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Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has the characteristics of high morbidity, high mortality, high disability rate and high recurrence rate. Progressive cerebral infarction (PIS) is a subtype of AIS, accounting for 10% - 40%. Because of the gradual aggravation of neurological deficit symptoms, it has a
PhD project description
The arterial wall in patients with diabetes: Do changes in arterial basement membrane proteins predict future arterial disease? Are remodeling processes altered?
Applicant: Anne-Sofie Faarvang Thorsen1, MD
Main supervisor: Professor Lars Melholt Rasmussen1
Co-supervisors:
Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is a common ailment in people venturing over 2500 meters altitude. It is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude. It presents as a collection of nonspecific symptoms, acquired at high
Study design: After admission, and following clinical and diagnostic evaluation (12-lead electrocardiogram, Doppler echocardiography, symptom-limited cardiopulmonary exercise test and other related laboratory tests), all patients are discharged in low risk group (ejection fraction≥50% with AMI
Patient selection and study preparations
Potentially eligible hemodialysis patients, not fitting the exclusion criteria, will provide written informed consent and will be evaluated for the diagnosis of hypertension. If patients are treated with antihypertensive therapy, a brief-wash out from
Lung transplanted patients experience marked decrease in renal function post transplant mainly due to cyclosporine induced renal changes.
Calcium channel blockers exert renal effects consisting mainly of renal vasodilation and facilitation of renal excretion of sodium through a direct action on
Randomization procedure: After enrollment, patients will be randomized in 2 groups: treatment and control. The randomization will be performed by centre, with a 1:1 allocation ratio, and it will be communicated by the coordinating centre in Reggio Calabria. An allocation concealment will be
Background
The concept of venous retroperfusion in coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries despite advances in medical, interventional, and surgical revascularization therapies. The different strategies aiming
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030. Further, the WHO proclaims that diabetes causes about 5 % of all deaths globally each year. Cardiovascular events are the most common cause for
5 PATIENT SELECTION 5.1 Eligibility Criteria
Patients must fulfill all the following criteria to be eligible for admission for the study:
1. Histologically proven central nervous system lymphoma of brain parenchyma with or without leptomeningeal involvement.
2. No evidence of systemic lymphoma.
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Title: Plasma and abscess fluid pharmacokinetics of cefpirome and moxifloxacin single dose and multiple dose administration.
Background: Extensive research in the field of abscess treatment has established a claim for invasive drainage as the most efficient means of resolving suppurative lesions. In