Báo cáo y học: " Endothelial Statins do not prevent acute organ failure in ventilated ICU patients: single-centre retrospective cohort study" pot

... Open Access Statins do not prevent acute organ failure in ventilated ICU patients: single-centre retrospective cohort study Marius J Terblanche 1,2* , Ruxandra Pinto 3 , Craig Whiteley 2 , Stephen ... as: Terblanche et al.: Statins do not prevent acute organ failure in ventilated ICU patients: single-centre retrospective cohort study. Cr...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... 107 ICU- acquired infections dur- ing their ICU stay. The following infections were seen in a descending order of frequency: VAP (n = 27), surgical site infections (21), lower respiratory tract infection ... severity of underlying dis- eases, and organ dysfunction on admission as assessed by means of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II index [14] and the Se...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... anti-inflammatory drugs. reported with many anti-cancer agents, including gemcita- bine, bleomycin, cisplatin, CCNU, cytosine arabinoside, daunorubicin, deoxycoformycin, 5-FU, azathioprine and interferon ... morbidity and mortality. Moreover, ARF may preclude optimal cancer treatment by requiring a decrease in chemotherapy dosage or by contraindicating potentially curative treatment. The pa...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... smoking. Social support can encourage individuals to initiate and maintain activities - especially LTPA - via psych ological pathways including motivation and self-efficacy (indirect impact). Another ... involved in analyzing data, interpreting results, writing the manuscript and constructing the final version. AMPL and MR contributed to the writing, participated in data analysis and inte...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... Alagh- band-Zadeh J: Free cortisol index is better than serum total cor- tisol in determining hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal status in patients undergoing surgery. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003, 88:2045-2048. 30. ... values increase and ACTH-induced increases diminish with increasing Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score or other disease severity and organ failure s...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... mixed lymphocyte reaction. Additionally, DCs matured in the presence of aqueous pollen extracts respond by releasing T H 2 attracting chemokines and aquire a distinct migratory phenotype. Finally, ... migratory phenotype, preferentially priming type 2 T helper cell responses. The latter effect is partly mediated by E 1 -phytoprostanes, but other sub- stances are likely to play a role. Secon...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... determining the impact of experimental-induced allergic airway inflam- mation on chemical-induced lung carcinogenesis in mice. We hypothesized that either acute or chronic allergic airway inflammation ... on distinct time-periods of tumor initiation and promotion in the respiratory tract. Surprisingly, we found that oval- bumin-induced asthma does not functionally impact urethane-indu...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... intravenous inotropic infusions. In addition, these patients are heavily sedated and often paralyzed, result- ing in their inability to shift position to prevent pressure necro- sis or neurologic injury ... positioning for respiratory failure has been shown to increase oxygenation when used as adjunctive therapy for respiratory failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome. This h...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... physiology. In such a scenario, the physiological responses to needling at incor- rect sites may be identical. Needling effects: Chinese medicine versus physiological aspects In Chinese medicine, ... acu- puncture intervention used was, according to the investi- gators, designed to minimise potential physiological effects by needling superficially at points distant from acu- points as wel...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... subfamily of the cytoch- rome P450 (CYP) enzymatic system, is responsible for the metabolism of tacrolimus [10]. Specifically; tacro- limus is mainly metabolized by CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 enzyme isotype. ... alleles A and G are CYP3A5*1 and CYP3A5*3, respectively. Indi- viduals carrying at least one CYP3A5*1 allele express CYP3A5 protein whereas individuals homozygotes for CYP3A5*3 are non-ex...

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