... 2008 .12 .16
Abstract
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury (ALI) is associated with a high mortality and morbidity, and
dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) may play an important role in the ... sum-
marizes mean active and total (including detection of
latent MMP-9 by APMA stimulation) MMP-9 activity
in ALI samples, demonstrating that both active and
total MMP-9 activity...
... overexpressing the wild-type DAP
kinase, t he DCaM-DAP kinase m utant (a c onstitutively
active kinase mutant), the K 4 2A- DAP kinase mutant (a
catalytically inactive mutant displaying dominant negative
features), ... a
catalytically inactive DAP kinase mutant and a construct
containing the death domain and C-terminal tail of DAP
kinase, which act in a dominant-n egative manner, re...
... earthquake in Taiwan [16 ,39] and the Gujarat
earthquake in India [44].
As demonstrated, the army plays an important part in
the early response to earthquakes. The army can be
used in all parts ... Bam earthquake casualties
managed in tertiary referral centers. Injury, Int J Care Injured 2005, 36:27-32.
12 . Saghafinia M, Araghizade H, Nafissi N, Asadollahi R: Treatment
management...
... techniques.
Background
Vascular access is important in the resuscitation of criti-
cally ill or injured adult and paediatric patients [1, 2]. It
can be challenging to obtain vascular access, especially
in ... intraosseous as an alter-
native route [12 ,13 ].
Intraosseous technique has been described as a simple
and reliable method in both cadaver and clinical studies
[9 ,11 ,14 ]. The...
... Falah H Shwani
2
, Abubakir M Saleh
1
, Tariq S Al-Hadithi
1
Abstract
Background: The views of medical professionals on efficiency of health system and needs for any changes are
very critical ... the national Iraqi health system
while the necessity for adopting a new health care system is increasingly recognized since 2004. This study aims to
examine the regional health system in Iraq...
... González
3
, Nora Elena Saldarriaga
4
, Marisol Bedoya
1
,
Juan Manuel Toro
5
, Jorge Byron Velásquez
4
, Juan Carlos Valencia
4
, Clara Maria Arango
5
,
Pablo Henrique Aleman
1
, Esdras Martin Vasquez
4
, ... intensive insulin therapy to
maintain glucose levels between 80 and 11 0 mg/dl (4.4 to 6 .1
mmol/l) or standard insulin therapy to maintain glucose levels
between 18 0 and 200...
... SD, Martin E, Ra SS, Richardson MA, & Royal R. Brain
blood flow changes in depressed patients treated with inter-
personal psychotherapy or venlafaxine hydrochloride. Arch
Gen Psychiatry. ... Psychiatry. 19 87; 22:
12 01- 1 215 .
12 . Bruder GB, Quitkin FM, Stewart JW, Marin C, Voglmaier MM,
& Harrisom WM. Cerebral laterality and depression: Differ-
ences in perceptual asymm...
... electromechanical
apparatuses
4-7
, myolymphokinetic activities
8,9
, pre-
cautions in personal hygiene
10
, aspects of nutrition,
psychological aspects
11
, interdisciplinary and multi-
disciplinary ... that cervical stimulation per-
formed in isolation leads to a reduction in the lym-
phedema
16 ,17
. This therapy in isolation has been used
to treat face lymphedema caus...