Báo cáo y học: "Impact of intraoperative lung-protective interventions in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery" pot

... thoracotomy. Thoracic epidural anesthesia was initi- ated intraoperatively and continued postoperatively until chest-drain removal. Intraoperatively, intravenous crystalloids were infused at a rate of ... distress syndrome [12]. Considering the potential injurious effects of large tidal volume in patients with healthy lungs undergoing short-term one -lung ventilation, we hypothesiz...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) are the principal factors involved in the differentiation of the osteo- clast (Figure 1) and RANKL is expressed by activated T lymphocytes [1]; lymphocytes express ... by which T lymphocytes may support osteoclast formation directly is as a consequence of IL-7 production, and this appears to be mediated by a RANKL-independent process Commenta...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... a tertiary level of health care system. The find- ings in community sample attending primary or second- ary centres may be different. Variables which may be clinically relevant regarding outcome ... staff in community, improving their skills in assessment and management may help in dealing with more cases in com- munity effectively in time before the duration of ingestion and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... global assessment of disease activity com- pleted by the examining physician or nurse, 10-point pain scale, MHAQ, and ESR. In place of the patient global assessment required by the definition [25], ... walking velocity, and shirt button speed in consecutive RA patients attending scheduled appointments at six rheumatology clinics, repeating these measurements after a median interval...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... prevalence of vitamin D deficiency of 62% in dark-skinned individuals in a cross-sectional study of HIV-positive individuals. In their study, patients on an NNRTI-based therapy had lower vitam in D ... vitamin D deficiency [2]. Cholecalciferol is metabolized into 25-dihydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH)D] in the liver and into its active form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25-(OH ) 2 D]...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... heavily infiltrated. Figure 5 The CLINICAL ARRAYS Human Papillomavirus Kit was used for HPV typing. The combination of the three dark diagonal points indicates the presence of HPV-66 typing. The ... Germany) according to the manu- facturer’ s instructions. The quality and integrity of extracted DNA were assessed by PCR amplification of an amplico n of the interferon (IFN)-g gene and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... subset of 177 patients, i ndices of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and sleep quality were obtained using trained interviewers as described in another study of our group [13,14] applying ... previously [6,20,21]. In our sample, these findings were reinforced by our findings that both congestiv e heart failure and myocardial infarc- tion were independent predictors of bei...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... role of recruited PIMs in endotoxin-induced mortality in a BDL rats. It is striking that depletion of a single inflammatory cell results in remarkable reduction in key inflammatory cytokines, inhibition ... phagocyte system in 13 species. Am J Physiol 1999, 276(1 Pt 1):L146-L154. 10. Warner AE, Decamp MM, Molina RM, Brain JD: Pulmonary removal of circulating endotoxin results...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... are initially increased after burn injury. In our study the TC levels were surprisingly low, (8.8 ± 3.9 μg/ dL) for the degree of stress and indeed fall into the range observed in healthy volunteers ... activity of 11 betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 enzyme, can diffuse into the interstitium [15], thus contributing to the interstitial pool of free cortisol. Other factors may influ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... the clinical significance of these findings. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee. Results Two hundred and ninety-three patients were included in this study. The patients ... to evaluate the incidence of synchro- nous appendiceal neoplasm in patients with resectable CRC in a university hospital, and to determine the clinical significance of these find...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21