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Stress doses of hydrocortisone reduce chronic stress symptoms and improve health-related quality of life in high-risk patients after cardiac surgery: a randomized study.
- F. Weis, E. Kilger, +6 authors G. Schelling
- Medicine
- The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular…
- 1 February 2006
OBJECTIVES
Improvement in health-related quality of life is a major object of cardiac surgery. However, high stress exposure during the perioperative period of cardiac surgery can result in the… Expand
Exposure to high stress in the intensive care unit may have negative effects on health-related quality-of-life outcomes after cardiac surgery
- G. Schelling, M. Richter, +6 authors H. Kapfhammer
- Medicine
- Critical care medicine
- 1 July 2003
ObjectiveUp to 20% of patients do not show improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQL) after cardiac surgery, despite apparently successful surgical procedures. We sought to determine… Expand
18F-FDG PET/CT Identifies Patients at Risk for Future Vascular Events in an Otherwise Asymptomatic Cohort with Neoplastic Disease
- A. Rominger, T. Saam, +7 authors M. Hacker
- Medicine
- Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- 1 October 2009
Our objective was to evaluate the association of arterial 18F-FDG uptake and calcifications in large arteries as detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT with the subsequent occurrence of vascular events in… Expand
Bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates: results of a prospective multicenter study comparing pooled whole blood–derived platelets and apheresis platelets
- H. Schrezenmeier, G. Walther-Wenke, +18 authors E. Seifried
- Medicine
- Transfusion
- 1 April 2007
BACKGROUND: The GERMS Group initiated a prospective multicenter study to assess prevalence and nature of bacterial contamination of pooled buffy‐coat platelet concentrates (PPCs) and apheresis… Expand
Prognostic significance of continuous EEG monitoring in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage
- J. Claassen, Lawrence J. Hirsch, +7 authors S. Mayer
- Medicine
- Neurocritical care
- 2006
IntroductionPredicting outcome in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may help guide therapy and assist in family discussions. The objective of this study was to determine if… Expand
Experience of German Red Cross blood donor services with nucleic acid testing: results of screening more than 30 million blood donations for human immunodeficiency virus‐1, hepatitis C virus, and…
- M. K. Hourfar, C. Jork, +12 authors D. Wright
- Medicine
- Transfusion
- 1 August 2008
BACKGROUND: The risk of transfusion‐transmitted human immunodeficiency virus‐1 (HIV‐1), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections is predominantly attributable to donations… Expand
A Paddock to reef monitoring and modelling framework for the Great Barrier Reef: Paddock and catchment component.
- C. Carroll, D. Waters, +8 authors A. Clark
- Environmental Science, Medicine
- Marine pollution bulletin
- 2012
Targets for improvements in water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been set through the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). To measure and report on progress towards the… Expand
High levels of the soluble programmed death-ligand (sPD-L1) identify hepatocellular carcinoma patients with a poor prognosis.
- F. Finkelmeier, Özge Canli, +8 authors O. Waidmann
- Medicine
- European journal of cancer
- 1 May 2016
AIM
Immunotherapy in cancer is a recent and very promising approach, namely the inhibition of the PD/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) axis. Here we aimed to investigate the prognostic value of a… Expand
Blood donor screening for parvovirus B19 in Germany and Austria
- M. Schmidt, A. Themann, +9 authors Michael Kai Hourfar
- Medicine
- Transfusion
- 1 October 2007
BACKGROUND: Although the main transmission pathway of parvovirus B19 (B19) is typically via the respiratory route, several transfusion‐transmitted infections have been reported. To increase blood… Expand
International survey on NAT testing of blood donations: expanding implementation and yield from 1999 to 2009
- W. K. Roth, M. P. Busch, +79 authors H. Reesink
- Medicine
- Vox sanguinis
- 1 January 2012
International survey on NAT testing of blood donations : expanding implementation and yield from 1999 to 2009.