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Hemorrhage from esophageal varices is a major consequence of liver cirrhosis. Pharmacological treatment can be started immediately by an internist to arrest acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage (EVH). Terlipressin is easy to administer and effective in treating acute EVH, with or without
Triglycyl-lysin-vasopressin is a long-acting vasopressin derivative which is under consideration for the treatment of acute variceal bleeding in cirrhosis. However, its splanchnic hemodynamic effects have not been investigated thoroughly. In 11 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, systemic and
With the exception of mammals, vertebrate erythrocytes are nucleated. Nevertheless, these cells are usually considered as mere carriers of hemoglobin. In this work, however, we describe for the first time an unrecognized role of teleost red blood cells (RBCs). We found that Nk-lysin (Nkl), an
Intrapleural loculation can increase morbidity in hemothoraces or parapneumonic effusions. Intrapleural fibrin precedes visceral-parietal pleural adhesions. We speculated that single-chain urokinase plasminogen activator alone or bound to its receptor could prevent these adhesions by their relative
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) form part of the innate immune response, which is of vital importance in fish, especially in eggs and early larval stages. Compared to antibiotics, AMPs show action against a wider spectrum of pathogens, including viruses, fungi and parasites, are more friendly to the
In 102 patients with multiple and associated traumas at day 1, 3, 7 and 14 after trauma, the content of T- and B-lymphocytes, IgG, IgA, IgM, complement and beta-lysins was defined. The uniform immunological shifts of the indices of specific and non-specific immunity with a different degree of