Báo cáo y học: "Diagnostic utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients with pulmonary edema: a prospective cohort study" pot

... serum creatinine may not always accurately reflect creatinine clearance, and excluding patients on the basis of a more sensitive measure of renal dysfunction (such as a creat- inine clearance of less ... left many results in an intermediate and non-diagnostic range. Overlapping cases of ALI/ARDS and cardiac dysfunction are common in critically ill patients and will pro...

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... Acquisition of Ab in critically ill patients in ICU; medical and surgical ICU in Spain 75 patients (48 infected and 27 colonized) with Ab 75 patients without any Ab isolation (1) Age (± 6 years); ... significantly increased in patients with A. baumannii infection in three of five studies examining this outcome. The increase in mortality of patients...

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... cause both natriuretic and vasodilatory eff ects, counter- ing the renin-angiotensin system. Stretch of myocytes is not exclusive to heart failure and, indeed, in critically ill patients many ... culty, but in selected patients there are indications that its use may be of value in predicting outcome and perhaps in the future also in guiding therapy Abbreviations BNP =...

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... radioim- munoassay (Immuno Biological Laboratories, Hamburg, Ger- many). Sample dilution to within the linear range of the assay was undertaken as necessary. The values of intra-assay preci- sion ... solubility of melatonin in the formulation, alterations in bioavailability, and clearance. Orally administered melatonin is subject to an extensive 'first-pass effect', with...

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... of malignancy when comparing mortality of hemato-oncological patients and of nononcologi- cal patients. Conclusion In the examined population, critically ill hemato-oncological patients had a longer ... hematological malignancy was categorized into high- grade malignancy (acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lym- phoblastic leukemia and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)...

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... detection of ACPAs in immunoblot assays and in an ELISA, resulting in an assay with 52% sensitivity at a specificity of 95% in a cohort of patients with established disease [9,10]. An ELISA using a cyclic ... that individual Figure 2 Scatter plot: AhFibA assay versus anti-CCP2 assay in population 1Scatter plot: AhFibA assay versus anti-CCP2 assay in population...

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... serve as a novel class of biomarkers in critically ill patients. According to preclinical and clinical valida- tion, circulating Ang-1 and Ang-2 can be reliably assessed by novel immunoassays in ... prognostic value of circulating Ang-1 and Ang-2 in this cohort of critically ill patients. In an ongoing prospective trial we shall try to delin- eate the prognostic...

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... Sipe TA, Thacker SB: Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for report- ing. JAMA 2000, 283:2008-2012. 14. Zamora J, Abraira V, Muriel A, Khan K, Coomarasamy A: Meta- Disc: ... individual and to potentially improve patient outcome. Acute PE is frequently accompanied not only by dyspnoae, but also by RV dysfunction leading to BNP release. In hemodynamicall...

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... Hornstein D, Jo e A, Lauzier F, Singh J, Karachi T, Wiebe K, Olafson K, Ramsey C, Sharma S, Dodek P, et al.: Critically ill patients with 2009 in uenza A( H1N1) infection in Canada. JAMA 2009, ... Acosta M, Winter K, Jean C, Gavali S, Schechter R, Vugia D, Harriman K, Matyas B, Glaser CA, Samuel MC, Rosenberg J, Talarico J, Hatch D; California Pandemic (H1N1) Working Group:...

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... hepatic insufficiency, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring oxygen ther- apy, refractory anaemia (iron deficiency, aplastic anaemia) or acute anaemia (haemolytic anaemia, pulmonary ... resus- citation, vasopressor agents were administered. All patients received noradrenaline or noradrenaline/dobutamine. Noradrenaline was administered to 29 patients and noradren- alin...

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