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Clinical Performance And Biocompatibility Of Hyaluronan-Based Heparin-Bonded Extracorporeal Circuits In Different Risk Cohorts
(Oxford Univ Press, 2010)
This prospective randomized study compares novel hyaluronan-based heparin-bonded circuits vs. uncoated controls across EuroSCORE patient risk strata including biomaterial evaluation. Over a two-year period, 90 patients ...
Urinary Uric Acid Excretion As An Indicator Of Severe Hypoxia And Mortality In Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
(Elsevier Doyma Sl, 2016)
Objective: Uric acid (UA) is the end product of adenosine triphosphate degradation, and could increase due to hypoxia. We investigated the association of UA metabolites with nocturnal hypoxemia, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), ...
Cervical Aortic Arch With Aneurysm Formation
(Elsevier Science Bv, 1998)
Cervical aortic arch is a very rare anomaly presented as a pulsatile mass on the neck and usually with symptoms of dysphagia, cough and hoarseness. Rarer than the cervical aortic arch, is the aneurysm formation and, despite ...
Long-Term Simvastatin Attenuates Lung Injury and Oxidative Stress in Murine Acute Lung Injury Models Induced by Oleic Acid and Endotoxin
(Daedalus Enterprises Inc, 2011)
BACKGROUND: 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors have several pleiotropic effects, including anti-inflammatory properties, and are reported to improve endothelial functions. Pathophysiologically, ...
Detection Of Telomerase Activity In Bronchial Lavage As An Adjunct To Cytological Diagnosis In Lung Cancer
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2003)
Objective: Definitive diagnosis of lung cancer with conventional methods may sometimes be difficult in clinical practice. Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein DNA polymerase that maintains the telomeric region of chromosomes ...
An Unusual Tumor of The Neck and Mediastinum: Lipoblastomatosis Resulting in Paraparesis
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2007)
Lipoblastornatous tumors are quite rare neoplasms deriving from embryonic white fatty tissues, most often seen in infancy and childhood. Lipobtastoma is the focal and well-circumscribed type, whereas tipoblastomatosis is ...
18F-Fdg Pet/Ct Rarely Provides Additional Information Other Than Primary Tumor Detection In Patients With Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors
(Saudi Thoracic Soc, 2014)
Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of (18) F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Computed Tomography (CT) in detection and staging of pulmonary carcinoid tumors. Methods: ...
Challenges In Identifying Asthma Subgroups Using Unsupervised Statistical Learning Techniques
(Amer Thoracic Soc, 2013)
Rationale: Unsupervised statistical learning techniques, such as exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and hierarchical clustering (HC), have been used to identify asthma phenotypes, with partly consistent results. Some of the ...
Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases (Airways-Icps)
(European Respiratory Soc Journals Ltd, 2014)
The objective of Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) is to launch a collaboration to develop multi-sectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries and regions. AIRWAYS-ICPs ...
Childhood Onset Analgesic Intolerance: A Marker For Bronchial-Asthma In Adulthood?
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2008)
Analgesic intolerance (AI) which is classically known as a disease of the middle-aged adults, not uncommonly starts in childhood. In this study we sought to identify the characteristics of childhood onset Al and evaluated ...