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Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Muscle relaxants in intensive care unit (ICU) patients are predominantly administered to facilitate intubation. The adverse effect profile of succinylcholine is such... -
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Interactions of pathogens and irritant chemicals in land-applied sewage sludges (biosolids)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Fertilisation of land with processed sewage sludges, which often contain low levels of pathogens, endotoxins, and trace amounts of industrial and household... -
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The spectrum of β-thalassemia mutations in the Arab populations
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The Arab countries encompass a wide region stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Atlantic Ocean. The Arab population is quite heterogeneous and has experienced... -
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National Institues of Health: Outreach
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
This RSS Feed represents all Collaborative Research and Development (CRADA) opportunities available from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).The intent of... -
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Quantitative analysis of DNA levels in maternal plasma in normal and Down syndrome pregnancies
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background We investigated fetal and total DNA levels in maternal plasma in patients bearing fetuses affected with Down syndrome in comparison to controls carrying... -
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Probing substrate binding to Metallo-β-Lactamase L1 from
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The metallo-β-lactamases are Zn(II)-containing enzymes that hydrolyze the β-lactam bond in penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems and are involved in... -
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Knowledge and perception about stroke among an Australian urban population
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of the study was to measure knowledge about the symptoms, prevalence and natural history of stroke; the level of concern about having a stroke;... -
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Raltitrexed (Tomudex) administration in patients with relapsed metastatic colorectal cancer after weekly irinotecan/5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin chemotherapy
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Purpose The present study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of Raltitrexed, a specific thymidilate synthase inhibitor, in patients with advanced colorectal cancer... -
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Large scale sex typing of ostriches using DNA extracted from feathers
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Ostrich (Struthio camelus) breeds have been gaining increasing significance around the world. The large-scale sex determination of chicks is an important... -
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Paper reports overview: Mortality and morbidity prediction and reduction in the high risk patient
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Paper reports overview: Mortality and morbidity prediction and reduction in the high risk patient -
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Prevalence of hepatitis B and C markers in high-risk hospitalised patients in Crete: a five-year observational study
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background So far the prevalence of viral hepatitis infection in hospitalized patients has not been extensively studied. Therefore we conducted the present five-year... -
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Reassignment of specificities of two cap methyltransferase domains in the reovirus lambda2 protein
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The reovirus λ2 protein catalyzes mRNA capping, that is, addition of a guanosine to the 5' end of each transcript in a 5'-to-5' orientation, as well as... -
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Acceptability of local made baits for oral vaccination of dogs against rabies in the Philippines
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In the Philippines, traditional mass dog vaccination campaigns have only achieved limited and transient success in dog rabies control, mainly because a... -
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Somatic frameshift mutations in the Bloom syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Genomic instability has been reported at microsatellite tracts in few coding sequences. We have shown that the Bloom syndrome BLM gene may be a target of... -
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Suppression of murine collagen-induced arthritis by targeted apoptosis of synovial neovasculature
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Because angiogenesis plays a major role in the perpetuation of inflammatory arthritis, we explored a method for selectively targeting and destroying new synovial... -
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Debate: Do all patients with heart failure require implantable defibrillators to prevent sudden death?
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Debate: Do all patients with heart failure require implantable defibrillators to prevent sudden death? -
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Critical care medicine in the 21st century: from CPR to PCR
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
As in other areas of medicine, the specialty of critical care medicine, which has made important contributions in the pathophysiology of critical illness, is facing... -
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A comparison of volume control and pressure-regulated volume control ventilation in acute respiratory failure
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that a new mode of ventilation (pressure-regulated volume control; PRVC) is associated with improvements... -
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Polyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase inhibits lipid peroxidation in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: Hepatic injury after ischemia/reperfusion is attributed to the development of oxygen free radical (OFR)-mediated lipid peroxidation - a process that can... -
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Gene expression profiles derived from fine needle aspiration correlate with response to systemic chemotherapy in breast cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Drug resistance in breast cancer is a major obstacle to successful chemotherapy. In this study we used cDNA microarray technology to examine gene...