Báo cáo y học: "Endotoxemia in critically ill patients: why a reliable test could be beneficial" ppt

... potential to determine Gram-negative infections in critically ill patients. In addition, a reliable EAA may indicate the adequacy of gastrointestinal tract perfusion, as well as potentially help to predict ... of antibodies against endotoxin [13]. Commentary Endotoxemia in critically ill patients: why a reliable test could be beneficial Robert A Balk Director...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... fever, anaemia, hypotension, hypocalcaemia, hyponatraemia, azotaemia, elevated liver enzymes, hyperamylasaemia, hyperbilirubinaemia and metabolic acidosis were predicting factors for the development ... occurrence in mechanically ventilated patients, and that CAM-ICU is a rapid and valuable tool to diagnose this condition. Comments A new tool for nonpsychiatrists Ely et al. [1] should...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... conclusions can be drawn. In various ICU populations, the association between hyperglycaemia and in- hospital mortality was not uniform; hyperglycaemia was an independent risk factor only in patients ... between hyperglycaemia and mortality has been described in various groups of critically ill patients. Although the available evidence remains inconsistent, there appears to be...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... Differences between data, obtained on days when the water supply was disinfected and on disinfection-free days, were compared using non-parametric (Mann-Whitney U- test) or parametric tests (two-tailed ... Student's t test for unpaired data), as appropriate. P < 0.05 was regarded as sta- tistically significant. Results In 52 patients (27 male, 25 female, mean age 73 years, range...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... mortality in all 60 clinically-defined SARS patients, mean age 30.5 years. With 40% treated with CPAP and none requiring mechanical ventilation. Subsequently, very low mortality was again recorded ... given intravenously resulted in more frequent and severe adverse effects including haemolytic anaemia, elevated transaminase levels and bradycardia [13]. Lopinavir-ritonavir co-formulati...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:20

... ‘Nutritional Support in Severe Acute Pancreatitis’) are available as zipped PowerPoint files and can be modified for local use. Overall, the materials are comprehensive, practical, and novel. They are especially ... especially appealing given the traditional ineffective approach of relying on journal publication as the primary method of knowledge translation. However, an enthusiastic but...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... research [14]. This way of evaluating the risks imputable to the research itself may help institutional review boards to better balance the potential benefit expected from the study and the real ... now allow, also in the United Kingdom, unconscious patients in emergency situations to be enrolled in clinical trials without prior consent provided that this has been approved by the appr...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Hutchins GM, Baughman KL: Peripartum myocarditis and cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1990, 81:922-928. 6. Sliwa K, Skudicky D, Bergemann A, Candy G, Puren A, Sareli P: Peripartum cardiomyopathy: analysis ... bromocrip- tine appear promising and will be tested in larger trials one must also concentrate on an optimal treatment strategy for the acute and critically ill PPCM patients, allow...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... renal patients on dialysis in Saudi Arabia Hamdan H Al-Jahdali* 1 , Haithm A Khogeer 2 , Waleed A Al-Qadhi 2 , Salim Baharoon 3 , Hani Tamim 4 , Fayez F Al-Hejaili 5 , Saeed M Al-Ghamdi 6 and ... conducted an observational cross-sectional study between May 2007 and September 2007 at King Abdu- laziz Medical City, King Fahad National Guard Hospital (KAMC-KFNGH), Riyadh, and King Faisa...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... leslie.curry@yale.edu; Shoba Ramanadhan - shoba.ramanadhan@yale.edu; Laura Rowe - laura.rowe@yale.edu; Ingrid M Nembhard - ingrid.nembhard@yale.edu; Harlan M Krumholz - harlan.krumholz@yale.edu * ... deviance approach, best practices are largely viewed as providing relative advantage, being compatible with cur- rent practice (they are in place in some organizations already), and generat...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21