The presence of any of the above signs should alert one to the possibility of renal dysfunction and raise the possibility of further diagnostic work-up including, in addition to careful measurement of intake and urine output, serum creatinine, BUN and electrolytes, abdominal ultrasound.
Mangroves are trees and shrubs that have adapted to life in a saltwater environment. T here are about 80 different species of mangrove trees. All of these trees grow in areas with low-oxygen soil, where slow-moving waters allow fine sediments to accumulate. Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures.
Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) is very widely distributed along tropical silty seashores of Bermuda; throughout most of the West Indies; in the southeastern U.S. along both coasts of northern Florida to the Florida Keys, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; along both coasts of Mexico south along Central America to Ecuador, northwestern Peru, the Galapagos Islands, and Brazil; and along the west coast of Africa.