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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"blood stream"”.

  1. The Surveillance of T-Lymphocytes in the Human Blood Stream

    Temesvari, Ivan

    eiu Repository record

  2. Studies on gaseous transfer between the colon and blood stream in man

    Pogrund, Robert SeymourUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1947

    uiuc Repository record

  3. Blood stream infections in oncology patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town

    Mvalo, Tisungane Knox TitusDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health2017

    … There is paucity of data on the epidemiology of bloodstream infection (BSI) in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this knowledge gap, the present study was conducted at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH) in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: Structured literature review: From 1 April …

    cape-town Repository record

  4. Development of A Molecular Gram-Stain Assay For The Diagnosis of Blood Stream Infections Associated With Sepsis

    Litwin, Douglas Bryan2014

    … to cost $24.3 billion annually. Currently, blood culture followed by Gram-stain analysis is the gold standard for diagnosing bacterial infections associated with sepsis. This method generates a high rate of false negative results and, in general, requires 20 to 48 hr to provide results. Both …

    uthsc Repository record

  5. Ceftazidime-Avibactam for blood stream infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: pharmacoepidemiology and retrospective cohort study at a single tertiary-care center in Italy

    De Rosa, Francesco Giuseppe, Shbaklo, NourUniversità degli Studi di Torino2023

    unito Repository record

  6. Laboratory findings that occur in Klebsiella pneumoniae blood stream infection in HIV-infected children compared to HIV uninfected children, at a South African children's hospital, Cape Town, 2006–2011: a nested-descriptive cross-sectional study

    Shapaka, Johanna TeklaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health2022

    Background: Bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP), is a leading cause of hospitalassociated childhood mortality. There are limited data on how poor outcomes of KPBSI can be predicted in poorly resourced areas. This study aimed to assess if the profile of differential …

    cape-town Repository record

  7. Development of nanosponges from erythrocyte ghosts for removal of streptolysin-O and α haemolysin from mammalian blood

    Chhabria, Vikesh NandkishoreUniversity of Central Lancashire2017

    … such as respiratory, urinary, and intestinal and blood stream infections. If left untreated they can lead to a condition known as sepsis. Sepsis is a whole body inflammatory response that can be fatal. The aim of this study is to develop biomimetic nanosponges from mammalian erythrocyte ghosts, as …

    cent-lancashire Repository record

  8. Zein films as substrates for cell attachment

    Qin, YingUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … from a primary tumor and circulate in the blood stream. Circulating tumor cells play an important role in metastasis. The long term goal of this project is to capture and remocve CTC’s from the blood stream. Numerous studies on glutamine metabolism in cancer indicate that many tumors are …

    uiuc Repository record

  9. Adenovirus-associated pneumonia in South African children : presentation, clinical course and outcome

    Mukuddem-Sablay, ZakiraDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health2015

    … Admission to ICU (OR 8.3, 95% CI 2.3-29.0) and blood stream infection (OR 11.2; 95% CI 2.3-54.1) were independent risk factors for mortality. Conclusion: Adenoviral-associated pneumonia is an important cause of pneumonia and CLD in young children in South Africa. Admission to ICU and blood …

    cape-town Repository record

  10. Renal function during profound hypothermia in the dog

    Isaacson, Leon CharlesDepartment of Medicine1962

    … hypothermia in dogs. Hypothermia was induced by blood-stream cooling, via a heat exchanger incorporated in an extra-corporeal pump-oxygenator system (ef Appendix A). Progress was such that by midyear postoperative survival of experimental animals was assured. At this juncture, it was suggested …

    cape-town Repository record

  11. Identification of the role of the sal locus in streptococcus pyogenes virulence during host-pathogen interactions

    Namprachan-Frantz, Phanramphoei2011

    … appeared to lose the ability to survive in the blood stream, which consequently inhibited systemic dissemination to the spleen. The attenuation of the ΔsalKR mutant in the blood stream was due to its sensitivity to intracellular and extracellular killing by neutrophils. This was most likely a …

    wayne-thes Repository record

  12. Infection Control: Reducing Hospital Acquired Central Line Bloodstream Infections

    Hollins, Bobbie Joy2017

    … Makic, 2013). It’s estimated that each neonatal bloodstream infection costs about $35,000 and adds about two weeks to a baby’s hospital stay (Akron's Children Hospital, 2015). This project was formulated to reduce the incidence of central line blood stream infections in the neonatal population. …

    usfca Repository record

  13. Exploring nanoparticles' interactions with blood proteins and visualizing the heterogeneity within hematopoietic cell populations

    Mirshafiee, VahidUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2016

    … onto the particles upon NPs' injection into the blood stream, and form a biological coating named ""protein corona."" Protein corona formation could remarkably affect NPs' blood circulation, their cellular uptake, and targeting efficiency. Because current methods, such as PEGylation, could not …

    uiuc Repository record

  14. Acquired infections in paediatric patients after cardiac surgery

    Appel, Ilse NadineDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health2015

    … 2012. The definitions of laboratory confirmed blood stream infections (BSI), urinary tract infections (UTI), and surgical site infections were based on the Centres of Disease Control criteria. Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) was diagnosed using a modification of the Clinical Pulmonary …

    cape-town Repository record

  15. Microneedle gastric retention for drug delivery

    Dellal, David (David M.)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2018

    … loaded with any drug to ensure uptake into the blood stream over the course of several days.

    mit Repository record

  16. Identification of Human Adrenal Carcinoma Cells Using Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry

    Stahl, Alexis2020

    … will be further used in the future to develop a blood assay for early detection of adrenal cancer cells in the blood stream of patients within a clinical setting, aiding in early diagnosis, and consequentially decreased mortality rates in patients.</p>

    duquesne Repository record

  17. Viscous streaming-enhanced inertial particle transport

    Parthasarathy, TejaswinUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2019

    … to fulfill these wide range of tasks is viscous streaming, a non-linear effect characteristic of the scales above. In this thesis, we first show that numerical simulations based on the Remeshed Vortex Method (RVM) can accurately and efficiently capture viscous streaming dynamics. We test this …

    uiuc Repository record

  18. Polymerní terapeutika pro imunoonkoterapii

    Kashmel, PavelUniverzita Karlova, Přírodovědecká fakulta2022

    … at pH 7.4 (corresponds to the pH of the blood stream), and at a slightly acidic pH 5.5 (corresponds to the microenvironment of the tumor, or endosomes of tumor cells), its rapid hydrolysis occurs. For the second derivative, 5-azidopentanoic acid was used. An uncatalysed click reaction...

    charles-prague Repository record

  19. Relationship between Processing Body Formation, Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, and Invasion in Lung Adenocarcinoma

    Warner, Amanda, <p>0000-0002-4616-089X</p>2025

    … their cell-cell contacts, invade, and enter the blood stream which are essential during metastasis. Many transcriptional gene programs are altered during EMT such as activation of mesenchymal transcription factors, like ZEB1, and enhanced response to the TGFβ1 cytokine. In oncogenic contexts, …

    uthsc Repository record

  20. Increasing CLABSI Bundle Compliance in the NICU

    Barry, Hannah2017

    … nutrition (TPN). Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) have the potential to cause harm in the vulnerable neonate. Current evidence shows that having a CLABSI bundle compliance rate of 95 percent or greater correlates with a reduction in CLABSI occurrences. The purpose …

    usfca Repository record

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