prebiotics and probiotics in pediatric diarrheal disorders

... labor The resultant reduction in lung compliance causes an increased work of breathing and the following clinical findings Patient identification Primarily occurs in infants of less than 34 weeks ... Tachypnea; tachycardia; high fever Inspection Characteristic sitting position leaning forward with head and neck extended and drooling; cyanosis occurs in more severe cases; intercostal retractions; visualization ... serious problem in terms of airway patency and matainence Following is a list of the typical clinical findings associated with Epiglottitis Patient identification Occurs most often in children approximately...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 11:21

... children being more impaired in inhibition and working memory and children with ASD showing greater difficulties in flexibility and planning referring to the above mentioned studies by Nigg and Hill ... the other shape and the lines In stage 6, the intradimensional shift, new shapes and lines, are introduced, but shape continues to be the salient response dimension In stage the intradimensional ... profiles of EF (inhibition, flexibility, working memory and planning) in ADHD and ASD with special regard to the comorbidity of ADHD in ASD children and to investigate whether ADHD and ASD symptoms...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... protection in return for conducting specific studies in children [7] The legislation, initially enacted in 1997, and then confirmed and expanded in 2002 and 2007 [8,10], has provided a powerful incentive ... of medications in children has significantly expanded in recent years due to an increase in publicly funded research and legislative initiatives providing financial incentives to industry Further ... increasing interest of industry in pediatric research that had been traditionally supported by NIH had led to a redefinition of the role of public funding, which is now focused on investigating...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... acquisition and interpretation GI was involved in data acquisition and interpretation, and manuscript drafting SB and AB were involved in data acquisition AF was involved in data interpretation and manuscript ... obtained and maintained using antegrade intermittent blood cardioplegia After completion of the CPB and removal of the cannulas, heparin was reversed using protamine sulfate at a 1:1 ratio During ... achieved Additional heparin boluses were used to maintain an activated clotting time in this range before and during CPB Double venous cannulation of the superior and inferior vena cava was generally...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... trained on the ESRS using training tapes at a multicenter investigators' meeting held to standardize procedures Investigators and/ or designated raters performed ESRS ratings of video-recorded interviews ... of Findling and colleagues [11] Two subjects received anticholinergics during the study period, and two were taking stimulants Mean ESRS scores at baseline and endpoint are provided in Table ... Additional large, rigorous studies examining the benefits and risks of antipsychotics in children and adolescents are needed Competing interests Drs Pandina, Bossie, and Zhu are employees of OrthoMcNeil...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... anti-Influenza virus antibodies in serum of IgE positive and negative vaccinated pediatric and adult subjects, approaching two years post vaccination The exact role of IgE in Influenza virus infection ... nucleoprotein and matrix protein [21] Influenza A and B viruses commonly cause disease in humans [21] The Influenza A virus has surface antigens, but diverse subtype-specific, haemagglutinin (HA) and ... post infection, levels of IgA and IgM peak, and then begin to decline, whereas four to six weeks post infection, levels of IgG peak [30] In the primary response IgG and IgM are dominant, and after...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... and : A biregional survey and review of first-line treatment failure and second-line pediatric antiretroviral access and use in Asia and southern Africa Journal of the International AIDS Society ... first-line treatment failure and second-line paediatric antiretroviral access and use in Asia and southern Africa J Int AIDS Soc 2011, 14(1):7 doi:10.1186/1758-2652-14-17 Cite this article as: and ... nelfinavir in limited circumstances d4T - stavudine; AZT - zidovudine; 3TC - lamivudine; NVP - nevirapine; EFV - efavirenz; ABC - abacavir; ddI - didanosine; LPV/r - ritonavir-boosted lopinavir;...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... pathogens [20] In vivo evaluation: Effect of candidate probiotics should be tested in vivo as well It involves introducing candidate species to the host under culture and then monitoring the growth, ... Olsson JC, Westerdahl A, Conway PL and Kjelleberg S (1997) Colonization in the fish intestinal tract and production of inhibitory substances in intestinal mucus and faecal extracts by Carnobacterium ... microbiota in the gut may play a role in balancing the intestinal mucosal immune system, which may contribute to the induction and maintenance of immunological tolerance or to the inhibition...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 19:20

... auditory information Auditory perception concerns the reception and understanding of sounds and words It plays a significant part in reading skills, managing verbal information, communication and ... application is in detecting CAPD in alcoholism [37], in Schizophrenia [38– 43], in attention deficit and in developmental dyslexia [44] psychoacoustic and electrophysiologic testing according to type ... KM and Baran JA Myelination of the corpus callosum and auditory processing problems in children: theoretical and clinical correlates Semin Hear 1984, 5:231-240 Jerger S, Lewis S, Hawkins J and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... pyrin domain (PYD) in other proteins that have homology with pyrin’s N-terminal sequence [12] Members of the death domain superfamily are involved in the assembly and activation of apoptotic and ... motif containing Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) four cysteine-rich domains, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular death domain Binding of soluble circulating TNF causes ... abdominal pain occurs in 80%; and skin manifestations, including erythematous rash (Figure 2), oedematous plaques (often overlying areas of mylagic pain), and discrete reticulate or serpiginous lesions,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22

... roughness, and smoothness and examiner assessment of skin dryness, erythema, and peeling Methods This study was approved by the St Jude Institutional Review Board, and informed consent was obtained ... to keep skin soft, smooth, and supple [2] Proactive treatment to prevent radiation dermatitis is directed at reducing the drying effect of radiation on the skin and involves instructing patients ... score at some point during RT Comparing the first and last assessments Because both agents were administered in the same manner and on the skin of the same patient, we removed the individual effects...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... doing routine laboratory testing at intake, adding hepatitis B and C testing to the routine testing panel may be a relatively easy change in practice compared to negotiating the availability and ... implementation clinics (defined as clinics receiving an implementation score of or greater at the final followup available) and low implementation clinics (defined as clinics receiving an implementation ... suggests that these clinics were already motivated to improve healthcare practices before attending the LHI training Ongoing research includes clinics that are mandated to attend training, which will...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... expertise in interprofessional education and knowledge transfer expertise in clinical settings MFC is its guarantor All authors contributed in obtaining the funding All authors read, edited, and approved ... three main barriers to implementing SDM, namely, time constraints and problems in applying the process due to the patients’ characteristics or to those of the clinical setting [6] These findings ... reducing patients’ decisional conflict and an improved understanding of their problem, as well as a reduction in regrets and blame of the clinicians [9] Conceptual framework Based on findings in...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... at the intervention sites This includes educational initiatives, mandatory online reminders, and attaining physician agreement in ordering CT scans by the CATCH rule Proposed primary and secondary ... decision rule for CT use in children with minor head injury We are going to examine the clinical impact and costs of implementing this CT head rule in both pediatric and community EDs The implementation ... qualitative portion of the project, trained investigators will interview clinicians using both focus group and individual interviews in all 12 hospitals before and after implementation of each pathway...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... at the intervention sites This includes educational initiatives, mandatory online reminders, and attaining physician agreement in ordering CT scans by the CATCH rule Proposed primary and secondary ... decision rule for CT use in children with minor head injury We are going to examine the clinical impact and costs of implementing this CT head rule in both pediatric and community EDs The implementation ... qualitative portion of the project, trained investigators will interview clinicians using both focus group and individual interviews in all 12 hospitals before and after implementation of each pathway...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... and military correlates of mental disorders (Tables and 3) PTSD symptoms were associated with being male, lower educational attainment, having greater pre-enlistment vulnerability and being in ... younger age, being male, not being in a relationship, greater pre-enlistment vulnerability, holding a lower rank, being in the Army, having a combat or combat support role and not being medically ... changes in the culture of drinking in the UK in general and the Armed Forces in the last decade [33,34], although the measures used were different in the two studies Prevalence of PTSD in this...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... viruses (HHV6 and/ or CMV) and some clinical parameters in lymphoma patients Mucositis and other infections (cannula site infection, perianal infection, fungal chest infection, herpetic skin lesions, ... reduced interleukin-2 synthesis [7], and suppress bone marrow by inducing interferon-alpha production [37,38], (iii) HHV-6 can directly infect CD4+ T-cells and induce apoptosis, thus altering key ... participated in revising the important intellectual contents MM has performed the statistical analysis and participated in editing and revising the manuscript All authors read and approved the final...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:20

... treatment resulted in increased mCD14 expression on monocytes [21] and alveolar macrophages [34] Our findings indicate that 40 h incubation with LPS and CpG induced sCD14 secretion and increased mCD14 ... and mCD14 in pediatric lung diseases has not been defined Therefore, we quantified sCD14 and mCD14 levels in peripheral blood and BALF of children with infectious and non-infectious pediatric ... of incubation was protease-independent since PMSF did not inhibit CpG-induced sCD14 release by PBMCs After 40 hours of incubation, LPS and CpGs cooperated in the induction of sCD14 levels and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:21

... blinded and interpreted randomly by two independent pediatric radiologists Since a validated scoring system for atelectasis is lacking, a scoring system based on available literature [15-17] and ... the heart rate, breathing frequency, blood pCO2 and FiO2 treatment before and within hours, and the chest X-ray score before and within 24 hours after administration of DNase in 30 children treated ... ventilator 16/14 Intensive care/medium care 25/5 Individual improvement of the FiO2, the RR and the HR was defined as >10% decrease, and deterioration was defined as >10% increase Individual improvement...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... cells, resulting in IgA-producing cells [12,13] Commensal organisms additionally interact with TLR-9, thereby producing an anti-inflammatory cytokine milieu rich in interleukin-10 [14] In aggregate, ... avenues of clinical investigations with probiotics despite our lack of insight regarding these agents’ mechanisms of action In line with the FAO/WHO definition, probiotics were originally thought ... provide intestinal host defense mechanisms and regulate both local and systemic inflammation Using probiotics to ensure adequate bacterial colonization has been demonstrated to maintain this...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22