AIMC Topic: Prospective Studies

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Dilemma: Correlation Between Serum Level of Hepcidin and IL-6 in Anemic Myeloma Patients.

Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
INTRODUCTION: Anemia occurs in 60% to 80 % of patients with newly diagnosed myeloma multiplex (MM). The cause of anemia in MM is probably multi factorial and involved among the others hepcidin and some cytokines, especially interleukine-6. Anemia in ...

[Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis].

Klinicka mikrobiologie a infekcni lekarstvi
AIM OF STUDY: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is the most frequent infectious complication of liver cirrhosis with serious consequences. Initially, SBP is always treated with empirical, not targeted, antibiotic therapy. Since a retrospective ...

The Feasibility of a Completely Automated Total IV Anesthesia Drug Delivery System for Cardiac Surgery.

Anesthesia and analgesia
BACKGROUND: In this pilot study, we tested a novel automatic anesthesia system for closed-loop administration of IV anesthesia drugs for cardiac surgical procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass. This anesthesia drug delivery robot integrates all 3 com...

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Comparing Cadaveric Liver Transplant and Non-Transplant Surgical Patients.

Acta clinica Croatica
Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a frequent complication in intensive care surgical patients, particularly those with high severity scores on admission. We studied the incidence and clinical outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia among patients...

Level of adrenomedullin in cases with adrenal defficiency and its relation to mortality in patients with sepsis.

Tuberkuloz ve toraks
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of adrenomedullin, after evaluation of adrenal function in sepsis patients. We also evaluated other prognostic factors such as APACHE II score, proBNP, and CRP and their predic...

Unsupervised learning technique identifies bronchiectasis phenotypes with distinct clinical characteristics.

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND: Unsupervised learning technique allows researchers to identify different phenotypes of diseases with complex manifestations.

Community-acquired bacteremia in adult patients. analysis of 645 episodes.

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)
Bacteremia is an important cause of morbimortality. This study describes the episodes of communityacquired bacteremia in adult patients registered at our hospital. Between January 2005 and December 2013, 645 episodes were studied. A total of 51% of p...