Browsing by Subject "Sepsis"
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Accuracy of different methods for blood glucose measurement in critically ill patients
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 2009-09-01)CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Although glucometers have not been validated for intensive care units, they are regularly used. The aim of this study was to compare and assess the accuracy and clinical agreement of arterial glucose ...
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Action and function of Chromobacterium violaceum in health and disease: Violacein as a promising metabolite to counteract gastroenterological diseases
(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2017)Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram negative, beta-proteobacterium found in the microbiota of tropical and subtropical environments. Although considered an opportunistic pathogen, infection rapidly progress to fatal sepsis, ...
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Aging Exacerbates Microvascular Endothelial Damage Induced by Circulating Factors Present in the Serum of Septic Patients
(Oxford Univ Press Inc, 2013-06-01)The elderly patients show a significantly elevated mortality rate during sepsis than younger patients, due to their higher propensity to microvascular dysfunction and consequential multiorgan failure. We tested whether ...
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Análise de microRNAs transportados por exossomos como potenciais biomarcadores precoces da lesão renal aguda induzida por lipopolissacarídeo em modelo experimental de sepse
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-09-26)Acute kidney injury (AKI) consists of the abrupt reduction of the glomerular filtration rate evidenced by increased serum creatinine and/or reduced urine output, compromising the electrolyte balance and the clearance of ...
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Aspectos histomorfológicos e respiratórios em modelo de lesão pulmonar aguda por sepse em ratos tratados com pentoxifilina
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 2009-01-01)OBJECTIVE: Respiratory repercussion on acute lung injury in a model of induced sepsis intraperitoneally. METHODS: Fifteen animals taken at random were submitted to adult male Wistar rats. The rats were randomly divided ...
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Avaliação da apoptose nas populações leucocitárias do sangue periférico de pacientes sépticos
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2010-03-18)Sepsis incidence continues to rise with significant morbidity and mortality and is the leading cause of death in intensive care units. Infection control depends on proper recognition of the microorganisms by immune cells ...
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Avaliação da expressão de receptores de reconhecimentos e sinalização celular de células do sangue periférico de pacientes séticos e sua relação com desfecho clínico
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2011-05-25)Sepsis can be defined as the syndrome of the systemic inflammatory response triggered by a confirmed or suspected infection, where severe sepsis and septic shock are the most serious manifestations. The recognition of these ...
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B-1 cells temper endotoxemic inflammatory responses
(Elsevier B.V., 2011-03-01)Sepsis syndrome is caused by inappropriate immune activation due to bacteria and bacterial components released during infection. This syndrome is the leading cause of death in intensive care units. Specialized B-lymphocytes ...
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Características clínicas e microbiológicas dos episódios de bacteremias e candidemias em um hospital terciário de grande porte na cidade de Maceió-Alagoas
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009-06-24)Introduction: Despite the countless breakthroughs regarding the understanding of the pathophysiology of bloodstream infections (BSIs), poor response and persistently high mortality rates are the norm for these patients. ...
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Characterization of an animal model of severe sepsis associated with respiratory dysfunction
(Faculdade de Medicina / USP, 2007-01-01)PURPOSE: Pathophysiological studies in humans regarding sepsis are difficult to perform due to ethical and methodological concerns. In this context, animal models of sepsis can be useful to better understand this condition ...
