Báo cáo y học: "Severe reperfusion lung injury after double lung transplantation" ppsx

... distress syndrome. This treatment has not previously been documented for reperfusion injury after double lung transplantation. Method: A 24-year-old female with cystic fibrosis underwent double lung ... early reperfusion injury during lung transplantation has been widely investigated, but only recently have data become available for humans [2]. Ischemia reperfusion inju...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... of neutrophils into lung airways and parenchyma results in lung injury, we measured two markers of lung injury to quantify changes in lung edema and lung vascular permeability. Results showed a ... permeability and wet:dry analysis of lung edema Microvascular permeability related to lung injury was measured using a modification of the Evans blue dye extravasation technique...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... by the Animal Care and Use Committee of Keio University School of Medicine. Murine Model of Lung Injury Lung injury was evaluated inflammatory cell accumula- tion and edema formation in the lung ... induced inflammatory cell accumulation and permeability edema of the lung as well as cytokinemia and inflammatory change in the liver. It is concluded that microbial DNA could cause l...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... early reperfusion. In reaction to activation, donor macrophages deliver cytokines, chemotactic agents and proteolytic enzymes responsible for early reperfusion injury [3,11]. Subsequently, early ... are not necessary for ischemia reperfusion lung injury. Ann Thorac Surg 1992, 53:64-73. 6. Takeyoshi I, Otani Y, Yoshinari D, Kawashima Y, Ohwada S, Mat- sumoto K, Morishita Y: Benef...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... as control, respectively. Tubes were analyzed by flow cytometry analysis. Cells larger than the counting beads and with at least the granularity of lymphocytes were gated after identification on ... Belgium). Thereafter, tubes were ready for flow cytometry analysis. We measured 10,000 events in a lymphocyte gate. Triple- positive cells were identified by the expression of VEGF- R2 within th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... injury occurred in 0.3% to 43% of all hospitalized patients with severe burn injury, and in 13% to 18% of the elderly with severe burn injury. Only two pediatric studies reported inhalation injury, ... respectively, of the deceased elderly with severe burn injury [61,65,67,73]. Trends in mortality The mortality decreased over the last 30 years (although the reporting of mortality is to...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... on lung function or respiratory symptoms [13,14]. However, these studies investigated the potential effect of BBL intake on lung function mainly in patients with already existing pulmonary diseases. ... Manolio TA: Reduced vital capacity in elderly persons with hypertension, coronary heart disease, or left ventricular hypertrophy. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Chest 1995, 107(1):28-35....

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45

... Department of Dental Sciences and Surgery, General Hospital, Bari, Italy 2. Department of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Biology and Physics, General Hospital, Bari, Italy 3. Department of “Head and Neck ... lesions to pyramidal and extrapyramidal nerve tracts, were immediately ana- lyzed and considered incompatible with the treatment performed. In order to achieve diagnostic certainty, w...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... airway hyperreactivity but cause severe airway inflammation. J Clin Invest 1999; 103: 175-83. [32] Cohn L, Tepper JS, Bottomly K. IL-4-independent induction of airway hyperresponsiveness by Th2, ... Boston, MA) and revealed by strep- tavidin-Rhodamine (Jackson Immunoresearch). Airway reactivity measurements Airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) to meta- choline (Acetyl-β methylcholine chlor...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:24

... the study included immunosuppresion (recent steroids or cytotoxic therapy), transplantation or fail- ure to obtain study consent. Definition of Acute Lung Injury ALI was defined as hypoxemia ... Acute lung injury is a clinical and pathological entity characterized by diffuse alveolar-capillary wall damage causing severe impairment in oxygenation (19). MMPs are known to play an...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:48