hypertension in children predictors risk factors and special populations

... extracellular water, intracellular http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2011, water and body mass index were determined for each participant before dieting intervention and each six days following intervention ... decrease in their body mass index in an average of 8.1%±2.0% Changes in total body water had inverse correlation with changes in fat mass (r=0.86) and positive correlation with an increase in fat ... coffee/tea with no sugar or one fruit serving, while lunch and dinner each consisted of 3.5 oz lean protein, a vegetable serving, bread serving, and a fruit serving The program schedule was as follows:...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... with clinical knee OA were found with a haplotype in ADAM12 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain 12) and ESR1 in women [118] and again with ADAM12 in men along with the CILP (cartilage intermediate ... the risk of gout [6]; milk proteins (casein and lactalbumin) can reduce serum uric acid levels in healthy individuals Genetic risk factors Advances in the genetic factors behind gout have included ... exposure moderately increases the risk of Scl, with medium exposure increasing the risk twofold and high exposure increasing the risk fourfold [85] There is still interest in the relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... were invited to participate Only two patients refused, and the remaining 74 were included Patients receiving lipid-lowering and antidiabetic medications were excluded The baseline clinical and ... dysfunction in RA patients and healthy control individuals The recorded baseline characteristics in the RA patients and control individuals comprised traditional cardiovascular risk factors, hs-CRP and ... molecule IL-1 and TNF-α are major proinflammatory cytokines in RA joints and stimulate IL-6 production by synovial fibroblasts [3337], whereas IL-6 is a major circulating cytokine in RA that induces...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... pre-operative ESR and CRP measurements in the cases and controls are presented in Table ESR was determined in 13 cases and 22 controls The median values were 20 mm/ hour in cases and mm/hour in controls ... role in aortic wall compliance by regulating the elastin/collagen activity [12-14] 17-β-Estradiol increases the elastin/ collagen ratio, reflecting an increase in distensibility of aorta and consequently ... mediate vascular inflammation in predisposed individuals In patients with inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms, active smoking and female gender were associated with high-grade tissue inflammation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... evidence of chylothorax In contrast, TPN has much more side effects and has no higher efficacy in treating chylothorax [12] Panthongviriyakul and Bines suggest using TPN in cases with elevated ... thrombosis was diagnosed A lysis therapy in out of these patients was successful in reopening the vein, but resolved chylothorax only in In one patient who had a contraindication for a lysis therapy, ... alimentation (mostly breast feeding) within one week after recovery, without relapse of chylothorax (Figure 1) This is especially important for newborns and infants as the growing brain is strongly dependent...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... and vascular risk factors The final model, Model 4, included demographic variables, vascular risk factors and a measure of psychological distress Finally, based on sound statistical results and ... [8,9] Vascular risk factors such as diabetes, smoking, obesity, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia are well established as risk factors in the development of dementia [10,11] and MCI [12-15] ... 1):2620-2622 Kivipelto M, Helkala EL, Hanninen T, Laakso MP, Hallikainen M, Alhainen K, Soininen H, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Midlife vascular risk factors and late-life mild cognitive impairment:...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... hematomas and other space occupying lesions, prevention of secondary brain injury is the mainstay of intensive care treatment in pediatric severe head injury Diffuse brain swelling and multiple ... To maintain a sufficient cerebral perfusion pressure (50–60 mmHg; see [9]), all patients received catecholamines (epinephrine and norepinephrine) as needed Intensified treatment protocol Standard ... morbidity and death after severe head injury in pediatric patients [12] Standardized treatment protocols have been suggested for the management of severe head injury in children [13], including drainage...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... of pain complaints in a general population (a) Pain complaints within weeks preceding the survey by sex and age groups (b) Pain complaints within weeks preceding the survey by injury within 12 ... acting in an official capacity It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions The definition of "violence" was adapted from the WHO's definition ... been providing treatment since 1999 to traumatised population and training for the doctors in the municipal family health centres across Kosovo in identifying and treating trauma victims In 2005,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... difficulties in obtaining needed dental care, including finding a dentist in their Maryland neighborhood who would accept Medicaid patients.1 May 2007 and February 2008 congressional hearings investigated ... their health insurance status: children with Medicaid, children with private health insurance, and uninsured children The group of children with private insurance included both children with ... and II contain more information on our NHANES and MEPS analyses Finally, we obtained information on oral health and the Medicaid population from CDC and from dental associations and experts including...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... (79.3%), wiping sweat off the face (66.8%), spraying against the wind (23.1), spills at the back (45.2%) and while spraying (51.9%), loading (29.8%) and mixing (35.1) Despite the high risk and frequency ... hematologic indicators in sheep during acute and subchronic poisoning Veterinary Medicine (Praha) 1995, 40(2):49-52 Parent-Massin D, Thouvenot D: In vitro study of pesticide hematotoxicity in human and ... affected by inter- and intraindividual variability (Tinoco-Ojanguren and Halperin, 1998) [24] Therefore, pre-exposure baseline levels should be established for each individual so that meaningful changes...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... demonstrated in Figure Concerning the type of injury, we found direct vascular injuries in 97.7% with penetrating lesions in 32.6% and Mechanism of vascular injuries Supracondylar fractures Penetrating ... preoperative examination of vascular lesions might be of special interest in order to avoid long surgical procedures with intraoperative evaluation of vascular injuries In penetrating injuries and isolated ... no guidelines for anticoagulation after paediatric vascular injuries Basically, the same standards should be applied as in adults containing low-dose heparin and platelet aggregation inhibitor...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... Medicine and Experimental and Clinical Research Center Charité – University Medicine Berlin Campus Berlin-Buch Lindenberger Weg 80, D-13125 Berlin, Germany Email: graschew@mdc-berlin.de and roelofs@math.tu-berlin.de ... HCCA downlink, HCCA uplink, and EDCA Fig 12 The delay values of SVC video flow over HCCA downlink, HCCA uplink, and EDCA 20 Advances in Telemedicine: Technologies, Enabling Factors and Scenarios ... error, and fluctuating bit rate characterized by factors such as noise, interference, and multiple fading Thus, the video coding technique should adapt to fluctuating bit rate in wireless network and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 06:20

... not answering, chewing, swallowing heavily, moving both hands in a swimming motion or picking at things." Following the four witnessed seizures, three days prior to presentation in our hospital, ... http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/5/1/9 dol and lorazepam, and intravenous phenytoin The patient slept and an EEG was performed Information was gathered by telephone contact with the patient's family, and we determined that Mr ... electroencephalogram was obtained in the ED on presentation shortly after receiving phenytoin, lorazepam and haloperidol Diffuse low amplitude slowing with frontocentral predominance was observed, in addition...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... used during the study period included glycopeptides (vancomycin and teicoplanin), extended-spectrum penicillins (amoxicillin/clavulanate, ticarcillin, ticarcillin/clavulanate, piperacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, ... piperacillin/tazobactam, and imipenem), fluoroquinolones (ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin), extended-spectrum cephalosporins (cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime, and cefepime), aminoglycosides (gentamicin, ... risk for immunoparalysis A temporary immunoparalysis may occur in critically ill patients, resulting in higher risk for nosocomial infections [38] Although risk factors for colonisation and infection...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... abstraction After pretesting and refining the forms on two trials of surfactant therapy in adults and clarifying definitions based on feedback from the reviewers, two reviewers then independently abstracted ... (sealed envelopes or central randomization were considered adequate), blinding (which of the trial personnel and caregivers were blinded, and the methods used to ensure blinding), completeness of followup ... groups; up to 17% of children in the ARDS/ALI trials had RSV and up to 50% of the children in some bronchiolitis studies also had pneumonia The reduction in mortality and the increased ventilator-free...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... analysis, and interpretation and drafted the manuscript DT and IR critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests ... Watson RS, Martin LD: Inspiratory work of breathing is not decreased by flow-triggered sensing during spontaneous breathing in children receiving mechanical ventilation: a preliminary report Pediatr ... Table Included randomized controlled trials- weaning Reference Study population Intervention/mode Outcome measures Level of evidence Duration of weaning (days)a Randolph and colleagues [15] 182 children...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... King J, Soldin SJ: IMMULITE 2000 age and sex-specific reference intervals for alpha fetoprotein, homocysteine, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, ... glucose intake rates and insulin levels on admission in shock non-survivors, shock survivors, and sepsis survivors Bars represent mean insulin levels, and dots represent glucose intake rates Insulin ... Hyperglycemic children had significantly higher insulin and C-peptide levels in comparison with normoglycemic children HOMA showed a predominance of insulin resistance in hyperglycemic children, ...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... gender in their population (Naqvi et al., 2010, The ten countries are Aarhus in Denmark, Agra and Chandigarh in India, Cali in Columbia, Dublin in Ireland, Honolulu in and Rochester in US, Ibadan in ... to increase the number of studies on risk factors Each study could contribute a portion to the understanding of risk factors, and a complete picture of risk factors can be attained by integrating ... using Stata SE 10.0 Modelling and charting were performed in R 2.10.1 2.2.3 Role played in this study I participated in this study since the beginning, and was involved in study design, data collection,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 17:56

... were then collated for easy sorting and to avoiding mixing up the many papers being handled In one occasion certain information was found missing so the principal investigator had to revisit the ... people were involved in the interview and on average it was two informants involved per case Interviews with these key informants were carried out using the VA questionnaire and the interviews ... qualitative, in depth investigation of the causes and circumstances surrounding maternal deaths (72) In maternal deaths auditing, mismanagement and inadequate routines are discussed and methods...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2016, 11:06

... published since 2000 using the keywords (pedomet* or acceleromet*) and step* and ((physical activity) or walk*) within the following search engines: CINAHL, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SocINDEX, and SPORTDiscus ... located 10 studies in cancer populations, three in COPD populations, two in coronary heart disease and related disorders, 15 in diabetes populations, and in populations with joint or muscle disorders ... walk influenced individual paces However, the finding does fit within estimates for the number of steps taken in 30 minutes of moderate intensity walking in adults [38,39] and within published normal...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20