Báo cáo y học: " Programmed death-1 levels correlate with increased mortality, nosocomial infection and immune dysfunctions in septic shock patients" ppsx

... Access Programmed death-1 levels correlate with increased mortality, nosocomial infection and immune dysfunctions in septic shock patients Caroline Guignant 1 , Alain Lepape 2 , Xin Huang 3 , Hakim ... not only may play a role in immune dysfunction but also may be an indicator of septic mor- tality and subsequent infectious episodes in septic patients...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... mechanical dyssynchrony during pacing–induced tachycardia in patients with normal QRS duration (21). A remarkable increase in intra-LV dyssynchrony was also demonstrated during pharmacological ... of LV systolic duration is increased in pa- tients with dilated cardiomyopathy. A disturbed elec- tromechanical activation leading to intraventricular dyssynchrony is typically pres...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32

... kin or a legal representative. Patients dying within 24 hours after the incident or with initial myocardial injury were excluded. Patients with traumatic brain injury, identified by signs of intracranial ... study is that patients with increased clinical signs of organ dysfunction following multiple injury had significantly increased NT-proBNP levels of greater than 200 pg/mL on a...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... on a small number of cytokines within the same sample. It is not clear which cytokines are key in promoting and main- taining the inflammatory environment in the AD brain. Furthermore, it is ... sub- units; IL-12p40 and IL-12p35. It is produced mainly by monocytes and macrophages and is a crucial factor in directing the T-cell response to infection, by inducing a Th1-type cytok...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... patients with active disease were characterized by a baseline decrease in both circulating pDCs and mDCs. Disease activity markers inversely correlated only with mDC level. This level increased in ... longitudinal follow-up in patients receiving infliximab. Methods Circulating mDC and pDC levels were evaluated by flow cytometry in RA patients (n = 61) and healthy volunte...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... 8 underlying physiology, there is a combination of physio- logical factors predisposing a patient for hyperglycaemia in acute illness, during which hyperglycaemic mecha- nisms in stress and inflammatory ... to hyperglycaemia are a subject of speculation, but almost certainly include pre-existing increased insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells. Insulin resistance is presen...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02

... activity of nitric oxide synthase. The increased activities of argininosuccinate synthetase and argininosuccinate lyase suggest the increased and effective recycling of citrulline to arginine in ... findings of NO involvement in pathophysiol- ogy of hypobaric hypoxia in brain (42-43). In this study the increased activity of NOS in anoxia may represent predominantly the...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:07

... ntent of the vaccine. Influenza vaccines are developed by inoculating embryonated chicken eggs with virus and thus contain ovalbumin. A recent review of ovalbumin content in H1N1 vaccines found a ... negative skin prick test and challenge are highly predictive of safely tolerating vaccine administration. In the past, influ- enza vaccines have been contraindicated in patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... corresponding to the microscopic findings in hematoxylin and eosin staining. In addition, leukocyte infiltration into the synovial fluid of the inflamed knee joints following rTRAIL treatment was reduced ... degree of TUNEL staining in synovial tissue sections. Investigators blindly reviewed primarily two areas: synovial lining and subsynovial regions. The extent of staining in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... such as cyclosporin-A, and Th2-type cytokines including interleukin-4 and -10 coun- teract the production of neopterin [21]. The same is true for anti-inflammatory compounds including certain HMG-CoA ... compartmental- ized HIV infection within CNS macrophages [46], whereas infection in the non-ADC patients may be largely transitory, non-compartmentalized and supported within lymp...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21