Báo cáo y học: " Initial experience with a synthetic sealant PleuraSeal™ after pulmonary resections: a prospective study with retrospective case matched controls" docx

... confirm that all alveolar air leaks had been successfully halted with the study sealant, and in only one patient was an additional application of the trial sealant required to obtain intra- operative ... 20 consecutive patients in the PleuraSeal™ sealant study group were matched with 20 retrospective patients that underwent pulmonary resection via an anterolateral tho- ra...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... contributions All authors have read and approved the final manuscript. HA: Designed study, analyzed data, and wrote manuscript. MA: Collected and analyzed data. JH: Analyzed data and wrote manuscript. ... was calculated at three time periods: 30 days, 90 days, and oneyearpostoperatively.Weperformedaunivariate analysis of all patient data to obtain descriptive statistics. Comparisons across c...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... retinopathy after cataract surgery: a case report Ahmad M Mansour 1,2* , Muhammad H Yunis 1,2 and Walid A Medawar 3 Abstract Introduction: High-resolution ocular coherence computed tomography enables ... post-cataract retinopathy. Case presentation: A 76-year-old Caucasian man complained of paracentral scotoma, persisting for six weeks after cataract surgery. Conclusion: Ocular...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... disease was assessed by cardiac computed tomography. Multivariable regression analysis was used to identify pulmonary symptoms and nonpulmonary parameters associated with PFT abnormalities. Areas ... present study is to assess which respiratory symptoms and patient and disease characteristics are most highly associated with pulmonary function test (PFT) abnormalities in an RA pat...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:21

... admission patients accu- mulate QALYS at an extremely low rate compared with age- and sex -matched controls. Abbreviations APA CHE II: acute physiology, age and chronic health evaluation II; ARDS: acute ... Intensive care unit admission is associated with a high mortality, a poor physical quality of life and a low quality adjusted life years gained compared to the general populatio...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... by physical ther- apy. Six months after the therapy, however, the patient still suffered pain in his ankle with no sign of any improvement. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed an ... purposes) sule and signs of a villonodular inflammation of the synovial membrane. On physical examination upon admission, however, the patient's gait pattern and mobil- ity showed no abn...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Omoto Y, Yamakawa Y, Nakashima Y, Kiriyama M, Saito Y, Fujii Y: Increased matrix metalloproteinase 9 activity and mRNA expression in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Heart Lung Transplant 2001, ... O'Donovan PB, Mascha EJ, Mehta AC, Matthay MA, Arroliga AC: Acute pulmonary edema after lung trans- plantation: the pulmonary reimplantation response. Chest 1999, 116(1):187-194...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... was evaluated by von Kossa staining (magnification: x50). At 5 days after treatment, staining increased with increased laser en- ergy. The area expressing alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity ... Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan 2. PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan 3. Division of Sust...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 17:20

... Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA Email: HS Bracha* - H.Bracha@med.va.gov; Andrew E Williams - awilliam@crch.hawaii.edu; Stephen N Haynes - sneil@hawaii.edu; Edward S Kubany ... diagnostic and prognostic value of any sign except for tachycardia. The lack of a validated measure that utilizes multiple discrete indicators of acute auto- nomic activation may be an im...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... undertook all database searches, oversaw all aspects of the laboratory work, analyzed the data and prepared the manuscript. JHB gave additional statistical support and performed the haplo- type analysis. ... and IIIA, polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus: A family-based associa- tion study in Caucasians. Arthritis Rheum 2004, 50:671-673. 50. Jiang Y, Hirose S, Abe M, Sanokaw...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20