baseline impedance; Presenting Author: LU GUO-TAO Additional Authors: LAN YU, ZHENG MEI, YAO XIAO-DONG Corresponding Author: LAN YU Affiliations: Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Objective: Low-dose aspirin (LDA) is widely used for primary prevention
and secondary Torin 1 cell line prevention of cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular diseases. our aim was to investigate reflux symptoms in patients taking LDA and analyze the high risk factors. Methods: Outpatients and inpatients taking LDA of Beijing Jishuitan hospital between June 1, 2009 and April 15, 2010 were included by questionnaire. The gender, age, time of taking medicine, drug combination, underlying diseases, risk factors, reflux symptoms were included in the questionnaire. All above factors were compared and analyzed. Symptom of burning pain behind the sternum was difficult to be distinguished from chest pain, reflux symptoms were defined as acid regurgitation and heartburn. Results: 1. There were 580 interviewed patients in total in this study, while 160 patients were taking LDA only, 293 patients were taking LDA and other drugs (e.
g., Clopidogrel, non-aspirin NSAIDs, Nitrates, CCB), and the left were not taking LDA. Conclusion: 17.0% patients were suffered reflux symptoms in 453 patients taking LDA, and 75 16.6% patients with acid regurgitation, 9.5% patients with heartburn. The incidence of reflux symptoms was significantly higherin patients with ≥ 3 risk factors; LEE011 chemical structure The independent risk factors of reflux symptoms were: history of reflux symptoms before taking LDA, peptic ulcer or/and bleeding, nitrates, non-aspirin NSAIDs, and clopidogrel. Key Word(s): 1. Low-dose aspirin; 2. acid regurgitation; 3. heartburn; 4. risk factors; Presenting Author: MD. ARIFUL HAQUE MOLLIK Corresponding Author: MD. ARIFUL HAQUE MOLLIK Affiliations: Prescience Trust Funds Objective: Investigations on traditional healthcare have always offered immense scope for the development of new drugs and opportunities for alternative drug sources.
The investigations were conducted in different neighborhoods and even urban areas of Detroit within Michigan United States of America. Adenosine triphosphate Methods: The data adduced is based on personal interviews, observations and experiences of elder residents in the Detroit. Residents from different castes and immigrants such as Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic/Latino, White and people from urban area were carefully interviewed. The culinary botanicals are generally used in the form of staple food, leafy or fruit vegetables, spices or condiments. Voucher specimens were collected and identified by referring standard flora. Results: Information on 57 culinary botanicals belonging to 46 genera and 38 families are being communicated. Information regarding local remedies related especially to the culinary botanicals used as food and food adjuncts were recorded. The residents of Detroit employ them also as local medicine in treating various human ailments.