... patients with clinical vasospasmafter receiving a bolus infusion of Mg++ [135] Statins Statins, or 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors, appear to have a promising role invasospasm ... [140] The incidence of TCD-defined vasospasm and DID was significantly reduced in the simvastatin group The routine use of statins in SAH is awaiting larger, multi-center clinical trials showing clear ... symptomatic vasospasmafter aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage by intraoperative cisternal fibrinolysis using tissue-type plasminogen activator combined with continuous cisternal drainage Neurologia...
... I, with light staining (in constructs red) in the area of fibrous ingrowth (circled) (b) Collagen type II, showing medium intensity staining (in red) in the entire matrix of the interfacial area ... crossing Collagen immunostaining Cryosections were fixed in acetone for procollagen type I, and collagen types I and III staining For collagen type II staining paraffin sections were deparaffinized ... stimulated using enzyme treatment Our findings suggest that enzymatic treatment may be a promising technique with which to improve cartilage integration, in addition to currently developing clinical...
... Schmid-Elsaesser R, Kunz M, Zausinger S, Prueckner S, Briegel J, Steiger HJ: Intravenous magnesium versus nimodipine in the treatment of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a randomized ... KG, Macdonald RL, Diringer MN, Broderick JP, Drier JP, Roos YB: Definition of delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage as an outcome event in clinical trials and observation ... sulphate infusion and a placebo in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage is shown CI, confidence interval; M-H, Mantel-Haenszel from that of Schmid-Elsaesser and colleagues [4] Again, the...
... previous work has studied filling pressure in this type of population, other researchers have reported hemodynamic findings in line with our findings in SAH patients by using a pulmonary artery catheter ... at 700 ml for all patients Creatinine clearance was computed from creatinine excretion in a 24-hour urine collection and a single measurement of serum creatinine on day Aneurysm location was ... et al In patients with subarachnoidhemorrhage (SAH), the BNP level increases soon after aneurysm rupture and returns to baseline in one to two weeks [6-8] The source of BNP release remains controversial...
... an indispensable premise in the prevention of a wound infection Besides draining sinus, other infections during the two-stage protocol might endanger the treatment course Irvine et al found in ... Gentamicin + g Vancomycin 15 g Gentamicin + 0.8 g Teicoplanin g Gentamicin + g Cefotaxim g Gentamicin + g Clindamycin 3 n= 77 1 THA: total hip arthroplasty Table 2: Pathogen organisms in late hip joint ... complex infections involving the hip Orthop Clin North Am 1993; 24:751-9 http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2009, 10 Fehring TK, Odum S, Struble S, Fehring K, Griffin WL, Mason JB Hip instability in...
... Vainchenker W, Wendling F Prominent role of TGF-beta in thrombopoietin-induced myelofibrosis in mice Blood 2002;100:3495-503 32 Erusalimsky JD, Franklin R and Hong Y Is the platelet lowering activity ... advocated as a protein susceptible to reductions during anagrelide treatment for MPD [30] We can not corroborate those findings here, despite using the same assay as those investigators At this ... base-line values, whereas values after months appear to be well over the reference range established by the others Our findings might be of help to explain why TPO values were higher than normal in...
... (except non-melanoma skin cancer, in situ cervical cancer or breast cancer) Information on tamoxifen treatment was abstracted from medical records and in Los Angeles, confirmed in interviews At follow-up ... strong trend of increasing mortality with increasing interval between breast cancer and endometrial cancer diagnosis (P = 0.0001), which, after stratification by morphology, remained statistically ... results An issue in the interpretation of the results is the attribution of cause of death to a single underlying cause in the presence of co-morbidity We saw opposing trends in breast and endometrial...
... more Written informed consent was obtained from all patients prior to enrollment in the study according to institutional guidelines Treatment regimen S-1, at 80 mg/m2, was orally administered twice ... N, Ford H, Carter R, Hill A: A phase II study in advanced gastro-esophageal cancer using epirubicin and cisplatin in combination with continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil (ECF) Ann Oncol 1994, ... dihidropyrimidine dehydrogenase were decreased and that of orotate phosphorybosyl transferase was increased when docetaxel was administered in combination with S-1 In addition, in recent retrospective...
... Through the feeding tube, a complete polymeric isotonic enteral nutrient was administered, in a dose of 1.5 grams of protein per kilogram of weight per day, by using an infusion bomb during 20 hours, ... during the treatment period The patients could start their oral feeding without any inconvenience and were discharged in good conditions afterwards Figure The esophagus and jejunum The arrow indicates ... well as the naso-enteral tube located distally to the leaking area It was verified that the tube was in the intestinal lumen, by injecting hydro soluble contrast substance to visualize the jejunal...
... pathologists in an experienced treatment center [11-14] In addition to studying 65 patients undergoing surgery for primary IaRS, the study includes 22 contacts with patients with recurrent disease after ... types (including GIST tumors) received neoadjuvant treatment R1 and R2 GIST tumors received Imatinib as palliative treatment R1 and R2 liposarcomas were also offered palliative treatment Since ... substantially in the analysis and interpretation of the data All authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the final version Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
... scores, both indicating impact on physical functioning and well-being for up to three years These effects were also clinically meaningful The remaining HRQOL outcomes, including the remaining SF-36 ... adalimumab after three years of treatmentin improving and sustaining patient-reported physical functioning and HRQOL Materials and methods Patients and study design The Adalimumab Trial Evaluating ... Rudwaleit M, Sieper J, Braun J: Clinical response to discontinuation of anti-TNF therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis after years of continuous treatment with infliximab Arthritis Res Ther...
... thereby indicating brain injury in this setting The mechanisms responsible for this rise in NFL remain to be determined Indeed, from a virological perspective, it is uncertain whether the increase in ... that increases in CSF neopterin correlated with increases in NFL For example, the increase in CSF neopterin in subject 207 (panel G) exceeded that of subjects 6012 and 6011 despite continued ... application of cerebrospinal fluid neopterin concentrations in HIV infection Pteridines 2004, 15:102-106 Tibbling G, Link H, Öhman S: Principles of albumin and IgG analyses in neurological disorders...
... surgery in the treatment of injured thoracic aorta[20]; endovascular repair represents a less invasive therapy for the treatment of all kinds of aortic diseases, including urgent management of polytraumatic ... post-dilatation was necessary A single inner lumen was restored to allow a continuous and valid blood flow to the descending aorta The patient was discharged four days later in good clinical conditions Peripheral ... with pain-free walking interval of less than 40 meters and erectile disfunction; a chest and abdominal radiography showed a subocclusion of the graft A ultrasound duplex examination of abdominal...
... (A) at the time of her initial aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage admission and (B and C) subsequent non-aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage revealing perimesencephalic hemorrhage The superior ... initial diagnostic angiogram at the time of aneurysmal subarachnoidhemorrhage A mm anterior communicating artery aneurysm is shown (arrow) The aneurysm was treated in the same setting with endovascular ... literature offers little insight regarding a probable underlying pathology that could account for both of these hemorrhages There have been previous reports of BPH occurring in individuals with various...
... Plasma cytokine concentrations in pigs after endotoxin-induced systemic inflammation with or without CO treatment Plasma cytokine concentrations in pigs after endotoxin-induced systemic inflammation ... endotoxin was injected, there were no differences in plasma cytokines (TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10), cytokine mRNA The cytokine levels following endotoxin infusion in our study were high, and individual ... clinical findings also support the interpretation that CO does not help to improve the inflammatory response after endotoxin infusion Our interpretation of previous studies together with our findings...
... FOLFIRI: folinic acid (leucovorin) fluorouracil (5-FU) irinotecan (CPT-11); LV: leucovorin; 5-FU: 5-fluorouracil Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Figure ... colonoscopic findings Gastrointest Endosc 2001, 53:816-818 Sears S, McNally P, Bachinski MS, Avery R: Irinotecan (CPT-11) induced colitis: report of a case and review of Food and Drug Administration ... these treatments Despite successful treatment, elective surgery is warranted if intestinal stenosis develops after the punched-out ulcer has healed [7] Although the overall frequency of CMV infection...
... occurred in 19 patients (79%) of the insulin treatment group, beginning 99.1 ± 54.4 hours after initiation of insulin infusion (duration 6.9 ± 11.6 hours) and in three patients in the noninsulin treatment ... higher in the insulin treatment group (Table 1) Blood glucose and insulin treatmentIn 92% of the insulin-treated patients, hyperglycaemia was present on admission (86% in the noninsulin treatment ... 11 ± hours after onset of insulin infusion Hence, in the present study the microdialysis parameters were analyzed hourly for 12 hours after initiation of insulin infusion Interestingly, although...
... NS Injury Severity Score brain, in brain-injured 14.5 ± 4.9 10.8 ± 4.5 019 Glasgow Coma Scale score initial, all 10.4 ± 4.9 11.8 ± 4.3 0.16 Brain injury 7.4 ± 4.3 9.7 ± 4.8 0.11 No brain injury ... in brain-injured patients in whom 30 to 40 mg zinc doses were associated with improved neurological outcome [45] Finally, zinc is involved in tissue repair, and the improved wound healing in burns ... lowest in SAH (6.2 mmol/L) and decreasing significantly over time (P = 0.005), the decrease being similar in the AOX and placebo groups Insulin requirements Insulin requirements per day during the...
... measures in the beginning of immunoreactive cascades and thereby improve outcome in these patients [7] For investigating intracranial infections, the MD technique has only been used in animal ... and two case studies in humans [8,9] During experimental pneumococcal meningitis, a decrease in cortical glucose levels and an increase in local lactate production in the brain were observed [10] ... Length of stay in haemorrhage care unit (ICU) in patients aneurysmal subarachnoid the intensive (SAH) Length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) in patients withwith aneurysmal subarachnoid...