Báo cáo y học: " Long-term gas exchange characteristics as markers of deterioration in patients with cystic fibrosis" pot

... progressively affected, influencing intrapulmonary gas mixing and gas exchange. We examined the long-term course of blood gas measurements in relation to characteristics of lung function and the influence ... Polkey MI, Lofaso F: Setting of noninvasive pressure support in young patients with cystic fibrosis. Eur Respir J 2004, 24:624-630. 31. Fauroux B: Nonivasive...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... had failed. Efficacy of clozapine was satisfactory in 55–72% of patients with organic psychosis, mania, psychotic depression or Parkinson's disease. Majority of patients had schizophrenia ... hypersalivation and her amitryptiline was increased because of its antimus- carininic effects. She was sleeping well with no difficulties getting up in the morning and there...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... study the validity of the Disease Activity Score and the DAS28. In a study performed in Italy in the late 1990s, it was found that the Disease Activity Score was the best measure to discriminate ... predefined states of low and high disease activity, in a sample of 202 patients [6]. A recent study used a different, opinion-based, approach, with expert rating (n = 35) of a...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... quantification of inflamma- tory spinal changes, the AS- spinal-MRI scoring system [13] has shown good discriminatory capacity, validity, and sensitiv- ity to change in MRI examinations for periods of between ... depiction of spinal inflammation in AS [9], forma- tion of new syndesmophytes occurred in VEs with persistent inflammation after 2 years (4.3%), whereas this was n...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:21

... pro-actively in encouraging patients to participate in routine physical health assessments and prophylactic measures. Conclusions Despite evidence for increased physical disease in people with SMI ... succinct objectives. However, this study was of a preliminary nat- ure set against the prospect of addressing more tightly focused research questions in the near future, guided b...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... Clinical laboratory tests: Fasting blood glucose, fasting lipid panel, haematology, serum chemistry (sodium, potassium, creatinine, calcium, alanin e transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, and international normalized ... laboratory tests: fasting blood glucose, fast- ing lipid panel, hematology, and serum chemistry (sodium, potassium, creatinine,calcium,alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatas...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... function was expressed as the percentage increase in perfusion or dia- meter from baseline, and all analysis was carried out off- line by AS , who was blinded to the identity of the patient. Sandoo ... help and assistance with the flow-mediated dilation assessment. AS was supported by a PhD studentship of the University of Birmingham and by the Department of Rheumatology, Du...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:21

... during ANP infusion, with a decrease in arterial oxygenation that was masked by an increased minute ventilation [8]. The present study was designed to elucidate the effects of ANP infusion in ... ARDS patients during the early phase of the disease. We did not detect a measurable clinical effect of ANP infusion in these patients. Several explanations are possible for this find...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... Cerebellum-specific methylation pattern of the ERV mch8 locus. A. The cytosine methylation profile of ERV mch8 in the cerebellum was compared to the methylation profile of an amalgamation of other brain compartments ... 8 (melanocortin-1 receptor), Tubb3 (tubulin-β3), Def8 (differentially expressed in FDCP 8), Afg3l1 (ATPase family gene 3-like 1), Dbndd1 (dysbindin domain co...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:21

... severity of the shock, as well as the nonblinded nature of the study, however, may have played a confounding role. Nevertheless, if the increase in forearm fl ow is indeed evoked by the more intensive ... amount of insulin rather than to the level of blood glucose control. Žuran and colleagues’ study is an interesting clinical observation made in a diffi cult setting of c...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21