Owens Lauesen (foggreen29)

Late ventricular potentials were not found in patients with SSc or in controls. Increased QTd and QTcd were recorded in 1 patient who experienced ventricular arrhythmia before inclusion in the study. None of the remaining patients with SSc or the controls developed arrhythmia during the 9-year follow-up. Abnormal repolarization parameters may be observed in patients with SSc. However, their prognostic significance with regard to increased risk for repolarization-associated ventricular arrhythmias and increased cardiac death could not be determined in this study. Our findings endorse additional studies on this matter. Abnormal repolarization parameters may be observed in patients with SSc. However, their prognostic significance with regard to increased risk for repolarization-associated ventricular arrhythmias and increased cardiac death could not be determined in this study. endorse additional studies on this matter. Plants have represented an essential source of foods for human beings, as confirmed by archeological studies that have revealed on old pottery the presence of proteins from cereal and legumes. In this review, major healthy effects derived from the consumption of plant fibers, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and polyphenols, respectively, will be described with special emphasis on their mechanisms of action, both at cellular and molecular levels. Dietary compounds Fibers exhibit a prevalent prebiotic effect, acting on the intestinal microbiota with the production of protective metabolites, such as short chain fatty acids. Plant PUFAs include α-linolenic and stearidonic acids, which are precursors of other two major PUFAs, namely, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids. Some clinical trials demonstrated the ability of PUFAs to lower the risk of coronary disease, while other trials did not confirm such a finding. Polyphenols are endowed with anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activity in view of their property to inhibit NF-κB activation, to induce the anti-inflammatory T regulatory cells and to normalize the intestinal microbiota. The beneficial effects of polyphenols on obesity/diabetes, allergic/autoimmune and inflammatory disease are elucidated. Plants are one of the major sources of healthy dietary products, whose exploitation may promote prevention of chronic disease. Plants are one of the major sources of healthy dietary products, whose exploitation may promote prevention of chronic disease. Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a serious neonatal problem which had hazardous effect in the neonates when the level of indirect bilirubin is increased to the levels that could cause kernicterus. The aim of this research is to study the cord blood levels of erythropoietin (EPO), bilirubin and reticulocyte count (RC) as early predictors of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. A prospective case control study, which was done at Tanta University Hospital (TUH) from July 2016 to March 2018 on 90 neonates. The studied neonates were divided into 2 groups Group 1 (45 neonates) who developed pathological hyperbilirubinemia and required treatment and group 2(45 neonates) who did not develop pathological hyperbilirubinemia and did not require treatment. Cord blood levels of EPO, bilirubin and RC were measured in all the studied neonates in both groups. There was significant difference between both groups as regard cord blood bilirubin (CBB), hemoglobin, EPO & RC levels where the P. value is 0.001*,0.027, *0.001*&0.001*respectively. There was significant positive correlation between cord Blood EPO levels and both CBB & cord blood RC with r=0.610 & 0.579 respectively and P. value is 0.001* & 0.001* respectively. As regard to ROC curve ,There was superiority of cord blood EPO levels where the cut off value was 22.5 mIU/ml while the sensitivity & specifi