(1) 131I-hippuran uptake of the renal cortical slices and histopathological examination as well as serum creatinine and BUN levels were used as parameters for assessing renal damage.
(2) On days 70 and 94, both blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine (sCR) values in the vehicle-treated rats were significantly higher than those in normal rats (without treatment with PAN and PS).
(3) Patients were monitored postoperatively by determination of BUN, serum creatinine, blood glucose, serum and urinary amylase levels, and Doppler assessment of the graft was carried out at regular intervals.
(4) A single high sodium dialysis results in a rise in serum sodium that osmotically parallels the fall in BUN.
(5) During CAVH serum creatinine showed an insignificant decline, whereas BUN even increased.
(6) Male rats experienced some weight loss (15%) and slight increases of ALT and BUN, but there were no effects of either DCA or TCA on any of these responses.
(7) Hot cross buns must be made and eaten on Good Friday before 11 o’clock, otherwise their meaning is lost.
(8) With the aim of studying this aspect, 16 patients with glomerulopathy associated with schistosomiasis mansoni were evaluated (proteinuria and levels of BUN and creatinine) before therapy, 1 week, 1 month, 2-3 months and 6 months after therapy of the parasitic infections.
(9) The severity of the acidosis in the 24-mo-old rats was related to serum creatinine and BUN.
(10) APAP-induced renal damage, as judged by BUN and histopathology, was not altered in young or middle-aged rats following unilateral nephrectomy.
(11) Brush the buns with the egg and sprinkle with pearl sugar.
(12) Urinalysis and assays for plasma hormone values, including cortisol, beta 2-microglobulin, potassium, and BUN, showed no changes during treatment.
(13) Bromocriptine produced no significant change in the BUN or the serum concentrations of creatinine, inorganic phosphate or PTH.
(14) Davis, however, said she had issued a new policy, effective immediately, to abide by Bunning’s order.
(15) The peritoneal clearance of smaller molecules such as BUN, creatinine, uric acid and phosphate also tended to be higher in diabetics after infusion of 1.5% Dianeal for 4 hours.
(16) BUN levels were within the normal range except on day 7.
(17) Because extrarenal factors may alter BUN and SC, it is necessary to correlate these values with clinical and other laboratory data to differentiate renal from extra-renal azotemia.
(18) Before and after ESWL, Bun, Cr, B2-mG (of blood and urine), activity of blood plasma renin AT-II, -GT, NAG, mucoprotein of plasma, etc were also determined.
(19) Blood for BUN, creatinine, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) was obtained prior to ischemia and on days 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and 10.
(20) BUN was significantly elevated, while Scr was significantly depressed, in untreated patients with hyperthyroid Graves' disease.
Cannabis
Definition:
(n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the US where laws over the use of cannabis or possession of class-A drugs can be wildly different between states, it also made it easier to hide from the law.
(2) In Norway, the use of cannabis was introduced by a resourceful group of oppositional middle-class adolescents in the late 1960s.
(3) The Met said officers would be told to focus less on stopping people for small amounts of cannabis, and instead focus on those suspected of violent offences and carrying weapons.
(4) The effects were assessed of delta'THC (the psychoactive component of cannabis) and CBD and DMHP-CBD (the non-psychomimetic components of marijuana derivatives) on 14C labelled serotonin release from normal platelets, when incubated with patient's plasma obtained during migraine attack.
(5) Say Why To Drugs – the highs and lows of cannabis Read more One option the scientists propose is to boost levels of CBD in high potency cannabis, so that users can get their hit without being at such risk of mental harm.
(6) In another example, Colorado legislators this month had to pass a new state law to allow for a cannabis co-operative credit union that would let marijuana businesses open bank accounts and escape the murky world of cash-only transactions.
(7) The popular concept of "marihuana" is actually based on the chemical characteristics of the plant Cannabis, rather than on the taxonomic classification.
(8) The Police Foundation report said that the penalties for possession of cannabis - among the harshest in Europe - do more damage than the drug itself and called for a reclassification of drug offences.
(9) Professor David Nutt, director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial College, London, and former chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs , said the report provided strong evidence "that the costs of the current punitive approaches to cannabis control are massively disproportionate to the harms of the drug, and shows that more sensible approaches would provide significant financial benefits to the UK as well as reducing social exclusion and injustice".
(10) The report claims 30,000 people in the UK use cannabis as a medicine, but adds that the figure could be as high as 1 million, according to the campaign group End Our Pain .
(11) Uruguay is trying to bring the cannabis market under state control by undercutting and outlawing the traffickers.
(12) The move has been interpreted as a shift towards the effective decriminalisation of cannabis.
(13) After fronting a piece on a medical marijuana club , she told viewers : “I – the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club – will be dedicating all of my energy for fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalising marijuana here in Alaska.
(14) THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main psychoactive ingredient of the cannabis plant.
(15) There is a growing body of research that shows the medical properties of chemical components of cannabis.
(16) They cause an effect similar in some ways to cannabis – but are many times more potent, and the effects are hugely unpredictable.
(17) The reports regarding cannabis dependence among cocaine dependents are few and inconclusive.
(18) Breathes has been smoking cannabis for more than half his life, but he has no nostalgia for the old days, no regrets about the industry becoming commercialised.
(19) Last week the local paper carried stories about a former teacher charged with running a prostitution ring and a house exposed as a major cannabis farm.
(20) At the meeting Hogg confirmed rumours that Durham police were no longer actively working to detect small-scale cannabis growers and users, said John Holiday, a local activist.