Báo cáo y học: "B-type natriuretic levels in critically ill patients: critically misleadin" pps

... endo- toxin will cross from the intestinal lumen into the sys- temic circulation and the absorbed endotoxin will rapidly be removed by monocytes, particularly resident kupffer cells within the ... between endotoxin and insulin levels, as well as insulin resistance. As insulin resistance is almost universally present in NAFLD, chronic endotoxinaemia may be of particular importance in this...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... the NFκB path- way, thus sCD14 levels are strongly associated with endo- toxin levels. This, in turn, induces the expression of inflammatory mediators (adipocytokines) such as leptin, tumour necrosis ... under typical physiological conditions. In normal circumstances, only small amounts of endo- toxin will cross from the intestinal lumen into the sys- temic circulation and the absorbed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 06:22

... In animal models resistin is clearly linked to obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, in which hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia increase resistin expres- sion [10]. Murine resistin ... to be closely correlated to hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia, and insulin resistance in several studies [14,26,27]. In contrast, other studies could not verify these findings in insulin-res...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... offered by atypical drugs, which were not yet in use at the time of this study, will allow advances in pharmacological treatment. Acknowledgements The study was fully supported by Eli Lilly Italia EPICA ... used in this study [9]. Severity of a total of 24 symp- toms, grouped in 6 different domains, was evaluated using a 7-point rating scale ranging from 'not present' to &ap...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... study was to examine the validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-100 Greek version and assess its suitability for identifying differences in QoL between mentally ill, physically ill and healthy individu- als. In ... purposes) factory alpha scores observed in the composite physical health domain. Investigating the instrument's ability to discriminate between healthy and non-health...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... regulatory loop by generating knock -in mouse lines expressing the 75 9Y to F mutation. Commentary Altered signalling thresholds in T lymphocytes cause autoimmune arthritis Andrew P Cope Kennedy Institute ... tyrosine kinase-2 to the receptor complex (for review [4,5]). Receptor engagement leads to phosphorylation of tyrosine residues in the cytoplasmic domain of gp130. Phosphotyrosine...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... of PSS were defined by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) [2] as Figure 1 Stromal periductal proliferation arranged within fat tissue (hematoxylin and eosin stain; original magnification, ... 14-year-old Arabic boy with no history of disease who was presented to our hospital one year ago with a nodule of the right breast that was gradually increasing in size. Upon clinical exami...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... started on incrementally increasing prednisolone every other day. Regular moni- toring of his respiratory function was also initiated. His respiratory function worsened over the next 3 days. His ... actually reflects a “double hit” phenomenon of defective neuro- muscular transmission secondary to antibody-mediated post-synaptic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction in com- bination with a stat...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:23

... disability. A review of our patient showed that the pinnae and external auditory canal appeared normal, while the tympanic membrane was intact and bilaterally shiny. Tuning-fork tests (Rinne and ... during the active phase of the illness as illustrated in the above case series. Further deterioration in hearing over time may be recorded even after full recov- ery, as shown in Case 1. Cum...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 19:21

... D) Figure 2 Biopsy specimen of the brain lesion. A, infiltrating foamy macrophages (arrows) and reactive astrocytes (block arrows) on hematoxylin and eosin stain of a deep white matter biopsy. B, positive ... hospital stay, and he died 3.5 months after his diagnosis. Introduction Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rapidly advancing demyelinating disorder of the central nerv...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22