Neutropenic Enterocolitis Associated with Methotrexate Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report

Yeong-Jang Lin, Hung-An Chen and Pei-Chih Chen

Neutropenic enterocolitis is a rare, life-threatening disease, characterized by fever and abdominal pain in the setting of neutropenia. It occurs most commonly in oncologic pati..Mehr sehen»

Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as Potential Biomarkers for Stroke: A Pilot Study

Yi-Chinn Weng and Wen-Hai Chou

Recent evidence suggests that neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is acutely induced after
ischemic stroke. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) has been asso..Mehr sehen»

Effects of Dexamethasone on Pulmonary Oxygenation Impairments in Therapeutic Hypothermia for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Mayuki Aibiki, Kensuke Umakoshi, Saori Ohtsubo, Satoshi Kikuchi, Hironori Matsumoto, Muneaki Ohshita, Soichi Maekawa and Takashi Nishiyama

Objectives: We studied retrospectively to examine differences in the occurrence rate of pneumonia and the
time-course changes in pulmonary oxygenation between hypothermic..Mehr sehen»

Anaesthetic Management of a Carcinoma Rectum Patient with Second Degree Heart Block Posted for Laparoscopic Assisted Anterior Perineal Resection

Mrudula Tatakuri, Vikranth Mummaneni, Rajesh Kota, Uma Surapaneni, Vijay Koduru

Laparoscopic-assisted surgeries in a patient with second-degree heart block have an exponential risk of progression to complete heart block. The prognosis of a patient with AV n..Mehr sehen»

Effects of cognitive & metacognitive strategy for developing L2 reading comprehension capacity

Peyman Abbasi

Reading comprehension ability is potency of students to comprehend meaning of written texts, text details and main ideas. Furthermore, ability of reading comprehension acti..Mehr sehen»

Significance of Anesthesia in Surgery

Roman Cregg