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Oedema, Haemorrhage and Thrombosis
Published in Jeremy R. Jass, Understanding Pathology, 2020
Thrombi formed in the fast-moving arterial system tend to be small, friable, pale and platelet-rich. Those developing within aneurysms (left ventricular or aortic) show well-developed lines of Zahn. These are pale, platelet-rich lines alternating with fibrin-rich lines that contain admixed red blood cells. Those developing in the relatively sluggish venous system (phlebothrombosis) are composed mainly of fibrin and admixed red blood cells but will still be firmer and drier than a postmortem blood clot. Furthermore, small numbers of platelets will be seen microscopically. Postmortem blood clot is soft, jelly-like and is never firmly adherent to the vessel wall in which it forms. It may be composed largely of yellow coagulated plasma, when it has been likened to ‘chicken fat’. The distinction is important when trying to decide at a postmortem examination if a mass within the pulmonary artery is embolised thrombus (see Chapter 18) or merely postmortem blood clot.
Catalog of Herbs
Published in James A. Duke, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 2018
More regarded as a weed than a useful plant, chickweed does find its way into a few pots for food or folk medicine. Obese Americans like myself might profit by substituting a gram of chickweed for a gram of chicken fat. Seed has been used as birdfood (said to produce gastrointestinal problems if lambs eat too much). Cosmetologists might view (with wholesome scepticism) the suggestions in Culpepper’s herbal that the juice corrects various facial imperfections.
Analysis and Interpretation
Published in John M. Wayne, Cynthia A. Schandl, S. Erin Presnell, Forensic Pathology Review, 2017
John M. Wayne, Cynthia A. Schandl, S. Erin Presnell
Answer E is correct. The entity shown is a postmortem blood clot. The pulmonary arteries are dissected to reveal “chicken fat” blood clot. Postmortem clots may be difficult to differentiate from pathological thromboembolic disease. The chicken fat and currant jelly appearance, the propensity of the postmortem clot to mimic the shape of the vascular lumen where it is discovered, the absence of adhesion to the vessel intima, and absence of lines of Zahn histologically can assist in this differential diagnosis.
Food and beverages undermining elderly health: three food-based dietary guidelines to avoid or delay chronic diseases of lifestyle among the elderly in South Africa
Published in South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021
Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini, Gugulethu Moyo, Carin Napier, Wilna Oldewage-Theron
Current evidence shows that the total dietary fat intake that contributes to total energy intake is within the recommended intake of < 30%. Therefore, the practical emphasis should be on shifting from unhealthy sources of dietary fat to more healthy sources. The practical measures proposed by Smuts and Wolmarans16 for the general South African population seem to be largely applicable for older adults as well. In this regard, some important steps to be taken include replacing full-fat dairy products with low-fat substitutes, consuming lean meat and chicken without the skin, trimming beef, pork and chicken of all visible fat, reducing the frequency of eating fast foods and ultra-processed foods, replacing red meat and chicken with fish high in long-chain PUFA such as mackerel, salmon and herring for a number of meals per week. The elderly should be advised to replace fats that are solid at room temperature (hard fats), which are high in SFA and TFA and mostly come from animal fats and hydrogenated vegetable oils, with vegetable oils, which are sources of PUFA and MUFA. Examples of hard fats include butter, beef fat, chicken fat, cream, lard, shortening and partially hydrogenated oils. Examples of vegetable oils that need to be favoured over hard fats include grapeseed oil, soybean oil, avocado oil and canola oil. Moreover, vegetable oils including canola oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil can be replacements for butter and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils for cooking purposes. These vegetable oils, as well as olive oil and avocado oil, are good sources of PUFA and MUFA. Older adults should be trained to be able to use the food labels as a source of information on the type of dietary fat in food supplies.
Perspectives on diet and physical activity among urban African Americans with serious mental illness
Published in Social Work in Health Care, 2019
Janis Sayer, Deysi Paniagua, Sonya Ballentine, Lindsay Sheehan, Margaret Carson, Katherine Nieweglowski, Patrick Corrigan
This was echoed by another individual, who noted that she feeds her family the same way: The meals that our ancestors prepared from the south used a lot of fat, pork, and salt … I was raised on southern fried chicken, fat-back, collard greens, chitlins. So I bring that into my lifestyle. When I learned how to cook that, I brought it and fed it to my children.