Báo cáo y học: "Pediatric hereditary angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency" pptx

... was found to be 11.2 years by BORK [16], 9.5 years by, BYGUM[15], and 4.4 years by MARTINEZ [17], whereas it was 6.6 years in our patient populati on. Clinical symptoms are extremely uncommon ... with hereditary angioedema due to C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency. Arch Intern Med 2003, 163:1229-1235. 24. Janardhanan D, Nair S, Subramanian TS: Recurrent abdominal pain due to here...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... organs insufficiency. 4 th Case presentation A 61-year-old Caucasian female required mechanical ventilation and dialysis due to respiratory distress syn- drome and anuria on 13 th postoperative day after Heart Mate II Thoratec (r) LVAS. ... is reported by Eddy et al. [22] to be the pulmonary dysfunction. IAP is transmitted to the thorax both directly and through cephalad deviation of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... rugby player with a unique clinical history of recurrent burners thought to be secondary to an osteoblastoma involving the posterior arch of the atlas. Initially, the condition was felt to most ... that may predispose to subsequent neural compressive injury include spina bif- ida, Langerhans cell histocytosis (eosinophilic granu- loma), exostoses, fibrous dysplasia, and melorheostosis...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... initially with vancomycin, 2 g/ daily, and intravenous gentamicin, 240 mg daily accord- ing to antimicrobial susceptibility. Due to acute renal failure, gentamicin was discontinued nine days later ... previously. At three weeks prior to her admission she had undergone a total right knee replacement due to chronic osteoarthritis. Also, 10 years earlier our patient had undergone tot...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... to as hirudothera- phy in modern medicine. Today, medicinal leech ther- apy is mainly used in plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery for tissue flap salvage [1]. Medicinal leech ther- apyinTurkeyisatraditional ... commonly used in Turkey in medical treatment of venous congestion of the lower extremities. A diagnosis of leech bite can be made easily. Patients usually have a history of me...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... However, any condition that may result in cortical blindness can potentially lead to Anton’s syndrome. Recovery of visual function will depend on the underlying aetiology, with cases due to occipital ... may nonetheless be perceived, either consciously [4] (Riddoch’s syndrome) or unconsciously (blindsight) [5]. Conversely, motion blindness, in which patients can Figure 1. A computed tom...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... computed tomography revealed a cystic mass in segment 4B and protruding into and along the left hepatic duct. Laparotomy confirmed the contrast enhanced computed tomography findings and histology revealed ... for biliary leaks by injecting saline through the cystic duct. The patient had an uneventful recovery. Histology revealed a multilocular, mucinous biliary cystadenoma lined by a single l...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... caused by a phytobezoar in a patient who had neither a history of gastric surgery nor of intestinal pathology. Case presentation: A 70-year-old Iraqi Kurdish man was hospitalized due to abdominal ... gastric acidity is decreased, and the stomach may empty rapidly with an increased possibility of bezoar formation. Normally found in the stomach, bezoars may pass through the small bowel. Pri...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... degranulation-mediated cytotoxic- ity. 61 In contrast, when SAPis absent, these recep- tors play an inhibitory role in cytotoxicity. 62 Thus, cells from patients with X-linked lymphoprolif- erative syndrome ... leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II and activation of macrophages that phagocytose Pediatric Hemophagocytic Syndromes — Jabado et al 145 Figure 2 Cytotoxic granules in wild-type cytotoxic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... the capacity to systematically assess preventable adverse events, which are defined as poor outcomes caused by errors or system design flaws. We describe how we used MET calls to systematically identify ... Emergency Teams (METs), alternatively known as Rapid Response Teams, have recently been implemented in many hospitals worldwide [1]. The primary role of an MET is to improve the earl...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06