gonadal dysfunction and fertility preservation in hodgkin lymphoma patients

... $87.9 $731 Bicycling Camping Fishing Hunting Paddling Snow-based Trail-based Wildlife Viewing Total Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife Watching Hunting, fishing and wildlife-watching segments of ... Harris Interactive and analyzed by Southwick Associates, Inc This report considers outdoor recreation to include bicycling, camping, fishing, hunting, paddling, snow sports, hiking, climbing and ... This includes hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing and the “human-powered” recreations such as hiking, camping, skiing, paddle sports and bicycling • In 2008, 28.3% of U.S adults went boating at...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20

... Sakoda H, Asano T, Levine B, Sadoshima J: Distinct roles of autophagy in the heart during ischemia and reperfusion: roles of AMP-activated protein kinase and Beclin in mediating autophagy Circ Res ... total protein, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, cholesterol, and triglycerides (data not shown) CoQ10 levels, determined in BMCs isolated from 20 FM patients, ... peroxidation in both cells and plasma In this respect, high levels of lipid peroxidation and protein carbonyls [20,21] and disturbances in the homeostasis of platelet ATP have been observed in FM patients...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... serine protease plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is a key element in the inhibition of fibrinolysis The primary role of PAI-1 in vivo is fast acting inhibition of tissue- and urokinase-type ... stay, which was, interestingly, less frequent in the septic shock cohort than in severe sepsis and nosocomial infection, which was significantly more prevalent in patients with MODS and septic shock ... and decreased survival in such patients [34] Moreover, Menges and colleagues showed an association between the PAI-1 4G allele and MODS in severely injured patients [21] while GarciaSegarra and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... Case and control groups were both examined by an expert ophthalmologist and routine ophthalmic examinations including visual acuity determination, slit lamp examination, ophthalmoloscopy and intraocular ... cataract In: Tasman W, Jaeger A, eds Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven publishers, 2000:12-14 Kahn HA, et al The Framingham eye study I Outline and major prevalence findings ... alterations in blood, may be the intervening ones [29] Multiple studies have been done to clarify the relationship between human biochemical elements and cataract formation Interestingly in some...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49

... lack of increase in LV dyssynchrony during dobutamine stress in patients with wide QRS duration (20) In contrast, Kurita et al reported on an increased mechanical dyssynchrony during pacing–induced ... were receiving a beta-blocking agent, 30 an angiotensinconverting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker, and 19 a diuretic In patients with conduction disturbance, 13 of 17 patients ... heterogeneous termination LV isovolumic 338 time intervals were found to be increased at the expense of LV diastolic time in heart failure patients (17,18) Since our findings and other previous...

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 11:32

... in the injured brain has not yet been investigated We sought to determine the interrelationship between intracranial TNF and IL-18 levels in a clinical study on patients with severe CHI and in ... 0.05 in three patients (# 2,5,10) and P < 0.01 in four patients (# 1,4,6,9; Table 1) Since the quality of the blood-brain barrier has not been determined in this cohort of head-injured patients, ... Baseline CHI WT CHI TNF/LT- -/- vehicle injection TNF injection Intracerebral IL-18 concentrations in mice, as determined by ELISA in murine brain homogenates (n = 10 animals per group) Figure Intracerebral...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... sensation, and motor control in cerebral palsy patients affect hand function in activities of daily living This comprehensive documentation of upper limb deformity and hand function in cerebral palsy patients ... Surgery and Research 2008, 3:52 Background Cerebral palsy patients with upper limb involvement have difficulty in performing coordinated movements against spasticity [1] Performances of hand tasks in ... evaluation of hand function in the said population -0.519* 0.011 Informed consent for publication was obtained from patients or their guardians (in case of minors) during enrollment into the study...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... Whereas colistin is mainly administered i.v in critically ill patients, it can be safely be administered by inhalation in patients with pneumonia/VAP or intrathecally in patients with meningitis due ... resistance in MDR K pneumoniae strains Colistin’s pharmacokinetic properties The main pharmacokinetics (PK) of colistin are presented in Table Few studies have addressed the PKs of CMS and colistin in ... samples containing colistin < μg/ml resulted in complete bacterial killing Based on these findings, the currently used colistin dosing regimens might not provide the most effective therapy and therefore...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... agitation and behavioral problems in older patients in acute care settings The objectives of this study were to (a) determine the quantity and quality of behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients ... to the patients in the study assessed history of substance abuse and psychiatric illness, by both obtaining information from the patient themselves and by reviewing patient charts We also included ... Additionally, our findings indicate that a large percentage of these patients are cognitively impaired and that lower mental status in these patients places them at increased risk for developing behavioral...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... 8-fold higher in risperidone-treated patients than in olanzapine-treated patients, 31-fold higher than in quetiapine-treated patients, 6-fold higher than in ziprasidone-treated patients, and 3-fold ... However, clinicians may test prolactin levels routinely in patients who take antipsychotics known to increase prolactin, even in the absence of PPAEs Disproportionate prolactin testing in risperidone-treated ... grouped into a single category Among the typicals, haloperidol and perphenazine were given individual attention because of their prominence in clinical and other prospective trials The sampling unit,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... considered as indications for adjuvant therapy Histological processing was obtained with formalin fixation followed by paraffin inclusion, μm sectioning, and staining with hematoxylin and eosin Morphologic ... 50-70% in the stomach, 25-30% in the small intestine, 5-10% in the colon-rectum, < 5% in the esophagus, the remaining may arise within the omentum or within the peritonel layers (Extra-Gastro-intestinal ... higher prevalence of high MI in patients presenting with an acute abdomen comparing with patients presenting with pain or incidental GISTs, and moreover patients presenting with acute abdomen reported...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:24

... applying these to spina bifida patients This understanding would aid the healthcare worker in developing programs suited to a growing population of spina bifida patients, especially in the low income ... multifactorial theory, a combination of any of Figure Marjolin’s ulcer with sinuses extending into the thigh and labia majora One sinus was found in the anus, and another in the vagina Note benign appearance ... complicating pressure ulcers in spina bifida patients are rarely reported: there are less than ten reported cases in English literature [1] Marjolin’s ulcers in general, develop in younger patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:23

... changes in BAFF and APRIL serum levels after rituximab therapy in 10 patients with SLE and nine patients with RA In all patients, BAFF levels increased significantly during B-cell depletion In contrast, ... germinal centre B cells, Epstein-Barr virus-infected B cells, in vitro anti-immunoglobulin (Ig)- and CD40L-activated B cells, and non -Hodgkin lymphoma B cells [8-11] Overexpression of BAFF in ... presented in two other studies of rituximab-induced B-cell depletion in rheumatic patients, one by Cambridge and colleagues [19] in patients with RA and the other by Seror and colleagues [20] in patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... volume and critical normal structure definition Treatment planning and irradiation were performed with the patients in supine position (using knee and ankle supports) with an emptied rectum and ... dynamics are summarized in Table The values of the last late GI and GU toxicity observed in patients during their last inspection are shown In the cohort of patients included in the WP group, pretreatment ... in patients (2.59%) The severe late GI toxicity of grade occurred in (4.31%), grade in patients (2.59%), and grade in patient (0.86%) There were no late grade GI toxicity-suffering patients in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... always during RT Twenty-six patients received combined androgen blockade (CAB) consisting of antiandrogen and gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue (GnRH) Three patients received antiandrogen ... abdomen and pelvis and a total-body bone scan When clinically indicated a chest x-ray and/ or thoracic CT was performed Based on these examinations clinical staging was defined according to the ... receiving at least 95% of dose, corresponding to 76 Gy) and the Dmax and Dmin (maximum and minimum dose within the PTV) were calculated from the dose volume histograms Follow-up protocol Patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... biomarkers in the blood and in tissue DNA In our previous study, we demonstrated that, in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients, the level of oxidative stress biomarkers in the ... markers and levels of blood TBARS and mtDNA copy number were higher in dialysis patients than in control subjects, while blood free thiol levels were lower in dialysis patients than in control ... alterations in both dialysis patients and control subjects, and 8-C was the most common in the control cohort In contrast, 7-C was the most common repeat alteration in the dialysis patients The...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... unexpected findings, leading to a falsely high incidence of missed diagnoses However, there is evidence that clinical diagnostic certainty does not predict postmortem findings, indicating that the incidence ... for presumed infection at another site (urinary tract) In contrast, only 17 (45%) cases showed complete agreement between clinical diagnoses and postmortem findings The remaining six patients (16%) ... examination is low and falling The incidence of 7.7% of all deaths is much lower than that in other published studies [3–7] This finding probably represents the increasing reluctance of many clinicians...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... 0.005), with intracranial haemorrhage occurring while in the ICU (P = 0.018), with complicating gastrointestinal bleeding in the ICU (P = 0.01), and with concurrent septic shock in the ICU (P ... complications in the SLE patients admitted to the ICU Gastrointestinal bleeding, intracranial haemorrhage and septic shock during the ICU stay were associated with a greater risk of death, indicating that ... 10 out of 258 patients with SLE in a previous study [22] Nevertheless, the actual frequency of and factors contributing to intracranial haemorrhage in SLE patients remain undefined In the ICU it...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21

... in 68 (28%), hyperkalemia in 59 (25%), and toxins in (2%) The modality of renal replacement in the ICU was exclusively CRRT in 147, exclusively IHD in 48, and some combination of regimens using ... immediately preceding initiation of RRT Pre-renal etiology was defined as directed therapy (i.e volume repletion and/ or increased cardiac output) being successful in improving and/ or correcting renal ... media in 107 (45%), aminoglycosides in 47 (20%) and amphotericin B in 10 (4%) The indications for institution of RRT were diuretic-resistant fluid overload in 178 (74%), metabolic acidosis in 87...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... iron and erythropoietin, and weekly hemoglobin indices to day 21 Patients admitted with pre-existing diagnoses of hypothyroidism (13 patients) or vitamin B12 deficiency (four patients) were continued ... Hemoglobin (g/dl) aExcludes 25 patients with active bleeding bBMI unavailable for three bleeding patients and 12 nonbleeding patients (five nontransfused patients and seven transfused patients) ... trigger was documented by examining the pertinent clinical data and physician/nursing documentation When no apparent indications or clinical status changes (for instance, Page of (page number...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20