Báo cáo y học: " Bench-to-bedside review: The gut as an endocrine organ in the critically ill" pdf

... Motilin agonists, such as erythromycin, are e ective gastrokinetic drugs in the critically ill. Cholecystokinin and peptide YY concentrations are elevated in both the fasting and postprandial ... of PYY slow gastric emptying and small-intestinal transit [61], and endoge- nous PYY is likely to modulate gastric emptying in health. Exogenous PYY also inhibits appetite, and th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... hyperoxia activates NF-κB in the lungs before any increase in proinflammatory cytokine protein occurs, and they further suggest that NF-κB activation may represent an initial event in the proinflammatory sequence ... neutrophil infiltration into the lungs and to increased pulmonary proinflammatory cytokine expression [7]. However, the initial events induced by hyperoxia, there...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... lipopolysaccharide- induced proinflammatory cytokine biosynthesis in an I κκ B- αα /NF- κκ B-dependent mechanism. Evidence for the amplification of an antiinflammatory pathway in the alveolar epithelium. ... proximal tubules of inflamed kidneys but not in normal kidneys [48]. In other organs, VEGF gene expression is induced by hypoxia and by cytokines. To identify the cellul...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... = upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Pro: Yes, octreotide does have an important role in the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin Yaseen Arabi and Bandar Al Knawy There is evidence ... until the following day. You have to decide whether to treat the patient empirically with intravenous octreotide. You know it has a role in certain types of gastrointestinal (GI) b...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:24

... retraction was measured, or the footpad was pinched and the withdrawal response was measured. As sensory answer is another parameter indicating whether a nerve has regenerated through an artificial ... debate, such as stretching the nerve, mobilizing the nerve by joint flexion or bone shortening or bridging the defect with various organic or synthetic materials [3]. In the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... Garrouste- Orgeas M: Calibration and discrimination by daily logistic organ dysfunction scoring comparatively with daily sequential organ failure assessment scoring for predicting hospital mor- tality in critically ... evaluating the performance of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)- based models for predicting mortality in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU)....

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... associated with increased morbidity. This is reflected by the number of reported symptoms and by the days spent in the ICU and in the hospital. Haemodynamic parameters also tend to be worse in patients ... probably higher than in other patients with AF. On the other hand, there is also an increased, but unquantified, bleeding risk. Risks and benefits of anticoagulation can...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... evaluated for the differential diagnosis such as appendicitis and hemoperitoneum. The gradual increase in the size of the uterus with advancing pregnancy can cause a delay in the diagnosis and appropriate ... appropriate treatment. The first laparoscopic surgery during pregnancy was cholecystectomy, performed in 1991 [14]. Thereafter, laparoscopy has been widely use...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56

... including glucosamine and chondroitin, one month prior to study and during the study, other than multivitamin and mineral supplements containing vitamins and minerals as the sole medicinal ingredients ... to continue these therapies as normal avoiding changes in frequency or intensity and to record therapies in the study diary Subject agrees not to start any new therapies for...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... erythraea ,the erythromycin-producing organism, has permitted the isola- tion of Streptomyces antibioticus genes implicated in oleandomycin biosynthesis [40]. Gene analyses and enzymatic assays suggest ... product may be achieved by a variety of assays including gene complemen- tation of the relevant mutant in the organism under study or of a similar gene mutant in a different or...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:21