Báo cáo y học: "Procalcitonin kinetics within the first days of sepsis: relationship with the appropriateness of antibiotic therapy and the outcome" pptx
... was the appropriateness of the anti-
biotic therapy given within the first 24 hours following the
onset of sepsis (that is, first- line empirical antibiotic therapy) .
The empirical antibiotic therapy ... com-
pared by the log-rank test.
The relationship between the PCT kinetics and the appropri-
ateness of the first- line antibiotic therapy...
... blockade of TNF and
LTα) the number and the density of B cells in the synovial
membrane and the frequency of ectopic germinal centres sig-
nificantly decreased [5].
Conclusions
In summary, the present ... total
CD27
+
memory B cells were analysed in patients receiving
only MTX therapy, a remarkably broad range of distributions
was noted, with some patients with v...
... Sonde JJ.
The Results on extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in treatment of
kidney stone sized
2 cm i Vietduc Hospital
SUMMARY
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy combined with JJ stenting ... patients
with kidney stone sized
2 cm in Department of Urology, Vietduc Hospital from 9
th
Feb, 2006 to 21
th
Jun, 2007. The results showed that 31/42 patients (73.8%) were...
... syndrome: two new cases
and review of the literature. Ann Pharmacother 1999, 33:623-630.
5. Caroff SN, Mann SC and Campbell EC: Atypical antipsychotics
and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Psychiatr ... to
elucidate the common elements between NMS and SS
regarding phenomenology, pathophysiology and treat-
ment response.
Study limits
This is a retrospective analysis of the r...
... on the disease
activity score, the use of this score represents a handicap for
the evaluation of the efficacy of cyclosporin A on disease activ-
ity. On the other hand, cyclosporin A inhibits the ... efficient
treatment of RA in Spain. Throughout the follow-up of the
EMECAR cohort, the percentage of patients without any
DMARD declined while the frequency of p...
... Laboratory,
London, revealed the isolate to belong to serotype 4.
The patient made an uncomplicated reco very without
any specifi c antiviral therapy and was extubated on the
fifth day of her admission. ... the design of the study, assisted in the literature
search and wrote and revised the manuscript. DF was involved in the
design of this study, performed the...
... pressure,
congestion of the lung vessels and secondary overstres-
sing of the right side of the heart, which in turn may
result in hypoxemia, probably with acute right-sided
heart failure. Furthermore, the bone ... in
the area of the inter-atrial septum. There was no
evidence of thrombosis, and all valves were soft and com-
petent. Deep vein thrombosis of the...
... Barry TS, Wheeler DT, Yemelyanova A, Seidman JD,
Ronnett BM: Cytokeratins 7 and 20 in primary and secondary mucinous
tumors of the ovary: analysis of coordinate immunohistochemical
expression profiles ... multilayering. Therefore the possibility of
benign mucinous cystadenoma was initially proposed.
The additional sections however revealed marked atypia
of the lining epith...
... involving 448 patients with
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which they
compared standard therapy alone with standard therapy plus
a maximum of four intratracheal doses of a recombinant
surfactant ... important when they initially scored patient
factors. An explicit request from the family increased the
likelihood of admission. Possible differences between the...
... clinical
aspects.
Acknowledgements
The study was financially supported by the University of Southern Den-
mark, the M.L. Jørgensen and G. Hansens Foundation, the Research
Foundation of the Danish Medical Association, the ... gold standard bias. If the
test and imperfect gold standard are independent we can
expect that the sensitivity and specificity of the test...