Báo cáo y học: "Attributable cost of methicillin resistance: an issue that is difficult to evaluate" pps

... [1] provided further Commentary Attributable cost of methicillin resistance: an issue that is difficult to evaluate Jean-François Timsit Groupe d’épidémiologie des cancers et des affections graves ... mechanical ventilation, of central vein catheterization and of use of ICU resources [9]. This fact probably largely explained why the ICU length of stay (4 days) was...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... with patients’ current level of funct ioning and symptomatology, we have condu cted a sensitivity analy- sis. This analysis compared the total cost and cost com- ponents between patients with versus ... Ph.D., University of California at San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA; Slade E, Ph.D., (previously) Johns Hopkins University, Department of Health Policy an...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... severity of disease that results from this organism. The fact that the organism is often resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents, making it difficult to provide appropriate antibiotic therapy, and also ... sever- ity of the illness of cases and controls is the major determinant of mortality. Finally, Sofianou and colleagues [26], in a pro- spective cohort study examin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... publication of this case report and accom - panying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS FI, FMA, AS and ... with tattooed skin using this aesthetic procedure was found in literature. The intent of the case study is to highlight the use of pre-existing tattoo outline to minimi...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35

... environmental factors. The disease is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and inflam- mation in the salivary and lacrimal glands, leading to oral and ocular dryness. To understand the genetic ... exocrino- pathy in the NOD mouse and by reducing one of these regions considerably, Nguyen et al. in a recent issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy propose candidate genes for dev...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... methods to quantify TNF and other cytokines in synovial tissues. The most important finding in the present study is the observa- tion of the presence of IL-15 in synovial tissues both before and ... percentage of the total tissue area, for IL-15 neutralizing and non-neutralizing antibod- ies, IL-1α, IL-1ß and TNF mAb 2C8. Analysis of an entire tis- sue section typically involved...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... the potential role of hypoxia in the pathogenesis of RA. Why is hypoxia a feature of rheumatoid arthritis? Tissue hypoxia results from an inadequate supply of oxygen, with resultant effects on biological ... these pathways is clearly required. RA synovium is both hypoxic and expresses elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines. The HIF transcription factor family may thus rep...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... environmental factors. The disease is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and inflam- mation in the salivary and lacrimal glands, leading to oral and ocular dryness. To understand the genetic ... exocrino- pathy in the NOD mouse and by reducing one of these regions considerably, Nguyen et al. in a recent issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy propose candidate genes for dev...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... can cause immune cells to undergo a Th1 to T-helper type 2 shift and increase the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 and IL-4, while decreasing the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines ... levels of proinflammatory cyto- kine secretion correlated with reduced severity of arthritis. As AA is a Th1-mediated disease, this observation pointed to the role of Th1 cyt...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... work and acquisition of data. AFM performed the statistical analysis, interpreted the data and drafted the manu- script. SK organised and prepared the data for analysis, and assisted with some of ... expectations) and global outcome and satis- faction. Expectations, change in symptoms, and the expectations- actuality discrepancy as predictors of global rating of outcome The results...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22