Hypertension is the medical term for persistent and sustained high blood pressure. It is one of the most (51) forms of heart disease. An understanding of blood pressure in (52) , healthy individuals is necessary in order to understand hypertension. Blood pressure is simply the force (53) aga...
Occasional metaphases with X chromosome aneuploidy can be detected in short-term lymphocyte cultures from women with recurrent abortions. The significance ... DE Horsman,FJ Dill,BC Mcgillivray,... - 《American Journal of Medical Genetics》 被引量: 30发表: 2010年 Induction and suppression of im...
For the cultures plain blood agar was found to be satisfactory and the material for culture was obtained from the nasopharynx by means of a simple uncovered wire swab. It was found that 3-6% of the men examined were meningococcus... M George,RD Herrold - 《Journal of Infectious Diseases...
2. The blood culture The term blood culture refers to a single venipuncture, either from a peripheral site or central or arterial line, with blood inoculated into one or more blood culture bottles. One bottle is considered a blood culture where two or more are considered a set. Multiple set...
Samples for blood culture have traditionally been taken by nurses, medical and paramedical staff in attendance on the wards of the QECH. In March 2003 an audit of blood culture performance was carried out in the medical wards, revealing poor collection technique and inadequate volumes of ...
Bacteremia in a long-term-care facility: a five-year prospective study of 163 consecutive episodes. The clinical features, microbiological characteristics, and outcomes of 163 episodes of occurring at a long-term-care facility were evaluated. The rate of ... RR Muder,C Brennen,MM Wagener,......
The current culture-based approach for the diagnosis of bloodstreams infection is incommensurate with timely treatment and curbing the prevalence of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) due to its long time-to-result. Bloodstream infections typically involve extremely low (e.g., <10 colony-forming...
In conclusion, we reported the long-term gene expression profiles of whole blood cells in 61 individuals who underwent regular medical health check-ups or outpatient clinic visits. The current findings regarding the existence of stably expressed genes in individuals over time might be useful for dete...
Long-term treatment with LHRH results in induction of fenestrae and open interendothelial cell gaps in the testicular microvessels (Mayerhofer and Dube, 1989). This response is similar to the one seen after hCG treatment in a large dose. The tubular necrosis, but not the vascular effect, can...
Clinical data were extracted from the medical records of Karolinska Hospital patients. Demographic data were age, sex, BMI, the presence of comorbid conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus (DM), the use of antihypertensive medications ACE inhibitors (ACEi)/angiotensin rec...