... worldwide [1] Close to 80% of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients have an elevated bloodpressure [2] The elevation ofbloodpressure (BP) post-AIS has a multitude of causes, ranging from chronic ... auto -regulation maintains perfusion over a wide range of systemic blood pressures During the acute phase of stroke, cerebral auto -regulation becomes dysfunctional [11], and cerebral perfusion pressure ... high number of cardio-embolic strokes in our cohort (50.3%) The median number ofbloodpressure readings was 7, with an interquartile range (IQR) of to 10 The median systolic bloodpressure on...
... recent large clinical trials of septic shock have used higher targets and resulted in still substantially higher actual bloodpressure levels during sustained administration of catecholamines [8,9] ... rate during septic shock and 28-day mortality The figure presents the vasopressor load in study patients with a mean arterial bloodpressure (MAP) of less than 70 mmHg during the shock period (n ... management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 Crit Care Med 2008, 36:296-327 LeDoux D, Astiz ME, Carpati CM, Rackow EC: Effects of perfusion pressure on tissue perfusion in septic shock Crit...
... absence of thermogenic changes in the placebo group, the absence of adverse effects on blood pressure, heart-rate and self-reports in the four treatment groups, the consistency of the effects of p-synephrine ... 600 mg of naringin and 100 mg of hesperidin No increase in heart rate or bloodpressure was observed over the 75 of the study nor were there any differences in a self-reported rating of 10 common ... respectively) Table shows changes in blood pressures and resting heart-rates from baseline to the ending test for each of the five study groups The average baseline blood pressures and resting heart-rates...
... maximal blood levels of the ingredients [11, 13] Expired air was then collected and analyzed during the next 10 of the session Heart rate and bloodpressure were recorded at the end of expired ... likewise result in increases in heart rate and bloodpressure [8-11] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the acute administration of a product containing caffeine from guarana, ... Rate; BP: Blood Pressure; MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure; RER: Respiratory Exchange Ratio Each value is the mean +SD Discussion The results of this study indicate that acute ingestion of a dietary...
... Sistonen L (2001) Roles of ¨ the heat shock transcription factors in regulationof the heat shock response and beyond FASEB J 15, 1118–1131 Fujimoto M & Nakai A (2010) The heat shock factor family ... Wisniewski J & Wu C (1993) Regulationof heat shock factor trimer formation: role of a conserved leucine zipper Science 259, 230–234 Sakurai H & Enoki Y (2010) Novel aspects of heat shock factors: DNA ... Function and regulationof heat shock factor during mouse embryogenesis Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94, 2392–2397 Min JN, Han MY, Lee SS, Kim KJ & Park YM (2000) Regulationof rat heat shock factor...
... recommendations of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High BloodPressure (2003) [12] The primary outcome was HbA1c, lipid levels, blood ... HbA1c, lipid levels, blood pressure, BMI after 24 months of follow-up Sample size For an alpha of 0.05, a power of 80%, and in order to detect an reduction of HbA1c of 0.3 percentage units, with ... BP control HPE: Health Promotion Education; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; BMI: Body Mass Index; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; BP: Blood pressure; HbA1C: Glycated hemoglobin The difficulty that...
... Overview ofBloodPressureRegulation Associated with the Kidney 15 Suzuki H, Saruta T (eds): Kidney and BloodPressureRegulation Contrib Nephrol Basel, Karger, 2004, vol 143, pp 16–31 Salt, Blood Pressure, ... regulatory mechanisms ofbloodpressure A growing body of evidence suggests that Ang II is involved in regulationof RBF, RSNA, pressure natriuresis and intraglomerular pressure feedback system, ... role in regulationofbloodpressure in this model [57] From these studies it is suggested that renal mechanisms are at least in part involved in pathogenesis and regulationofblood pressure...
... nature of this regulation has prevented elucidation of the underlying mechanisms of circadian changes in circulating blood cells [2] The present study found that a homozygous mutation of the ... circadian regulationof both blood CS levels and peripheral circulating blood cells, but that intact CLOCK is not essential to generate the rhythm Further elucidation of the functions of circadian ... circulating redblood cells CircadianClock mutant mice Circadian variations in peripheral circulating redblood cells (RBC) in Clock mutant mice (A) Number of RBC and (B) blood levels of hemoglobin...
... component of the study This type of centralized support mirrors other quality improvement efforts of the VA [19,20] Involvement of outside experts Part of the implementation process consists of presentations ... adequate examination of the most efficient methods for implementing this knowledge An additional product of this phase of the study will be an evaluation of approaches to implementation of the behavioral ... organizational model of implementation suitable for complex innovations and adapted to the context of clinical practice An additional product of this phase of the study is an evaluation of approaches...
... administrative data Change in systolic and diastolic bloodpressure and bloodpressure control status will be examined as secondary outcomes Bloodpressure (BP) is measured by trained and certified ... Heart failure Stroke Kidney failure Depression Body mass index Systolic bloodpressure Diastolic bloodpressureBloodpressure control (JNC-7) centered communication behaviors impact upon patient ... as measured by audi- Page of 16 (page number not for citation purposes) Implementation Science 2009, 4:7 otape; higher rates ofbloodpressure control; and lower rates of emergency room use and...
... Page of Table 2: Number, frequency, and values of total cholesterol (TC), systolic bloodpressure (SBP), and diastolic bloodpressure (DBP) measurements Mean ± SD Median 20.8 ± 20.8 Number of measurements ... Definitions of variables Age and disease duration at the time of each visit were reported in years Disease dura- Page of tion was calculated from the date of physician diagnosis of SLE to the date of ... Abbreviations ACR: American College of Rheumatology; ANOVA: analysis of variance; BP: blood pressure; CAD: coronary artery disease; CI: confidence interval; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; GEE: generalized...
... purity of the cell preparation This method typically yields a cell suspension containing 70–100% of monocytes with a contamination range between 0–30% of lymphocytes Purity of 88%– 100% of monocytes ... http://respiratory-research.com/content/8/1/80 sue of COPD patients Although several studies have demonstrated an increased IP-10 secretion via intercellular contact, little is known of the regulationof the Th1 IFN-γ/ IL-12 ... the absence of IL-12 mediated induction of endogenous IFNγ secretion when compared with A549/PBMC co-cultures (See also Table 1) % inhibition of IP-10 secretion in co-cultures Effects of IFN-γ antibody...
... Importance of cumulative exposure to elevated cholesterol and bloodpressure in development of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective proof -of- concept ... measures of cumulative exposure with remote and recent values for each of total cholesterol (TC), systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) bloodpressure in terms of ability to quantify risk of atherosclerotic ... at the level of the heart Korotkoff phase V (disappearance) was recorded as DBP Calculation of ‘summary measures’ of TC, SBP and DBP For each of TC, SBP and DBP, an arithmetic mean of all available...
... arterial pressure at the peripheral site Peripheral arterial pressure From a local point of view, peripheral arterial pressure is a function of both the distending blood volume and the compliance of ... circulatory shock Informative value of mean arterial pressure Both baseline MAP and changes in MAP must be explained by the combined influences of heart rate, SV, SVR and mRAP (Eqn 1) Autoregulation of ... National High BloodPressure Education Program Coordinating Committee: Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High BloodPressure Hypertension...
... apoptosisshock vival curves of ≥50% of septic of monocytes of the first day for survival and for diagnosis of septic shock with septic shock in relation of IL-6 and IL-8 over follow-up of day Comparative ... days with sampling of 10 ml blood after venipuncure of a peripheral vein under sterile conditions Isolation ofblood monocytes was performed on each second day Five millilitres ofblood were added ... patients of the same group with apoptosis ≤50% Diagnosis of sepsis was based on the presence of at least two of the following [12]: core temperature >38°C or
... almost 50% of the causes of death in patients with advanced vasodilatory shock [5] Considering the heart as the obviously most vulnerable link of the cardiovascular chain, it must be one of our goals ... GM, Factor P: Role of vasopressin in the management of septic shock Intensive Care Med 2004, 30:1276-1291 Holmes CL, Walley KR, Chittock DR, Lehman T, Russell JA: The effects of vasopressin on ... the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock N Engl J Med 2001, 345: 1368-1377 Heiselman D, Jones J, Cannon L: Continuous monitoring of mixed venous oxygen saturation in septic shock J Clin...
... MAP, mean arterial bloodpressure (in millimeters of mercury); petCO2, end-tidal pressureof carbon dioxide (in kilopascals); ROSC, restoration of spontaneous circulation Page of (page number not ... increasing the cardiac output Table End-tidal pressureof carbon dioxide and mean arterial bloodpressure in two groups of cardiac arrest patients Variables Median of petCO2 reading Interquartile range ... results of this study are similar to those of the studies of Wenzel and colleagues [4] and Guyette and colleagues [5] and show higher rates of ROSC and survival at 24 hours in the group of patients...
... about Furthermore, the tilarginineinduced increase in systolic bloodpressure leads to questions about the use of systolic bloodpressure as a surrogate endpoint to predict outcome in CS Overall, ... understanding of the physiopathology of the production of tissue-specific and systemic biomarkers is needed to develop new agents that have the potential to be effective in MI-induced Page of (page ... al.; SHOCK Investigators: Early revascularization in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock N Engl J Med 1999, 341:625-634 Mallory GK, White PD: The speed of healing of myocardial...