... Therapy (‘Analysis of C204 and the C4 binding protein in the MRL/lpr mouse’), Wenderfer and colleagues report that deficiency in C4 binding protein, a down-regulator of the classic pathway of complement, ... damage in MRL/lpr mice. Wenderfer and colleagues [1] have carried this analysis further by examining the effect of C4 binding protein (C4bp) deficiency in the MRL/lpr mode...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22
... doses. In the absence of routine anti- factor Xa activity assays, some caution may be required before instituting blind dose increases for a group of patients who are at risk of occult bleeding ... the mechanism of increased vasomotor sensitivity to terlipressin is not known, it offers a promising alternative for management of life-threatening and intractable hypotension in sept...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21
Báo cáo y học: "Hippocrates is alive and weaning in Brazi" pptx
... can shine more brightly. The control arm is viewed as the ‘boring’ part of the trial. In critical care medicine, we have learned that the control arm is often more interesting than the intervention ... 13:R6. 2. Tobin MJ: Remembrance of weaning past: the seminal papers. Intensive Care Med 2006, 32:1485-1493. 3. Tobin MJ, Jubran A: Weaning from mechanical ventilation. In Principles and...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Timeliness of administration of vasopressors in CPR" ppt
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23
Báo cáo y học: "A comparative study of the inhibitory effects of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist following administration as a recombinant protein or by gene transfer." pps
... naturally occurring counterpart by possessing an additional amino-terminal methionine residue and lacking glycosylation [26]. In the first part of the present study similar end-point levels of transgenic ... anti-inflammatory one probably because of the low local concentrations. As suggested by our results, maintaining higher in vivo concentrations of IL-1Ra in a sustained manne...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23
Báo cáo y học: "Pre-hospital intubation by anaesthesiologists in patients with severe trauma: an audit of a Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service"
... head injuries. Working Group for Neurosurgical Intensive Care of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med 1998, 24:1221-1225. 11. Winchell RJ, Hoyt DB: Endotracheal intubation ... pre-hospital emergency medical systems (EMS), including the national helicopter emergency system (HEMS) in Norway, have used anaesthesiologists as pre- hospital emergency physicians...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 09:56
Báo cáo y học: "Prohormones for prediction of adverse medical outcome in community-acquired pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections"
... 14 distress syndrome within 30 days following inclusion. The secondary endpoint was overall survival within 30 days following study inclusion. Outcomes were assessed during hospital stay at days 3, ... available in 94.8% of patients. The most frequently missing covariate con- tained in the CURB65 score was urea which was missing in 19.1% of patients, primarily because it was only ra...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02
Báo cáo y học: "The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement"
... distinct career pathway. Involving such physicians in medical emergency teams will likely facilitate the dual roles of these as a clinical outreach arm of the intensive care unit and in identifying problems ... higher than routine incident-reporting systems, but without requiring substantial investments of additional resources. Academic centers are increasingly recognizing engagemen...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: "An unusual case of gout in the wrist: the importance of monitoring medication dosage and interaction. A case report"
... especially in the early stages of bone and joint destruction. Radio- graphs still remain the imaging examination of choice for gouty arthritis although advanced imaging techniques may be used. ... [4]. Gout is a clinical syndrome caused by the deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals into synovial, bursal, and cartilaginous tissue. The underlying metabolic disorder is hyper...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Treatment of new-onset atrial fibrillation in medical intensive care patients – a clinical framework"
... by the loss of coordinated atrial contraction, by irregularity of ventricular contraction [43], by inadequate filling time for the left ventricle due to tachycardia, and by tachycardiomyopathy [8,44]. ... correcting electro- lyte disturbances, reducing sympaticus tonus and avoiding proarrhythmic drugs. Reduction of the systemic inflammatory state is tempting but is of course always th...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35