Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Dec 1, 2016
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 ...
Klinicka mikrobiologie a infekcni lekarstvi
Dec 1, 2016
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 ...
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 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...
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...
This purpose of this retrospective study is validation of an intraoperative robotic grading classification system for assessing the accuracy of Kirschner-wire (K-wire) placements with the postoperative computed tomography (CT)-base classification sys...
IMPORTANCE: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments for severe depression. However, biomarkers that accurately predict a response to ECT remain unidentified.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Mar 1, 2016
BACKGROUND: Unsupervised learning technique allows researchers to identify different phenotypes of diseases with complex manifestations.
Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas (Cordoba, Argentina)
Jan 1, 2016
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...
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