Báo cáo y học: " Procalcitonin in liver transplantation: are high levels due to donors or recipient" docx

... days after liver transplantation and resection. The findings of the study are interesting for two reasons. First, as in major abdominal surgery, procalcitonin levels increase transiently for ... transient increase is highly dependent on the type of immunomodulatory therapy the patient is receiving, which gives insight into the physiology and pathophysiology of the procalcitonin po...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... leucocyte antigen; IL = interleukin; IRF5 = interferon regulatory factor 5; MMP = matrix metalloproteinase; PADI4 = peptidylarginine deiminase 4; PTPN22 = protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor ... personalized medicine in RA, thereby reducing avoidable joint destruction due to undertreatment and also lessening complications due to overtreatment. Competing interests The authors de...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... a respiratory infection history with possible remains not related to A. cantonensis previous infection. Case 2 is a 10-year-old Caucasian Cuban boy; suffer- ing from eosinophilic meningoencephalitis ... C4 levels were quantified by using an immunodiffusion technique. Immunoglobulin E in serum was quantified by nephelometry and mannose-binding lectin by time-resolved fluorometry. Mannose...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... cells, in particular type 1 cytokine-secreting T cells. This interaction between immune and central nervous systems is important for preventing excessive inflammatory reactions in intensive care ... which increases susceptibility to infection. In addition, high levels of corticosteroids and catecholamines induce apoptosis of lymphocytes, resulting in defects in the adaptive im...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... pulmonary exacer- bations in adults with cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2006, 61:425-429. : Key points in history indicating the reflux origin of the cough Hoarseness or a problem with the voice Clearing ... insufficiency continues to be major cause of morbidity and mortal- ity.[1] The main respiratory manifestations include chronic bacterial colonisation, cough, bronchiectasis, haemoptysis,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... physiological meaning and so it is tempting to try to avoid making coordinate transformations that combine the variables into physically ambiguous combinations. (Transformations re- quired for ... become important when one models coupled cells where such intrinsic transient dynamics might play a role in forming new attractors. In many physiological models, we are interested in the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20

... successfully thrombolysed acute inferior myocardial infarction due to type A aortic dissection with lethal consequences: the importance of early cardiac echocardiography Grigorios Tsigkas 1 , Georgios ... bleeding. Stanford type A aortic dissection, rarely may mimic myocardial infarction. We report a case of a patient with an inferior STEMI thrombolysed with tenecteplase and followed by c...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... efore, is necessary prior to the prescription of the medication. Introduction Neostigmine, generally used in combination with bro- mide or methylsulfate, is an acetylcholine esterase inhi- bitor ... liquid in her dorsal cul de sac space. Considering the patient’s medical record, there was no evidence of any underlying diseases or positive history of allergic reactions to food or...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... for clinical and AK for laboratory work, all contributed to the writing of the article. All authors have seen and approved the final manuscript. Acknowledgements Anaerobe Reference Laboratory, ... Solobacterium moorei, though rarely described, may also have clinically significant pathogenic potential. Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing inter- ests. Authors...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:23

... denied any symptomatic night pain, locking, or a giving way of his knee. The patient was otherwise fit and well. His medical history was unremarkable and he was only taking ibuprofen for the pain. Upon ... is caused by metaplasia of the synovium into chon- drocytes [1]. The aetiology of the disease is uncertain. Milligram classified the disease into three phases: early (activ e intrasynov i...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20