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Intratracheal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in animals is a commonly used model of acute lung injury, characterized by increased alveolar-capillary membrane permeability causing protein-rich edema, inflammation, deterioration of lung mechanical function and impaired gas exchange.
BACKGROUND
To evaluate whether the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equations could be applied accurately to Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), glomerular filtration rates (GFRs) estimated by using MDRD equation 7 (7GFR), the abbreviated MDRD equation (aGFR), and the
Male SAS/4 mice were injected i.v. with 6.6 kBq 239Pu-citrate. After 1 or 24 h a single i.p. injection of 15 or 30 mumol kg-1 or repeated (three or four) daily injections of 30 mumol kg-1 of tetra-THB-spermine were given, and at 4 or 7 days Pu retention was measured in liver, kidneys and femur.
The intention was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of radial planes with oblique coronal and oblique axial planes for the detection of labral abnormalities of the acetabulum on magnetic resonance arthrography (MRa). Twenty cadaveric hip joints were examined by radiography and MRa. For MRa,
A 31-year-old, previously normotensive healthy man developed right flank pain and was admitted to a medical service. Right renal infarction was suspected by enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) and arteriography. Fourteen days after the onset, he was transferred to the Oita University
Contrast media such as gadolinium-diethlene-triamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) is used for MRI. Recently there have been some reports about diagnosis using contrast media for the MRI T(1) image for the quantitative evaluation of articular cartilage degeneration. This may be a useful method to
The aim of this study was to determine whether the speed of technetium-labelled diethylene-triamine-pentacetate (99mTc-DTPA) clearance from the lung is predictive of disease progression in fibrosing alveolitis, as judged by changes in respiratory function tests. 82 nonsmoking patients with fibrosing
The aim was to use repeat delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage (dGEMRIC) to estimate glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content in reparative cartilage after osteochondral autogenous transfer (OAT). The study group comprised 7 knees of 7 patients that were examined three times by
OBJECTIVE
Soft tissue haemangiomas are common benign vascular lesions that can be accompanied by reactive changes in the adjacent bone structure. This study aimed to discuss the MRI features of soft-tissue haemangiomas with an emphasis on changes in bone.
METHODS
The radiographic and MRI findings of
BACKGROUND
Pyeloplasty is a widely accepted treatment for ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). However, the renal function recoverability after pyeloplasty is still a matter of debate. Different parameters have been used to predict renal functional recoverability after corrective surgery, with
OBJECTIVE
After a successful pyeloplasty at 3 to 6 months, the question remains whether children need a long follow-up.
METHODS
The medical charts of patients with long-term follow-up (> 5 years), who underwent dismembered pyeloplasty for uretero-pelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) from May 1998 to
OBJECTIVE
To study the expression of neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) and neurokinin-2 receptor (NK-2R) in distal ileum of acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) and to evaluate the relationship between expression of these two receptors and intestinal mucosal damage.
METHODS
A total of 130 adult
Many risk factors may contribute to renal disease in patients with hemophilia A.
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to evaluate functional and structural renal abnormalities among a group of Egyptian children with severe and moderate hemophilia A using technetium-99m diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid
Local drug delivery techniques, such as convention-enhanced delivery (CED), are promising novel strategies for delivering therapeutic agents otherwise limited by systemic toxicity and blood-brain-barrier restrictions. CED uses positive pressure to deliver infusate homogeneously into interstitial
OBJECTIVE
To assess the role of Whitaker's test (WT) and 99mTc-diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid diuretic renography (DRG) in determining objectively the outcome of endopyelotomy, and to rationalize the frequency and timing of such evaluation after endopyelotomy.
METHODS
Thirty-one patients (age