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Ventilator-associated pneumonia in a surgical intensive care unit: epidemiology, etiology and comparison of three bronchoscopic methods for microbiological specimen sampling
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Background: Ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (VAP) is a important intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection in mechanically ventilated patients. Early and... -
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Oral contraceptive use before first birth and risk of breast cancer: a case control study
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Background The aim of this study was first, to investigate whether women starting oral contraceptive (OC) use at a young age and before first birth have an increased... -
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Autoantibody profiling for the study and treatment of autoimmune disease
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Proteomics technologies enable profiling of autoantibody responses using biological fluids derived from patients with autoimmune disease. They provide a powerful tool... -
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Problems in early diagnosis of bladder cancer in a spinal cord injury patient: Report of a case of simultaneous production of granulocyte colony stimulating factor and parathyroid hormone-related protein by squamous cell carcinoma of urinary bladder
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Background Typical symptoms and signs of a clinical condition may be absent in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Case presentation A male with paraplegia was passing... -
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Reporting of conflicts of interest in guidelines of preventive and therapeutic interventions
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Background Guidelines published in major medical journals are very influential in determining clinical practice. It would be essential to evaluate whether conflicts... -
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Continuous haemofiltration in the intensive care unit
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) was first described in 1977 for the treatment of diuretic-unresponsive fluid overload in the intensive care unit (ICU).... -
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Tumour Fas ligand:Fas ratio greater than 1 is an independent marker of relative resistance to tamoxifen therapy in hormone receptor positive breast cancer
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Background The objective of the present study was to examine the prognostic and predictive significance of the apoptosis-related marker Fas ligand (FasL):Fas ratio in... -
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"Bronchial Artery Delivery of Viral Vectors for Gene delivery in Cystic Fibrosis; Superior to Airway Delivery?"
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Attempts at gene therapy for the pulmonary manifestations of Cystic Fibrosis have relied mainly on airway delivery. However the efficiency of gene transfer... -
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Modeling of failure mode in knee ligaments depending on the strain rate
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Background The failure mechanism of the knee ligament (bone-ligament-bone complex) at different strain rates is an important subject in the biomechanics of the knee.... -
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Early immune development, atopy and asthma: insights from ATS 2001, May 18-23, San Francisco
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
There is rising evidence that the initiation of atopy and asthma may occur in early life or even during fetal life. At the American Thoracic Society meeting 2001 in... -
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A clustering method for repeat analysis in DNA sequences
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background A computational system for analysis of the repetitive structure of genomic sequences is described. The method uses suffix trees to organize and search the... -
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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation as treatment for acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Our current state of knowledge on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and technical aspects are discussed in the present review. In patients with chronic... -
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Prehospital point of care testing of blood gases and electrolytes — an evaluation of IRMA
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: This study evaluated the feasibility of blood gas analysis and electrolyte measurements during emergency transport prior to hospital admission. Results: A... -
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Method for non-invasively recording electrocardiograms in conscious mice
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The rapid increase in the development of mouse models is resulting in a growing demand for non-invasive physiological monitoring of large quantities of... -
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Prophylactic cranial irradiation in small cell lung cancer: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis
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Purpose A systematic review of the literature was carried out to determine the role of prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) .... -
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Paper reports overview: The many guises of respiratory support, microalbuminuria and delirium
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Paper reports overview: The many guises of respiratory support, microalbuminuria and delirium -
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Reduction of post injury neointima formation due to 17β-estradiol and phytoestrogen treatment is not influenced by the pure synthetic estrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182,780 in vitro
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Animal and organ culture experiments have shown beneficial inhibitory estrogen effects on post injury neointima development. The purpose of this study was... -
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NEAT: a domain duplicated in genes near the components of a putative Fe
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Iron uptake from the host is essential for bacteria that infect animals. A protein domain has been identified that appears in variable copy number in bacterial genes... -
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Abdominal compartment syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) associated with organ dysfunction defines the abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). Elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP)...