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... of endotoxemia or its asso- ciation with Gram-negative infection, and the EAA is able to detect endotoxemia associated with Gram-nega- tive infection from any source, a diagnosis of sepsis, and an elevated ... See full document

... Clinical and pre-clinical studies have demonstrated that alcohol abuse, aging, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis are associated with increased risk of fractures compounded with impaired fracture repair (Gandhi et al., ... See full document

... This study has several positive and negative points to its design. One area of concern is the fact that some patients were excluded on the basis of “… a medical disorder that the treating physician regarded as ... See full document

... parent study of lactate in the ED, and in these calculations a higher percentage of patients with organ dysfunction than was actually seen had been estimated prior to the ...ated pediatric SIRS population, ... See full document

... in pediatric institutions for these adult patients, but it does begin to frame the scope of the issue across ...of pediatric disease, and that this growing group of patients offers potential for new ... See full document

... of critical illness with the conversion of the health-inducing microbiome into a disease-promoting pathobiome ...between critical illness and the microbiome. The largest study in the ... See full document

... observational study obviously limits general assumptions to be made about leadership skills during ...our study may represent a sample that shares characteristics that are similar to this specific resident ... See full document

... A pilot study of 25 ventilated critically ill participants showed that FES of the rectus abdominis and pectoral muscles maintained respiratory muscle thickness to a greater degree than sham stimula- tion ... See full document

... of illness severity (Fig ...Sub- study subjects with at least 1 hypocal- cemic episode had signi fi cantly lower 25(OH)D levels compared with those with normal or minimally reduced calcium levels ... See full document

... This was a retrospective study. The main limitation of this fact is that we could not retrieve all information necessary for calculation of PIM2 in all patients. Missing variables in this risk prediction model are ... See full document

... weekly oral MTX 15 mg/m² (then lowered to 10 mg/m² see below) (days 21-42), and twice daily oral celecoxib 100-400 mg (days 1-42), followed by a 2-week therapy break (celecoxib was then kept during the break see below). ... See full document

... for study of stress patterns in our heterogeneous PICU fam- ...of pediatric critical care practice should be transdisciplinary and, ide- ally, led by health care professionals with doctoral prep- ... See full document

... Several mechanisms can potentially induce this meta- bolic shutdown. These may relate to a direct effect on metabolism with repurposing of metabolic pathways, and/or to secondary effects related to a progressive de- ... See full document

... Local research ethics committee approval was ob- tained for this proof-of-concept pilot study and writ- ten informed consent was obtained from all parents. Five neonates (three male, two female) were ... See full document

... nutritional deficit, impaired microcirculation, and de- nervation [22, 27, 28]. Key proinflammatory mediators involved include tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1, and interleukin-6 [23]. Recently, another ... See full document

... In addition to their advantages, we list some potential downsides to implementing protocols in the ICU in Table 1. Protocols might be used in patients who would not benefi t from their use as clinicians less familiar with ... See full document

... identify pediatric MS at the time of disease onset provides an opportunity for early disease ...with pediatric-onset MS were not included in these pivotal studies, and to date, only isolated case reports ... See full document

... this pilot study, for example, including more motiv- ational interviewing techniques (Miller and Rollnick 2002) to improve intrinsic motivation of participants in NEW Tx, as well as other response-reward ... See full document

... Community hospitals and physicians providing care for children must have well-established referral networks for timely consultation by pediatric sub- specialists and, when necessary, for transfer of pa- tients to ... See full document

... mood enhancing and fosters visual and general health [71]. An important benchmark in the history of integrat- ing nature into the care of patients was made by Roger Ulrich in 1984 [72]. Post-surgical patients with a view ... See full document