... to immediately and the nearest ambulance should be dis- patched to the scene immediately. Priority code C; the patient needs assessment by an emergency care team. The ambulance must arrive at the scene ... part of the emergency medical services (EMS) and the first link in the chain of survival [1]. There is a great variety in how an EMCC is organized in different countries and som...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02
... of stroke may have an effect on reduced QOL even 1 year after stroke as reported by Wyller et al. [24]. However, findings on QOL and hypertension may be biased by a underreporting. Studies by MacDonald ... aver- age monthly income stratified by disease status is pre- sented in Table 2. The level of education was significantly different between patients with hypertension plus s...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo y học: "Use of chinese and western over-the-counter medications in Hong Kong"
... guidance on for these respondents. Patients with chronic diseases on western medications are also likely to consume Chinese herbal medicines [25]. Chinese medicine retailers are therefore instrumental ... level, self reported chronic disease status as informed by a western medi- cine practitioner and self perceived level of health and possession of western or Chinese medicine insurance...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: "Facing medical care problems of victims of sexual violence in Goma/Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo"
... laboratory tests were regularly checked by health district authorities in all hospitals. None were expired. Where available, post- exposure HIV prophylaxis consisted of zidovudine and lamivudine. From ... psychologists, to care for sexually abused females in- and outside the hospital. Our results regard- ing inconsistencies in post-discharge care of sexually abused females are in l...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: "Excess circulating angiopoietin-2 is a strong predictor of mortality in critically ill medical patients"
... almost exclusively expressed by endothelial cells. Binding of the agonist Ang-1 to the Tie2 receptor promotes vessel integrity, inhibits vascular leakage and suppresses inflammatory gene expression ... models have impressively demonstrated that the intact Ang-1/Tie2 signalling protects from ARDS in experimen- tal sepsis [36-38]. We therefore examined the association between several para...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31
Báo cáo y học: "Placenta Percreta-Induced Uterine Rupture Diagnosed By Laparoscopy in the First Trimester"
... rupture caused by placenta percreta can be more dangerous than that caused by a previous scar [13]. Total hysterectomy is considered in the case of life-threatening severe bleeding or insufficient ... analysis of the uterine specimen revealed placenta percreta to be the cause of the rupture. Uterine rupture should be considered in the differential diagnosis in all pregnant wo...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56
Báo cáo y học: "Long Term Persistence of IgE Anti-Influenza Virus Antibodies in Pediatric and Adult Serum Post Vaccination with Influenza Virus Vaccine"
... BioRad, Hercules, CA). Cytokine determination Serum cytokines [Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Interferon gamma (IFN-γ), Interleukin-4 (IL-4), Interluekin-10 (IL-10)] were determined by sandwich ELISA (Bio- source, ... antibodies over time were not determined. Given the findings of this study, the presence and persistence of IgG and IgE anti-influenza anti- bodies in the serum from thos...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10
Báo cáo y học: "The Influence of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment on the Healing of Experimental Defects Filled with Different Bone Graft Substitutes"
... determined in each region. Electron microscopy preparation The periosteums over the bone defects were carefully dissected from the surface and the tissues were fixed in 2,5 % cacodylate ... perfused bone injuries have been extensively investigated using different experimental settings. In the earlier studies, the adjunctive HBOT was found to improve the calcium binding and re-...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:15
Báo cáo y học: "Intrathecal siRNA against Toll-like receptor 4 reduces nociception in a rat model of neuropathic pain"
... in HEK-293 cells in vitro and then the level of TLR4 transgene expression was evaluated by GFP fluorescence (Figure 1A). Meanwhile, the rel- ative fluorescence intensity was also detected by ... advan- tageous strategy. Several studies have indicated that RNAi is more potent than antisense oligonucleotides even in cases where site selection was optimized for antisense effectiv...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48
Báo cáo y học: "Effect of corticosteroids on phlebitis induced by intravenous infusion of antineoplastic agents in rabbits"
... solution were effective methods for reducing phlebitis caused by vinorelbine (VNR) in rabbits. The aim of this study was to explore other practical methods for preventing phlebitis caused by VNR ... days after VNR infusion and three days after DXR infu- sion, the veins were evaluated histopathologically. The effect of DEX on VNR-induced phlebitis was evaluated by infusion of DEX be...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57