Early diagnosis of acute kidney injury Tập 5 - Trang 527-534 - 2010
Marius G. Dehne, Bernd Hartmann, Christian Katzer, Rainer Röhrig
There is a considerable lack of data concerning the diagnostic testing for
kidney damage after surgical procedures. In this situation the most important
variables should be examined with respect to their clinical informative value,
the costs associated with their analysis, and their potential use in routine
diagnostic testing. Forty patients in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU)
with acute kid... hiện toàn bộ
MCP-1 and fetuin A levels in patients with PCOS and/or obesity before and after metformin treatment Tập 8 - Trang 679-684 - 2013
Antoaneta Gateva, Zdravko Kamenov, Adelina Tsakova
The aim of the study was to investigate MCP-1 and fetuin A levels in women with
PCOS and/or obesity before and after metformin treatment. In the study consisted
of 59 patients. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical tests, including
MCP-1 and fetuin A measurement, were performed. For patients that were diagnosed
with insulin resistance and started metformin treatment all the laboratory tests
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Ruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm with bicuspid aortic valve Tập 3 - Trang 510-513 - 2008
Abdul R. Hakeem, Telal O. Mudawi, William L. Morrison
The sinus of Valsalva aneurysm is a relatively rare condition that may be
congenital or acquired. We present a case of a young man who was admitted to the
emergency department with acute dyspnoea whilst playing football. After
investigation, the diagnosis of a ruptured right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into
the right atrium was made. The patient also had a bicuspid aortic valve.
Percutaneous approa... hiện toàn bộ
Are Ottawa knee rules useful in actual trauma care? Tập 2 - Trang 216-221 - 2007
Kamal Nagpal, Mandar Marathe
Acute knee injuries are a common presentation to the emergency department(ED).
Ottawa knee rules (OKR) have shown to reduce the number of radiographs in these
patients in North American studies and a fracture rate of 5% has been reported.
Based on this, we tested the hypothesis that it was possible to decrease the
number of x-ray films obtained after a knee trauma without delayed fracture
diagnosi... hiện toàn bộ
Letter to Editor: Impact of labor on uterine scar healing Tập 8 - Trang 434-435 - 2013
Stéphanie Roberge, Emmanuel Bujold
Ultrasound of uterine scar after cesarean and measurement of its thickness can
be used to evaluate its healing and risk factors for scar defect and uterine
rupture. However, we believe that a period of up to 6 months after surgery is
necessary to achieve complete healing of the scar, especially in cases of
cesarean performed during labor.
Quality of life in Lithuanian population: the impact of country residence and socio-economic status - 2009
Regina Rėklaitienė, Miglė Bacevičienė, K. Andrijauskas
Quality of life (QoL) and individual perception of health has become a subject
of great interest in Lithuania. The relationships between country residence,
socio-economic status (SES), and QoL have not been well characterized among the
Lithuanian urban and rural populations. The aim of the study was to assess the
influence of country residence and SES on QoL in Lithuanian urban and rural
populatio... hiện toàn bộ
Homocysteinemia, hypertension, and family history of diabetes in a smoking male population in Saudi Arabia Tập 3 - Trang 167-172 - 2008
Nasser M. Al-Daghri, Omar S. Al-Attas
Arabs have a lower incidence of atherosclerosis than other ethnicities, but few
studies have examined homocysteine (HCYS) as a risk factor for cardiovascular
disease in this population. Here, we investigated the association between serum
HYCS levels and risk factors for cardiovascular disease (smoking, hypertension,
and family history of diabetes) in Saudi males. A total of 50 smokers and 72
nonsm... hiện toàn bộ
Venous aneurysms — a neglected pathology Tập 3 - Trang 503-504 - 2008
Mazda Turel, Edwin Stephen, Sukria Nayak, Sunil Agarwal
Venous aneurysms are not often recognised nor given importance due to the more
serious and challenging nature of their arterial counterpart. They are uncommon
entities that generally present as a painless swelling, can be accurately
diagnosed by duplex venous scanning and are completely cured by surgical
excision. We present a short report of 14 cases treated at a tertiary care
centre in India ove... hiện toàn bộ
Interpretation of data in patients with enteral and parenteral nutrition Tập 7 - Trang 720-728 - 2012
Radka Tomova, Penka Tzaneva, Marian Nikolov, Vasil Simeonov
Multivariate statistical analysis is performed using clinical data
characterizing the state of patients subject to early enteral (EEN) and
pareneteral (PN) nutrition after major gastrointestinal surgery. Several
patterns of linkage, between the clinical parameters for both groups of observed
patients (with mixed (EEN+PN) and with parenteral nutrition only (TPN)), were
found and interpreted. Discri... hiện toàn bộ
‘Low — T3 syndrome’ among patients with acute myocardial infarction Tập 9 - Trang 10-14 - 2013
Edita Jankauskienė, Jolanta-Justina Vaškelytė, Eglė Rumbinaitė
Recent clinical studies have found that cardiovascular incidents are sufficient
triggers to affect HPA hypothalamic-pituitarythyroid axis and cause a decrease
in the serum levels of triiodothyronine (T3). This phenomenon is so called ‘Low
— triiodothyronine (T3) syndrome’ and is related to changes in heart remodeling.
However, the pathophysiology of Low—T3 syndrome remains unclear. The present
sys... hiện toàn bộ