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Diagnostic and prognostic value of H-FABP in acute coronary syndrome: Still evidence to bring

2018

Abstract The assessment of chest pain patients presenting to the emergency area (EA) is still a clinical challenge, as the majority of patients are not diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). New generation high sensitivity c-Tn (hs-cTn) assays have showed better performances compared to the standard c-Tn. However, hs-Tn still presents some limitations. Hence, novel, early biomarkers are needed in this setting. Among all, heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) has been largely investigated. This article reviews the studies evaluating H-FABP performance in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and stratifying chest pain patients by risk. H-FABP optimal performances in AC…

Flegmasia cerulea dolens en paciente con carcinoma testicular

2006

Describimos un caso de flegmasia cerulea dolens secundaria a una trombosis venosa profunda por compresión de la vena cava inferior, en un varón de 31 años con un tumor germinal. Necesitó un tratamiento urgente con agentes fibrinolíticos, heparina intravenosa y quimioterapia. Con el tratamiento obtuvo una respuesta completa tumoral y una completa revascularización de la vena cava y vena femoral derecha.

Colorectal cancer health services research study protocol: the CCR-CARESS observational prospective cohort project

2016

The REDISSEC CARESS-CCR (Results and Health Services Research in Colorectal Cancer)- group: Jose María Quintana, Marisa Baré, Maximino Redondo, Eduardo Briones, Nerea Fernández de Larrea, Cristina Sarasqueta, Antonio Escobar, Francisco Rivas, Maria M. Morales-Suárez, Juan Antonio Blasco, Isabel del Cura, Inmaculada Arostegui, Amaia Bilbao, Nerea González, Susana García-Gutiérrez, Iratxe Lafuente, Urko Aguirre, Miren Orive, Josune Martin, Ane Antón-Ladislao, Núria Torà, Marina Pont, María Purificación Martínez del Prado, Alberto Loizate, Ignacio Zabalza, José Errasti, Antonio Z Gimeno, Santiago Lázaro, Mercè Comas, Jose María Enríquez, Carlos Placer, Amaia Perales, Iñaki Urkidi, Jose María E…

Viruses of Cetaceans

2011

China’s intellectual property rights provocation: A political economy view

2019

It is well recognized that intellectual property rights (IPR) violations are at the heart of the economic conflict with China. Little agreement, however, exists about the origin and solutions for this provocation. Broadly speaking, two prescriptions have been proposed: the natural evolutionary and the rule of law views. While both have merits and add to our understanding, they do not go far enough to address the more fundamental IPR policy issue: China has benefited from a rule of law overseas and a rule through law at home, manufacturing unfair advantage to its firms, many of which are owned and/or influenced by the government. While recognizing China’s recent effort in improving IPR prote…

Neurotropism in newborn hamsters of plaque purified measles virus clones

1976

Three plaque purified measles virus clones displayed a different neurotropism in newborn hamsters.

Seroepidemiology of pertussis infection in an urban childhood population in Cameroon.

1991

In 1989, the prevalence of IgG antibodies to pertussis toxin (PT) in a sample of 367 unvaccinated apparently healthy children 5-14 years old was estimated by ELISA in Kumba City (Cameroon). Children were recruited using a systematic random sampling from six primary schools located in different districts of the city. The sample was representative of the various socioeconomic classes. The overall prevalence was 75%; it increased from 62% in 5 year old children to 81% in children 12-14 years old (P less than 0.01). IgG antibody prevalence was positively related to the family size. Children belonging to households of nine or more members had a 2.2-fold risk (C.I. 95 per cent = 1.1-4.6) of previ…

Plasmid diversity in Vibrio vulnificus biotypes.

2009

Vibrio vulnificus is a heterogeneous bacterial species that can be virulent for humans and fish. Virulence in fish seems to rely on a recently described plasmid that can be transmitted between strains, aided by a conjugative plasmid. The main objective of this work was to analyse the plasmid content of a wide collection of strains from the three biotypes of the species, as well as to identify putative conjugative and virulence plasmids by means of Southern hybridization with specific probes and sequence analysis of selected gene markers. We found 28 different plasmid profiles in a total of 112 strains, which were relatively biotype- or serovar-specific. Biotype 1 lacked high-molecular-mass…

Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy of the inferior vena cava and iliac veins with the use of Aspirex®S device in a paediatric patient

2017

Phlegmasia cerulea dolens, which is the most severe clinical presentation of deep venous thrombosis and results from an almost complete occlusion of the major and collateral venous outflow routes from the extremity, is very rarely seen in children. Here we describe the treatment of an 11-year-old boy with Down syndrome who presented with thrombotic occlusion of the inferior vena cava and both iliac veins. We present a step-by-step technique of endovascular mechanical thrombectomy of these veins with the use of the Aspirex®S thrombectomy device. Endovascular treatment was followed by local intravenous thrombolysis. Because of recurrent thrombosis, which occurred 4 days later, endovascular th…

Early virologic response with pegylated interferons

2004

Abstract Recently, 12-week evaluation of viral response has been recommended as a means of reducing antiviral treatment morbidity and costs. The development of early stopping rules relies on an important assumption: rules must minimise discontinuation of treatment in patients who might ultimately respond after completion of the full course of therapy. Minimising loss of potential responders is the most important clinical goal in defining an early stopping rule because it provides the most sustained virological responders. This definition of the rule relies on maximising the negative predictive value. Conversely, rules that select patients based on optimising the positive predictive value pr…