... original work is properly cited.
Research
Medical resource utilization among patients with
ventilator-associated pneumonia: pooled analysis
of randomized studies of doripenem versus
comparators
Marin ... design, analysis of results, interpretation of
findings, and drafting of the paper.
Independent statistical analysis. The accuracy of the data anal...
... statistical analysis. AB and EC
Mean QTc (bars indicate standard deviations) values at base-line (T0) and after four days at full dosage (T1) of antipsy-chotic therapy, in the monotherapy (1) and ... comparing QTc intervals, plasmatic levels of
antipsychotics and daily doses of psychotropic drugs are
necessary to perform statistical comparisons for each kind
of antipsychotic and f...
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PRIMARY RESEARCH Open Access
The Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints
Research (FINDER) study: final results of Italian
patients with depression
Rosangela ... al.: The Factors Influencing Depression
Endpoints Research (FINDER) study: final results of Italian...
... (Hospital de
La Santa Creu I Sant Pau); Eduardo Loza Cortina (Hospital de Navarra);
M
a
Victoria Irigoyen Oyarzabal, Inmaculada Ure a Garnica, Virginia
Coret Cagigal (Hospital General Carlos Haya); ... In
addition, availability of other TNF antagonists may have led to
early drug discontinuation and replacement with a novel agent.
In all probability, discontinuation rates...
... electrocardiography and by Dop-
pler cardiography, and was defined as pericarditis, an
abnormal electrocardiography or cardiomegaly. Systolic pul-
monary artery pressures of 40 mmHg and above determined
by ... inflammatory infiltrates by activation of
endothelial cells to promote CD44-mediated extravasation of
inflammatory cells [11]. Perivascular infiltrates are commonly
seen early...
... univer-
sally present in eukaryotes, albeit involving different
dinucleotides. The same periodic RR/YY dinucleotide
frequency is seen in human and mouse promoters, but
interestingly the medaka fish Oryzias ... which is probably a determinant of the energeti-
cally more favorable smooth versus kinked bending of the
DNA [10]; and an arginine side-chain is located in the
minor...
... [67]
Andrographolide (Andrographis paniculata), [62] and
neem (Azadirachta indica), [57] as well as the Siddha com-
bination therapy RAN (Rasagandhi mezhuga, Amukkara
chooranum and Nellikkai lehyam).[6] ... sempervirens), [67] Androgra-
pholide (Andrographis paniculata), [62] neem (Azadirachta
indica), [57] and the Siddha combination therapy RAN
(Rasagandhi mezhuga, Amukkara chooran...
... 5 of 10
METH O D O LOG Y Open Access
Improving benchmarking by using an explicit
framework for the development of composite
indicators: an example using pediatric
quality of care
Jochen Profit
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, ... stability of results in
uncertainty analysis provides an important quality check
of the composite indicator as well as of the underl...
... inflammatory
cells to the site of inflammatory lesion, thereby amplify-
ing and sustaining the inflammatory condition [8]. The
pro-inflammatory cytokines produced by the mast cells
and basophils play ... production in
the culture supernatant of activated KU812 cells.
Effect of POMx on the activation of MAPK
Activation of MAPKs is intimately associated with the...
... Butare, Rwanda. The various questionnaires
were translated into Kinyarwanda and translated back by
Master level psychology students from the University of
Butare. Raters were trained during an intensive ... criteria defining PGD, the aim of this study was to determine rates of and risks for PGD in survivors of
the 1994 Rwandan genocide who had lost a parent and/ or th...
... in the analysis.
Statistical Analysis
Reliability was assessed through Cronbach’s alpha, which
was used as a measure of internal consistency. Construct
validity was assessed through a variety of ... preliminary. The limita-
tions imposed on the secondary analyses by small sam-
ple size were magnified by the lack of availability of
complete clinical data for many subjec...
... pressure, the renin angiotensin system – and
speci cally the angiotensin- converting enzyme (ACE)–
angiotensin (Ang) II–AT
1
receptor axis – may play a
prominent role to promote in ammation and ... potentially novel mechanism to
attenuate the catalytic activity of ACE2, thereby
promoting the actions of Ang II.
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Angiotensin- convert...
... in the metabolism and maintenance of
GSH levels in intact cells [20,22]. Since GSH is one of the
major antioxidants of the airways, it can be hypothesized
that GSTO may participate in the maintenance ... range of normal tissues, particularly in
the liver but also in the lung (three specimens); in the lung
GSTO1-1 could be found only in macrophages. T...
... Georgia, USA
Corresponding author: Greg S Martin, greg_martin@emory.org
Abstract
Introduction Few investigations have prospectively examined extravascular lung water (EVLW) in
patients with severe ... roentgenogram for quan-
titating extravascular lung water in critically ill adults. Chest
1985, 88:649-652.
38. Sakka SG, Klein M, Reinhart K, Meier-Hellmann A: Prognostic...
...
Lange F, Leboeuf-Yde C. The Nordic maintenance care program. Case
management of chiropractic patients with low back pain: A survey of
Swedish chiropractors. Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2008,16:6 ... the tip of the
Case management of chiropractic patients with cervical brachialgia: A survey of
French chiropractors.
Olivier Guenoun*, M...