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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
The membrane proteinase 3 expression on neutrophils was downregulated after treatment with infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Proteinase 3 (PR3) expression on neutrophils was examined in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients before and after antitumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha therapy. Membrane PR3 expression from patients with either ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Primary prevention of venous thromboembolism in long-term care: identifying and managing the risk.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant, but underestimated, cause of morbidity and mortality in long-term care settings. VTE risk increases significantly with age and is further increased by comorbidities common to this group; ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Diary dates.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Antigenic (immunogenic) profiling of bovine thrombin and its purified forms.
Walenga JM, Bick RL, Messmore HL.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois. jwaleng@lumc.edu.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
To the editor.
Leijnen M, Steenvoorde P.
Surgery Resident, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
A case report of the use of nanocrystalline silver dressing in the management of acute surgical site wound infected with MRSA to prevent cutaneous necrosis following revision surgery.
The authors report the use of nanocrystalline silver (Acticoat 7, Smith and Nephew, London, UK) in an acute ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
From tadpole collagenase to human health care, the well-filled life of charles m. Lapiere, devoted to creativity, expertise, and kindness.
Coulomb B.
Inserm U849, Arterial Repair, University René Descartes-Paris 5, Paris, France.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Nonvenomous bite injuries of the foot: case reports and review of the literature.
Animal bite injuries to humans are relatively common, however, bite injuries to the lower extremity and more specifically the foot are relatively uncommon. Foot injuries, once infected, may lead to further complications, such ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Fusarium solani in the Post-transplant Patient: An Unusual Fungus.
The incidence of fungal infections in post-transplant patients ranges from 2% to 50%, and more uncommon pathogens are being isolated. Earlier, the fungi seen were candida, aspergillus, and cryptococcus; and of late, histoplasma, coccidiodomycoses, and dematiaceous fungi ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
The lack of reliability of clinical examination in the diagnosis of wound infection: preliminary communication.
The diagnosis of infection in chronic wounds is challenging. Clinicians tend to rely on the classic signs and the symptoms. Quantitative tissue biopsy, the most accurate method, is rarely used because ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus raffinosus From A Decubitus Ulcer: A Case Report.
A case of decubitus ulcer infected with multidrug-resistant Enterococcus raffinosus is reported in this article. This is the first report of wound infection caused by an Enterococcus raffinosus isolate resistant to antibiotics other than beta-lactams, gentamicin, ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
MRSA infection in lower extremity wounds.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most frequently isolated bacteria in wound cultures. MRSA has been linked to lengthened wound healing times, an increase in adverse postoperative outcomes, and mortality. This study investigated the incidence of MRSA in ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Current treatment of acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis.
The long-term complications of acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) include recurrence, increased mortality, and the development of the postthrombotic syndrome. Rates of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) are elevated in patients with cancer and thrombophilia. Heparin, administered either ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Evaluation of Wound-Healing Potential of Pisonia grandis R.Br: A Preclinical Study in Wistar Rats.
Pisonia grandis R.Br (family: Nyctaginaceae) is a herb claimed to be used for treatment of inflammation, wound healing, algesia, and ulcer. The present study was done to evaluate the wound-healing potential of ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Seminar review: wounds and dressings.
Venous leg ulcers are the most common type of lower limb ulceration. Compression therapy combined with the use of appropriate dressings remain the gold standard for the management of venous ulcers. Although a wide range of wound dressings is available, the ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Measurements in wound healing.
Falanga V.
Department of Dermatology, Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, Departments of Dermatology and Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. vfalanga@bu.edu.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
The international journal of lower extremity wounds begins its seventh year.
Mani R.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Major developments in wound care: a critical appraisal.
Wollina U.
Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Technical University of Dresden, Germany. wollina-uw@khdf.de.
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Unusually early onset of post-dural puncture headache after spinal anaesthesia using a 27G Whittacre needle.
We present a case of a post-dural puncture headache occurring 20 min after spinal anaesthesia using a 27-Gauge Whittacre needle. The unusually early occurrence of this complication is thought to be ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
The cost-effectiveness of long-acting reversible contraceptive methods in the UK: analysis based on a decision-analytic model developed for a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical practice guideline.
BACKGROUND Long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods are highly effective in preventing unintended pregnancies. However, their uptake ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Perioperative anaemia management: consensus statement on the role of intravenous iron.
A multidisciplinary panel of physicians was convened by Network for Advancement of Transfusion Alternatives to review the evidence on the efficacy and safety of i.v. iron administration to increase haemoglobin levels and reduce blood transfusion ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Induced abortions previous to IVF: an epidemiologic register-based study from Finland.
BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify how many women treated for infertility had an abortion history, as well as when those abortions were carried out, and for what reasons. METHODS Data on ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Isolation of human single chain variable fragment antibodies against specific sperm antigens for immunocontraceptive development.
BACKGROUND Contraceptive vaccines can provide valuable alternatives to current methods of contraception. We describe here the development of sperm-reactive human single chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies of defined sperm specificity for ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Infertility information on the World Wide Web: a cross-sectional survey of quality of infertility information on the internet in the UK.
BACKGROUND The internet is a frequently used source of information for infertile couples. Previous studies suggested that the quality of health information on the internet ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Predicting the FSH threshold dose in women with WHO Group II anovulatory infertility failing to ovulate or conceive on clomiphene citrate.
BACKGROUND The objective of this investigation was to establish independent predictors of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) threshold dose in anovulatory women undergoing ovulation induction with FSH ...
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