... cause of severeacuterespiratory syndrome. Lancet 2003,361:1730-1733.9. Oxford JS, Bossuyt S, Lambkin R: A new infectious disease chal-lenge: Urbani severeacuterespiratorysyndrome (SARS) associated ... pzabel@fz-borstel.de* Corresponding author Severe AcuteRespiratory SyndromeSARScoronavirusmolecular mechanismstherapyvaccinationAbstract Severe acuterespiratorysyndrome (SARS) is a new infectious disease ... BioMed CentralPage 1 of 16(page number not for citation purposes) Respiratory ResearchOpen AccessReviewMolecular mechanisms ofsevereacuterespiratorysyndrome (SARS) David A Groneberg*1,...
... epidemiology ofSevereAcuteRespiratory Syndrome. Nov 2003. http://www.who.int/csr /sars/ en/WHOconsensus.pdf. 55. Manocha S., et al. Severeacuterespiratory distress syndrome (SARS) : A critical ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Critically ill patients with severeacute respiratory syndrome. JAMA, 2003. 290:374-380. 40. Wong VWS., et al. Treatment ofsevereacuterespiratorysyndrome with ... al. Development of a standard treatment protocol for severeacuterespiratory syndrome. Lancet, 2003. 361:1615-6. 12. Lee N., et al. A major outbreak ofsevereacuterespiratorysyndrome in Hong...
... certainadvantages during the replication of the severeacuterespiratory syndrome- coronavirus.BackgroundThe recent severeacuterespiratorysyndrome (SARS) epi-demic, which affected over 30 ... tail of the spike protein of most coronaviruses, mediates the intracellular retention of the spike protein. This motif is missing from the spike protein of the severeacute respiratory syndrome- coronavirus ... CentralPage 1 of 5(page number not for citation purposes)Virology JournalOpen AccessHypothesisThe SevereAcuteRespiratorySyndrome (SARS) -coronavirus 3a protein may function as a modulator of the...
... certainadvantages during the replication of the severeacuterespiratory syndrome- coronavirus.BackgroundThe recent severeacuterespiratorysyndrome (SARS) epi-demic, which affected over 30 ... tail of the spike protein of most coronaviruses, mediates the intracellular retention of the spike protein. This motif is missing from the spike protein of the severeacute respiratory syndrome- coronavirus ... AccessHypothesisThe SevereAcuteRespiratorySyndrome (SARS) -coronavirus 3a protein may function as a modulator of the trafficking properties of the spike proteinYee-Joo Tan*Address: Institute of Molecular...
... Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan2 Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, TaiwanAn outbreak ofsevereacuterespiratory syndrome (SARS) ... causa-tive agent ofSARS is a coronavirus-related virus [1,2].The genome sequence of the SARS virus is only mod-erately similar to that of other species of coronaviruses[3] and, thus, the SARS virus ... consisting of M and Nproteins. J Virol 70, 4773–4777.9 Hsieh PK, Chang SC, Huang CC, Lee TT, Hsiao CW,Kou YH, Chen IY, Chang CK, Huang TH & ChangMF (2005) Assembly ofsevereacute respiratory syndrome...
... Chang Q, Xie JP, Liu XQ et al.(2003) Epidemiology and cause ofsevereacute respira-tory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People’s Republic of China, in February. Lancet 362, 1353–1358.24 Kao RY, ... RM,Huang JD, Hu L, Chen G, Chen Z, Zhang L et al.(2004) Identification of novel small-molecule inhibitors of severeacuterespiratory syndrome- associated corona-virus by chemical genetics. Chem Biol ... So LK, Miu FP, Yung RW, Poon E, CheungTM & Yam LY (2004) Outcome of coronavirus-associ-ated severeacuterespiratorysyndrome using a standardtreatment protocol. Respirology 9, 173–183.8...
... Case reportOpen AccessProlonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy for severe acuterespiratory distress syndrome in a child affected byrituximab-resistant autoimmune hemolytic anemia: ... Biagi1Addresses:1Department of Pediatric Hematology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy and2Department of Intensive Care, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milan-Bicocca, ... associated with a high risk of developing severe infections. Recently, the use of monoclonal antibodies (rituximab) has allowed sustained remissions to beobtained in the majority of pediatric patients...
... management of severe acute malnutrition could prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children.Nearly 20 million children under five suffer from severeacute malnutrition Severe acute malnutrition ... treated for severe acute malnutrition will need 10–15 kg of RUTF, given over a period of six to eight weeks.Community-based management of severeacute malnutrition in the context of high HIV ... resources needed for management of severeacute malnutrition, including:Making RUTF available to families of children with severeacute malnutrition through a network of community health workers...
... 4:306http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/306Page 3 of 6 Surgery was recommended because of the severity andrefractory nature of her symptoms. Excision of multipleneuromas was planned because (a) office ultrasound[10] ... bilateralfoot signs or ultrasound evidence of neuromas irrespec-tive of whether they have foot sensor y symptoms or notand regardless of whether their RLS is primary or sec-ondary, or is of early ... bethemajorsourceofRLSbecause bilateral inj ections of this interspace alone caninduce remission of RLS symptoms [9]. The possiblecontribution to neuropathic foot symptoms a nd sleepdysfunction of the...
... man-agementofSOSshouldbebasedonprophylaxis:identif ication of patients at risk, avoidance of SOS-inducing therapies, preventative medical therapy [9] and,finally, therapy of the syndrome. AbbreviationsSOS, ... treatment of the former, almostlethal, severe SOS to date. To increase response totreatment, ongoing investigations focus on the combina-tion of defibritode with other drugs as the inhibitor of glutathione ... antagonist with up-regulation of theendothelium release of t-PA, nitric oxide, prostacyclin,prostaglandin E2 and thrombomodulin, as well as down-regulation of the release of plasminogen activator-inhi-bitor...
... psychotic symptoms) and theDSM-IV recognises psychotic features as an indication of the severity of illness.One of the most significant findings of this factor ana-lysis is the identification of ... interpretation of fac-tor loadings was 0.40. The cut-off for determining thesignificance level was based on the sample size. Based ona significance level of 0.05 and a power of 80% a sample of 200 ... clinical characteristics of the manic state.Am J Psychiatry 1971, 128(6):688-694.5. Cassidy F, Forest K, Murry E, Carroll BJ: A factor analysis of the signs and symptoms of mania. Arch Gen Psychiatry...
... target of rapamycin; PBS = phosphate-buffered saline; PI 3-kinase = phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; RDS = respiratory distress syndrome; SD = standard deviation of the mean; SE = standard error of ... development in thefetuses of diabetic mothers. A key event in lung development is the production of adequate amounts of pulmonary surfactant. Insulin inhibits the expression of surfactant protein ... AIntroductionFetuses of diabetic mothers with uncontrolled blood glu-cose levels tend to be hyperglycemic and hyperinsulinemic[1]. An increased incidence of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)...
... Unit, General Hospital of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece2Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece3Department of Pneumonology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, ... General Hospital of Pireus, Crete, Greece5Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece6Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, ... than 1 min, while the time of saline staying in the lungs should be less than 20 s;(b) recovery of more than 50% of the saline used for the lav-age;(c) absence of obvious blood contamination...
... debate: The use of prone positioning in themanagement of patients with acuterespiratory distress syndrome John J Marini* and Gordon Rubenfeld†*Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, ... in severe acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). He ismechanically ventilated with volume cycle ventilation (tidalvolume, 6 ml/kg ideal body weight), a positive end-expiratorypressure of ... oxygenation in patients with acute respiratory failure: The prone position. Am Rev Respir Dis 1977, 115:559-566.12. Piehl MA, Brown RS: Use of extreme position changes in acute respiratory failure....
... component of adequatemechanical ventilation in acute lung injury and acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In the presentstudy we tested the effect on gastric intramucosal pH of incremental ... end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is an important com-ponent of the ventilatory management ofacute lung injury(ALI) and acuterespiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). PEEPimproves oxygenation by redistributing ... mode with a tidal volume of 8–10 ml/kg(based on ideal body weight), frequency of 12 breaths/min,fraction of inspired oxygen of 1.0, and inspiratory : expiratoryratio of 1 : 2. Patients were...