... severity of injury or illness index (NACA) [16]
Score Definition
0 No injury or disease
1 Injuries/diseases without any need for acute physician care
2 Injuries/diseases requiring examination and ... Vieveen J, Brinkman ACM,
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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care...
... increase
in urine Cu levels in patients suffering from myocar-
dial infarction (MI) (15). Reunanen et al. (1996) found
increased levels of serum Cu in patients with CAD
(14). In contrast, in our ... patients with CAD compared to
the control group. Other investigators have also re-
ported decreased retinol levels in patients with CAD
(31,32). In other studies, Levels of retinol were similar
in ... (20,21,18). Accordingly, we found signifi-
cantly lower serum iron levels in patients with CAD.
Because of its possible role in preventing heart
disease researchers have taken interest in fat-soluble...
... blood pressure
were observed in response to p-synephrine or
p-synephrine in combination with naringin and hes-
peridin (Table 2). p-Synephrine differs from ephedrine
in that it has a hydroxyl ... in blood pressure, rest-
ing heart-rate and self-ratings in the four treatment
groups involving p-synephrine, naringin and hes-
peridin relative to the placebo group is very positive,
and in ... p-synephrine)
Group 3: Advantra Z
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with 0 mg hesperidin and
600 mg naringin
Group 4: Advantra Z
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with 100 mg hesperidin
and 600 mg naringin
Group 5: Advantra Z
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with 1,000 mg hesperidin...
... passive movement,
deformation imaging is crucial to identify ischemic
tissue
7, 24-29
. In principle, our findings are confirming
previously published studies about infarct detection
and size, ... deformation indices two-dimensional
strain (2DS) and strain rate (SR), might be an alterna-
tive approach in clinical routine.
Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and 2D Speckle
Tracking (2DST) algorithms ... strain analysis between
infarcted and adjacent segments.
Segments with LE ≥ 51% demonstrated signifi-
cantly decreased strain and velocities in comparison
to segments with no LE. Comparing...
...
related increased oxidative activity in RA patients.
Anti-CCP antibodies are directed against antigens
containing the nonstandard amino acid citrulline, for
example, citrullinated fibrin, which ... with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol
2000;19:275-277.
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Pasquier C. Vitamin E uncouples joint destruction and clinical
inflammation ...
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflam-
matory, autoimmune, systemic disease, in which
various joints in the body are inflamed, leading to
swelling, pain, stiffness, and the possible loss...
... of the bleeding
source. Bleeding lesions in the GI tract are identified
in about 50% of patients with IDA [7-8]. Laboratory
findings in IDA include elevated total iron-binding
Int. J. Med. ... symptom of small intestine carcinoma. Med
Sci Monit. 2001; 7: 457-60.
21. Rockey DC. Gastrointestinal bleeding. In: Feldman M, Fried-
man LS, Sleisneger MH, eds. Gastrointestinal and Liver Dis-
ease; ... endoscopy in outpatients with iron defi-
ciency anemia. The aim of our study was to investi-
gate the incidence of GI pathological findings in
symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with IDA
and...
... their written informed consent.
Handedness was determined using a Chinese
translation of the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
29
.
Such an inventory has been used in two previous
Chinese studies
... line bisec-
tion errors in our study. Such a result is in line with
previous studies, showing that the unipolar depres-
sive patients displayed a non-significant leftward bias
in manual line ... 25. The internal reliability of
this inventory is .93
21
.
Procedures
All subjects were requested to bisect eight lines
without measuring or folding the paper. The lines,
drawn in black...
... autonomic nervous system, including the
brain stem, spinal cord, hypothalamus and cerebral
cortex. Demyelinating plaques may disrupt reflex
pathways in the insular, cingulated and ventromedial ... medulla. In
addition there can be interference with the descending
autonomic nervous system pathways during their
course in the brainstem or spinal cord (6). Although
orthostatic dizziness has ... Int. J. Med. Sci. 2010, 7
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25. Bakshi, R, Miletich, RS, Henschel, K, et al. Fatigue in multiple
sclerosis: Cross-sectional correlation with brain MRI findings in...
... concentrations in female subjects.
The effect remained significant after correcting for
multiparametric testing according to Bonferoni and was
seen only in subjects with a BMI below the median. In
addition, ... were
determined using GPO-PAP and CHOD-PAP kits,
respectively, from Boehringer Mannheim (Mannheim,
Germany). HDL was measured following precipitation of
apoB containing lipoproteins with phosphotungstate ... PCR condition were: 96°C for an initial 5
minutes (min.) followed by 96°C 1 min., 65°C 1 min., 72°C
1 min. for 43 cycles and final extension at 72° for 10 min.
MS-PCR created two fragment...
... responses in patients with staphylococcal septicemia
against two Staphylococcus aureus fibrinogen binding proteins:
clumping factor and an extracellular fibrinogen binding protein. Clin
Diagn ... patients with deep-seated infection had
elevated levels of IgG antibodies against TA, even within
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peptidoglycan in stimulating proinflammatory cytokine secretion.
Invest ... against
PG in some of the patients with deep infection might be
due to impaired immunity of advancing age, poor
expression of virulence determinants by the infecting
strain or changes in...
... Chorioretinal
lesions vary in number and size, involving the mid-
periphery, with or without involvement of the poste-
rior pole. Linear clustering of chorioretinal lesions,
following the course ...
ophthalmoscopy, with early hyopofluorescence and
late staining on fluorescein angiography (FA). Inac-
tive chorioretinal lesions typically are partially atro-
phic and partially pigmented with a “targetlike ... prevention of secondary infection.
Prevention is the mainstay of WNV infection
control, with public health measures to reduce the
number of mosquitos (draining standing water, lar-
...
... associated with bradycardic responses
during ILR monitoring. Interestingly, some of the
patients in our study were labeled as having psycho-
genic syncope for years before the ILR monitoring
revealed ... moni-
toring as well as automatic activation during events,
resulting in a higher diagnostic yield than traditional
monitoring techniques [6-12].
During ILR monitoring
of patients with recurrent ...
most common positive finding recorded during ILR
monitoring. The clinical symptoms that were found to
have the consistent association with severe bradycar-
dia and asystole include lack of prodrome,...
... attending nephrology clinic of a
community hospital. Excluded from initial sample of
583 patients were those with CKD stage I, V and those
with missing albumin values or CVD data. Patients
with ... is the reflection of inflammation
induced malnutrition. The underlying mechanism be-
hind this includes appetite suppression and increased
catabolism by inflammatory cytokines (38). Cai and
colleagues ...
malnutrion and inflammation in ESRD patients (25,
26). Hypoalbuminemia, a marker of malnutrition and
underlying inflammation has come up as a powerful
predictor of mortality in patients with ESRD...