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Evaluation of a non-invasive multisensor accelerometer for calculating energy expenditure in ventilated intensive care patients compared to indirect calorimetry and predictive equations
Continuous measurement of resting energy expenditure (REE) in critically ill patients remains challenging but is required to prevent malnutrition. SenseWear Pro 3 Armband (SWA) is a research grade acceleromete...
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Genetic polymorphisms in the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase UGT1A7 gene in patients with acute liver failure after kava-kava consumption
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Open AccessPre-Study protocol MagPEP: a multicentre randomized controlled trial of magnesium sulphate in the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is the most common complication of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). In spite of continuing research, no pharmacologic agent capable of effect...
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Open AccessL-Carnitine-supplementation in advanced pancreatic cancer (CARPAN) - a randomized multicentre trial
Cachexia, a >10% loss of body-weight, is one factor determining the poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Deficiency of L-Carnitine has been proposed to cause cancer cachexia.
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Chronische Pankreatitis als Risikofaktor für ein Pankreaskarzinom – diagnostische Herausforderungen
Die chronische Pankreatitis geht mit einem erhöhten Risiko einher, ein Adenokarzinom des Pankreas zu entwickeln. Bis heute existieren keine etablierten Strategien zur Früherkennung des Pankreaskarzinoms bei Pa...
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Internistische Therapie der akuten Pankreatitis*
Die Inzidenz der Neuerkrankungen an akuter Pankreatitis liegt bei 10–46/100 000 im Jahr. Bei der unkomplizierten ödematös-interstitiellen Pankreatitis beträgt die Mortalität < 1%, während die hämorrhagisch-nek...
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Interleukin (IL)-13 and IL-4 Are Potent Inhibitors of IL-8 Secretion by Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Intestinal epithelial cells are able to producesoluble mediators that initiate or amplify inflammatoryevents in the intestinal mucosa. Interleukin (IL)-8 issuggested to be a cytokine playing a major role durin...