Báo cáo y học: " Usefulness of open lung biopsy in mechanically ventilated patients with undiagnosed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates: influence of comorbidities and organ dysfunction" pdf

... Auffray JP, Gouin F: Open- lung biopsy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Anesthesi- ology 1998, 88:935-944. 16. Lachapelle KJ, Morin JE: Benefit of open lung biopsy in patients with ... Mountain CF, McMurtrey MJ: Open lung biopsy in immunocompromised patients. Chest 1984, 86:671-674. 24. Chuang ML, Lin IF, Tsai YH, Vintch JR, Pang LC: The...

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... aim of this study was to analyze the repercussion of PEEP-ZEEP technique on the cardiorespiratory sys- tem and evaluate its safety in patients submitted to a coronary artery bypass graft surgery ... (CABG). Method Study population Fifteen patients (11 men, 60 ± 8 years) in their first cardiac surgery were prospectively included in this study per- formed in a tertiary cardiol...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... [1,2]. The incidence of aspiration of gastric contents is high in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and even higher in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients. Gastroin- testinal tract dysmotility ... motility in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a manometric study. Crit Care Med 1994, 24:441–447. 4. Heyland DK, Toudas G, King D, Cook CJ: Impai...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... measures for patients with idiopathic inflam- matory myopathies. Development and initial validation of myositis activity and damage indices in patients with adult onset disease. Rheumatology 2004, ... obvious clinical muscle wasting is clearly in keeping with the growing body of evi- dence demonstrating that nonimmune mechanisms are involved in weakness induction in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... concept of a high FFP:pRBC ratio during early aggressive resuscitation, including massive transfusion, to decrease mortality in severely injured patients both with and without accompanying TBI. ... and organ failure, result- ing in prolonged days on ventilators and increased ICU and overall in- hospital stays [16,30]. When considering all patients included in the pres...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was preferably initiated. Patients showing clinical signs of cardiac insufficiency, having severe peripheral vascular disease, those in need of continu- ously highly dosed ... contrast, the hypothesis that timely initiation of iLA in an early phase of severe respira- tory failure, and a consequent tidal volume reduction during iLA therapy will posit...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... as injury severity and outcomes are shown in Table 2. Levels of sFas and sFasL in patients with or without sepsis after major trauma Levels of sFas and sFasL were determined in the serum of healthy ... overnight in RPMI 1640 medium containing 2 mM glutamine (Biochrom, Berlin, Germany) and sup- plemented with 100 U/mL penicillin and 100 μg/mL streptomycin (Invitro...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... with Giemsa stain following digestion of chromo- somes with trypsin. It yields a series of lightly and darkly stained bands - the dark regions tend to be heterochromatic, late-rep lic a tin ... 31% of cases 6 . Su- pernumerary teeth are frequently found in the supe- rior maxillary bone and mainly in the premaxilla (90-98%) 7 , they are often impacted (88,7%) and are o...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... ethnici- ty, level of education, and living arrangement. We assessed history of substance abuse and psychiatric illness, by both obtaining information from the patient them- selves and by reviewing ... approxi- mately 10 to 15 minutes. A score of 11 or higher is indic- ative of depression. Procedures Patients over sixty years of age were contacted upon ad- mission on all uni...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... arthritis (RA) patients and healthy individuals. Using the ability of TNF-α to stimulate RA synoviocytes, TNF-α (5 ng/ml) was combined with increasing concentrations of plasma from RA patients (0–20%). ... been observed when trying to explain loss of infliximab response by the induction of anti-mouse antibodies [11]. Once again, only the demonstration of inhibitory activity...

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