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Diastolic left ventricular internal dimension (LVIDd)and systolic left ventricular internal dimension (LVIDs) were alsomeasured and used to determine the fractional shortening.
3), the fractional difference in the AUC for an oral and IV dose (eq 1) is a measure of the amount of the oral drug that never reached the systemic compartment because of FPM.
They also demonstrated that the fractional excretion of sodium was unchanged during treatment, and further suggested that the acute changes were followed by chronic sodium homeostasis and maintenance of the increased total body sodium.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was defined as partial arterial oxygen tension below 50 mmHg despite fractional inspired oxygen in excess of 50%, and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates without signs of heart failure.
Low intestinal calcium absorption efficiency in humans is common and contributes to negative calcium balance and bone loss [ 1 ] . Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that low fractional calcium absorption is a significant risk factor for future osteoporotic hip fracture [ 2 ] . The primary homeostatic mechanism for altering calcium absorption in response to low dietary calcium intake and increased calcium requirements during growth is an increase in plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, the active hormonal form of vitamin D produced in the kidney [ 3 ] . 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D is a seco-steroid that acts on gene transcription through a nuclear steroid receptor protein and also may have nongenomic actions mediated by a putative plasma membrane vitamin D receptor [ 4 ] . Changes in vitamin D status primarily alter the rate of Ca absorption in the proximal small intestine.
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