(a.) Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.
Example Sentences:
(1) The latter results demonstrate that methylprednisolone-sodium succinate is less effective than ibuprofen in inhibiting arachidonic acid metabolism and suggest other salutary actions.
(2) We conclude that dopamine results in a predominantly efferent glomerular vasodilation and, therefore, may be salutary in lowering intraglomerular hypertension.
(3) However, extensive research is needed to discriminate between the beneficial effects of increased attention to all aspects of patient care, including wound management, and the salutary effects of dressing materials.
(4) Nevertheless, the results of preliminary studies in experimental animal models and in human transplant recipients suggest that calcium antagonists exert salutary effects on renal function in clinical settings characterized by impaired renal hemodynamics.
(5) The salutary hemodynamic response to oral enoximone was sustained for 6 to 8 hours and was not associated with subacute drug tolerance.
(6) Protection from arrhythmias seems to be related to the combined presence of a noncompetitive adrenergic blockade associated with salutary effects on coronary circulation.
(7) A salutary effect on the kidney will remain high on the list of important characteristics to be considered in choosing one of these agents.
(8) The salutary response of atrial fibrillation to flecainide may be due to enhancement of drug action by the rapid atrial activation rates characteristic of this arrhythmia.
(9) This paper begins with an analysis of an important subset of these studies--those 27 which operationalize 'religiosity' as religious attendance--and which, taken as a whole, point to a consistent salutary effect for frequent attendance.
(10) These salutary effects of alginase in vivo were paralleled by the ability of the enzyme to remove the exopolysaccharide from the surface of mucoid pseudomonal cells within cardiac vegetations, as assessed by transmission electron microscopy.
(11) This data suggests that reducing the infiltrating glomerular and cortical interstitial macrophage burden with XI during acute PA nephrosis, unaccompanied by any hypolipidemic effect, produces not only early salutary effects on renal function but also a significant amelioration of the progressive glomerulopathic features of this model.
(12) The salutary effects of enalapril may have involved a reduction in delta P coupled to a nonhemodynamic action, possibly restriction of glomerular growth or lowering of serum cholesterol.
(13) The salutary effects of all drugs were reversed in the presence of the A1 receptor antagonist 1,3-dipropyl-8-cyclopentylxanthine (0.5 microM).
(14) With exercise to ischemia, nicardipine preserved the salutary effects on left ventricular function seen at rest and significantly blunted the increase in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure observed in the control setting.
(15) Among all antihypertensive drugs, this class of agents, and especially prazosin, has produced the most consistently salutary lipid and metabolic effects.
(16) Norethandrolone (NE) and other androgenic steroids have been shown to be renotropic in various species and have also been reported to have salutary effects in patients with diminished renal function.
(17) Regression analyses considering contextual-motivational factors for drinking showed that at Time 1 quitters were less likely than controls to have consumed alcohol during evenings out (p = .008), in family-home settings (p = .013), or for salutary reasons (p = .084); conversely, they were more likely to have consumed alcohol to reduce negative affect (p = .011).
(18) However, it remains unknown whether such agents have any salutary effects on the depressed active hepatocellular function and hepatic blood flow in a nonheparinized model of trauma and hemorrhage.
(19) The possible mechanisms of the previously reported salutary benefits of high-dose i.v.
(20) Preliminary experimental studies indicate salutary effects of leukotriene inhibitors and antagonists in endotoxin shock and in models of acute pulmonary injury.