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The study will include 90 singleton pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 42 and gestational ages of 24 and 35 weeks. Inclusion criteria: - Singleton pregnancy - Gestational age between 24 and 35 weeks - Cervical dilatation less than 3 cm and cervical effacement less than 80% - Uterine

Introduction Malignancies during childhood constitute the 2nd cause of death, following injuries worldwide. According to epidemiological data, 300,000 new cases of neoplasia present themselves every year in children and teenagers under 19 years of age1, 160,000 of which concern children under the

The alpha feto protein level showing liver function is lower in babies with Down syndrome and this biochemical marker is one of the basic parameters of triple screening. If these babies have insufficient liver function, then it is likely that there is a decrease in hepatocyte growth factor in these

After obtaining Institutional Ethical Committee approval and written informed consent from legally acceptable representative relatives, patients with traumatic brain injury, aged from 18- 60 years old, ASA from (I-III), GCS more than 8 undergoing emergency craniotomy surgery will be selected for

There are a series of pathophysiological changes in patients undergoing open-heart surgeries with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) that causes liver hypoperfusion, centrilobular sinusoid ischemia, and subsequent reperfusion injuries, hemolysis, or systemic inflammatory response. These events may

The study was conducted in the ED using a prospective, non-randomized method, and included patients with complaints of acute onset vertigo over 18 years of age and who underwent brain MRI. Pregnant women, smokers, and those with significant neurological signs were excluded. Patients with acute

Acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) lacks a consensus definition and definitive management approaches. The various management strategies include treatment of acute insult, support of multiple organ systems and disease-specific medications such as antivirals for hepatitis B, steroids for alcoholic

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effects of perioperative hemodynamic therapy (guided by cardiac output monitoring) on tissue oxygenation during (and after) DIEP flap breast reconstruction surgery. We hypothesize that a low-dose, perioperative dobutamine infusion combined with

Patient Selection: Screen ~400 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients followed in Centro Hospitalar do Porto outpatient clinic. All RA patients with regular follow-up will be potentially included. The investigators also aim to enrol age-matched controls for biomarker comparison. Experimental

Ozone Administration Protocol Our procedures for O3T application in CBP surgery conform to international guidelines of the ''Madrid Declaration on Ozone Therapy'' 32 . M-O3T will be carried out as follows: 50mL of blood drawn by vacuum from the patient central catheter into a sterile blood

Cardiac surgery related acute kidney injury (CS-AKI) is an important clinical problem. Kidney injury occurs following a cardiopulmonary bypass used during cardiac surgery procedures. The pathomechanisms of acute kidney injury (AKI) is complex and multifactorial. It may involve few injury pathways:

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in diabetes. Actually, systematic screening of asymptomatic diabetic patients for silent myocardial ischemia is highly controversial, and is recommended for selected high-risk patients. Calcium artery calcification score predicts major

Neurotoxicity is mainly associated with tacrolimus and cyclosporin, amounting to 10 - 30% for CS and up to 32% for tacrolimus.(2) . Sirolimus, everolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil lack the neurotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors (3-4). Neurotoxicity mostly occurs in the early postoperative period