Báo cáo y học: "Prognostic value of brain natriuretic peptide in acute pulmonary embolism" docx

... value of troponins in acute pulmonary embolism. Circulation 2007, 116:427-433. Key messages • Elevated brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels can help to identify patients with acute pulmonary embolism ... death in acute pulmonary embo- lism. CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom. Figure 4 Plot of symmetric summary receiver operator characteristic (SRO...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Eckardstein A, Maggiorini M: Comparable increase of B-type natriuretic peptide and amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with severe sepsis, septic shock, and acute ... both natriuretic and vasodilatory eff ects, counter- ing the renin-angiotensin system. Stretch of myocytes is not exclusive to heart failure and, indeed, in critically ill pat...

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... concentrations and 24-hour and in- hospital mortali- ty. The best cutoff value of six-hour lactate in predicting 24-hour mortality was 7.1 mmol/l, with a sensitivity of 64%, specificity of 61%. ROC Curve . ... 14:R47 http://ccforum.com/content/14/2/R47 Page 5 of 11 ratio of 2.41 (95% CI, 2.04 to 3.26) and correct classifica- tion rate of 73%. Regarding the secondary endpoin...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... 14:R173 http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/R173 Page 6 of 8 carry a better prognosis, possibly because brain injury is less severe (thus they are effectively treated with induced hypothermia and sedatives). Indeed, one patient in our cohort, ... exact prognostic value of cEEG findings during TH in patients * Correspondence: mauro.oddo@chuv.ch † Contributed equally 2 Department of I...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... H: Brain natriuretic peptide- 32: N-terminal six amino acid extended form of brain natriuretic peptide identified in porcine brain. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988, 155:726-732. 9. Komatsu Y, ... outcome. Introduction The natriuretic peptide family consists of three distinc- tive members: atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... years have witnessed the emergence of a new paradigm in the treatment strategy for RA, involving early Commentary The value of sensitive imaging modalities in rheumatoid arthritis Peter C Taylor The ... space are robust, showing reproducible delineation of synovial thickening in small joints of the hands in patients with active RA, the analysis of such images does not nece...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... through interactions with intact HA in order to maintain cell integrity and decrease lung injury, but also mediate macrophage inflammatory responses to HA fragments following chemically induced ... epithelium of the terminal bronchi lead- ing to a lower respiratory tract infection and ALI/ARDS [90,91]. Modeling of H5N1 infection in mice repro duced the pattern of damage seen in hu...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... has been clearly established that mechanical ventilation can induce acute lung injury (ALI) by causing hyperinflation of healthy lung regions and repetitive opening and closing of unstable lung ... absence of LIP. Study design Before the beginning of the study, volemic status of the patients was checked according to pulmonary artery catheter (if the patient needed one before stu...

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... in at least 10% of invasive carcinoma cells or presence of mem- branous staining in less than 30% provided that the staining is intense (++) Score 3: Presence of intense staining surrounding ... Training and Research Hospital 1st Biochemistry Clinic 3. Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Oncology 4. İzmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital 1st Pathology Clinic  Correspo...

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... investigation of pathways that lead to disease, well into the future. Introduction The history of genome-wide mapping of disease-causing genes began in 1980, when linkage analysis by use of anony- mous ... more efficient by minimizing the cost of genotyping. By creating 1,000 recombinant inbred lines from eight founder strains that are first intercrossed to mix the genomes and the...

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