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Delayed Changes in Brain Cell Membrane Function, Cytochrome aa3 and Energy Metabolism after Transient Hypoxia-Ischemia in Newborn Piglets 1713
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Comparison of the response to the prone position between pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome
Objectives: To determine whether the response to the prone position differs between acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) resulting from a pulmonary cause (ARDSp) and that from an extrapulm...
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Hypothermia protects against endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in rats
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Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have abnormally elevated Epstein–Barr virus load in blood
Various genetic and environmental factors appear to be involved in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is among the environmental factors that are suspected of predisposing to SLE, bas...
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Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers
Transfusable fluids that may be used as alternatives to red blood cell transfusion offer the promise of preserving tissue perfusion and minimizing hypoxic cellular damage, and this promise may soon be fulfille...
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The spatula introducer for insertion of the flexible reinforced laryngeal mask airway (RLMA)
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Open AccessAn outbreak of post-acupuncture cutaneous infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus
Despite the increasing popularity of acupuncture, the importance of infection control is not adequately emphasized in Oriental medicine. In December 2001, an Oriental medical doctor in Seoul, South Korea, enco...
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Open AccessCombination therapy of disseminated coccidioidomycosis with caspofungin and fluconazole
The current recommended therapy for diffuse coccidioidal pneumonia involves initial treatment with amphotericin B deoxycholate or high-dose fluconazole, followed by an azole after clinical improvement. Amphote...
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Open AccessTransduction of Cu, Zn-superoxide dismutase mediated by an HIV-1 Tat protein basic domain into human chondrocytes
This study was performed to investigate the transduction of a full-length superoxide dismutase (SOD) protein fused to transactivator of transcription (Tat) into human chondrocytes, and to determine the regulat...
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A heated humidifier does not reduce laryngopharyngeal complaints after brief laryngeal mask anesthesia
Warming and humidification of inspired gases is standard care for intubated patients whose lungs are ventilated mechanically for prolonged periods. We examined whether active humidification of inspired gases m...
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Open AccessUsefulness of open lung biopsy in mechanically ventilated patients with undiagnosed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates: influence of comorbidities and organ dysfunction
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of open lung biopsy (OLB) in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for diffuse pulmonary infiltrates of unknown etiology.
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Open AccessDensity-based clustering in haplotype analysis for association map**
Clustering of related haplotypes in haplotype-based association map** has the potential to improve power by reducing the degrees of freedom without sacrificing important information about the underlying gene...
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Open AccessDiagnostic utility of the soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with bilateral lung infiltrates
Differential diagnosis of patients with bilateral lung infiltrates remains a difficult problem for intensive care clinicians. Here we evaluate the diagnostic role of soluble triggering receptor expressed on my...
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Open AccessTreatment of isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
Although resistance to isoniazid (INH) is the most common form of drug resistance seen among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, there have been few studies on the efficacy and optimal duration of treatment for ...
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Open AccessTreatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head using autologous cultured osteoblasts: a case report
Osteonecrosis of the femoral head is a progressive disease that leads to femoral head collapse and osteoarthritis. Our goal in treating osteonecrosis is to preserve, not to replace, the femoral head.
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Open AccessBarriers to adequate follow-up during adjuvant therapy may be important factors in the worse outcome for Black women after breast cancer treatment
Black women appear to have worse outcome after diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. It is still unclear if this is because Black race is more often associated with known negative prognostic indicators or ...
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Open AccessA randomized prospective trial of the postoperative quality of life between laparoscopic uterine artery ligation and laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids: clinical trial design
Laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy is one of the definite methods for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids with lesser intraoperative bleeding and shorter hospitalization compared with abdomina...
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Salbutamol to facilitate management of acute hyperkalemia in liver transplantation: a case report
Acute hyperkalemia is a frequent, potentially life-threatening complication in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). We describe a case of acute hyperkalemia during the pre-anhepatic stage that remained pers...
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Open AccessA multi-center, randomized, clinical study to compare the effect and safety of autologous cultured osteoblast(Ossron™) injection to treat fractures
We performed a multicenter, open, randomized, clinical study of autologous cultured osteoblast injection for long-bone fracture, to evaluate the fracture healing acceleration effect and the safety of autologou...
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Open AccessRisk Factors for Problematic Gambling: A Critical Literature Review
This article is a critical review of risk factors for pathological gambling categorized by demographics, physiological and biological factors, cognitive distortions, comorbidity and concurrent symptoms, and pe...
