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Icodextrin as salvage therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients with refractory fluid overload
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Background Icodextrin is a high molecular weight, starch-derived glucose polymer, which is capable of inducing sustained ultrafiltration over prolonged (12–16 hour)... -
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Factors explaining variance in perceived pain in women with fibromyalgia
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Background We hypothesized that a substantial proportion of the subjectively experienced variance in pain in fibromyalgia patients would be explained by psychological... -
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Omapatrilat normalizes renal function curve in spontaneously hypertensive rats
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Background The present study was designed to analyze the chronic renal response to omapatrilat, a new vasopeptidase inhibitor, in spontaneously hypertensive rats... -
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Phylogenetic variation and polymorphism at the Toll-like receptor 4 locus (
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Background: Differences in responses to bacterial surface lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are apparent between and within mammalian species. It has been shown in mice that... -
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Elevated nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3 levels in cerebrospinal fluid of children with hydrocephalus
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Background Elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) resulting from impaired drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) causes hydrocephalus with damage to the central nervous... -
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Plasma colloid osmotic pressure in healthy infants
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Background The plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in transcapillary fluid balance. There is no information on plasma COP of healthy infants... -
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Intensive care management of organophosphate insecticide poisoning
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Introduction Organophosphate (OP) insecticides inhibit both cholinesterase and pseudo-cholinesterase activities. The inhibition of acetylcholinesterase causes... -
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Identifying older diabetic patients at risk of poor glycemic control
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Background Optimal glycemic control prevents the onset of diabetes complications. Identifying diabetic patients at risk of poor glycemic control could help promoting... -
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National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) Comprehensive Organizational Health Assessment [2014-2019]
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Baseline assessments contained approximately 307 items, though the number of items displayed to respondents depended on skip logic, which was based on position and... -
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A simple model based on mutation and selection explains trends in codon and amino-acid usage and GC composition within and across genomes
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Background: Correlations between genome composition (in terms of GC content) and usage of particular codons and amino acids have been widely reported, but poorly... -
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The effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on renal vascular resistance: the influence of renal denervation
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Objective: To non-invasively study the effects of continuous positive airway pressure breathing (CPAP) on renal vascular resistance in normal subjects and renal... -
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Upregulation of nitric oxide synthase in mice with severe hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension
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Background The importance of nitric oxide (NO) in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension has been demonstrated using nitric oxide synthase (NOS) knockout mice. In that model... -
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Effect of mivacurium 200 and 250 μg/kg in infants during isoflurane anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN07742712]
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Background Infants usually respond differently to a neuromuscular relaxant compared to children or adults. Isoflurane is commonly used as an anesthetic gas in... -
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Inhaled nitric oxide reverses cell-free hemoglobin-induced pulmonary hypertension and decreased lung compliance. Preliminary results
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Background: In order to test the hypothesis that inhaled nitric oxide (NO) reverses the pulmonary hypertension induced by αα-diaspirin crosslinked hemoglobin (ααHb),... -
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Atrial natriuretic peptide infusion and nitric oxide inhalation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
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Aim: To study the effects of infusion of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) versus the inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) in patients with an early acute respiratory... -
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The method of bladder drainage in spinal cord injury patients may influence the histological changes in the mucosa of neuropathic bladder – a hypothesis
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Background In spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, no correlation was found between the number of bladder infections per year, the period since injury, the neurologic... -
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Catecholamine-induced interleukin-10 release: a key mechanism in systemic immunodepression after brain injury
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Background: Infections after severe brain injury or polytrauma are still a problem, and may be the result of a brain-mediated disturbed systemic immunoreactivity. The... -
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Mouse skin passage of a
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Background Streptolysin S (SLS), the oxygen-stable hemolysin of Streptococcus pyogenes, has recently been shown to be encoded by the sagA/pel gene. Mutants lacking... -
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The use of cephalad cannulae to monitor jugular venous oxygen content during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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Background: When used during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), jugular venous bulb catheters, known as cephalad cannulae, increase venous drainage, augment... -
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A rate equation model of stomatal responses to vapour pressure deficit and drought
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Background Stomata respond to vapour pressure deficit (D) – when D increases, stomata begin to close. Closure is the result of a decline in guard cell turgor, but the...