... echocardiography is gaining acceptance as a powerful diagnostic tool in this setting [1]. In recent years, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) has gained increasing accept- ance as a means of noninvasively assessing ... echocardiography examination. Although there are increasing data supporting the role of TDI in clinical cardiology [12], there are scant data regarding its application to cr...
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... therapy [2]. Competing interests: None of the authors have any potential financial or non- financial competing interests. References 1. Morgan C, Zappitelli M, Gill P: Statin prophylaxis and inflamma- tory ... Takala J: Administration of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-methyl-L-arginine hydrochloride (546C88) by intravenous infusion for up to 72 hours can promote the resolution of shoc...
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Báo cáo y học: "Risk factors in critical illness myopathy during the early course of critical illness: a prospective observational study" pot
... 10117 Berlin, Germany, 3 Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutritional Medicine, Charité University Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany, 4 Institute ... dmCMAP. Discussion In this observational study we investigated predisposing risk factors leading to non-excitable muscle membrane indicating CIM during early critical illness. The main fin...
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Báo cáo y học: "Tissue engineering in the rheumatic diseases" ppsx
... purpose, 3D in vitro high-density chondrocyte pellet and alginate cultures help to preserve/regain the chondrocyte phenotype following monolayer expansion by offering cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions ... demonstrated by alcian blue staining of cartilage proteoglycans and by antibody staining of (d) collagen type I and (e) cartilage-specific collagen type II. (f) Negative IgG control....
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Báo cáo y học: "Tissue fibrocytes in patients with mild asthma: A possible link to thickness of reticular basement membrane" pptx
... being collagen producing cells. The cells were therefore stained for prolyl-4-hydroxylase, a protein critically involved in collagen synthesis, and pro- collagen I. Prolyl-4-hydroxylase/CD45RO could ... differentiation into α-SMA expressing myofibroblasts in these patients. It should be noted that the patients included in this study is very homogenous since they did not show any distinc...
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Báo cáo y học: " Handheld computers in critical care" pot
... particularly in technology- oriented areas such as critical care. Electronic patient records require a major commitment by the institution, in hardware, software, training, and support. In many places, bedside ... the PDA’s infrared beaming ability. As hospital policy requires a paper record, daily notes were generated by Palmprint software (Stevens Creek Soft- ware, Cupertino, CA, US...
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Báo cáo y học: "Prokinetic agents in critical care" potx
... 5-HT 4 Motility Initiates peristaltic reflex by simultaneously activating ascending excitatory and receptors on intrinsic stimulant descending inhibitory neural pathways sensory neurones 5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine. Table ... of evidence by studying 40 patients randomly assigned to either placebo or erythromycin 250 mg four times daily in 50 ml 5% dextrose. Enteral feeding was commenced at 50...
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Báo cáo y học: "Epidemiology studies in critical care" pps
... healthcare delivery strategies. Those studies that include longitudinal data provide important additional insights into sepsis epidemiology while minimizing seasonal influences. Continued investigation ... fatality rates approaching 50%. The data confirm previous secular trends in the incidence and mortality of sepsis [2-4] and define the severity of disease and heterogeneity of case-mix ty...
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Báo cáo y học: "Novel biomarkers in critical care: utility or futility" pot
... population clinical research in critical care medicine and the dangers of extrapolating population- centred, relatively uncomplicated, limited, single-organ patho- physiology to the critically ill patient. ... purposes) Critical Care Vol 11 No 6 Ackland and Mythen novel biomarkers in the general critically ill population. This would seem a crucial step to justify the continued efforts...
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