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... in critical illness. An increased secretion of glucocorticoids by the adrenal gland is Commentary Fat tissue and adiponectin: new players in critical care? Maciej Owecki Department of Endocrinology, ... body from temperature and injury. In contrast to this concept, it is now evident that adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ secreting many kinds of adipocytokin...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... of subclinical lipoatro- phy. Our findings would also suggest that abdominal adi- posity increases more quickly in HIV-infected men with clinical lipodystophy, compared to those HIV-infected men ... http://www.statepi.jhsph.edu/macs/macs.html References 1. Grinspoon S, Carr A: Cardiovascular risk and body -fat abnor- malities in HIV-infected adults. N Engl J Med 2005, 352:48-62. 2. Lic...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... reanalyse the data using intention-to-treat analysis, and to include patients inappropriately excluded from the original analysis. A simulation study comparing aggregate data meta-regres- sion and ... between treatment benefit and underlying risk in meta-analysis. BMJ 1996, 313:735-738. 30. Sharp SJ, Thompson SG: Analysing the relationship between treatment effect and underlying ris...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... clearly stated in the newly released article examining diagnostic coding in inten- sive care patients [1]. These data may be used for local assessments or evaluations within a healthcare system, ... critically ill patients, and are now routinely utilized for assessing healthcare quality. As with Commentary The essential nature of healthcare databases in critical care medicine Greg S...

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... natriuretic and vasodilatory eff ects, counter- ing the renin-angiotensin system. Stretch of myocytes is not exclusive to heart failure and, indeed, in critically ill patients many conditions ... concentrations in the critical care setting. Rudiger [9] found that BNP levels in patients with sepsis were similar to those in patients with DHF and that cardiac index and pulm...

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... in most tumors is collagenous, 40% show at least focally myxoid stroma, and 20% are nearly exclusively myxoid [2]. The soft -tissue perineurioma in our report was hypocellular with abundant myxoid stroma. Radiologic ... histiocytoma with myxoid change, and low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma. Dynamic MR imaging better provides the gradually enhancing nature of a myxoid tumor. Soft -tissue...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... in most tumors is collagenous, 40% show at least focally myxoid stroma, and 20% are nearly exclusively myxoid [2]. The soft -tissue perineurioma in our report was hypocellular with abundant myxoid stroma. Radiologic ... tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings described in this report suggest inclusion of this rare tumor in the differential diagnosis when such findings...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... affected initially, and sepsis leads to severe injury in lung tissue [5]. It has been shown that pericytes in lung tissue produce proinflammatory cytokines in response to lipopolysaccharide ... both HBO and OT reduced oxidative stress indices and myeloperoxidase activity, levels of serum proinflammatory cytokines and histopathological injury scores considering lung tis...

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... quality of life (QOL) by maximising functions affected by the disease and its therapy. Preliminary research suggests that exercise may be an effective intervention for enhancing QOL in cancer ... preliminary evidence for the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of exercise training in breast cancer survivors. The aim of this study was to assess the association between physical exerci...

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... is an inflammatory disease involving joints and other systems including salivary glands. To assess NO production in RA patients, we compared levels of serum, urine, and salivary nitrite and nitrate ... NO in the pathogenesis of joint inflammation. Rodents in animal models of arthritis gener- Figure 3 NOx/creatinine ratios in urine and serumNOx/creatinine ratios in urine and...

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