… Preoperative iron deficiency was associated with lower preoperative haemoglobin levels
(P = 0.006) and higher perioperative transfusion rates during the first week (62 vs. 35%, P = …

… 57.9%; p < 0.01), treatment duration was shorter (5 vs. 6 days; p < 0.01), and administration
of … 33.5%; p < 0.01) and a large number of patients did not receive any antibiotic treatment …

… prostaglandin E 2 compared to normal lung fibroblasts (p≤0.04). Positive fibroblast
culture was … in BAL fluid (p≤0.01), and with a reduced duration of mechanical ventilation (p<0.001). …

Objective: Fibrocytes are mesenchymal progenitors involved in normal and pathologic repair.
The aims of this study were: 1) to quantify fibrocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from …

Background Bacterial respiratory infections (BRI) are major complications contributing to
increased morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation (LT). This study analyzed …

… In all tests, a p value less than 0.05 was considered significant. … In the HIT– group, no
patient developed a thromboembolic complication (p < 0.01). No clinical evidence of venous …

… A P value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. … The duration of CVVH sessions
was significantly decreased in PF4 + patients (Table 1; P = 0.007). An inverse correlation was …

… (p<0.001 and p = 0.049, respectively) and that effective anticoagulation on day 3 was an
independent protective factor (p … -fit was assessed by the Hosmer and Lemeshow test (p = 0.44). …

… The highest mRNA levels were observed in the most severely ill patients (p < 0.028). GILZ
was expressed in about ¾ of the corticosteroid-treated patients and its expression could also …

… 8α-isoprostanes was also higher in patients at baseline (8.5 pmol/L [6.5–12.9] vs 4.6 pmol/L
[3.5–5.5]), but the area under the curve above baseline from H0 to H6 was not different (p= …