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INTRODUCTION Despite advances in care, preeclampsia remains a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide and its syndromic nature makes diagnosis and management difficult.1 Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy-specific syndrome, defined by new onset hypertension and

• Patients: The inclusion criteria are: 1. age>18 years; 2. KT recipient. The exclusion criteria are: 1. metallic joint prostheses, cardiac stent or pacemakers, decompensated cirrhosis, pregnancy and limb amputations (due to bioimpedance technique limitations); 2. no prior diagnosis of pulmonary

Hemodialysis (HD) is the most worldwide prescribed renal replacement therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. This treatment that relies heavily on technology has undergone major modifications in the last five decades in order to improve patients' outcomes. Those changes that aimed at

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE OF THE STUDY The long term prognosis of patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has progressively improved since the introduction of reperfusion therapies and in particular primary angioplasty [1]. In the setting of ST-elevation

This is a cross-over study. Totally 15 participants will be randomized (or other number later determined by power test). The duration of the study is 9 days that will include 3 visits and screening visit before starting the study. Screening (day -1) Inclusion criteria are fulfilled before

All postmenarchal female patients over the age of 14 years will be eligible to enter the study except for the following exclusions: serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dl, patients with diabetes insipidus-nephrogenic and central, those on lithium therapy and diuretics that cannot be held for 3 days. Subjects

Preeclampsia is a form of hypertension that is unique to human pregnancy. The clinical findings of preeclampsia can manifest as either a maternal syndrome (hypertension and proteinuria with or without other multisystem abnormalities) or as a fetal syndrome (fetal growth restriction, reduced amniotic

Relation between blood pressure and lethality in stroke: observational study. Introduction: Stroke is the leading cause of death and disabling sequelae in adults in Brazil (LESSA, 1999), and the 2nd cause in the world (GRYSIEWICZ & al. 2008). Arterial hypertension (AH) is the major risk factor for

The clinical history of untreated gout transitions from an acute intermittent arthritis to a chronic inflammatory arthritis. This tells us that at some point the inflammation associated with gout does not abate. Our group recently completed an advanced imaging study in patients with early gout that

Methods: This is a pilot study to examine the feasibility of conducting a larger, multi center randomized control trial. Fifty women with chronic hypertension who are pregnant and are seen in the first trimester of pregnancy will be recruited from the offices of obstetricians at New York

INTRODUCTION In the past few years evidence has accumulated strongly suggesting that nitric oxide (NO), a potent endothelial-derived vasodilator, might be implicated in gestational vasodilatation. NO is synthesized from the aminoacid L-arginine by a family of enzymes, the NO synthases (NOS). The