Báo cáo y học: "Diagnostic utility of the soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with bilateral lung infiltrates" pps

... 0.470 BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; sTREM-1, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1; CPIS, Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score; CI, confidence interval. Key messages • The sTREM-1 concentration ... 1 of 7 (page number not for citation purposes) Vol 12 No 1 Research Diagnostic utility of the soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... Echocardiography was performed in 96% of patients, but RHC was performed in only 13 cases (9%). The etiology of the 53 patients with ALI/ARDS con- sisted of 30 with in trapulmonary diseases [including 20 cases ... timing of the examin ation. The BNP levels of all patients in our study were measured within 2 hrs after visiting the emergency room, while the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... detected in seven of the eight children infected with multiple viruses, including all three patients infected with a coronavirus. Of the 14 children with a single infection, nine had RSV. The other five ... uracil-DNA glycosylase (UNG) for control of contamina- tion in the PCR-based amplification of (c)DNA as well as the closed-tube detection system [3]. In add...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... for confounding by coexisting or overlapping conditions of lung injury and hydrostatic pulmonary edema, we performed a pro- spective clinical trial of the diagnostic utility of BNP in selected patients with ... dysfunction are common in critically ill patients and will probably limit the clinical utility of BNP test- ing in this setting. In addition, serial sam...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... levels of these kinases (provided they contain eIF4F complexes under a given condition). Secondly, the primary determinant of eIF4E phosphorylation in cells mainly expressing an Mnk2 isoform will ... along the 5¢-UTR, until the initiation codon (AUG) of the open reading frame is recognized by the anticodon of the Met-tRNA (not shown). The interaction of the RNA wi...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... for- mation in the developing embryo by antagonizing Ang-1- induced autophosphorylation of Tie2 [6]. Transgenic mouse models of Tie2/Ang-1 result in embryonic lethality due to absence of remodeling ... in RA is not consistent with these findings and this may be due to the fact that the inflammatory milieu in RA synovial tissue is far more complex than the in vitro sy...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:24

... Excision of the neuroma and reconstruction of the nerve was also the best treatment of the pain. In our patients, the early explora- tion and reconstruction of the brachial plexus not only improved ... brachial plexus usually result in lesions- in- continuity, but, the patients with a large majority of these lesions -in- continu- ity had complete functional l...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... Inhibition of the expression of inducible cyclooxygenase and proinflam- matory cytokines by sesquiterpene lactones in macrophages correlates with the inhibition of MAP kinases. Biochem Biophys Res ... reduced. Conclusion In summary, parthenolide selectively modulated proin- flammatory cytokine gene expression in vivo. Only one gene, IL-6, was modestly suppressed which contra...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... understanding of heroin cravings. The initial version of the CCBQ consisted of 20 items trans- lated from the English version of CBQ into Mandarin with responses given on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from ... to determining the necessity of a factor analysis. The initial validity of the CCBQ was assessed using a principal components analysis (PCA) of a corr...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:23

... phalanx of digit one. The muscul ature of the plantar foot is often described in layers. There are four layers with layer one being the most superficial and layer four being the deepest layer. The ... burning in the sole of the foot and may include pain in the inferior calcaneus. Nerve conduction and electromyographic studies are * Correspondence: kathy.galloway@...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24