Báo cáo y học: "Usefulness of procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit" doc

... predefined clinical conditions and the development of acute lung injury by using the American–European consensus definition; the frequency of lung injury development outside the intensive care unit; ... incidence data may be questioned because of the short duration of the study and difficulties in accurately determining the population at risk (incidence denominator...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... 2 hours so that they could consider the findings in their deci- sions regarding further clinical intervention. In practice, morn- ing requests were available for interpretation by the evening round. Unit ... midazolam ther- apy by continuous infusion either before (e.g. in operating theatres) or during the course of their ICU admission, and who were 'slow to wake' an...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Delayed diagnosis of intraabdominal pathology in the intensive care unit (ICU) increases rates of morbidity and mortality. Intraabdominal ... or the inability to safely transfer a patient to the radiology room. In the current study we evaluated the safety and accuracy of bedside diagnostic laparoscopy to confirm...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Computing Science, University of Groningen, 9700 AK Groningen, the Netherlands 5 Information and System Security, Philips Research, 5621 BA Eindhoven, the Netherlands 6 Department of Intensive Care, ... coronary artery bypass grafting; HGI, hyperglycaemic index; ISS, Injury Severity Score; NICE-SUGAR, The Normoglycaemia in Intensive Care Evaluation - Survival Using Algorith...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... exposure. Using an initial priming solution containing 10,000 IU heparin, followed by a heparin infusion, may therefore have accounted for the increased incidence of HIT (8%) reported [4]. Heparin/PF4 ... cytokines and other surface receptors – and platelet activation may therefore be important in determining clinical outcomes. Commentary Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia during renal...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... importance in reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with sepsis. The lack of specific early markers of infection may be responsible in part for withholding of, or delaying or unnecessary antimicro- bial ... were assessed for the presence of infection at admission, on day 2, and on the day of discharge or on the day of death. Clinical assessment was the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... in favour of either reinstating the N-linked glycosylation sites following infection or suppressing the replication of T271I and Y3 42N bearing variants in vivo. Neither the T271 nor the N34 2Y ... removal of the N-linked glyco- sylation may have enhanced the ability of the Env to interact with CXCR4, either facilitating partial CD134- independent entry or by enhan...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... safety and undermines qual- ityofcareandtheefficiencyofthehealthcaredelivery system [49-52]. Relying on patients to contact other physicians on their own breaks continuity of care [53,54]. Many ... clinicians, nonprescribing clinicians, and informed others such as pharmacists, should jointly develop and disseminate appropriate standards for intra-disciplinary and inter- disciplinary cli...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... by the age-associated increases in the staining of thymocytes and microenvironmental cells, including the multilocular fat-storing cells. These data suggest that chemokines may influence the ... observed in thymocytes and in mul- tilocular cells in the septa and inside the thymic pa- renchyma. These data reinforced the hypothesis that adipocytic mesenchymal cells c...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:20

... the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. I am also responsible for editing the final draft. RF: Involved in the writing ... references. TJS: Involved in the writing of the manuscript including reading the literature and integrating the literature with the findings and writing t...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20