Báo cáo y học: "Erythropoietin and renin as biological markers in critically ill patients" potx

... comparisons, respectively. Renin measurement Renin was measured on the basis of its action on angiotensin in plasma, generating angiotensin I. Renin concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay (SANOFI Pasteur, Paris, ... an increased renin level in all patients and a significant relationship between EPO and plasma renin. Plasma renin progressively decreased in sur...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... and minimize the dissemination of nondiscriminating and unnecessary tests. Pressing investigations in this field include accurate risk profiling for both VTE and bleeding events in critically ill ... setting to critically ill patients may be further compromised by activation of the coagulation and inflammatory cascades in many critically ill patients for myriad reaso...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... ICU was found to be statistically significantly increased in patients with A. baumannii infection in three of five studies examining this outcome. The increase in mortality of patients with infection ... found in the most severely ill patients, it mainly influ- enced mortality in the less severely ill. Finally, Wisplinghoff and colleagues [24], reported results from the SCOPE (...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... No Yes No No Gysin [29] No Yes Yes Yes No Porter [34] Yes No Yes Yes No Raine [35] Yes No Yes No Yes Heikkinen [31] No No Yes No No Freeman [27] Yes No Yes Yes No Massick [40] Yes No Yes Yes ... concealment Blinding Intention-to-treat analysis Predefined outcomes Baseline Imbalance Hazard [30] No No Yes Yes No Crofts [26] No No Yes Yes No Friedman [28] No No Yes Yes No Holdgaard [32] Yes No...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... melatonin in the routine care of critically ill patients, our findings need to be confirmed by a larger, possibly multicentre, randomised con- trolled trial, ideally using polysomnography as a continuous measure ... (CYP1A2) activity and co-administra- tion of interacting drugs [39]. The acute inflammatory cascade related to sepsis may adversely affect cytochrome P450 reg- ulation,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... sedation in critically ill patients.  is approach of using analgesia alone and avoiding sedation, unless necessary, has been the standard of care in the author’s ICU in Denmark since 1999. ... with continuous sedation. Furthermore; the intervention group was associated with a shorter ICU stay by 9.7 days and hospital stay by 24 days than the control group. Agitated deliri...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... being involved in our study and healthy subjects. These conditions may change under acute airway infections, resulting in mucus hyperse- cretion, which is more likely in PCD patients. As has ... frequency and coordina- tion of ciliary beating and rheology of airway secretions). Traditionally it has been assumed that particles depositing on the ciliated airways are rapidly cleare...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... andrograpanin is both anti-inflammatory and anti-infective; 14-deoxy-14,15-dehydroandrographolide is anti- inflammatory; isoandrographolide, 3,19-isopropylideneandrographolide and 14-acetylandrographolide ... phase through induction of cell-cycle inhibitory protein and decreased expression of cyclin-dependent kinase [45-49]. Other compounds may block the cell cycle progression at G2/M...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... critical illness and associated with poor outcome. Glycaemic control using insulin may decrease morbidity and mortality. Many questions remain about the cause of critical illness hyperglycaemia ... studies may employ other meth- ods to more directly assess insulin resistance in patients, such as hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamping techniques, homeostasis model assessment-estimated...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:22

... relatively easy to use, and nurses and physicians can easily be taught how to interpret recordings. SR-BIS and recorded EEG traces are continuously displayed, thus enabling continuous monitor- ing ... are required, combining pharma- cokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies with continuous EEG and BIS monitoring. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing intere...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20