... modify the therapeutic approach remains elusive. The impact of AF on mortality is not clearly demonstrated in the ICU, with AF re ecting essentially the severity of the underlying disease. © ... to develop AF in the ICU is largely superior to that of the general population but diff ers with regard to the type of ICU involved. Indeed, the risk is estimated...
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... by inhibiting the synthesis of colla- gen and PG, enhancing MMP activity, reducing the synthe- sis of an IL-1 receptor antagonist by chondrocytes, and increasing susceptibility to cell injury ... [32]. Cytokines produced by the synovium and chondrocytes, especially IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), are also key players in the degradation of cartilage [29]. IL-1β...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21
Báo cáo y học: "Uric acid is a strong independent predictor of renal dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" docx
... at exploring the hypothesis that UA might be the link between CVD and renal dysfunction in patients with RA. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that focuses on the role of UA ... performed the statistical analysis and assisted in manuscript preparation. KMJD and RK participated in data acquisition and assisted in manuscript preparation. GDK conceiv...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22
Báo cáo y học: "Small ruminant feed systems: perceptions and practices in the transitional zone of Ghan" docx
... feeds’ they knew and these were listed in the order given. In cultural domain analysis, it is considered that the higher an item is on the list, the more salient it is to the infor- mant. Fre elists ... socio-economic factors and the feed system and how these relate to ani- mal performance. The overall objective of this study was, therefore, to understand the...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21
Báo cáo y học: " Oral melanoacanthoma: a case report and review of the literature" ppsx
... acanthosis, spongiosis, melanin pigmentation, inflammatory cell exocytosis and numerous dendritic melanocytes distributed diffusely in the suprabasal and spinous layers. A chronic inflammatory cell ... clinically by the sudden appearance and rapid growth of a macular brown-black lesion and histologically by acanthosis of the superficial epithelium and proliferation of dendriti...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo y học: " Disseminated cysticercosis: a case report and review of the literature" pps
... intermediate host, the pig. To develop cysticercosis, a human has to replace the pig in the T. solium life cycle and the eggs must mature within the human small intestine as they would do in the pig's ... responded to therapy. Conclusion: Wide spread dissemination is a rare complication of cysticercosis. A planned approach to therapy is required. Introduction...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: " Molecular analysis of HBV genotypes and subgenotypes in the Central-East region of Tunisia" potx
... transition to subgenotype D1 in the East of the continent. HBV genetic variability may lead to wrong results in rapid genotyping methods and sequence analysis is needed to clarify atypical results. Background Hepatitis ... probably regular human migration between Tunisia and Italy. Limitation of our study is obviously the relative short fragment stu- died to construct ou...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:20
Báo cáo y học: " Age of red blood cells and mortality in the critically ill" ppsx
... after hospital discharge to establish their 90-day survival; such follow-up might have affected our findings. The study comprised only Aus tralian and New Zealand ICUs and its findings may not apply to other ... that the adminis- tration of RBCs and the hemoglobin trigger used for the administration of RBCs may affect patient morbidity and mortality [9-18]. More recently,...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21
Báo cáo y học: "Activation of HIV-1 expression and replication by cGMP dependent protein kinase type 1-β (PKG1β)" docx
... interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing inter- ests. Authors' contributions JHL and VY carried out the experiments. JHL, VY, and KTJ conceived of the study and wrote the manuscript. Acknowledgements Work ... cGMP-independent effect manifested mechanis- tically. On the other hand, it is well-accepted that a major intracellular signaling pathway for NO...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:22
Báo cáo y học: "Pro/con debate: Is the scoop and run approach the best approach to trauma services organization" doc
... importantly, ALS – and stay and play – is a very heterogeneous concept. Who is staying, how they are playing and their skills sets might have tremendous influence on outcome, but are so poorly characterized ... any study of prehospital interventions [14]. Efforts to simply dichotomize prehospital systems into either ALS type or BLS type do not sufficiently take into account this h...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22