Comparative Overview of Brain Perfusion Imaging Techniques | Stroke
Background and Purpose— Numerous imaging techniques have been developed and applied to evaluate brain hemodynamics. Among these are positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomog
Oligodendrocyte precursor cells reprogrammed to become multipotential CNS stem cells - PubMed
During animal development, cells become progressively more restricted in the cell types to which they can give rise. In the central nervous system (CNS), for example, multipotential stem cells produce various kinds of specified precursors that divide a limited number of times before they terminally …
Comparative Overview of Brain Perfusion Imaging Techniques
Background and Purpose— Numerous imaging techniques have been developed and applied to evaluate brain hemodynamics. Among these are positron emission tomography, single photon emission computed tomog
Could procalcitonin (PCT) be a marker of effectiveness of antibiotic treatment (ABT) in pregnant with not severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)? | European Respiratory Society
There is no data on changes of PCT on the background of ABT in pregnant with not severe CAP. Aim: to study the role of dynamic of PCT in pregnant with not severe CAP as a marker of effective ABT. Materials: we studied PCT levels in 35 pregnant with CAP which formed the main group (age (Med [25–75%]) 25 [19–30] yrs, gestational age 30 [27–33] wks) and in a control group of 15 healthy pregnant (age 31 [25–37] yrs, gestational age 35 [34–37] wks). Methods: in pregnant with CAP PCT was measured on admission, before starting ABT (PCT-1) and on the 5th day of therapy (PCT-2). We used SMRT-CO scale to estimate the severity of CAP and respiratory rate (RR), body temperature (BT) and leukocyte count – to monitor clinical status. Results: on admission all patients had high BT (37,9 [37–38,2]°C ), increased RR (28 [24–31] per min.) and leukocytosis (11,9 [8,3–14,3]*109/l), also they had 2 or less points on the SMRT-CO scale which corresponds to not severe CAP. They were prescribed standard ABT with amoxicillin/clavulonate. On the 5th day of ABT we observed a significant decrease of BT, RR and leukocyte count. Dynamics of PCT is shown in [Table 1][1]. View this table: Table 1 Changes of PCT on the background of ABT Conclusion: dynamics of PCT can be used as a marker of effectiveness of ABT in pregnant with not severe CAP. [1]: #T1
Clonal and population analyses demonstrate that an EGF-responsive mammalian embryonic CNS precursor is a stem cell - PubMed
In cultures of embryonic striatum, we previously reported that EGF induces the proliferation of single precursor cells, which give rise to spheres of undifferentiated cells that can generate neurons and glia. We report here that, in vitro, these embryonic precursor cells exhibit properties and satis …
Could procalcitonin (PCT) be a marker of effectiveness of antibiotic treatment (ABT) in pregnant with not severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)?
There is no data on changes of PCT on the background of ABT in pregnant with not severe CAP. Aim: to study the role of dynamic of PCT in pregnant with not severe CAP as a marker of effective ABT. Materials: we studied PCT levels in 35 pregnant with CAP which formed the main group (age (Med [25–75%]) 25 [19–30] yrs, gestational age 30 [27–33] wks) and in a control group of 15 healthy pregnant (age 31 [25–37] yrs, gestational age 35 [34–37] wks). Methods: in pregnant with CAP PCT was measured on admission, before starting ABT (PCT-1) and on the 5th day of therapy (PCT-2). We used SMRT-CO scale to estimate the severity of CAP and respiratory rate (RR), body temperature (BT) and leukocyte count – to monitor clinical status. Results: on admission all patients had high BT (37,9 [37–38,2]°C ), increased RR (28 [24–31] per min.) and leukocytosis (11,9 [8,3–14,3]*109/l), also they had 2 or less points on the SMRT-CO scale which corresponds to not severe CAP. They were prescribed standard ABT with amoxicillin/clavulonate. On the 5th day of ABT we observed a significant decrease of BT, RR and leukocyte count. Dynamics of PCT is shown in [Table 1][1]. View this table: Table 1 Changes of PCT on the background of ABT Conclusion: dynamics of PCT can be used as a marker of effectiveness of ABT in pregnant with not severe CAP. [1]: #T1
Self-administration of drugs: an introduction - PubMed
This paper, the first of three, examines previous research undertaken in the area of self-administration of medicines and the reuse of patients' own medicine in hospital. Advantages of such schemes are discussed, and the Working Together with Medicines project, undertaken at Queens Medical Centre, N …
