Báo cáo y học: "Bench-to-bedside review: Rare and common viral infections in the intensive care unit – linking pathophysiology to clinical presentatio" ppt

... of Review Bench -to- bedside review: Rare and common viral infections in the intensive care unit – linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation Nicholas Stollenwerk, Richart W Harper and Christian E Sandrock Division ... Comparatively, viral respiratory infec- tions are less common in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting but still play an...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Berlin, Germany), and serum for cytokine and PCT determination was collected in sterile tubes. Serum samples were stored at –3 0°C until assayed in Nu-6511E (Nuare, Tokyo, Japan). The treating clinicians ... were blinded to the PCT results, and those per- forming the PCT assays were blinded to the clinical status of the patient. The PCT results were not availabl...

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... was stopped. In the remaining two patients no other clinical cause of the coma was apparent. The only other agent used routinely in these patients that could have significantly contributed to their ... midazolam ther- apy by continuous infusion either before (e.g. in operating theatres) or during the course of their ICU admission, and who were 'slow to wake' a...

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... outcome evaluation to guide future decision-making on this widely discussed issue. Their findings indicate that, in such a setting, an increase in guideline adherence contributes to the improvement ... J, Pinsky MR: Epidemiology of severe sepsis in the United States: analysis of incidence, outcome, and associated costs of care. Crit Care Med 2001, 29:1303-1310. 4. Martin GS...

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... colonization at the catheter skin insertion site or the infusion line, and include: Adequate knowledge and use of care protocols; qualifi ed personnel involved in catheter changing and care; use ... series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum/series/yearbook. Further information about the Yearbook of Intensive Care...

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... ICU, intensive care unit; ROS, reactive oxygen species. inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β [9,62]. Taken together, antioxidant formation and a shift toward anti-inflam- matory cytokines during ... shift toward increased production of anti-inflammatory cytokines [9]. Typically, IL-6 (which has anti-inflammatory properties) is the first cytokine to rise during exercise, increas...

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... activation may therefore be important in determining clinical outcomes. Commentary Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia during renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit Andrew Davenport Royal Free ... thrombocytopenia or circuit clotting [1]. Heparin administration and dosing, and also the presence of other antibodies – including those directed to platelet cyt...

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... foot pain without any trigger events. Although treatment, including physiotherapy and NSAID administration, was initiated in another clinic, the pain and swelling of his right foot progressively worsened, ... 6:105-122. 6. Doury P: Algodystrophy: revlex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. Clin Rheumatol 1988, 7:173-180. 7. Kozin F: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. Curr Opin Rheumato...

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... combined with mutant D to create mutant E. Introduction of the Y7 12C mutation to WT and the Env mutants A, B, C, D, and E resulted in the generation of the Y, YA, YB, YC, YD, and YE mutants. The ... flow cytometry analysis are shown in Figure 4. Once again, the samples have been separated into two series: those containing the WT Y 712 motif and those contain...

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... deletion of all of the viral genes and most of the LTR elements are essential to the safety of this vector system [1- 3]. The self-inactivating vector (SIN) with minimal sequence in the viral LTR has ... region in the SIN nlCre reporter construct as illustrated in Fig. 3B. U3C includes the two NFκB, three Sp1 binding sites, and the TATA Box. U3B extends further...

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