... substantially by the development of
comprehensive and accurate databases.
Accurate and comprehensive healthcare data are vitally
important for a variety of purposes, as clearly stated in the
newly released ... Physiology Score and
the Mortality Probability Model have permitted determination
of risk-adjusted outcomes for critically ill patients, and are
now routinely utilized for assessing hea...
... GQ, Yang JC, Sherry RM, Hwu P, Topalian SL, Schwartzentru-
ber DJ, Restifo NP, Haworth LR, Seipp CA, Freezer LJ, et al.:
Cancer regression and autoimmunity induced by cytotoxic
T lymphocyte-associated ... B7-H4, a molecule of the B7
family, negatively regulates T cell immunity. Immunity 2003,
18:849-861.
See [10].
12. Koskela K, Arstila TP, Lassila O: Costimulatory function of
CD28 in avian...
... Biochemistry 31, 7294–7300.
28. Kasahara, K., Watanabe, Y. , Yamamoto, T. & Sanai, Y. (1997)
Association of Src family tyrosine kinase Lyn with ganglioside
GD3 in rat brain. Possible regulation of Lyn ... lacks
oligomerization activity due to the deletion of the
N-terminal portion, resulting in no cytolytic activity [16].
T2¢ and D4, shorter fragments than T2, also lack cytolytic
activi...
... Medicine, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, EG23, 1403-29 Street NW, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada
2
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, ... respectively.
Among patients with sodium disturbances, the median
number of days of hyponatraemia (IQR = one to three days)
and hypernatraemia (IQR = one to five days) was two.
Multivariable a...
... high-frequency oscillating ventilation. The ICU nurses are
unclear of the plan as previously policy stipulated that
ventilated patients were not transplant candidates. They find
the family’s expectations ... of intervention may be clear but are often
disregarded by physicians given the uncertainty of predicting
critical care outcomes [1]. The aftermath of such immediate
Commentary
The role of...
... mortality, LOS, and total costs in a com-
munity hospital ICU.
Methods
Study population
The study was performed by reviewing medical records. The
source population included all mechanically ventilated ... cost per hospital day.
Table 1
Classification of etiology of acute respiratory failure
Classification Details
Pulmonary Upper airway obstruction, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic...
... careful, because if you create one enemy
you can end up having a tough time with a lot of people, and
if they love you, then they love you mostly for whatever the
time that you're here so ... portrayed that knowledge as their own:
'They rely on our notes and our talking to them in the morning
to give them the physical assessment of the patient but then
they totally disregard you ......