Báo cáo y học: "The treatment of condylar fractures: to open or not to open? A critical review of this controversy" pdf

... The treatment of condylar process fractures has generated a great deal of discussion and controversy in oral and maxillofacial trauma and there are many different methods to treat this injury. ... whether open or closed treatment should be used for the management of mandibular condylar fractures. Because of the relatively poor quality of the available data and the lack of other important ... and Maxillofacial 1997; 35: 230-6. 2. Talwar RM, Ellis III E, Throckmorton GS. Adaptations of the masticatory system after bilateral fractures of the mandibular condylar process. J Oral Maxillofac...

... Rady A, Kingsbury SJ, Fayek M: Sertraline as monotherapy in the treatment of psychotic and nonpsychotic depression. J Clin Psychiatry 2003, 64:959-965.10. Stahl SM: Antidepressant treatment of ... clinical and rating evaluations during the follow-up periods. KH conceived of the study and participated in its study and coordination. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.Author ... treatment was stopped. Treatment with fluvoxamine (150 mg) monotherapy was main-tained, and her condition remained good.At 2 years after the disappearance of the delusions, the patient began...

... actively maintained in the thymus [2]. During this process, a repertoire of T cellsrestricted to self-MHC displayed by the thymic corticalepithelial cells (cTECs) is selected in each individual. In addition, ... periphery and in the thymus, the immunesystem must balance antigen presentation and pro-inflammatory outcomes in the periphery in response topathogens and other environmental inflammatory events,along ... network of genes, which map a pathway from TRAF6 to the NFκB family member RelB.Thymic selection and autoimmunity The vast majority of T cells arise in the thymus. In the fetal andneonatal period,...

... common age of presentation, parentalconcern and clinical quandary regarding management[36].The paediatric flat foot proforma (p-FFP) provides a prag-matic standard by which paediatric flat feet ... collection.All authors participated in protocol development and read and approved the manuscript.References1. Sullivan JA: Pediatric flatfoot: evaluation and management.Journal of the American Academy ... imaging, which are largelyunsubstantiated in terms of the reliability and validity ofthe same. Flat feet, as a postural morphology, have longbeen associated with pain and disability (eg an exclusionfrom...

... RESEARC H ARTIC LE Open Access Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among longer-term prison inmates is a prevalent, persistent and disabling disorder Ylva Ginsberg1,2*, Tatja Hirvikoski3, ... Diamond A: Attention- deficit disorder (attention- deficit/ hyperactivity disorder without hyperactivity) : a neurobiologically and behaviourallydistinct disorder from attention- deficit/ hyperactivity ... et al.: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD ) among longer-term prison inmates is a prevalent, persistent and disabling disorder. BMC Psychiatry 2010 10:112.Submit your next manuscript...

... SD.ResultsHerbimycin A inhibits nitric oxide production induced by BCG and SP-A-BCG complexesActivation of intracellular protein tyrosine kinases is acommon pathway involved in signalling induced by avariety ... purposes)inflammatory mediators by rat macrophages in response to BCG through increased activation of intra-macrophagesignalling pathways involving MAP kinases and NFκB. Wehave examined the role of ... kinase family [10-12].MAP kinases are a family of serine/threonine kinases that are activated by phosphorylation of conserved tyrosineresidues [13]. Multiple members of this family includingthe...

... AccessResearch GITR signaling potentiates airway hyperresponsiveness by enhancing Th2 cell activity in a mouse model of asthmaAlexandre C Motta†1, Joost LM Vissers†2, Renée Gras1, Betty CAM Van ... lungs and aggra-vates airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine in a mouse model of allergic asthma, as shown by a left shift of the AHR response curve to methacholine.AbbreviationsAHR: airways ... as mean ± standard error of mean(s.e.m.). After log transformation, airway responsivenessto methacholine was statistically analyzed by a generallinear model of repeated measurements (ANOVA)...

... RESEARC H ARTIC LE Open Access Synovial effusion and synovial fluid biomarkers in psoriatic arthritis to assess intraarticular tumor necrosis factor-a blockade in the knee jointUgo Fiocco1*, Paolo ... of synovial effusion (SE), synovial fluid (SF) and synovial tissue (ST) biomarkers in relation to disease activity indexes to assess the response to intraarticular (IA) tumor necrosis factor ... JS: Highlyincreased levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and otherproinflammatory cytokines in psoriatic arthritis synovial fluid. JRheumatol 1997, 24:518-523.33. Canete JD, Martinez SE,...

... October 2002 Vol 6 No 5 Parker and ShemieCon: no, mechanical ventilation should not be continued to allow for progression to brain death so that organs can be donatedMichael ParkerThe number ... and benefits associated withthis option? What are the ethical issues raised by this?CommentaryPro/con ethics debate: Should mechanical ventilation be continued to allow for progression to brain ... harms andbenefits. One potential harm that is surely going to be relevant to any such analysis is the small possibility that, rather than dying following elective ventilation, patients mayend up...

... not for citation purposes)Vol 11 No 5ResearchThe risk for bloodstream infections is associated with increased parenteral caloric intake in patients receiving parenteral nutritionSharmila Dissanaike1, ... overfeeding in clinical practice. This is especially true in critically ill patients, Figure 4Maximum daily parenteral caloric intake versus body mass indexMaximum daily parenteral caloric intake ... factors for developing BSI.There was no difference in mortality between patients with andwithout BSI.Conclusion Increased parenteral caloric intake is anindependent risk factor for BSI in patients...

... form on20 May 2008 and in print form on 3 July 2008 [10].ViewpointDialysis dose in acute kidney injury: no time for therapeutic nihilism – a critical appraisal of the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network ... the implications of the ATN Study results for clinical practice.IntroductionSince the original formulation of the dose concept for renal replacement therapy more than 30 years ago [1] and the establishment ... Pathophysiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ATN = Acute Renal Failure Trial Network; CRRT =continuous renal replacement therapy; cSOFA = cardiovascular component of Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment;...