ARTERIAL PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN AND PROCALCITONIN LEVELS CORRELATE WITH PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Object: We aimed to study whether arterial blood gas parameters, inflammatory markers, and coagulation indicators correlate with pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) values in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).Methods: A total of 121 patients with PTB who had a measurement of PASP by Doppler echocardiography in the active phase

ObjectiveTo determine procedural feasibility, safety, and short-term efficacy in dogs with Kitchen Package severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with a canine-specific device.DesignProspective, single-arm (uncontrolled), single-institution clinical feasibility study.AnimalsFifty client-own

We assessed variation in avifaunal diversity at some selected habitats around the Negombo estuary in Sri Lanka in relation to land-use modifications.During the study period, we observed 48 bird species of which 47 species are residents to Sri Lanka.The avian species richness, evenness, and heterogeneity were found to be the highest at undisturbed h