... examination (range 53 – 100 month) andin one patient was lost to follow-up Discussion Surgical treatment inpatientswith SMI and considerably impaired LV function had been identified as an indicator ... Sudden death (9 months) Pneumonia with sepsis (25 and 27 months) Stroke (26 months) Intestine perforation, peritonitis (2 months) Cerebral bleeding (17 months) Unknown (30 months) 14 1 1 Page ... replacement with CABG andin one a combination of MV repair, CABG and TV repair Redo's and prolonged cross-clamping times Figure (MVR) – Meier survival curve in (HTX) Kaplan and heart transplantation patients...
... presented in Table The leading cause of drug discontinuation for infliximab was infusion reactions (7.4% of patients receiving infliximab, ~30% of all infliximab discontinuations for AEs) Other common ... univariate and multivariate analyses examining predictors of drug overall discontinuation, discontinuation due to inefficacy and discontinuation due to AEs For overall discontinuation, the multivariate ... associated with drug discontinuation of the first course of anti-TNF therapy Separate models were developed for overall discontinuation, for discontinuation due to inefficacy and for discontinuation...
... Authors' contributions DP: substantial contribution to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysisand interpretation of data, involved in drafting the articles PC: substantial contribution ... interpretation of data, involved in drafting the articles MG: substantial contribution to conception and design, statistical analysisand interpretation of data, involved in drafting the articles ... contribution to conception and design, collection of samples, revision of the draft critically for important intellectual content MC: substantial contribution to conception and design, analysisand interpretation...
... significantly increases intrathoracic pressure resulting in extrinsic compression of the pulmonary parenchyma and development of pulmonary dysfunction [23,24] Increased intrapleural pressures resulting ... hand is a distinctive clinical entity, most commonly seen in association withpatientswith anticoagulation therapy, bleeding abnormalities, and haemodialysis [7,8] and may represent one of the ... http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/108 implantation, necessitating reoperation in up to 60% of cases irrespective of device used or indication for insertion Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma (SRH) on the other hand...
... the institutional ethical committee of Perugia and Bergamo All activity was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and national and institutional review board Associations among ... vancomycin 10, teicoplanin andin therapy was not known Beta-lactam or glycopeptide antimicrobials were administered in combination with rifampin or an aminoglycoside, or a quinolone or a combination ... given in combination with other antibiotics in both oxacillin tolerant and oxacillin non-tolerant MSSA infections Analysis was unable to demonstrate either increased mortality or morbidity in oxacillin...
... Proportion of patientswith hospital mortality and requiring intubation, new onset acute myocardial infarction, duration of noninvasive ventilation needed Allocation concealment adequate; not blinded; ... Proportion of patientswith hospital mortality and requiring intubation, duration of noninvasive ventilation needed Allocation concealment not clear; not blinded; no loss to follow up; analysis by intention ... Proportion of patientswith hospital mortality and requiring intubation, the duration of noninvasive ventilation needed and hospital length of stay Allocation concealment adequate; study not blinded;...
... symbol substitution test did not correlate with occupational functioning [32] Addington et al found no association between cognitive measures and social functioning in 30 patientswith schizophrenia ... programming requiring temporal organization, maintenance and execution of successive action), conflicting instructions (tests sensitivity to interference, where verbal commands conflict with visual ... 20 RK was involved in the conceptualization of the study, literature review, recruiting patients, data collection, statistical analysisand interpretation of results PBM was involved in review...
... ELISA, using a matched antibody pair and recombinant protein as standard from R&D Systems (Oxon, UK) After incubation and binding of biotinylated antibodies, the color reaction was performed with ... Schleicher and Schuell, Dassel, Germany) Nonspecific protein binding was blocked using PBS with 0.1% Tween 20 and 5% bovine serum albumin (Sigma) After incubation with anti-caspase (Cell Signaling Technology, ... condition with chronic or recurrent inflammation Reduced mobilization and increased apoptosis, resulting in a shorter half-life of CPCs, can result from chronic exposure to inflammatory cytokines...
... 88%) andimpaired diffusing capacity in 31 patients (19.8%) Impaired diffusion in conjunction with restriction or obstruction was observed in 16 of those latter subjects, while the remaining 15 patients ... regarding which patients should undergo subsequent pulmonary function testing and radiographic imaging These findings may be of clinical benefit if confirmed in a larger population study Additional ... competing interests Authors' contributions DAP participated in the study design, data collection andanalysis as well as in writing and editing the manuscript JTG performed statistical analyses and...
... endothelial-dependent functionin healthy individuals have reported mixed findings, with some reporting an association between microvascular and macrovascular endothelial-dependent function [22,23] and others ... other study did find an association [34] In the former study, microvascular endothelial function was measured using laser Doppler flowmetry, which assesses endothelial function at a single point only ... had previously confirmed acute coronary syndrome or established CVD as indicated in their medical records and/ or upon questioning during the initial consultation Page of The study received local...
... µg/kg per min) and one patient received epinephrine (adrenaline) (0.4 µg/kg per min) on inclusion No modification of the infusion rate of norepinephrine and epinephrine and no fluid expansion were ... AR and LP were the principal investigators and led the conceptual design of the designand the manuscript preparation MG made contributions to the acquisition of dataand to the analysisand interpretation ... support during PP could be different inpatientswith increased IAP (especially in surgical patients) Indeed, Gattinoni and colleagues [32] reported an IAP ranging from mmHg inpatientswith ARDS...
... participated inanalysisand interpretation of dataandin revising the critically manuscript References Authors' contributions SB, AU and TK participated instudy conception, acquisition of data, analysis ... analysisand interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript and critically revising it ER participated instudy conception, analysisand interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript and critically ... corticoid-binding (SAH) and control patientswith subarachnoid haemorrhageglobulin (CBG) concentration in Evolution of corticoid-binding globulin (CBG) concentration inpatientspatientswith subarachnoid...
... and TLR9 agonist-induced cellular responses in MDCs and PDCs inpatientswith sepsis In line with previous findings, we found increased IL-10 levels in septic patients at baseline and at day 28 ... monocytes [17] In line with recent findings demonstrating that IL-10 inhibits IFNα production in PDCs in vitro, we observed in our study an inverse correlation of IL-10 levels with CpG-induced IFNα ... monocyte and DC deactivation in sepsis [48] References Conclusions We demonstrate a profound and sustained functional impairment of all circulating monocyte and DC subsets inpatientswith sepsis and...
... ALI/ARDS patientswith increased IAP compared withpatientswith normal IAP [7] More recently, in a study including mainly extrapulmonary ALI/ARDS patients, a strategy titrating PEEP according to ... II, duration of mechanical ventilation prior to inclusion and outcome for patients included in normal and increased IAP groups All patients were studied within one week from ALI/ARDS onset We ... at baseline or in response to PEEP Discussion intra-abdominal hypertension (dotted bars) Effect of PEEP on IAP inpatientswith normal IAP (shaded bars) and intra-abdominal hypertension (dotted...
... post -dosing decrease in GD2 staining, and increase in S100 staining intensity andin CD8+ T cell infiltration The EMD 273063-induced intratumoral lymphocytic infiltrates displayed increased staining ... statistical analysis AK participated in the studydesignand coordination SDG participated in the studydesignand coordination OK participated in the studydesignand coordination and helped ... contributions 10 AR participated in the studydesignand coordination and helped to draft the manuscript JMK participated in the studydesignand coordination MBA participated in the study design...
... cutaneous lesions (concomitant changes in pigmentation and nodularity) with continued dosing Resection of two nodules at weeks 24 and 36 showed no evidence of viable melanoma; it was consistent with a ... studies in single institutions, frequently without pre-defined parameters for quality control of the DC manufacturing procedures The methods for DC generation, maturation and administration to patients ... result in worsening of the response rate as it was seen in the aforementioned study of ipilimumab and gp100 [17] In conclusion, we report the positive results of a DCbased vaccine studyin patients...
... (Th2) cytokine production [3] In humans, G-CSF increases interleukin (IL)-4 release and decreases interferon (IFN)-g production [4], induces immune modulatory genes in T cells, including the Th2 ... responses in vitro Interestingly, monocytes from patients given pegfilgrastim induced T-cell proliferation to a similar extent as immunogenic DC In line with this, T-cell proliferation in response ... pegfilgrastim-induced modulation of immune function will favorably impacton disease control in cancer-bearing patients remains to be prospectively determined Additional material Additional file...
... Preclinical safety studies revealed that a decrease in BP during rh-HGF infusion and renal toxicity induced by repeated rh-HGF dosing, including an increase in urinary excretion of albumin, were ... administration (min) 30 Time after rh-HGF administration (min) Figure Blood pressure decreased during infusion of rh-HGF inpatientswith FH or LOHF BP and HR were monitored during rh-HGF infusion ... affect patients general condition Although patientsand 3, but not 4, also exhibited BP reduction during rh-HGF infusion, their general condition was stable without additional infusion or cessation...
... population, patientswith psoriasis reported similar physical functioning and more impaired mental health functioning compared with general population norms, even after adjusting for age, sex, and ... demonstrated that the SF-36 summary scores may be less informative in situations where there is impacton both physical and emotional functioning [33,34] However, based on the NSFHS data only minor ... between the REVEAL and general populations groups on physical functioning and bodily pain, but there were clinically meaningful differences for social functioning and role-emotional scores We observed...