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Body weight loss is a frequent complication after stroke, and its adverse effect on clinical outcome has been shown in several clinical trials. The purpose of this prospective longitudinal single-centre observational study was to investigate dynamical changes of body composition and OBJECTIVE
Outcome after acute stroke is determined to a large extent by poststroke complications. Nutritional status and metabolic balance may substantially contribute to outcome after stroke. Key mechanisms of stroke pathophysiology can induce systemic catabolic imbalance with impaired metabolic
Despite intensive effort to cure breast cancer, treatment generally fails, as evidenced by the age adjusted mortality from breast cancer. For 60 years, breast cancer mortality remained virtually constant. As treatment failed to improve the life prospect of the average patient, it is based on false
BACKGROUND
Cancer cachexia is thought to be the cause of >20% of cancer related deaths. Symptoms of cancer cachexia patients include depression and anorexia significantly worsening their quality of life. Moreover, in rodent models of cancer cachexia atrophy of the heart has been shown to impair
OBJECTIVE
Formoterol is a highly potent β2-adrenoceptor-selective agonist, which is a muscle growth promoter in many animal species, resulting in skeletal muscle hypertrophy. Previous studies carried out in our laboratory have shown that formoterol treatment in tumour-bearing animals resulted in an
Cachexia is a complex metabolic syndrome associated with cancer. One of the features of cachexia is the loss of muscle mass, characterized by an imbalance between protein synthesis and protein degradation. Muscle atrophy is caused by the hyperactivation of some of the main cellular catabolic
Despite recent progress, chemotherapy remains the preferred treatment for cancer. We have shown a link between anticancer drugs and the development of cachexia, i.e., body wasting accompanied by muscle loss. The multi-kinase inhibitors (MKIs) regorafenib and sorafenib, used as second-line treatment
Two cannabinoids receptors have been characterised in mammals; cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CBI) which is ubiquitous in the central nervous system (CNS), and cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CBII) that is expressed mainly in immune cells. Cannabinoids have been used in the treatment of nausea and
An 82-year-old woman presented with bilateral, symmetric posterior circulation infarctions secondary to giant cell arteritis (GCA). Her atypical clinical presentation included a lack of headache and fever, but she exhibited signs of systemic illness including generalized weakness, cachexia, apathy,
This study aimed to evaluate emergency non traumatic colonic surgery mortality and morbidity in our practice
METHODS
Data of all 85 patients who underwent an emergency non traumatic colonic surgery during the period from August the 1st 1998 to June the 30th 2006, were retrospectively reviewed.
Various factors can contribute to high mortality rates in intensive care units (ICUs). Here, we intended to define a population of patients readmitted to general ICUs in Poland and to identify independent predictors of ICU readmission.Data derived from A 49-year-old woman with Lutembacher syndrome, atrial septal defect (ASD), mitral stenosis (MS), tricuspid regurgitation and cardiac cachexia underwent a mitral valve replacement with a 27 mm CarboMedics valve, patch closure of ASD and tricuspid annuloplasty to 29 mm by DeVega's method. The pressure
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly prevalent chronic lung condition, affecting approximately 10% of adults over the age of 40 years in the western world. Research over the past 10 years has shown that COPD is more than just a lung disorder; it affects other end-organs including
BACKGROUND
The Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves 2A (PARTNER-2A) randomized trial compared outcomes of transfemoral transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in intermediate-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. The purpose of the present study was to perform an in-depth