What does renal reserve mean?The renal functional reserve was defined as the ability of the kidney to increase Renal Plasma Flow (RPF) and Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) after a stimulus as a protein load. The absence of RFR defines a state of hyperfiltration which seems to be a ...
(2003) PTRA and Stenting for Renal Insufficiency: What Do We Know about Outcomes?. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology 14 , P170-P174 /Thomas A. Sos, David W. Trost. (2003) PTRA and Stenting for Renal Insufficiency: What Do We Know about Outcomes?. Journal of Vascular and...
What Does a Low EF Mean? Your ejection fraction tells the doctor how well your left ventricle is pumping. A low EF indicates the heart muscle is having trouble pumping blood, which can happen for a number of reasons. Your cardiologist wants to know this information in order t...
While immunosubtraction does provide a more streamlined approach to identifying the paraprotein isoform, it has several limitations. It is not as reliable for detecting free light chain monoclonal proteins, specimens with more than one monoclonal protein, and specimens with a low concentration of the ...
What does Addison disease mean? Addison’s disease is a rare disease of the adrenal glands. Adrenals are two small organs situated atop the kidneys. They secrete hormones (chemical substances) in the blood that help maintain salt and water balance and other essential body functions. In this di...
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How Does MS Destroy Myelin? In multiple sclerosis, the immune system's T cells attack the myelin sheath. By attacking myelin, the immune system in a person with MS causes inflammation and degeneration of the myelin that can lead to demyelination, or stripping of the myelin covering of the ne...
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What does it mean when a patient's skin is cool pale and clammy? What pathological processes are occurring? What anatomic problem would most likely lead to difficulty breathing as a consequence of allergy and asthma? Parkinson's disease is a common disease in elderly. Explain. ...
The mean follow-up period for the patients who underwent medical therapy was 30.3 months (range 3 to 84 months). Only one patient (patient 15, Table II) had marked reduction of the intramural hematoma, which was evident on the first follow-up CT scan. The incidence of acute rupture of ...