... ischaemia-indicating laboratory values (creatine kinase, lactate)) an immediate removal of the cannulae was prescribed Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Software, version ... resulted ina significant improvement in arterial oxygenation and a marked removal in arterial carbon dioxide within two hours allowing a rapid reduction in FiO2, minute ventilation and inspiratory ... previous analysis – clinical data resulting from a strict algorithm with defined indications (and contraindications) • The use of iLA in early ARDS, combined with a refined application technique including...
... cytokines such as IL-1 and TNF -a [2] The pro-inflammation cytokines IL-1 and TNF -a are present in high levels in blood and serum during inflammation, and anti-inflammation cytokines are at low ... participated in the design of the study and carried out the laboratory analysis All authors read and approved the final manuscript Page of Competing interests The authors declare that they have no ... cytokines in patients with head and neck cancer Clin Cancer Res 1999, 5:1369-1379 Kanazawa T, Nishino H, Hasegawa M, Ohta Y, Iino Y, Ichimura K, Noda Y: Interleukin-6 directly influences proliferation...
... contributed as antipyretic in home herbal remedy instudy area were Andrographis paniculata (Acanthaceae), Aconitum spicatum (Ranunculaceae) and Osmanthes fragrans (Oleaceae) Andrographolide and neoandrographolide ... Gupta MM, Srivastava GN, Abraham Z, Singh AK: Dictionary of Indian medicinal plants Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow, India; 1992 182 Garcia-Argaez AN, Ramirez-Apan ... Piyusavarsi Ausadhalaya Mahaboudha, Kathmandu, Nepal; 1979, 230 22 Dash B, Gupta K: Materia medica of Ayurveda based on Mandanapala’s Nighantu B Jain Publishers, New Delhi, India; 1994, 780 Kunwar...
... timeinmedicine and the necessity to revisit the study of traditional medicines such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is explained At the end of this chapter the motivation and approaches ... representing antioxidation and Yang as oxidation Their proposal is partially supported by the fact that the Yin-tonic traditional Chinese herbs on average have about six times more antioxidant activity ... TCM 14 anthraquinones such as emodin and aloe-emodin In Chapter 5, a literature-based approach is conducted to search for the molecular mechanisms of herbal synergism Finally, in the last chapter...
... [25] Acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina and myocardial infarction were defined according to the ACC/AHA criteria [26,27] Statistical analyses MedCalc™ v 9.6.2.0 (MedCalc Software, Mariakerke, ... statistical software was used for all statistical analyses Categorical data are presented as absolute and relative frequencies, continuous variables as median with inter-quartile range (IQR) Since ... Shimatani Y, Kurisu S, Hata T, Nakama Y, Kijima Y, Kagawa E: Is admission hyperglycaemia in non-diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction a surrogate for previously undiagnosed abnormal...
... causing no harm or an increase in patient monitoring with no change in vital signs and no harm noted Moderate errors were classified as those causing an increase in patient monitoring, a change in ... was involved in critically revising the draft JG made substantial contributions to the data analysis GB was substantially involved in the analysis, interpretation and drafting the manuscript Acknowledgements ... menus at a dose of mg/kg instead of mg, which could have lead to a 70 times overdose Ina separate case, amphotericin 180 mg once daily was prescribed, when liposomal amphotericin was intended...
... The study was cleared by the ethics committee of the Institute Informed consent was taken for each subject Statistical Analysis Quantitative and qualitative data are expressed as median [inter-quartile ... with ageing and hence must be kept in mind during the diagnostic evaluation of elderly patients.11 Several findings of the current study are in accordance with the results of this meta-analysis In ... important and crucial step for preventing a diagnostic delay while evaluating elderly patients Infact, TB is often not even considered in the differential diagnosis by treating physicians and an incorrect...
... subscales for determining problems in relevant areas during cancer treatment such as pain, nausea, treatment and procedural anxiety, worry, cognitive problems, perceived physical appearance and ... coordination of the study, gathering and processing of data (questionnaires), performed the statistical analyses, drafting and revising of manuscript JH: participated in the design of the study and ... Since at the start of this study recruitment for ALL-9 had ceased and a new treatment protocol had already started, inclusion was maximized by including all children still treated according to ALL-9...
... measurement in pediatric clinical practice: an appraisal and precept for future research and application Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005, 3:34 Balluffi A, Kassam-Adams N, Kazak A, Tucker M, Dominguez ... population are available The instruments measure HRQoL on a group level ina reliable and valid way Reliability (Cronbach's alpha) in the general populations are moderate to good (0.59–0.84) for all ... a tertiary PICU with 14 beds admitting patients from the greater Amsterdam area Medical, surgical and trauma patients and patients from all pediatric subspecialties are admitted In this study...
... antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has increased dramatically, but the majority of those in need remain untreated, especially in sub-Saharan Africa With more than five million individuals living with HIV and ... demonstrates that rapid scale-up of HAART using a public health approach in sub-Saharan Africa, essential to confronting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, can be accompanied by high quality care The analysis ... Systems - SA) database, and analyzed in SAS v9.1.3 (SAS Institute, NC, USA) Data quality Results were regularly controlled for quality by a senior nurse or data quality assurance manager Duplicate entry...
... in antenatal clinics, we trained clinic staff at two antenatal clinics in Lusaka, Zambia, and two antenatal clinics in Kigali, Rwanda, to provide same-day rapid VCT, CVCT and appropriate NVP for ... editing and submission of the article, and the final analysis of the data ES assisted with this studyin Kigali, Rwanda, and Lusaka, Zambia, and conducted the preliminary analyses, writing and ... activities in Lusaka, Zambia AT contributed to the data analysis and manuscript preparation MS was the Director of the Lusaka District Health Management Team in Zambia and facilitated the study conduct...
... living at home so that data on survival and living arrangements one year after the baseline visit were available for all (Figure 1) The main characteristics of the participants at the baseline ... like using the telephone, shopping, Page of 10 preparing meals, housekeeping, doing laundry, taking medications, managing transportation and handling money [36] When any fall and any ED admission ... subjective well-being may act as a buffer, moderating the negative effects of adverse circumstances and facilitating the adaptation to ageing [1] As far as the prognostic relevance of QOL and HRQOL is...
... physiological measures, another epidemiological available approach is measuring rest/activity regulation with a validated assessment applicable in clinical settings as a part of a questionnaire measuring ... developed as an epidemiological, preventive health care and clinical measure ina long and short version, and has been validated, applied and evaluated against physical risk factors prospectively in ... female/66.7%) (C) gave their written consent and took part in an initial evaluation in 2000/2001 (table 1) According to our institutional standard in 2000, we did not ask ethical approval in anonymous...
... subscales for determining problems in relevant areas during cancer treatment such as pain, nausea, treatment and procedural anxiety, worry, cognitive problems, perceived physical appearance and ... coordination of the study, gathering and processing of data (questionnaires), performed the statistical analyses, drafting and revising of manuscript JH: participated in the design of the study and ... Since at the start of this study recruitment for ALL-9 had ceased and a new treatment protocol had already started, inclusion was maximized by including all children still treated according to ALL-9...
... Grande Casa Reale e Ducale di Piacenza e Parma, Pro Loco Gazzola, I Fantastici Author details Oncology-Hematology Department, Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy Department of Medicine, AUSL Piacenza, ... data and clinical features were analyzed using descriptive methods Quantitative variables were summarized using mean and standard deviation Categorical variables were summarized as counts and ... because of anatomical variation or difficult veins (small veins; no palpable landmarkers) Anatomical variations of the internal jugular vein were found in 8% of patients studied with ultrasound-guided...
... Figure cancer with color vascularization Transvaginal scanty Doppler ultrasound showing a cervical Transvaginal color Doppler ultrasound showing a cervical cancer with scanty vascularization The amount ... Kamura T, Tsukamoto N, Tsuruchi N, Saito T, Matsuyama T, Akazawa K, Nakano H: Multivariate analysis of the histopathologic prognostic factors of cervical cancer in patients undergoing radical ... data collection, analysis, patient recruitment and management and preparation of the manuscript RMM was involved in patient recruitment and management, helped in preparation of draft RG was involved...
... cancer; irradiation, saliva; hyposalivation; parotid gland sparing; recovery Background Sparing salivary glands during radiotherapy (RT) is an important research field in the treatment of head and neck ... study, we have already shown that the remaining stimulated saliva in these patients is not able to maintain oral health due to its pH and its buffer capacity [20] In fact it promotes dental caries ... manuscript and aided in the analysis DV participated in the coordination CG and TK conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination All authors have approved the final manuscript...
... β-actin, forward CCTTCGTGCCCCCCC and reverse GGAGAC- CAAAAGCCTTCATACATC; and for HMGB1, forward ATTGGTGATGTTGCGAAGAA and reverse GATCCACAGCAACTCCAGAA The volume was adjusted to 15.5 μl using RNase-free ... HMGB1 and inhibit its release [34] Oxaliplatin is an antineoplastic platinum-based compound that generates DNA adducts that strongly bind HMGB1 Therefore, gold salts and oxaliplatin share the capacity ... Vishnubhakat JM, Ombrellino M, Che J, Frazier A, Yang H, Ivanova S, Borovikova L, Manogue KR, Faist E, Abraham E, Andersson J, Andersson U, Molina PE, Abumrad NN, Sama A, Tracey KJ: HMG-1 as a late...