No abstract available.
Catheters ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

No abstract available.
Catheters ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

The authors studied on alterations of hematology and coagulation of 2 patient groups, supernatal and deep burn, along 20 first days of intensive treatment. The results showed that decreased platelet aggregation, prolonged bleeding time, reduced prothrombine rate and reduced fibrinogen level in deep burn group, compared to supernatal burn group. These differences were seen mainly at time of T1 and occasional at time T2 and T3.
burns ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

No abstract available.
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

Forensic pathologists must determine not only the cause and manner of death, but also the identity of the deceased. Some surgical procedures or implants may have a great value for identification. A case of quickly solved postmortem identification through medical information of an ambulatory pH monitoring capsule (Bravo(TM) Capsule) in the esophagus is reported.
Esophagus* ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

No abstract available.
Cough* ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration*

During a period from February 1st to November 30th in 1983, measurements were made twice a month on dustfalls and concentrations of various cations and anions in their filtrates in an urban (Heuksuk-dong, Seoul) and in a rural (Ansung) districts. Standard British Deposit Gauge method was applied for collection of dustfalls and ion chromatographic method using Ion Chromatograph 10 (Dionex, U.S.A.) for determination of cation and anion concentrations. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Annual mean values of dustfalls were 8.30+/-5.09 tons/km2/month in an urban and 6.20+/-0.82 tons/km2/month in a rural districts. And annual mean values of pH of filtrates of the collected samples were 5.3+/-0.76 in an urban and 6.0+/-0.82 in a rural districts. 2. Annual mean concentrations of common cations and anions in their filtrates were as follows: Some of anions such as Br-, PO4-3 and NO2 were scarcely detected and F was measured at very low concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 ppm in Feb., Oct. and Nov. in an urban and in Feb. in a rural districts. 3. By two-way analysis of variance with 4 replications for dustfalls, pH and concentrations of various ion by district and month of a year, statistically significant differences were noted in dustfalls (p<0.01), pH (p<0.01) and concentrations of various ion (p<0.01) by month of a year, and in dustfalls (p<0.05) and concentrations of various ion such as NH4, Ca, NO3 and SO4 (p<0.01) by district. 4. There were statistically significant differences pH in Spring (Feb., Mar. and Apr.) (p<0.01) and in SO4 in Autumn (Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.) (p<0.05) between the two districts.
Anions ; Cations ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration

Evaluate the influences of some factors as enzyme level, the time of diluting enzyme solution, substrate level and temperature on pH value of RNase from Vietnam Cobra (Naja naja) venom. Results: the changes of pH value for cobra venom RNase can be depended on concentrations of the enzyme and substrate. This variation in the pH value of the enzyme can be explained by existence of this RNase as an enzyme system composed of some interconvertible forms. The interconversion between these enzyme forms is very slow process (counting by hours) in comparison with the rate of reactions
Cobra ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Ribonucleases

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to examine whether the blood cells in the platelet concentrate (PC) and the PC arrangement method can affect the pH which is one of the important factors influencing the survival and function of the preserved PCs. METHOD: Two groups of CPDA-1 added PC were preserved at 20 ~ 24degrees C for 7 days. The PCs in group I were overlapped one another while those in group II were not overlapped and arranged separately during the preservation period. The number of RBC, WBC and platelets were measured at the first day of the preservation period while the pH was measured at the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th day. RESULTS: The number of blood cells in the PC was 0.6x109 for WBC, 1.6x109 for RBC and 800x109 for platelet. As for the average pH, the 1st day's average pH was 7.4 for group I and 7.3 for group II, while at the 7th day, both decreased by 0.6. According to the correlation analysis between the blood cells and the pH changes, as for group I, the more the number of platelets were, the lower the pH decreased, and as for group II, the more the WBC and platelets were, the lower the pH decreased. (p<0.01) CONCLUSION: This study indicates that the major parameter affecting the pH of the preserved PCs is the number of platelets. In addition to platelet, the number of WBCs affected the pH when PCs were overlapped during storage. Conclusionally the key factor which affects pH of stored PCs was the number of platelets. And the number of contaminated WBCs also were thought to be an important factor.
Blood Cells ; Blood Platelets* ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration*

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the color changes of a resin composite with different shades upon exposure to water with different pH. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Nanohybrid resin composites (Filtek Z350XT, 3M ESPE) with four different shades (A2, A3, B1, and B2) were immersed in water with three different pH (pH 3, 6, and 9) for 14 day. The CIE L*a*b* color coordinates of the specimens were evaluated before and after immersion in the solutions. The color difference (DeltaE*) and the translucency parameter (TP) were calculated using the color coordinates. RESULTS: DeltaE* ranged from 0.33 to 1.58, and the values were affected significantly by the pH. The specimens immersed in a pH 6 solution showed the highest DeltaE* values (0.87 - 1.58). The specimens with a B1 shade showed the lowest DeltaE* change compared to the other shades. TP ranged from 7.01 to 9.46 depending on the pH and resin shade. The TP difference between before and after immersion in the pH solutions was less than 1.0. CONCLUSIONS: The resulting change of color of the tested specimens did not appear to be clinically problematic because the color difference was < 1.6 in the acidic, neutral, and alkaline solutions regardless of the resin shade, i.e., the color change was imperceptible.
Composite Resins* ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration* ; Immersion* ; Water