Báo cáo y học: "Trauma admissions to the Intensive Care Unit at a reference Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania" ppsx

... Thoracotomy 2 0.9 Table 6: Predictors of mortality according to univariate and multivariate analysis Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis Independent (predictor)variable Number of patients ... study. . All study patients were initially resuscitated according to ATLS and treated according to ICU protocols. The severity of injury was assessed by the injury severity scor...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... several par- enchymal metastases in the spleen, and intra-abdominal dissemination of the tumor. The capsule of the spleen in our patient was not involved by direct invasion. Par- enchymal metastases ... newly discovered splenic metastasis. Late metastases to the spleen are seen more often in melanomas, choriocarcinomas, and breast carcinomas. Symptomatic lesions, when compar...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... ulcerated patches Erythematous patches Erythematous patches Biopsy Negative Epithelial denudation, inflammation, eosinophilic infiltrate Unknown Unknown In three patients, similar to patient ... severe inflammation. At cys- toscopy, the bladder walls of eight patients showed multiple erythematous patches. In one patient mild squa- mous metaplasia and reddened flat ulcerated patc...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... analyzed all data. MO was involved in the collection of all data and participated in the data analysis. AJ and AK partici- pated in the design of the study, revised the manuscript for important ... (Continued) Baseline characteristics of the patient population and results of the univariate analysis Figure 1 Intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay and time on ventila...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... of using pre-admission HRQOL as a predictor of mortality are that it is easily obtained and available as soon as the patient, or a proxy (close family member), in the case of incapacity, can be ... number of in -hospital patients die in the ICU [2]. The advantages of a validated strategy to identify those APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; AUC = ar...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... per 1000 urinary catheter days), ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (8 per 1000 mechanical ventilation days), catheter-related infection (2 per 1000 catheter days) and other infections (1 ... ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis and urinary tract infection. To adjust for this potential confounder, we have repeated all analyses taking into account only ICU-acquired BSI and VAP. Simil...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... the likely range within which the true mortality rate actually lies. In practice, investigators usually use the 95% CI, the range that includes the true mortality rate 95% of the time. The narrower the ... demonstrate important methodological considerations that readers should keep in mind when reading a mortality survey to determine the validity of the study and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... measuring changes in physiological parameters. It has been shown that increased emotional arousal in healthy individuals is related to increased swallowing rate, as measured by the number of swallows per minute ... that the participants had visual, tactile and olfactory access to the food item in addition to the auditory effect. It would be interesting to exclude other s...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... exploratory surgery, raising the possibility that the bullet migrated in the interim or that there was a failure to recognize it during the exploratory surgery. Conclusion: In all cases where there ... series. The main cause for this high mortality relates to problems trans- porting injured patients to the hospital fast enough to prevent exsanguination. Furthermore...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... presented data on their PDE4 inhibitor, BAY 19-8004, in a smoking animal model and claimed greater anti-inflammatory efficacy than with a steroid. Asta Medica (now known as Elbion) also described a new ... and well tolerated in this large patient group. Gastrointestinal side effects in Cilomilast treated patients were generally self-limited and mild to moderate in intensity....

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20