... ina single caseof myoglobin-induced renal failure [11] Using a Hospal AN69 R92 Critical Care April 2005 Vol No Naka et al Table Comparison of studies of renal replacement therapy (RRT) inthe ... dual-lumen catheter (Niagara, Bard, Toronto, Canada) was inserted into a femoral vein and CVVH was performed using a Kimal Hygieia Plus machine (Medtel, Perth, Australia) The blood flow was set at 200 ... gastrointestinal tract Investigations confirmed the presence of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy The patient developed profound metabolic derangement with lactic acidemia (lactate peak,...
... PM: Analysis of immune mediator production following traumaticbraininjuryIn Shock, Sepsis, and Organ Failure -Brain Damage Secondary to Hemorrhagic -Traumatic Shock, Sepsis, and TraumaticBrain ... mean airway pressure and/or positive end-expiratory pressure As was thecase with hospital mortality, the discriminative ability ofthe cardiovascular component ofthe SOFA scoring system was superior ... SOFA-defined and MOD-defined cardiovascular failure, SOFA-defined but not MOD-defined cardiovascular failure, MOD-defined but not SOFA-defined cardiovascular failure, and patients without SOFA-defined...
... Critical Care Vol 12 No Xiao et al Introduction Traumaticbraininjury (TBI) remains one ofthe leading causes of injury- related death and severe disability The management of TBI currently includes ... ablation inthe rat Behav Brain Res 1998, 97:99-106 Shear DA, Galani R, Hoffman SW, Stein DG: Progesterone protects against necrotic damage and behavioral abnormalities caused by traumaticbraininjury ... Shaver T, Borzatta M, Stalcup C: The impact on outcomes ina community hospital setting of using the AANS traumaticbraininjury guidelines American Association of Neurologic Surgeons J Trauma...
... physician in charge ofthe patient's care suspected CDI Notably, the administration of DDAVP during the ICU stay was also associated with severebraininjury at admission (data not shown) Mannitol ... avoid the possibility that DDAVP could be interpreted as a marker of established brain death rather than a death predictor, the coding ofthe variate switched from to starting from the day after the ... found that CDI is associated with an increase inthe severity ofbraininjury Page of (page number not for citation purposes) [19] and inthe risk of death [21,22] Finally, our analysis was adjusted...
... oxygenation, but it may also provide potent anti-inflammatory effects [23] Here we report acaseofseveretraumaticbraininjury with dramatically elevated intracranial pressure inthe setting of ... efforts at combating inflammation The use of INO in this report was for emergent and compassionate use inthe setting of critically elevated intracranial pressure accompanied by ARDS, hypoxemia, and ... Care 2002, 8:101-105 Rall JM, Matslievich DA, Dash PK: Comparative analysis of mRNA levels inthe frontal cortex and the hippocampus inthe basal state and in response to experimental brain injury...
... cluster analysis with selforganizing maps Crit Care Med 2004, 32:2428-2436 Kato T, Nakayama N, Yasokawa Y, Okumura A, Shinoda J, Iwama T: Statistical image analysis of cerebral glucose metabolism in ... J, Marmarou A, Murray GD, Maas AI: Prognostic value of admission laboratory parameters intraumaticbrain Page 12 of 13 (page number not for citation purposes) injury: results from the IMPACT ... glutamate-driven increase in intracellular calcium concentrations; it induces microcirculatory damage and blood -brain barrier disruption because of elevated inflammation with sustained cerebral...
... inhibition of phosphoinositide breakdown and intracellular Ca+2 mobilization, increased formation of cyclic AMP, inhibition of increases in intracellular pH, and attenuated protein kinase C activation ... with an activation of less than 2% severetraumaticbrainof surface P-selectin in with healthy controls Changes in expressioninjury patients comparedplatelets isolated from severetraumaticbrain ... consecutively investigated critically ill patients suffering from severetraumaticbraininjury Patient Age, years Gender Initial GCS Brain lesions Additional injuries AIS head ISS total Length JB, days...
... epidural haematoma; GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU = intensive care unit; ISS = injury severity score; SDH = subdural haematoma; TBI = traumaticbrain injury; tSAH = traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage ... data collection and maintaining the data bank SRC, MK and RS helped analysing and interpreting the data JFS conceived the study design, collected parts ofthe data, performed graphical and statistical ... collected the majority ofthe data, drafted parts ofthe manuscript and performed graphical analysis MB helped to analyse and interpret the data and drafted parts ofthe manuscript SL and JS were...
... microdialysis glucose values without altering glucose utilization or improving lactate/pyruvate ratio after traumaticbraininjury Crit Care Med 2006, 34:850-856 Hamlin GP, Cernak I, Wixey JA, Vink ... Strong AJ: The Management of plasma glucose in acute cerebral ischemia and traumaticbrain injury: more research needed Intensive Care Med 2008, 34:1168-1172 Shin HK, Dunn AK, Jones PB, Boas DA, ... remain unclear Is it, as Donnan and Levi [15] imply, that hyperglycaemia is ‘too much ofa good thing’? Perhaps the risk of low brain tissue glucose is greater than hyperglycaemia, particularly...
... with a midline shift of more Available online http://ccforum.com/content/13/6/R185 Table Main complications of patients with unilateral brain swelling after severetraumaticbraininjury Variable ... craniectomy; GOS = Glasgow Outcome Scale state Delayed intracranial hematoma was seen in eight cases and contralateral subdural effusion in two cases Evacuation of hematoma with secondary craniotomy ... Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care oftheBrain Trauma Foundation and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, all patients underwent lateral craniotomy within 24 hours after...
... was associated with significantly increased interstitial brain glucose This is in line with the findings of insulin-mediated increases in mean global rate ofbrain glucose utilization determined ... synthesize various amino acids, such as glutamate, glutamine, and alanine in addition to fueling energy-producing pathways [51,52] Glutamate also facilitates entry of other amino acids to the citric acid ... evaluated the data, and drafted parts ofthe manuscript MB assisted in analysing and interpreting the data and drafted parts ofthe manuscript JS and SL were responsible for data collection and...
... trained from Hanoi teachers’ training University Inthe past, most of these teachers mainly used the GrammarTranslation Method - a way of teaching and learning a foreign language on the basis of ... one ofthe most important and useful activities in language classes Some of them think it as a vital activity in language teaching After answering all questions about the time, the benefits, the ... important in working in pair or group If they are afraid of making mistakes, afraid of losing face, they can not make use ofthe chances to express their ideas and show their language use Their teachers...
... particular industry In essence, there are two types of linkages, namely, backward linkages and forward linkages A backward linkage is a measure ofthe relative importance of an industry as a ... sustain unit changes in their respective final demands The inverse matrix is the most important table needed in inter-national input-output analysis as it unravels the inter-national, inter-industrial ... one-fifth of Thailand’s total available supply Thailand had a per capita income more than five times that of Vietnam’s GVA in Vietnam was found to be split almost evenly across the agricultural and...
... binding ofthe C-terminal domain of hirudin and amidase activity in human alpha-thrombin Biochem J 289, 475480 Baglia FA & Walsh PN (1996) A binding site for thrombin inthe apple domain of factor ... explained by the proximity ofthe mutation to the cleavage site, probably resulting ina small interference with the binding ofthe activator to the FXI zymogen There are some examples of inherited ... and the amount of free paranitroaniline released by FXIa was determined by measuring the change in absorbance at 405 nm ina Benchmark II microplate reader (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA)...
... b-Rha B A B A a-Rha B A B A a-Rha B AA a-Rha B AAA a-Rha B AAA a-Rha AA B a- Rha AA B a- Rha B AAA a-Rha B A B a- Rha Fuc3NAc B AA a-Rha Fuc3NAc B AA a-Rha Fuc3NAc AA B a- Rha Fuc3NAc ... B AA B AA A, B AA A, B AA A, B AA A, B AA A, B AA A, B AA A, B AAA Several of these combinations were found by means of an in- depth NMR analysis The a- Fuc3NAc in uenced the chemical ... modelled were AA B AA B A A, AA B AA B A A, AA B A AvB AA and AA B AA B AA (B: b-Rhap, A: a- Rhap, A: a- Fucp3NAc(1fi2 )a- Rhap) The phi and psi angles are defined by H1–C1–O1–CX and C1–O1–CX–HX,...
... Remarks Introduction 1.1 Research Background O Job satisfaction plays an important role in managing human resource strategies of organizations It can be said that the importance of effective managing ... Educational level, Country training, Occupational class, Experience, Tenure, Age, Marital status, Salary) play a moderator to affect job satisfaction and job performance O Is there a relationship ... outcomes ofthe work and feedback as directly affecting Knowledge ofthe Actual Results ofthe Work Activities (cited in Rungtusanatham and Anderson, 1996) 15 2.Literature Reviews Research Framework...
... because of its decreased availability in contrast to the short acquisition time and wide availability for NCCT inthe emergency room setting There are data supporting the use of CT perfusion in ... consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal Abbreviations ... in acute stroke management [11] Relative MTT and absolute CBV are CT perfusion parameters that help define areas of infarct from areas of penumbra [6] Its use has also been investigated for the...
... gangliocytic paraganglioma J Clin Gastroenterol 2001, 33:154-156 Nagai T, Torishima R, Nakashima H, Tanahashi J, Iwata M, Ookawara H, Yokoyama S, Yada K, Sato R, Murakami K, Fujioka T: Duodenal gangliocytic ... Hashimoto S, Kawasaki S, Martsuzawa K, Harada H, Makuuchi M: Gangliocytic paraganglioma ofthe papilla of Vater with regional lymph node metastasis Am J Gastroenterol 1992, 87:1216-1218 Sundararajan ... tract Although some have reported cases of gangliocytic paraganglioma invading the proximal jejunum, about 90% are found inthe second part ofthe duodenum, from where the tumor can invade the...
... contributed to the data analysis and writing ofthe manuscript AMK contributed to the study design, clinical and laboratory investigations and to the data analysis and writing ofthe manuscript ACR contributed ... sensors attached at the anatomical landmarks and with the Velcro fastening, neoprene boot secured, which was used during the capture of kinematic data Efficacy analysis Exploratory analysis Following ... contributed to the laboratory investigations and contributed to the data analysis and writing ofthe manuscript NC contributed to the study design and writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved...