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methods in this study was to gain a deeper understand-
ing of barriers and facilitators for implementing clinical
guidelines in psychiatry in a multidisciplinary team. An
understanding ... to clinical guidelines and
new action
Positive attitudes and beliefs regarding guidelines and
new action
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injury will also be related to differences in the standard
of living a nd economy. Unfortunately, the quantity and
quality of research is often related to the economy and
standard ... than 5
years in one Norwegian study [56], and 8.5/10,000 for
all children younger than 15 years in a Czech study
[75]. A higher incidence has been associated with...
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diagnostic performance of NTproBNP using a final diagnosis of
cardiac dysfunction based on a combination of clinical and
echocardiographic criteria. Using this diagnosis ... 0.90).
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BNP [2], the N-terminal pro-BNP Investigation of Dyspnoea in
the Emergency Department study [3]...
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institutions including the quality of offered health ser-
vices, availability of the required quantity and quality of
medicines, availability of medical equipments and tools
and availability of sufficient ... resources in the health institutions as weak or very weak including the availability of the required
quantity and quality of medicines (68.7%), the availa...
... in a blinded fashion by the same investigator.
Quantification of circulating Ang-1 and Ang-2
Ang-1 and Ang-2 were measured by in- house Immuno Radio-
metric Sandwich Assay (IRMA) and ELISA, respectively ... of low Ang-1 and VEGF; Ang-2 correlates with severity
of illness (APACHE II and SOFA scores), pulmonary dysfunc-
tion (PaO
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... Diasty MM, Eltantawy TA,
Abdelhakam BB, Elgamal AM, Bieh AA. Inhaled foreign bodies:
presentation, management and value of history and plain chest
radiography in delayed presentation. Otolaryngol ... majority of accidental deaths in child-
hood. Diagnostic delay may cause an increase in mortality and morbidity in cases without
acute respiratory failure. We report our dia...
... high-dose atorvastatin on HDL anti-
inflammatory/pro-inflammatory function and disease activity
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Results of the Statin
Anti-Rheumatic Activity (SARA) pilot study. ... cytokines and chemokines, causing local tissue
damage and stimulating hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells
in the artery wall. Inflammation is also expanded by the influx
of l...
... and analysis and
drafted the manuscript. MW, YQW, IN, DM, and CK conducted the capture
hybridization and sequencing. DLB and JDJ participated in experimental
design and analysis and aided in manuscript ... an increase in initial library com-
plexity arising from better annealing efficiencies of the
Illumina adapter. This is probably explained by the fact
that Illumina a...
... measured by using a commercial kit (ICN
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA, USA). Sensitivity
of the assay was 0.2 ng/mL and the intraassay coefficient
of variation was 5%, as previously described ... hypoth-
alamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the neurohypophysial
oxytocin system [25]. Known relationships also exist
between prolactin and the expression of mammalian
paternal be...
... day and intravenous isotonic fluids. There
was marked improvement of abdominal pain. Skin
lesions gradually faded away and rectal bleeding resolved.
After nephrology evaluation of acute kidney ... but may also be seen on the
hands, arms, trunk, and buttocks.
Gastrointestinal disease occurs in up to 70% of
patients varying from colicky abdominal pain, nausea
and vomiting to int...