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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation as treatment for acute respiratory failure in critically ill patients
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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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Influence of CSP 310 and CSP 310-like proteins from cereals on mitochondrial energetic activity and lipid peroxidation
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Background The development of chilling and freezing injury symptoms in plants is known to frequently coincide with peroxidation of free fatty acids. Mitochondria are... -
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Which treatment for low back pain? A factorial randomised controlled trial comparing intravenous analgesics with oral analgesics in the emergency department and a centrally acting muscle relaxant with placebo over three days [ISRCTN09719705]
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Background About two thirds of adults suffer from backpain at some time during their life. In the emergency room many patients with acute back pain are treated with... -
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Tumour necrosis factor-α production in fibrosing alveolitis is macrophage subset specific
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Background Previous studies have revealed that tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α is upregulated in fibrosing alveolitis (FA) in humans. The aim of this study was to... -
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The effects of isatin (indole-2, 3-dione) on pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-induced hyperthermia in rats
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Background Previous studies have demonstrated that centrally administered natriuretic peptides and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 (PACAP-38)... -
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Lactoferrin and free secretory component of human milk inhibit the adhesion of enteropathogenic
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Background Diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli is an important cause of infant morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli... -
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Inter-rater agreement in the scoring of abstracts submitted to a primary care research conference
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Background Checklists for peer review aim to guide referees when assessing the quality of papers, but little evidence exists on the extent to which referees agree... -
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Research Article: BMC Immunology
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Background Peroxynitrite is increasingly proposed as a contributor to defence system in marine bivalve. It can be formed by combinaison of superoxide and nitric... -
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Single session endoscopic management of intrinsic ureteropelvic junction obstruction and concomitant renal stone disease in a child: a case report
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Background Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is a well known therapeutic modality for stone diseases of childhood. Antegrade and retrograde endopyelotomies are also well... -
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S-carboxymethylcysteine in the treatment of glue ear: quantitative systematic review
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Objective To establish the clinical relevance of S-carboxymethylcysteine in the treatment of glue ear in children using measures approximating those saving a child... -
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Asymmetric interactions in the adenosine-binding pockets of the MS2 coat protein dimer
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Background The X-ray structure of the MS2 coat protein-operator RNA complex reveals the existence of quasi-synmetric interactions of adenosines -4 and -10 in pockets... -
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A new prototype of an electronic jet-ventilator and its humidification system
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Background: Adequate humidification in long-term jet ventilation is a critical aspect in terms of clinical safety. Aim: To assess a prototype of an electronic jet-... -
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What is the optimal prophylaxis for treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy?
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Coronary artery disease in the transplanted heart, also known as cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), is one of the major causes of mortality late after... -
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A comparison of efficacy and toxicity between electroporation and adenoviral gene transfer
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Background Electroporation of skeletal muscle after injection of naked DNA was shown by others to increase transgene expression. Information regarding tissue damage... -
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The Distributed Annotation System
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Background Currently, most genome annotation is curated by centralized groups with limited resources. Efforts to share annotations transparently among multiple groups... -
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The human homologue of
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Background In sporadic ovarian cancer, we have previously reported allele loss at D6S193 (62%) on chromosome 6q27, which suggested the presence of a putative tumour... -
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Pro/con clinical debate: do colloids have advantages over crystalloids in paediatric sepsis?
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Despite decades of resuscitating patients with intravenous fluids in intensive care units, it is somewhat surprising that very little consensus exists regarding the... -
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Mosaic chromosomal aberrations in synovial fibroblasts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and other inflammatory joint diseases
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Chromosomal aberrations were comparatively assessed in nuclei extracted from synovial tissue, primary-culture (P-0) synovial cells, and early-passage synovial... -
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Assessment of tissue oxygen tension: comparison of dynamic fluorescence quenching and polarographic electrode technique
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Introduction and methods Dynamic fluorescence quenching is a technique that may overcome some of the limitations associated with measurement of tissue partial oxygen... -
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The C-terminal domain of the Bloom syndrome DNA helicase is essential for genomic stability
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Background Bloom syndrome is a rare cancer-prone disorder in which the cells of affected persons have a high frequency of somatic mutation and genomic instability....