Báo cáo y học: "Biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation and fibrinolysis predict mortality in acute lung injury" doc

... Mann–Whitney U test. Figure 2 Biomarkers of disordered coagulation and fibrinolysis in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndromeBiomarkers of disordered coagulation and fibrinolysis in acute ... syndromeBiomarkers of inflammation in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Comparison of plasma levels of biomarker...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... variety of cells, including leukocytes and endothelial cells. Specific antagonism of adenosine-dependent effects by methylxanthines, caffeine, and theophylline originally led to the discovery of ... adenosine in PMN-dependent inflammatory responses has evoked growing interest in studying the role played by adenosine and AR in ALI. Adenosine is constitutively released into th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... The extent of osteoarthritis was determined by analyzing plain hand radiographs. The outcome of a principal component analysis of osteoarthritis scores of a total of 28 joints of both hands was used ... form of OA is that of the hand [2]. Evidence of a genetic influence on OA originates from various studies, including those on family history and familial cluster- ing, twin...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:23

... Veys EM: Involvement of the zygapophy- seal joint in ankylosing spondylitis: relation to the bridging syndesmophyte. J Rheumatol 1999, 26:1738-1745. 6. Simkin PA, Downey DJ, Kilcoyne RF: Apophyseal ... marrow edema as detected by histopathology in the zygapophyseal joints of the lumbar spine was found by MRI in three of eight patients with AS (Table 1). Most interest- ingly, in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... School of Medicine, University of Abant İ zzet Baysal, Bolu, Turkey. 3 Department of Emergency, School of Medicine, University of Abant İzzet Baysal, Bolu, Turkey. 4 Department of Thoracic Surgery, ... thoracotomy. An injury 5 mm in length and 2mm in depth was created in the left lung parenchyma using a scalpel. In the control group (Group I), no interventions were mad...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... effect. Nitric oxide, which is synthesized in the body from L-arginine, oxygen, and a variety of other cofactors by a family of enzymes known as nitric oxide synthases [12], was originally referred to as endothelium-derived ... for increasing nitric oxide, includ- ing regular exercise training [25,26] and modification of dietary intake to include more fruits, vegetables, and Tab...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... present study ensured adequate energy intake for weight maintenance throughout the study thereby minimizing the influence of energy needs on glucose disposal. Level of dietary protein can affect ... utilization by: 1) influencing fasted and postprandial insulin secre- tion; and 2) providing amino acids which serve as sub- strates and mediators of hepatic gluconeogenesis [4,15]. I...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... titrated and single clones were randomly picked and subjected to analysis by capture ELISA and DNA sequenc- ing. Antibody binding assay (ELISA) A capture ELISA was used to identify peptide phage bind- ing ... may be useful for the devel- opment of an HIV vaccine. In this study we aimed to identify key epitopes of HIV-1 Env involved in the broadly cross neutralizing capacity of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... a single SOFA-score at admission [17]. A high delta SOFA indicates increasing organ dysfunction dur- ing ICU stay, and was expected to be highly predictive of mor- tality. In contrast, discrimination ... [5,7,10,13,14,18,19,21] and in one study mortality type was unspecified [16]. One study evalu- ated both ICU and hospital mortality [14]. Missing data Study characteristics th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... day one on the maximum PINP and PIIINP and maximum lactate level (P < 0.001 for both PINP and PIIINP) and PINP and PIIINP and liver and kid- ney-specific SOFA scores. ROC curve analysis of ... beginning of the study. Of the different organs, collagen synthesis in lungs has been most profoundly studied in critical illness. ARDS is the most severe manifestation of...

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