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It is generally accepted that major surgery is associated with severe alterations of the host-defense mechanisms. We investigated the effect of surgical stress on the immune system.… (More)
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The production of proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF) a, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-8, increases in patients with sepsis; marked production causes organ failure… (More)
Magnocellular neurones in the supraoptic nucleus and paraventricular nucleus express mRNA for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and the expression becomes more prominent when the release of vasopressin or… (More)
Low-doses of irradiation have been reported to have beneficial effects, particularly anti-tumor effects. In this paper, we show the effects of the low-dose irradiation on T cell activation induced by… (More)
We investigated the effects of adrenomedullin on rat mesangial cell proliferation. Adrenomedullin (10(-10)-10(-7) M inhibited both [3H]thymidine incorporation into cultured rat mesangial cells and… (More)
We have recently developed an innovative bone marrow transplantation (BMT) method, intra-bone marrow (IBM)-BMT, in which donor bone marrow cells (BMCs) are injected directly into the recipient bone… (More)
Prehospital emergency care : official journal of…
1998
OBJECTIVE
This retrospective study was designed to determine the choice of airway devices used for nontraumatic, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients and to evaluate the success and failure of… (More)
PURPOSE
To assess the effect of cricoid pressure on the positioning of and ventilation through the laryngeal mask airway (LMA).
METHODS
In a double-blind, randomized design, the LMA was inserted… (More)
BACKGROUND
The efficacy of delivery of mechanical ventilation through different airway devices during fibreoptic intubation is not known.
METHODS
We compared the laryngeal mask airway (LMA),… (More)
We have reported that an intravenous anesthetic, ketamine, has a potent suppressive effect on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TNF-alpha production in vitro [Takenaka et al., Anesthesiology… (More)