... is properly cited.
Abstract
Introduction The aim of this observational study was to
investigate the prevalence of endotoxemia after surgery and its
association with ICU length of stay.
Methods ... not for citation purposes)
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Prevalence of endotoxemia after surgery and its association with
ICU length of stay
Franco Valenza
1,2
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... of P. aeruginosa O5 [4,7] and 2192 [5]
with two glycoforms 1 and 2 (Fig. 5A and B). As judged by
the signal intensities of the methyl groups of Rha and QuiN,
in P. aeruginosa immunotype 1 glycoforms ... an
isomeric glycoform 2 core substituted with one O-polysac-
charide repeating unit (B) or with a long-chain O-polysac-
charide. Therefore, of two core glycoforms, only g...
... activity.
Structure of OPS moiety in LPS
To analyze the structure of the OPS moiety, the hydrophilic
products from the acetic acid hydrolysate of LPS were
separated by gel-filtration chromatography ... method of Ikemoto et al. [17]. Alditol acetate, partially
methylated alditol acetate, acetylated butyl glycoside and
fatty acid methyl ester were analyzed by GC or GC-MS as
described p...
... and may be associated with profound morbidity, including chronic psychosis.
Symptoms are often pleomorphic, involving a range of psychotic symptoms, including hallucinations
and disorders of thought. ... [13]. Family
history of psychosis has been noted in one study [14].
However, in two studies psychosis was not statistically dif-
ferent between patients with and without famil...
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Major feeds in Group 2 were maize grains, cassava
peels and yam peels, in the category of crops and crop
by-products and were accessed by both tethering and
hand feeding and by scavenging. ... existence of new groups, with 1
and 3 consisting of leafy feeds obtained mostly at the
homestead or in the township, le...
... Vascular Surgery/ Society for Vascular Surgery, Society for
Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society for Vascular
Medicine and Biology, Society of Interventional Radiology, and the ACC/
AHA ... efficacy, safety profile and tolerability, it is widely used
by the medical community. It has been associated with
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) [2]. How-
ever, t...
... absence of DCI and IL-6 for up to 4 days and intra-cellular SP-D and SP-A levels were assayed by
Western blot analysis. Day 0 SP-D and SP-A signals were obtained from freshly isolated alveolar type ... up-take of apoptotic cells and reduces the production
of pro-inflammatory cytokines [35,36]. In line with those
results, our study shows that levels of KC, the main
In vitr...
... elimina-
tion of strychnine and theirs is the only other report on the
kinetics of strychnine in a patient who survived [19]. They
reported a 42-year-old man who ingested an unknown quan-
tity of strychnine ... elimination and metabolism of strychnine are poorly
understood. Strychnine is rapidly absorbed from the gastro-
intestinal tract, with symptoms occurring within 10 to
20...
... identify
the regions of interest. Each region of interest was then proc-
essed and analysed by a custom-designed software package
(Soft-E-Film, University of Milan, Italy), as previously described
[18].
We ... (i.e. the time taken to reach approximately
63% of its final (asymptotic) value), which is the product of the
compliance of the respiratory system and airway resistanc...
... caused by surgery or by critical illness of pulmo-
nary origin, was associated with immediate but transiently low
serum adiponectin, leptin, and RBP4 levels. Sepsis especially
reduced RBP4 and leptin ... Circulating levels of RBP4
are elevated in subjects with obesity and type 2 diabetes and
lower with improved insulin sensitivity [4,5]. Low leptin levels
are present with...