neuroimaging modality in patients with suspected brain metastatic disease
Novel method for sputum induction using the Lung Flute in patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis pdf
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29/03/2014, 03:20
... Flute included mild sore throat after blowing into the device in four patients (12%) and hyperventilationrelated symptoms in three patients (9%), including dizziness in two (6%), headache in one ... recommended in patients suspected of having pulmonary TB.13 But, most patients feel discomfort of throat during the inhalation of irritant hypertonic saline In clinical practice, single induced sputum ... successful in nine of 10 male patients (90%) and 21 of 24 female patients (88%) With regard to smoking status, it was successful in 11 current smokers and ex-smokers (100%) compared with 19 of...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Effectiveness of a Wii balance board-based system (eBaViR) for balance rehabilitation: a pilot randomized clinical trial in patients with acquired brain injury" ppt
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19/06/2014, 08:20
... play in standing or in sitting position to improve balance control in both conditions In standing position the patients are required to maintain their soles on the WBB In sitting position, the patients ... randomized clinical trial in patients with acquired brain injury José-Antonio Gil-Gómez1*, Roberto Lloréns1, Mariano Alcañiz1,3 and Carolina Colomer2 Abstract Background: Acquired brain injury (ABI) ... cm in front of the individual’s feet 1-minute walking test (1MWT) Walking distance within a minute along an 8-shaped path that is 20 m long defined on a straight and nonslip surface 10-m walking...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "parison between logistic regression and neural networks to predict death in patients with suspected sepsis in the emergency room" ppsx
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12/08/2014, 22:21
... Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests R155 Key messages - Simple clinical variables were useful in predicting death in patients with suspected sepsis in ... predictive instrument in patients with signs indicative of sepsis However, the model must be specifically tested in an independent population with a larger sample size The main determinants of ... (recorded in 36% of patients) , followed by soft tissue infection (17%), intra-abdominal infection (12%), urinary tract infection (11%) and others (11%); sepsis of undetermined source was recorded in...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Procalcitonin testing has the potential to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in patients with suspected lower respiratory tract infections" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 22:21
... of other clinical findings obtained by taking a thorough history and performing a careful physical examination The authors declare that they have no competing interests Christ-Crain M, Jaccard-Stolz ... Ricou B, Grau GE, Vadas L, Pugin J; Geneva Sepsis Network: Diagnostic value of procalcitonin, interleukin6, and interleukin-8 in critically ill patients admitted with suspected sepsis Am J Respir ... bacterial infection and influence antibiotic use in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected lower respiratory tract infection The use of PCT to guide antibiotic use resulted in...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "High mobility group box-1 protein in patients with suspected community-acquired infections and sepsis: a prospective study" pot
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13/08/2014, 03:20
... cytokine production in the brain; inducing acute lung injury and production of pro-inflammatory cytokines/mediators in the lungs; promoting translocation in the gut; inducing arthritis and joint inflammation; ... ng/ml in patients with malignant disease, 6.47 ng/ml in trauma patients, and 14.05 ng/ml in patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation [24] High levels were observed in patients with organ ... divided according to our plan for analyses into the following groups: non-infected patients (n = 67), infected patients without SIRS (n = 32), patients with sepsis (n = 47), and patients with severe...
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Báo cáo y học: " Pentobarbital versus thiopental in the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in patients with traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial" ppsx
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13/08/2014, 11:22
... Thoracic injury 0.13 Abdominal injury 0.34 Extremities injury 0.20 Diffuse injury without brain swelling 12 0.046 Diffuse bilateral brain swelling 12 Diffuse unilateral brain swelling with midline ... reactivity (n)a One reacting Both reactingb 12 14 Diffuse injury without brain swelling Diffuse bilateral brain swelling Diffuse injury unilateral brain swelling with midline shift Any mass lesion ... group and in 18 patients (82%) in the pentobarbital group (P = 0.03) In nonresponding patients, we chose to place a lumbar drainage in five, in three we opted for surgical treatment, and in three...
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Báo cáo y học: "Is albumin use SAFE in patients with traumatic brain injury" potx
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 20:21
... traumatic brain injury Analyses were conducted in all patients and in subgroups according to severity of traumatic brain injury The authors found that resuscitation with albumin was associated with higher ... relative merits of albumin versus saline In 1998, a meta-analysis by the Cochrane Injuries Group concluded that the administration of albumin containing fluids to the critically ill increased absolute ... Commentary Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is devastating with catastrophic consequences Early recognition of injury and prompt delivery of focused care of the traumatic brain injured patient is essential...
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Báo cáo y học: "Resistin is associated with mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 21:21
... concentration in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients Data are expressed as means ± SD Mortality prediction Twenty-six patients (27.7%) died from TBI within month Baseline plasma resistin level in the ... increased plasma resistin level is found and associated with GCS score and mortality after TBI Key messages • In patients with traumatic brain injury, plasma resistin level increased during the 6-hour ... traumatic [14] animal brain This protein also increases in the peripheral blood of patients with ischemic [15] and hemorrhagic [16] stroke These findings suggest that resistin could contribute...
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báo cáo hóa học: " The minimal important difference of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" pot
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 19:20
... analysis showed that the minimal important difference of the HADS is approximately 1.5 points in COPD patients Investigators and those interpreting clinical research can use this minimal important difference ... anxiety in diseases such as COPD evidence is still lacking to provide strong recommendations However, the treatment of depression in disease such as COPD will be increasingly important In trials using ... range commonly encountered in patients with chronic disease. [26,27] A change of 1.5 points corresponds approximately to a 20% change from these baseline scores In patients with substantially lower...
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báo cáo hóa học: " What determines subjective health status in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: importance of symptoms in subjective health status of COPD patients" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 19:20
... 100, the lower scores indicating better health status [19-21] The SGRQ has been translated into different languages and used in several studies of COPD patients, including in Norway [22,23] The ... the learning and coping centre at Haugesund Hospital for assisting the recruitment of COPD patients References 10 11 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... CT: Nursing research Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice Eighth edition UK: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007 Ries AL: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and COPD Seminars in respiratory...
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Báo cáo y học: "Endothelial cell markers reflecting endothelial cell dysfunction in patients with mixed connective tissue disease" doc
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 12:20
... factors in MCTD patients In our study population, we investigated the traditional risk factors, in association with clinical symptoms and autoantibodies, in MCTD patients with and without cardiovascular ... after bloodsampling with the color-coded Hewlett Packard SONOS 5500 (Soma Technology Inc.) carotid duplex equipment with a 7.5 MHz linear transducer The investigation included longitudinal and transverse ... MCTD patients with Raynaud's phenomenon in the CVD+ and CVD- groups Discussion Cardiovascular diseases have recently been shown to be the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with...
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Báo cáo y học: " CD8 positive T cells express IL-17 in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" ppsx
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12/08/2014, 13:22
... supporting the potential involvement of IL-17A in the phenotypic manifestations of COPD In addition, transgenic over expression of Il-17 in the alveoli of murine lung induces lung inflammation with ... polymorphism and chronic inflammatory lung diseases, including bronchial asthma and COPD, suggesting that IL-17F may be critically involved in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory lung diseases [15] ... and visualized with DAB/hydrogen peroxide After counterstaining with haematoxyline, sections were dehydrated in increasing ethanol gradient and 100% xylene immediately before performing LCM The...
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Báo cáo y học: " Characterization of the bronchodilatory dose response to indacaterol in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using modelbased approaches" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 13:22
... that included assessment of trough FEV1 and had a duration of at least 14 days Indacaterol was compared with formoterol in two studies, with salmeterol in four studies and with tiotropium in one ... arm of each study, for both indacaterol (lefthand panel) and comparators (right-hand panel) Visual inspection of the indacaterol data points indicated that with increasing dose the response asymptotically ... response changed with baseline FEV As baseline FEV increased, both the steepness and the maximum of the dose response increased In particular, the lowest quartile, with a baseline FEV of less...
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Báo cáo y học: " Improved outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated with salmeterol compared with placebo/usual therapy: results of a meta-analysis" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 16:20
... contributions 15 RS was involved in the concept and planning of the meta analysis and in writing and editing the manuscript; PW and MW were involved in the writing and editing of the manuscript ... from the earliest assessment point (3 months) and maintained at months and 12 months, indicating that there was no decline in efficacy over this period There is increasing recognition that patient-centred ... treatment with oral and/or inhaled corticosteroids was permitted in six of the trials (67%), while anticholinergic therapy could be continued in four trials (44%) and methylxanthines in seven...
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Báo cáo y học: "Evaluation of an ambulatory system for the quantification of cough frequency in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 08:20
... Effects of abdominal and thoracic breathing on breathing pattern components in normal subjects and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease American Review of Respiratory Disease 1984, ... recording is 1-min and 1-sec from the physiologic recordings LS data were visually inspected by two independent reviewers who remained blinded to the video data Each noted the time (hour, minute ... represented in the study, which was due to an inauspicious baseline imbalance Third, the data were collected in a clinical setting due to the requirement for video monitoring equipment However, patients...
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Báo cáo y học: " Diagnosis of invasive bronchial-pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive respiratory diseases" pptx
Ngày tải lên :
14/08/2014, 08:21
... 2011 References He H, Ding L, Li F, Zhan Q: Clinical features of invasive bronchial-pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive respiratory diseases: a prospective ... National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group Clin Infect Dis 2008, 46:1813-1821 Bulpa P, Dive A, Sibille Y: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in ... Miguel J, Bouza E: Pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: incidence, risk factors, and outcome Clin Microbiol Infect 2010, 16:870-877 doi:10.1186/cc10138...
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Study the serum erythropoietin, ferritin and transferrin concentration in patients with end stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis
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10/06/2016, 10:39
... EPO in patients with ESRD 4.2.2 Serum iron, ferritin and TSAT in patients with ESRD and their relations with some clinical and laboratory parameters * Serum iron, ferritin and TSAT in patients with ... conducted this study with two following objectives: To investigate erythropoietin level, serum ferritin and transferrin saturation (TSAT) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) indicated chronic ... of inflamation was decreased at the end of the study and iron binding sites on transferrin molecules are released from cytokines leading to increase ability binding of iron with transferrin molecules...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Phase II trial of Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus expressing 5T4 and high dose Interleukin-2 (IL-2) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma" pot
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 15:20
... immunotherapy in RCC Hence, we sought to determine if vaccination with MVA-5T4 could improve the therapeutic responses observed with standard high-dose IL-2 in patients with metastatic RCC In order ... combining vaccination with MVA expressing 5T4 and highdose IL-2 in patients with metastatic RCC The trial was Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Translational Medicine ... and cell-mediated immunity All patients developed an increase in 5T4 antibody titers after vaccination, consistent with previous clinical trials in patients with metastatic colorectal and hormone-refractory...
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báo cáo hóa học:" CTLA4 blockade increases Th17 cells in patients with metastatic melanoma" pdf
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18/06/2014, 15:20
... blocking antibodies Here we report the increase in Th17 cells in patients with metastatic melanoma after treatment with tremelimumab with or without DC vaccines, and its preferential increase in patients ... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/7/1/35 ing an increase in Th17 cells with CTLA4 blockade in patients with metastatic melanoma Preferential Increase in Th17 Cells in Patients with Autoimmune Toxicity ... Figure in Increase3 Th17 cells after tremelimumab-based therapy by intracellular cytokine staining Increase in Th17 cells after tremelimumab-based therapy by intracellular cytokine staining A) Gating...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Phase I/II open-label study of the biologic effects of the interleukin-2 immunocytokine EMD 273063 (hu14.18-IL2) in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma" docx
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18/06/2014, 15:20
... approaches for introducing IL2 into the tumor environment include injection of the cytokine intratumorally [17] and administering intratumoral injections of adenovirus encoding IL2 [18] In the later ... examined (Table 4) The IHC images from case 4104 are depicted in Figure 2D as a representative example of the post-dosing decrease in GD2 staining, and increase in S100 staining intensity and in ... Treatment with this agent is associated with immunologic effects as reflected by an increase in immune-related cytokines in serum and intratumoral changes in some patients consistent with increased intratumoral...
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