Báo cáo y học: "Low bone mineral density in men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" pot
... hip. Bone biomarkers suggest increased bone turnover. Keywords: bone biomarkers, bone mineral density, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, osteoporosis Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary ... disease factors such a s the persisting chronic systemic inflam- matory state. We explored this hypothesis by determin- ing BMD and circulating bone biomarkers in me...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22
... Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. National clinical guideline on management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary ... nurse in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2001, 10:106-108. 10. Lwin AM, McKinley RK: Management of...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21
... on chronicity [9-11], the current study indicates that children have more prob- lems initiating and maintaining sleep as they enter early adolescence, both in the chronic illness and non -chronic illness ... assessing all children at two time points (79 and 1113 years of age) in order to explore the chronicity of sleep problems in children with chronic illness. We hypothesized th...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21
báo cáo hóa học: " The minimal important difference of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" pot
... will be increasingly important. In trials using the HADS the MID estimate of 1.5 points will play an important role to interpret treatment effects. The minimal important difference also plays an ... measures depression and generalised anxiety in in- and outpatients and in community settings. It contains 14 statements describing symptoms of depression and anxiety (for example "I fee...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo y học: " Successful bone marrow transplantation in a patient with Diamond-Blackfan anemia with co-existing Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a case report" ppt
... improvement post- transplantation. This improvement has been reported both clinically by improved motor activity and in labora- tory parameters seen by reduct ion in CPK levels, increase in dystrophin-positive ... case of a nine-year-old boy of north Indian descent, the third o f four siblings born to healthy, non-consanguineous parents with a family history of DMD in a maternal fir...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: " Predictors of hepatic steatosis in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients and their diagnostic values in hepatic fibrosis"
... patients with clinically and pathologically proven steatosis and 98 patients without steatosis were recruited into this study. The levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG), fasting insulin (FINS), ... were measured by en- zyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Livzon Group Reagent Factory, Guangdong, China). HBV DNA The HBV DNA level was determined by quan- titative polymerase chain reaction (q...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48
báo cáo hóa học: " Low plasma progranulin levels in children with autism" ppt
... Progranulin insufficiency in some patients with autism may result in many years of reduced neutrotrophic support together with cumulative damage in association with dysregulated inflammation that may ... progranulin in MS during relapse may be a local defense mechan ism against inflammation by increasing the production of the anti- inflammatory progranulin to regulate the inflam...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo y học: "Role of Genetic Polymorphisms in Therapeutic Response to Anti-Asthma Therapy" pot
... with examining genetic poly- morphisms (GPs) may seem like bringing meaning to alphabet soup, it is quite likely that further advancement in our understanding of genetics will provide the clinician ... aid in choosing the most appropriate therapy. As clinicians attempting to stay current in the evolving science of asthma, we must continue to follow the very exciting literature regardi...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo y học: "Increased plasma homocysteine levels in patients with multiple sclerosis and depression" ppsx
... Gaubatz J, Yang F, Durante W, Chan L, Schafer AI, Pownall HJ, Yang X, Wang H: Hyperhomo- cysteinemia decreases circulating high -density lipoprotein by inhibiting apolipoprotein A-I protein synthesis ... Hcy increases were observed in MS patients with vitamin B12 deficiency [7,18,19]. Our results, in agreement with Vrethem et al. [8] and Ramsaransing et al. [9], indicate that Hcy inc...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: "Elevated matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with systemic sclerosi" doc
... YG, Christen WG, Foster SC: Correlation of metal- loproteinase-2 and -9 with proinflammatory cytokines inter- leukin-1β, interleukin-12 and the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in patients with ... inflammation, resulting in fibrosis. MMP-9 can trigger inflammation directly, by tissue destruction, or indirectly, by generation of an inflammatory signal or recruitment of inflammatory c...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22