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- January 26, 2015
- 09:21 PM
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High-Dose Statin May Protect Heart Surgery Patients’ Kidney Health
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Health Sciences
Acute kidney injury often arises after major surgery because the kidneys can be deprived of normal blood flow during the procedure. The use of contrast media, or dyes, can contribute to this problem. In patients undergoing coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention, which are heart procedures that use dyes to help surgeons visualize the arteries, a high dose of the statin atorvastatin was linked with a reduction in blood levels of creatinine, a marker of kidney injury, as well as........ Read more »
Wu, H., Li, D., Fang, M., Han, H., & Wang, H. (2015) Meta-analysis of short-term high versus low doses of atorvastatin preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary angiography/percutaneous coronary intervention. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 55(2), 123-131. DOI: 10.1002/jcph.411
- December 13, 2014
- 11:56 AM
- 512 views
Animal Research Sheds Light on Harmful Mood Disorders in New Mothers
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Social Science
In the days shortly after giving birth, most mothers experience a period of increased calmness and decreased stress responses, but around 20% of mothers experience anxiety. Some women may become depressed, and around one in a thousand can develop psychosis. The latest evidence indicates that these distressing responses to motherhood are still poorly understood, but that animal research could provide valuable clues to their causes.
Writing in the British Journal of Pharmacology, Dr David Slatt........ Read more »
Perani, C., & Slattery, D. (2014) Using animal models to study post-partum psychiatric disorders. British Journal of Pharmacology, 171(20), 4539-4555. DOI: 10.1111/bph.12640
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