Báo cáo y học: "Does anesthetic provide similar neuroprotection to therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest?" pot

... 2010 BioMed Central Ltd Does anesthetic provide similar neuroprotection to therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest? Hong Zhang* 1,2 See related research by Meybohm et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/R21 COMMENTARY *Correspondence: ... to demon strate anti-infl ammatory and anti-apoptosis eff ects Abstract In the previous issue of Critical Care, Meybohm and colle...

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... BBiioollooggyy 2008, 99:: 228 Merkel cell polyomavirus is currently the only polyomavirus with demonstrated integration into human tumor DNA. DDooeess MMCCPPyyVV ccoonnttrriibbuuttee ttoo MMCCCC ... best- characterized polyomavirus, SV40, was originally discovered as a contaminant in the primary monkey kidney cells used to prepare early batches of the polio vaccine and was subse- quently...

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... disease to lung Baseline pulmonary function 79 ± 8 FEV 1 % 74 ± 22 DLCO%* Type of surgery performed** 6 Pneumonectomy 40 Lobectomy *DLCO results were available on only 84 patients. **Postoperative ... Comparison Pneumonectomy 2.38% (-4.69% to -0.07%) -23.79% to 19.04% Perfusion scintigraphy and VRI -2.42% (-4.49% to -0.35%) -21.61% to 16.78% Ventilation scintigraphy and VRI 0.04% (-...

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... Mitchell JH, et al: Hyperglycemia predicts mortality after CABG: postoperative hyperglycemia predicts dramatic increases in mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery. J Diabetes Complications 2008, ... tight compared to normal gly- caemic control during and after cardiac surgery may impart some benefit to patients following cardiac surgery, including a reduction in early mo...

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... [4]. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) causes systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Pentoxifylline (PTX),anon-specificphosphodiesterase inhibitor, inhi- bits some pro-inflammatory cytokines such ... Acutekidneyinjury(AKI)isacommoncomplica- tion after coronary artery bypass graft. • Pentoxifylline tends to reduce UNGAL although not significant. • Pentoxifylline can prevent AKI after...

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... a hemodynamic laboratory. Cardiac magnetic resonance (MRI) seems to be a useful tool which gives details about mitral valve anatomy, precise point of valve damage, as well as the quantity of regurgitation. ... surgery is beneficial for asymptomatic patients with chronic severe MR and mild to moderate LV dysfunction, ejection frac- tion 0.30 to 0.60, and/or end-systolic dimension great...

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... therapeutic hypothermia. Available online http://ccforum.com/content/8/6/E1 During the 1950s therapeutic hypothermia (TH) became widely used for neurological protection during cardiac surgery, ... injury due to vascular disruption, spinal cord injury and global anoxic injury following asphyxial cardiac arrest. In these conditions, any Commentary New indications for the use of t...

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... Polderman KH: Early induction of hypothermia: will sooner be better? Crit Care Med 2005, 33:1449-1452. 6. Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group: Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the ... due mainly to the length of time it took to recruit patients into the study. Conclusion The time to reach target temperature seems not to be influ- enced (or at most only pa...

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... the packing factor. The tortuosity factor concerns the complex inter- digitation of contiguous cells longitudinally (end -to- end), whereas the packing factor deals with how closely the cell chains ... Thomas SP, Kucera JP, Bircher-Lehmann L, Rudy Y, Saffitz JE, Kleber AG: Impulse propagation in synthetic strands of neonatal cardiac myocytes with genetically reduced levels of connexin43. C...

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... versus not witnessed; bystander CPR versus no bystander CPR; type of initial rhythm (VF/VT; PEA; asystole); presumed cardiac aetiology of cardiac arrest. Subgroup analyses will use statistical ... data on survival to 30 days post car diac arrest. However, it is likely to be v ery similar to survival to hospital discharge, as most mortality will occur in the period immediately fo...

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