7 anaesthetic techniques for mri in children with obstructive dyspnoea

... function networks can be trained with standard linear techniques, circumventing gradient descent training issues that plague conventional back-propagation trained feedforward networks [48] Radial ... frequently in rehabilitation engineering, for example, in the control of neural prostheses [49] and in the design of an intelligent wheelchair guidance system [50] For our experiments, the number of inputs ... two basis units and this was increased by five at each training iteration to a maximum equal to the number of training exemplars The termination criterion for training was a successive error of...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... http://www.clinicalmolecularallergy.com/content/3/1/2 Vaso-occlusive pain was defined as pain that could not be explained by injury or infection requiring hospital admission and treatment with intravenous ... compared to patients with sickle cell disease without asthma in those presenting with vaso-occlusive pain crises Methods We performed a 5-year retrospective chart review of 48 children with asthma and ... of asthma on individuals with sickle cell anemia In this study, we examined hospitalized children with sickle cell disease with concomitant asthma establishing whether there was an increased rate...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... associated with atomoxetine treatment was shown by changes in the CGI ratings and CPRS ratings within groups, but there was no significant incremental improvements within groups on these measures during ... Incremental effect size from doubleblind randomization to study end-point (6 weeks augmentation treatment) *P ≤ 05, within group; **P ≤ 01, within group; *** P ≤ 001, within group from baseline ... atomoxetine to methylphenidate did not result in additive increases in heart rate or blood pressure [16] For children with ADHD who were undergoing a switch from atomoxetine to methylphenidate, during...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... associated with deficits in working memory, the ability to hold information in mind for brief periods of time in the course of ongoing cognitive activities Low working memory performance has recently ... months (excluding nicotine and caffeine); a positive urine drug screen for any substances of abuse; and treatment with a monoamine oxidase inhibitor within 14 days prior to baseline Concomitant ... study investigating the efficacy of atomoxetine in reducing symptoms of ADHD in individuals aged 10 to 16 years meeting DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for ADHD and dyslexia As part of this investigation,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse For More Information A National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse Information Way Bethesda, MD 20892–3580 ... content of potatoes and beans by soaking them in water for several hours before cooking Phosphorus is a mineral found in many foods, particularly those high in protein When your child’s blood phosphorus ... Early Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults I Nutrition for Later Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults I Nutrition in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease For free single printed copies of this series,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... Selected forms of exercise and games in childhood Types of exercise with a high dynamic/low static component Running, skipping, jumping, cycling, swimming, inline skating, skateboarding, running games, ... before cardiac surgery/interventions (including ablations) Group Patients after cardiac surgery/interventions (including ablations) 1.1 Without remaining findings (complete correction) 1.2 With ... function and hemodynamic findings under exertion BOX Findings after cardiac surgery and/or interventions Minor remaining findings (1.2) – Scar after ventriculotomy – Incomplete right bundle branch...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... reduced in 64% of the children with SCD-SS (Lal, Fung, Pakbaz, Hackney-Stephens, & Vichinsky, 2006) This finding was associated with deficient calcium intake and low serum vitamin D levels in children ... make contact with the skin and trigger vitamin D synthesis (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 2009c) Vitamin D is essential for promoting calcium absorption in the gut and maintaining adequate ... study examining vitamin A status in children with SCD-SS revealed that the mean serum retinol level was suboptimal in 66% of the children (Schall, Zemel, Kawchak, Ohene-Frempong, & Stallings, 2004)...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... multi-item index including subjective reporting of abdominal pain, general well-being, and diarrhea and physical findings, including linear growth and laboratory parameters (hematocrit, serum albumin, ... allow luminal bacterial antigens to initiate a chronic relapsing inflammation Several studies have shown an increased intestinal permeability for various sugar molecules in patients with FIG ... mucosal barrier It reverses the increased intestinal permeability induced by cow’s milk in young rats (23) and promotes intestinal barrier function in children with food allergy (24) These studies...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors for persisting neuropathic pain in children > 10 • Gabapentin for persisting neuropathic pain in children • Ketamine as an adjuvant to opioids for ... adolescents with SCD in clinics, day hospitals and inpatient settings (51) 2.4 Defining criteria and selecting a pain measurement tool in clinical settings In a clinical setting, the selection of pain ... guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of persisting pain in children with medical illnesses WHO Library Cataloguing -in- Publication Data Persisting pain in children package: WHO guidelines...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... community In early 2009, the foundation asked the RAND Corporation to assist with further refinement of priorities for investments, with an emphasis on children and families In addition to informing ... collective unit For organizations interested in establishing community buy -in, focus groups may be a good starting point for building consensus and interest among residents Expert or provider opinion is ... as they move forward in implementing interventions in their focus areas of health, education, and poverty 17 Findings We now present findings from analyses of data that provide information about...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20

... forced expiratory volume in one second in % predicted WH weight for height in % predicted Benchmarking population: Population of children with cystic fibrosis assessed in a project that was initiated ... due to different interviewers and settings and due to missing data on health state in 24 of the 136 children Unfortunately, information on socioeconomic status cannot be obtained for all patients ... D: Influence of gender and interleukin-10 deficiency on the inflammatory response during lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mice Immunology 2002, 107:297-305 Landgraf JM: Measuring...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... might be addressed in future studies However, since the peak incidence of childhood ALL is in young children, obtaining self reports will be a continuing problem in QoL studies during treatment Although ... continuing close monitoring and counselling of both child and family during the whole of treatment In HR children, reported scores on cognitive functioning were considerable lower than in NHR children, ... al [15] during the first, most intensive, year of treatment The decline in QoL for certain items during the second, less intensive year of treatment, might be related to an increasing cumulative...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... described in this study are specific for children with asthma, it remains uncertain how this generalises to other patient groups For example, the finding that emotional reaction as coping strategy ... of HRQoL of children with asthma This study is, to our knowledge, the first study that investigated predictors of HRQoL in children with asthma within the context of other predictors With this ... stress-coping model in total [9-11] In a sample of adult heart patients, tentative proof was found for the model in total [9,10] Moreover, Röder et al [11] investigated this stress-coping model in children...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... speech in children with mild forms of CP Conclusion Children with mild spastic CP showed greater STIs in PS tasks, but not in MS tasks, than children with TD These findings suggest that children with ... strategies for rehabilitating high-demanding articulatory movement, which is shown to be more challenging to CP children in this study This type of training may be beneficial for younger children with ... controlled and coordinated for speech production in children with mild spastic CP Understanding the control and coordination mechanism for speech production is essential for developing appropriate...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... concentrations of progranulin in patients with relapsingremitting multiple sclerosis (MS) during relapses compared with patients with relapsing-remitting MS during remissions and with non-inflammatory controls ... progranulin reversed inflammatory arthritis Atsttrin, an engineered protein composed of three progranulin fragments, exhibited selective TNFR binding Progranulin and Atsttrin prevented inflammation in ... Proteinase and neutrophil elastase enhance inflammation in mice by inactivating antiinflammatory progranulin J Clin Invest 2008, 118:2438-2447 24 He Z, Bateman A: Progranulin (granulin-epithelin...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... role of cytokines in epileptogenesis remains to be elucidated Cytokines may contribute initially to incite seizures in the developing brain after being induced by seizure or tissue injury, and ... epileptogenic brain tissue, supporting the suggestion that neuroinflammation may contribute to epileptogenesis in the developing brain In order to determine whether active inflammation, including HMGB1 ... types for whom seizures persist for > 15 minutes, or are partial seizures, or recur within 24 hours of the initial attack Control samples were collected from children with febrile illness, but without...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... tachykinins depends on their interaction with three specific tachykinin receptors, neurokinin (NK)1 (specific for substance P), NK2 (specific for neurokinin A) and NK3 (specific for neurokinin B) ... allergens, infectious agents and heavy metals), with a subequent increase in the release of this tachykinin from these cells Neuroendocrine hormones, including tackykinins, triggered during stress ... protein antibodies in some autistic children may be a mere association with the increased serum levels of neurokinin A in autism A more detailed understanding of the interactions between tachykinins...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... functions indicate dysregulated T cell functions in the ASD/SPAD children, but not in the non-ASD/SPAD children These findings may be associated with altered innate immune responses in the ASD/SPAD children ... the Institute of Genomic Medicine, UMDNJ-NJMS He has been involved in clinical studies of CGH, transcription profiling, and microRNA profiling in patients with various medical conditions including ... observed in non-ASD/SPAD children [9] Innate immune responses are not routinely studied in conventional immune workups for SPAD Since our previous studies have indicated innate immune abnormalities in...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... Descriptive information about the sample is contained in Table Sex of patients was not equally distributed, with more boys taking part in the study This is consistent with findings of several international ... rates are now approaching 70% for children with brain tumors and are exceeding 80% for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia [1] However, the same treatments leading to increased survival rates ... used for Swiss children Finally, there may be some concerns regarding our correlational findings, since the chance of falsely significant results increases with the number of comparisons performed...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... HRQoL, encompassing all three components of children s well-being, is still in its infancy in children with SCD [11] For example, compared to over 400 studies on HRQoL in children with cancer, research ... Participants Forty children with SCD and 36 healthy siblings aged to 18 years participated in the study A total of 46 children were randomly selected from the children receiving treatment for a severe form ... participating children with SCD, we recruited nineteen healthy siblings (50%) in families from non-participating children with SCD receiving care at our hospital These healthy siblings had similar...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20