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Background. Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), is a syndrome characterized by difficulty to provide normal pulmonary vasodilatation at birth or after birth, which may be related with right ventricular dysfunction, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, sepsis, and meconium
1.0 Background and Clinical Significance 1.1 Introduction The incidence of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 (DM2) is growing rapidly globally and in Singapore. The main cause of increased morbidity and mortality in patients with DM2 is the development of microvascular and macrovascular complications.
Introduction Lung is a particularly important organ because of its interface with the environment. The environmental pollutants and endogenous reactive oxygen metabolites from inflammatory cells exert substantial pathological effects on the lung cells [1]. Oxidative stress (OS) is a major factor
BACKGROUND Cardiac troponins are sensitive markers for myocardial injury in ACS and even a minor elevation of cardiac troponins is associated with an increased risk for future adverse coronary events. However, a detectable troponin release occurs only in a part of patients admitted with ACS. The
Objective To study the effect of two preoperative immune enhancing nutritional supplements compared with a control nutritional supplement in 'high risk' risk cardiac surgery patients
Introduction: Elderly patients and patients with a poor ventricular function undergoing cardiac operations with