... Guest Editor’s Editorial: Advances in Managing Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection (A Special Issue) Ke-Qin Hu Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, ... Hepatic steatosis is a common presentation in HCV-infected individuals. Drs. Yoon and Hu review the incidence, pathogenesis, and clinical impact of steatosis...
... the early steps of HBV infection including of the penetration of virus and release of its genome into host cells is uncertain. In general, the early step of virus infection in which the virus enters ... of an in vitro infection system. Although HBV is considered highly efficient in establishing infection in people following parenteral exposure, tissue culture cells are...
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Abbreviations:Ado-met,S-adenosyl-
L
-methionine; MgP
IX
MT,
S-adenosyl-
L
-methionine:Mg-protoporphyrin IX methyltransferase;
MGDG, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol; MGD, monogalactosyldia-
cylglycerol synthase; IPTG, ... speci c for the 5¢ and 3¢ ends of the coding
sequence of the putative MgP
IX
MT. The forward primer
was 5¢-CATATGCCGTTTGCTCCTTCC-3¢ and the
reverse primer 5¢-CATA...
... indicated thatdelaying ALS in critically injured patients until arrival inthe trauma centre worsens outcome [21].One remaining question in this study is if any of thesuccessful pre-hospital intubations ... intubation.ED: Emergency department.Table 5 Cases of failed or complicated pre-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI)Case ETI Successful Type of injury NACA CGS RTS OutcomeOesophageal i...
... joint [2,4,14]. Gout may occur inany joint including the ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow,sacroiliac joint and other joints of the spine, howevermost commonly occurs in the lower extremity. In ... either decreased renal excre-tion (which occurs in 90% of gout patients) or hyperpro-duction of uric acid [4]. Drugs that may causehyperuricemia and gout include: diuretics, cyclosporine,low-do...
... Intensive Care Society(ANZICS) Research Centre for Critical Care Resources(ARCCCR) maintains a database recording information oncritical care resources, including the timing of introduction ofMETs. In ... Zealand Intensive Care Society Research Centre for Critical Care Resources; CA = cardiac arrest; ICU = intensive care unit; IHI = Institute of Health Improvement; MERIT = Medical Emergency...
... Routine portable chest radiographs in the medicalintensive care unit: Effects and costs. Crit Care Med 1997, 25:801-805.5. Bekemeyer WB, Crapo RO, Calhoon S, Cannon CY, Clayton PD:Efficacy of chest ... necessary following the placement of a centralline over a guide wire, as they observed no complications in3 80 such changes [10]. Gray et al found that clinicians werefairly accurate in de...
... Selcuk University, Meram Medical Faculty, Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Department, 42080, Konya, Turkey 2. Erciyes University Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Critical Care ... used in 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection- related hypoxemic respiratory failure. Key words: 2009 influenza A(H1N1); ARDS; critical care units; mechanically ventilation; mortality INTRODUCTION I...
... should facilitate easy access for HCWs to the influenza vaccines at their work place, which would increase the vaccination rate and subsequently contributing to improved compliance to the vaccina-tion ... which necessities their indirect protection against in- fluenza infections through vaccinating HCWs.3 Influenza vaccination of HCW reduces the risk of infection, influenza-like-illness ......
... Maxillofacial Surgery, Calabrodental, Crotone, Italy Corresponding author: Prof. Francesco INCHINGOLO, Piazza Giulio Cesare – Policlinico 70124 – Bari. E-mail: f.inchingolo@tin.it; ... odontostomatologic anomaly characterized by an excess in tooth number. It seems to occur more often in patients with hereditary factors concerning this anomaly: this case represents a rare form of hyperdo...