... treatments in patients withacute psychotic episodes and agitation seen in emergency departments [20,21] Study participants were outpatients aged 18 or older withacute psychosis and agitation that ... drug and placebo when evaluating acute agitation and aggression in psychiatric patients [5,7-10] with different psychiatric pathologies [7,8,11-18] Despite its widespread use in research and clinical ... the protocol and to the collection and/ or analysis of data for this study All authors drafted and/ or critically read and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content and have approved...
... infarcted and adjacent segments Segments with LE ≥ 51% demonstrated significantly decreased strain and velocities in comparison to segments with no LE Comparing segments with LE ≥ 51% and LE 1-50% ... Comparison of VVI and LE-MRI MRI was performed 8.1±1.4 days after AMI The LE-MRI study resulted in 209 (38%) segments with a LE ≥ 51%, 91 (17%) with a LE of 1-50% and 244 (45 %) segments without LE ... compared the segments with LE ≥ 51%, LE 1-50% and no LE We demonstrated significant differences of 2DS, dSR, S´, E´, A´ (p < 0.05) between segments with LE ≥ 51% and segments with no LE According...
... from peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirates using a proteomic approach with 2D-electrophoresis in newly diagnosed patients with AML Materials and methods Sample preparation and solubilization ... C, spot No 121 and 122 (TCHTP and variant) was only present in patient F and G, respectively Spot 60 (FK506 binding protein 4) was absent in patient D and spots No 91 (Ku antigen) and 115 (Rho ... (PAI2) was only found in patients E and F with the subtyp FAB M0 and M4, respectively This finding is inline with data from the PAI-2 serum levels of patients with hematological malignancies, where...
... with mixed genotype infections Five cases had both genotypes A and D, cases had C and D, other cases had B and D and cases had genotypes B and C The distribution of mixed genotypes among AH and ... distribution between and even within regions, and are proving to be an invaluable tool in tracing the molecular evolution and patterns and modes of spread of HBV Structural and functional differences ... (mean, 10.5) The study group comprised 22 patients withacute hepatitis B infection (AH) and 48 with chronic active hepatitis (CAH) HBV related acute forms of liver disease were diagnosed based...
... that at least 75% of children have been infected with HPIV1 by years of age [4,5] HPIV1 and show high prevalence and are associated with up to 12% of acute lower respiratory tract infections in adults ... KM and HK designed the research project; MS, MK, HT, YA, TI, CA, and NK performed the research; TI, MN, KK, and TA contributed the analytical tools; KM, MS, MK, and HK analyzed the data, and ... study, we used HPIV1 isolates from patients with ARI and studied the evolution of HN protein, based on phylogenetic analyses using both the ML and NJ methods and the rate of the substitutions of nucleotides...
... and designed the research; analyzed and interpreted the data; performed statistical analysis, handled funding and supervision and drafted the manuscript RRG, DB, OM, have acquired, analyzed and ... stroke Patients and methods Study population and patients characteristics One hundred and ninety patients with a first-ever ischemic stroke of less than 12 hours from symptoms onset, and previously ... distribution and non-parametric tests if they did not MannWhitney test was used for continuous variables with non-Normal distribution, Student’s t test for continuous variables with Normal distribution and...
... ficolin-3 and high CRP levels on the one handand the unfavorable outcome of the disease on the other hand, we repeated the analysis as above in the follow-up samples by including ficolin-3 and CRP ... ficolin-3 on the one handand the severity of ischemic stroke and the infarct size on the other hand, as discussed above It is well known that both the high baseline NIHSS score and the high serum ... GF, ZsI and PG conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination, and helped to draft the manuscript; L-MT and M-OS carried out the immunoassays; GSZ, T, GP, KH, RSZ and ZSz...
... with mixed genotype infections Five cases had both genotypes A and D, cases had C and D, other cases had B and D and cases had genotypes B and C The distribution of mixed genotypes among AH and ... distribution between and even within regions, and are proving to be an invaluable tool in tracing the molecular evolution and patterns and modes of spread of HBV Structural and functional differences ... (mean, 10.5) The study group comprised 22 patients withacute hepatitis B infection (AH) and 48 with chronic active hepatitis (CAH) HBV related acute forms of liver disease were diagnosed based...
... and designed the research; analyzed and interpreted the data; performed statistical analysis, handled funding and supervision and drafted the manuscript RRG, DB, OM, have acquired, analyzed and ... stroke Patients and methods Study population and patients characteristics One hundred and ninety patients with a first-ever ischemic stroke of less than 12 hours from symptoms onset, and previously ... distribution and non-parametric tests if they did not MannWhitney test was used for continuous variables with non-Normal distribution, Student’s t test for continuous variables with Normal distribution and...
... differ by treatment with 88, 82 and 87% of patients treated with TMP/SMX, ciprofloxacin and nitrofurantoin, respectively experiencing a clinical cure (p = 0.7) Patients randomized to TMP/SMX ... resistance to TMP/SMZ, ciprofloxacin and nitrofurantoin were 7%, 1% and 8%, respectively For E coli the resistance rates were 7%, 0% and 4% for TMP/SMX, ciprofloxacin and nitrofurantoin, respectively ... infections with resistant organisms (Table 3) Patients treated with ciprofloxacin appeared to experience adverse events at a higher rate (62%) compared to those treated with TMP/SMX (45%) and nitrofurantoin...
... interval and albuterol levels Recorded QTc interval and (R)-, (S)- and total albuterol levels and are shown in (a), (b) and (c) respectively (R)-, (S)- and total albuterol levels in subjects with ... severity and response to therapy included improvement in percent predicted PEF after 60 and a four-point severity score, similar to the Acute Asthma Index (AAI) designed and validated by Rodrigo and ... digoxin toxicity and a probable atrial flutter, respectively Six subjects (3 male and female) were identified with prolonged QTc intervals ( > 440 ms and > 450 ms for males and females respectively);...
... http://www.annalsofintensivecare.com/content/1/1/21 Page of Table Baseline characteristics of patients withand without acute kidney injury No acute kidney injury Number Acute kidney injury p value 12 Age (yr)* 70 ± 17 57 ± 12 0.05 ... Figure Correlation of serum phosphorus (PO4) and FGF-23 levels in patients withand without acute kidney injury No correlation was observed between PO4 and FGF-23 levels (r = 0.08, p = 0.74) Zhang ... Akmal M, Bishop JE, Telfer N, Norman AW, Massry SG: Hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia in patients with rhabdomyolysis withand without acute renal failure J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1986, 63:137-142 29...
... hash on dynamic hand signature was proposed by Vielhauer et al in [1] which used a 50-feature-parameter set from dynamic hand signature and an interval matrix to store the upper and lower thresholds ... real, imaginary, and magnitude components of (1) tFFT(tDWT(p)) and (2) tFFT(tDWT(a)), and (3) tFFT(tDWT(az)) with tFFT and tDWT being the compression methods described in F(t) and G(w), as dynamic ... mean and standard deviations, are denoted as Mean-[Type] and Std-[Type] with [Type] indicating the distribution for genuine (G), random forgery Yip Wai Kuan et al Table 1: Comparison of EER and...
... in 2005, and we evaluated clinical and dosimetric factors associated with severe acute radiation pneumonitis (SARP) in 94 patients with a diagnosis of locally advanced NSCLC treated with concurrent ... SARP and those who did not However, COPD and FEV1 were significant associated with SARP (p < 0.05) (Table 1) In univariate analysis, NTCP, MLD and V5-V60 were associated with SARP (p < 0.05), and ... of SARP in the group with NTCP > 4.2% and NTCP ≤ 4.2% were 43.5% and 1.4%, respectively (p < 0.01); the incidences of SARP in the group with V10 ≤50% and V10 >50% were 5.7% and 29.2%, respectively...
... 2-year local control and overall survival of 58% and 58% respectively and a median survival time of 25 months for patients with inoperable stage III lung cancer and treated with 70 Gy (range 60-90 ... MU/deg and MU/Gy, Dose Rate, Gantry speed, Collimator angle, beam-on and treatment time); beam-on and treatment times are defined without inclusion of patient positioning and imaging procedures and ... planning system with a calculation grid resolution of 2.5 mm Outcome evaluation All patients were evaluated weekly with physical and hematologic examination during radiation treatment Acuteand late...
... aclarubicin and G-CSF (CAG) has been widely used in China and Japan for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) We searched literature on CAG between 1995 and 2010 and ... randomized, and the comparisons in those studies were made with historical controls It is therefore worthwhile to compare CAG regimen with standard anthracycline plus Ara-C in a prospective randomized ... tolerated with low cardiotoxicity and ED rate We strongly recommend that CAG regimen be compared with standard anthracycline plus Ara-C in a prospective randomized study, particularly in high-risk and...
... samples (18% with peptide HP-B6, 10% with peptides HP-G2 and HPG7, 8% with peptide HP-G5) Peptides HP-C8 and HP-G2 were the least (10–20% of marrow specimens studied) and peptides HP-B4 and HP-G7 ... patients These clones were then profiled with AML and normal cells Sixty-eight (15%) clones bound to CML-BC and AML cells, and were used for further studies with PB and BM cells from normal donors Of ... cells were fixed with 3.7% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized with methanol and incubated with streptavidin-FITC (DAKO) diluted 1:500 in PBS/4% BSA for 30 minutes at room temperature and washed again...
... anti-double strand DNA antibody, rheumatoid factor, anti-RNP antibody, and anti-SS-A antibody Bilateral hand X-rays showed mild swelling and destruction of the metacarpo-phalangeal (MP) and proximal-inter-phalangeal ... (LNs) from autopsy Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining and immunohistochemistry analyses of bone marrow (BM), spleen, and lymph nodes Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining and immunohistochemistry analyses ... aminotransferase (ALT): 78 IU/L), and elevated LDH (525 IU/L) His WBC showed relative neutropenia, and monocytosis without blast cell increase His CRP was high (4.0 mg/100 mL), and his ferritin level was...
... staining with PAS after diastase digestion The portal tracts were expanded and slightly oedematous, and contained a moderate inflammatory cell infiltrate composed of lymphocytes and neutrophils, with ... diminished (100 and 170 U/L respectively), and alkaline phosphatase and GGT had decreased to 428 U/L and 170 U/L, respectively (Table 1) Because of our patient’s persistent higher transaminase and bilirubin ... cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgM, parvovirus B19 IgM and IgG, and Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen (EBV VCA) IgM, and positive for CMV IgG and EBV VCA IgG positive Blood cultures, and antibody tests for human immunodeficiency...
... older adult with pancreatic insufficiency and cystic fibrosis but in the setting of normal amylase and lipase The few reports available concerning acute pancreatitis in patients with pancreatic ... or young adults and always with raised amylase and lipase blood levels [1,3,4] In our patient, acute pancreatitis was possibly related to his abnormal pancreatic duct anatomy and the chemical ... enlargement of the head of his pancreas with dilated intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ducts These findings were thought to be consistent with either acute pancreatitis or a pancreatic malignancy...