Báo cáo y học: "Vascular pedicle width in acute lung injury: correlation with intravascular pressures and ability to discriminate fluid status" pot

... Access Vascular pedicle width in acute lung injury: correlation with intravascular pressures and ability to discriminate fluid status Todd W Rice 1* , Lorraine B Ware 1 , Edward F Haponik 2 , Caroline Chiles 3 , ... correlates with PAOP better than CVP in patients with ALI. Due to its only moderate sensitivity and specificity, the ability of VPW to...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... pneumo- nia, infiltrating neutrophils produce pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, result- ing in the induction of cellular adhesion molecules on circulating leukocytes and pulmonary endothelial ... Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan 2. Division of Clinical Laboratory, Yamagata University Hospital, Yamagata, Japan...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... outcome in acute lung injury. Phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils and release of cytokines by macrophages The third mechanism whereby apoptosis of neutrophils can modify the inflammatory response ... of acute lung injury in humans. The first of these, namely the ‘neutrophilic hypothesis’, suggests that during acute inflammation the cytokines granulocyte colony-stimulating fa...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... the pathophysiology of ARDS, such as the relationship between impaired AFC and lung endothelial permeability, and the inability of one therapy to address all simultaneously. Competing interests The ... in the majority of patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001, 163:1376-1383. 7. McAuley DF, Frank JA, Fang...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... coagulation system, in am- matory reactions, and blood trauma [7]. Moreover, these systems off er practical advantages due to simple handling and increased system mobility. With such a miniaturized ... spite of high inspiratory oxygen fractions is the most apparent and acute life-threatening symptom of ARDS [3]. Under- standably, ECMO was used solely to optimize blood gas sta...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... resulting in increased pulmonary capillary permeability. In this study treatment with MK-886 appeared to have a significant decrease in BALF total protein level in the shocked rats in comparison with ... systemic inflammatory response syndrome and oxidative stress that results in multiple-organ dysf unction syndrome including acute lung injury. MK-886 is a leukotriene...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... pulmonary hypertension Introduction In patients with ARDS and acute pulmonary hypertension, inhaled NO has been shown to selectively dilate pulmonary vessels perfusing ventilated lung areas, and to ... septic Figure 4 Individual changes in MPAP and PaO 2 /FiO 2 induced by increasing inspiratory intratracheal concentrations of inhaled NO (Insp IT NO) in eight patients...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... further study. Introduction Conceptually, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory lung injury involving both endothelial and epi- thelial layers of the alveolar-capillary membrane, ... linked to lung injury, both inside and outside the intensive care unit. Patients were followed prospectively for outcomes, including the diagnosis of acute lung injury or...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... role of private sector in delivering health services in Iraqi Kurdistan is increasingly growing, it was not included in this study. However, we think that this study has par- tially covered the view ... provided and facilities available at their working institutions including the quality of offered health ser- vices, availability of the required quantity and quality of medicines, av...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... safety vari- ables on their entry into the study and after 12 and 24 months, using vaginal ultrasonography and cytology. E 2 in serum was measured (approximately 12 hours after tablet intake) by ... radioimmunoassay (Clinical AssaysTM, DiaSorin, Vercelli, Italy) at baseline and yearly thereafter. BMD in the left total hip and lumbar spine was measured by dual-energy x-ray absorp...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21