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

... AccessVascular pedicle width in acute lung injury: correlation with intravascular pressures and ability to discriminate fluid statusTodd W Rice1*, Lorraine B Ware1, Edward F Haponik2, Caroline Chiles3, ... correlates with PAOP better than CVP in patients with ALI. Due to its only moderate sensitivity and specificity, the ability of VPW to discriminate fluid status in patients with acute lung injury is ... Evans TW: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. BMJ 2007,335:389-394.doi:10.1186/cc10084Cite this article as: Rice et al.: Vascular pedicle width in acute lung injury: correlation with intravascular...

Báo cáo y học: "Soluble Endothelial Selectin in Acute Lung Injury Complicated by Severe Pneumonia" pdf

... 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  Corresponding ... causes of death in the elderly. Complication of acute lung injury (ALI) /acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by pneumonia makes patients very ill due to severe respiratory failure. Biomarkers...

Báo cáo y học: "Science review: Apoptosis in acute lung injury" potx

... outcome in acute lung injury.Phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils and release ofcytokines by macrophagesThe third mechanism whereby apoptosis of neutrophils canmodify the inflammatory response ... of acute lung injury in humans. The first of these, namely the ‘neutrophilic hypothesis’, suggests thatduring acute inflammation the cytokines granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte/macrophage ... phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophilsaffects the activation phenotype of phagocytic cells, poten-tially changing it from proinflammatory to anti-inflammatory.Rate of neutrophil apoptosis and acute...

Báo cáo y học: "β2 adrenergic agonists in acute lung injury" ppsx

... the pathophysiology ofARDS, such as the relationship between impaired AFC and lung endothelial permeability, and the inability of one therapy to address all simultaneously.Competing interestsThe ... in the majority of patients with acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med2001, 163:1376-1383.7. McAuley DF, Frank JA, Fang X, Matthay MA: Clinically ... of the lung capillaries in isolation. However, the major limitations are theseverity and short time period of OA injury reflecting an earlyphase of ALI and the inability to use the in vivo...

Báo cáo y học: "Extracorporeal gas exchange in acute lung injury: step by step towards expanded indications" pot

... 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 status in the past. ... reducing ventilator induced lung injury (VILI) is still controversial. Consequently, technological progress is an important strategy. Miniaturized ECMO systems are believed to simplify handling...

Báo cáo y học: "Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibition ameliorates acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock in rats" pdf

... resulting in increased pulmonary capillary permeability. In this studytreatment with MK-886 appeared to have a significantdecrease in BALF total protein level in the shocked rats in comparison with ... systemicinflammatory response syndrome and oxidative stress that results in multiple-organ dysf unction syndromeincluding acute lung injury. MK-886 is a leukotriene biosynthesis in hibitor exerts an anti inflammatory ... found to be apotent and specific inhibitor of both LTB4 and LTC4synthesis in human phagocytes [9,38].Hemorrhagic shock is considered as an insult fre-quently leading to systemic inflammatory...

Báo cáo y học: "Inhaled nitric oxide in acute respiratory distress syndrome with and without septic shock requiring norepinephrine administration: a dose–response study" ppt

... pulmonary hypertensionIntroduction In patients with ARDS and acute pulmonary hypertension,inhaled NO has been shown to selectively dilate pulmonaryvessels perfusing ventilated lung areas, and to ... septicFigure 4Individual changes in MPAP and PaO2/FiO2 induced by increasing inspiratory intratracheal concentrations of inhaled NO (Insp IT NO) in eight patients with ARDS and without septic ... patients with and without septic shock.Figure 5Individual changes in mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) and PaO2/FiO2 induced by increasing inspiratory intratracheal concentrations of inhaled...

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical risk conditions for acute lung injury in the intensive care unit and hospital ward: a prospective observational study" potx

... furtherstudy.IntroductionConceptually, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) isan 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, includingthe diagnosis of acute lung injury or acute respiratory distresssyndrome.Results ... extrapulmonary (3 (1 to 5)) (P = 0.029) risk conditions.Admission to the intensive care unit was provided to 9/20 (45%)patients with acute lung injury and to 29/33 (88%) of those with acute respiratory...

Báo cáo y học: "Iraqi health system in kurdistan region: medical professionals’ perspectives on challenges and priorities for improvement"

... roleof private sector in delivering health services in IraqiKurdistan 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 workinginstitutions including the quality of offered health ser-vices, availability of the required quantity and quality ofmedicines, availability of ... health system needs to go through a process of continuous changes and improvement in order to be able to cope with differentchanges in the health and population environments and to appropriately respond...

Báo cáo y học: "Hormone replacement therapy in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with lower serum levels of soluble IL-6 receptor and higher insulin-like growth factor 1" doc

... safety vari-ables on their entry into the study and after 12 and 24 months, using vaginal ultrasonography and cytology. E2 in serum was measured (approximately 12 hours aftertablet intake) by ... radioimmunoassay (Clinical AssaysTM,DiaSorin, Vercelli, Italy) at baseline and yearly thereafter.BMD in the left total hip and lumbar spine was measuredby dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) with ... Beck-Nielsen H: Cytokines and bone loss in a 5-year longitudinalstudy — hormone replacement therapy suppresses serumsoluble interleukin-6 receptor and increases interleukin-1-receptor antagonist:...

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