... CF do not deal with this challenge appropriately. In this review, we ask two questions: Why do the lungs of patients with CF become infected? And why do they not clear these infections? Why do ... mucociliary escalator in the non -cystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis (CF) airwaysFigure 2 Schematic Representation of the mucociliary escalator in...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20
... serum of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). The aim of the study was to examine the expression and biological roles of GDF-15 in the lung of patients with pulmonary ... contributions to the analysis and interpretation of the data. TW and MMH participated in the design of the study. MG critically read and corrected the...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo y học: " Autonomic Dysfunction Presenting as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis"
... on the symptoms of POTS in MS patient. The nature of the severity of symptom improvement and/ or worsening with medication was again subjec- tive and not assessed by a response to HUTT. These ... therapy Response to therapy was subjectively assessed in each patient. None of the patients underwent a repeat HUTT test for objective assessment of symptom re- sponse to...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39
Báo cáo y học: "A2B adenosine receptor activity is reduced in neutrophils from patients with systemic sclerosis" ppt
... in the vast majority of cases by the presence of antinuclear antibodies [1]. SSc may affect virtually any organ of the body, includ- ing skin, gastrointestinal tract, lungs, heart, kidneys, and musculoskeletal ... to investigate coupling of the A 2B AR to the adenylyl cyclase pathway. This is the first report of the use of Western blot analysis to confirm the p...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22
Báo cáo y học: "DAS28: a useful instrument to monitor infliximab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" pps
... increase the dose of infliximab. Only a few other studies used external criteria for high and low disease activity to study the validity of the Disease Activity Score and the DAS28. In a study performed ... found in the study (see Figure 1 in [1]). Moreover, the use of sensitivity, specificity, and so on, does not reflect the way the DAS28 is used, as one would not...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo y học: "Three novel beta-galactosidase gene mutations in Han Chinese patients with GM1 gangliosidosis are correlated with disease severity" ppsx
... contributions JYW conceived and designed the study. CFY performed molecular analysis and transient expression, and drafted the manuscript. FJT participated in the design of the study and critically reviewed ... clinical phenotype. Methods: One of the two Han Chinese patients with GM1 presented with the juvenile form, and the other with the infantile form...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21
Báo cáo y học: " Prolonged-release melatonin versus placebo for benzodiazepine discontinuation in patients with schizop" pdf
... time is normally distributed with a mean of 8 weeks and a standard deviation (SD) of 2 weeks in the placebo groupandameanof16weeksandaSDof2weeksin the melatonin group. Finally, the dose at follow-up ... patients who may gain advantage of the resul ts. This gro up of patients is difficult to treat and therefore often subject to polypharmacy which may play a role in t...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Cricothyroidotomy for elective airway management in critically ill trauma patients with technically challenging neck anatomy" pps
... simplicity and shortened procedural time of the cricothyroidotomy. The two classic articles by Jackson in 1909 and 1921 con- demned cricothyroidotomy and ‘high tracheostomy’ as the major cause of chronic ... to the larynx and the vocal cords, and that they needed to be changed to a standard tracheostomy possibly within hours, but certainly within days. This was not a...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21
Báo cáo y học: " Increased blood flow by insulin infusion targeting normoglycemia in patients with severe sepsis: friend or foe" ppt
... characteristics, particu larly concerning the severity of the shock, as well as the nonblinded nature of the study, however, may have played a confounding role. Nevertheless, if the increase in forearm ... in the current study by Žuran and colleagues between the forearm fl ow and the insulin doses, largely explained by one outlier, does not suffi ce to conclude that...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21
Báo cáo y học: " An open letter to George M Philip, President of the State University of New York At Al" potx
... stance (partly, I’m sure, in relief that they didn’t get the axe them selves) are still going to be on your side in the future? I’m reminded of the fable by Aesop of the Travelers and the Bear: ... faculty would love to talk with you about it - if only you had a Russian department, which now, of course, you don’t. en there’s the question of whether the stat...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:23