... first study documenting the inci-
dence of hypernatremia during the ICU stay in severe TBI
patients. The definition of hypernatremia in our study refers to
the first 14 days of ICU stay, and it ... been
specifically aimed at investigating the incidence and clinical
significance of hypernatremia occurring during the course of
the ICU stay in a large...
... by L/Glu and suggests to exclude insulin- induced brain
injury.
Introduction
Hyperglycemia aggravates underlying brain damage and
influences both morbidity and mortality in critically ill
patients ... be
insulin-dependent because insulin administration was asso-
ciated with significantly increased interstitial brain glucose.
This is in line with the findings of in...
... and
reduction in urinary output [23,26,27]. Nevertheless
interesting is the fact that renal failure in the absence of
pulmonarydysfunctionisnotlikelytobetheresultof
IAH [22].
Because many of the effects of ... IAH
according to the World Society of the Abdominal Com-
partment Syndrome. The mortality rate in patients with
IAH and ACS varies from 29 to 62% an...
... this
end-point
Conclusion
In patients with brain injury, the SOFA scoring system has
superior discriminative ability and stronger association with
outcome compared with the MOD scoring system with
respect ... SOFA-defined nor MOD-
defined respiratory failure was significantly associated with
hospital mortality.
Conclusion In patients with brain injury, the SO...
... examined by CAP-RAST.
Preparation of BLG Peptides Digested by
Chymotrypsin or Trypsin V
We focused on the allergenicity of BLG and made two
kinds of BLG peptides. We used chymotrypsin and trypsin
V ... peptides. Trypsin V is a mixture of
chymotrypsin and trypsin. Figure 1 shows the digestive
sites of BLG polypeptides by these enzymes. Digestion with
chymotrypsin resulted...
... 1.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
YY performed the acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of the
data, and ... limitation of this study is the small number of
patients analyzed, especially those with aBD. During 2
years of the study period, only 10 patients with aBD we...
... possibly explaining the preceding depressed
and subsequent sustained stimulatory effect of in vitro nore-
pinephrine on isolated platelets, respectively. Coinciding with
the increased norepinephrine-mediated ... additional brain damage warrant further
investigations.
Introduction
In clinical routine, norepinephrine is used to increase and
maintain arterial blood pressure in...
... patients [7,8].
These positive findings are in contrast to the present findings
of sustained haemodynamic instability and increased infec-
tions (bacteraemia and urinary tract infections) in patients
subjected ... alterations with and without excessive correction of
hypoglycaemic values are in turn feared to induce secondary
brain injury, thereby possibly offsetting...
... the
curve of the thermodilution curve determining CI
should not substantially be aff ected by injection of the
indicator in the femoral vein.
These finding s seem to be of importance in daily clini-
cal ... volume)
being the total volume participating in indicator dilution
between the tip of the venous injection site and the tip
of the arterial TPTD detec...