditional risk factors are ...responsible for the increased CVD risk in CKD patients. Objective The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of selected cardiovascular risk factors among patients with end stage renal disease with controls. Methods and Materials Fifty (men=38) consecutive patients with ESRD, awaiting kidney transplant at Teaching Hospitals, Karapitiya and Kandy were included in the study. The control group included fifty (50) age and sex-matched healthy individuals. Data were collected using a questionnaire followed by anthropometric and blood pressure measurements. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) serum total cholesterol (TCh), triglyceride (TG), high–density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-Ch), phosphorous (SPho), corrected calcium (SCCa), creatinine (SCr), albumin (SAl), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), vitamin D (vit.D) concentrations and blood glycated haemoglobin HbA1c were estimated. Results The mean age of the patient group was 44(10) years. Compared to controls, mean TCh (p
We studied the clinical course and virus shedding of all patients referred to Welikanda Hospital, in one month. There were 53 positives for Covid-19 by PCR. 24 (45%) were male, with an age range of ...11-94 years. Of these, 41 (77%) were asymptomatic, 9 had cough, 4 had sore throat and six had fever. Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and capillary oxygen were normal in all. A proportion of them had poor prognostic factors: asthma (n=4), hypertension (n=11), age above 60 years (n=9), and diabetes (n=11). Lymphopenia was seen in 20 and elevated CRP in 14. Viral shedding continued beyond 14 days in several persons and continued in symptomatic patients for a significantly longer time than asymptomatic patients. Covid-19 was an asymptomatic or mild illness in this group of people. Several of them continued to be RT-PCR positive even after 14 days. Such cases are an important source of community spread.
The use of shrimp processing waste with other cheap raw materials such as cassava was studied as a potential low cost animal feed, specially in developing countries. The impact on the economies of ...the shrimp industry and possible effects on the environmental were taken into consideration in developing the project.
The use of shrimp processing waste with other cheap raw materials such as cassava was studied as a potential low cost animal feed, specially in developing countries. The impact on the economies of ...the shrimp industry and possible effects on the environmental were taken into consideration in developing the project.
The enzymic hydrolysis of shrimp waste, stabilises using an acid fermentation technique, was observed to develop a mechanism to separate and isolate useful products, such as proteins, chitin and ...astaxanthin. Initially the effectiveness of the fermentation technique was studied with added carbohydrate (lactose) with an innoculum (Stabisil, comprising of Streptococcus faecium strains M74, Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococus acidilacti).
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