The small or large intestine is indicative of pneumatosis intestinalis. This situation refers to a necrotizing enterocolitis and can be considered as an indication for urgent surgery. Conservative management is recommended initially when these criteria are absent [50]. Badgwell et al. suggested better outcomes if it was possible to delay surgery until recovery from neutropenia [51]. General suppor

Ared the frail population to the non-frail population. Results: Two hundred and eighty four patients were admitted to Intensive Care in this time period. Of those, 102 were over the age of 65 years. Of the 102 patients, 68patients were deemed to be frail, and 34 were deemed to be non-frail using the CFS. Approximately 40 of the patients admitted to Intensive Care are over the age of 65. There wa

Those receiving mechanical ventilation during more than 24 h had a mortality of 58.7 , and patients receiving renal replacement therapy had a mortality of 80.0 . Of the patients who died in the hospital, 86.2 were treated with vasopressors, 76.2 received mechanical ventilation during more than 24 hours and 30.0 underwent renal replacement therapy. 50 of patients dying in the ICU died at

On/collection or septic shock become evident in the later course.Vasopressor regimen during septic shockThe intestinal tract is a common site of infection in neutropenic patients. Neutropenic enterocolitis, also known as typhlitis is a life-threatening condition due to inflammatory/hemorrhagic/necrotizing involvement of the lower intestinal tract [50]. Criteria for neutropenic enterocolitis associ

On/collection or septic shock become evident in the later course.Vasopressor regimen during septic shockThe intestinal tract is a common site of infection in neutropenic patients. Neutropenic enterocolitis, also known as typhlitis is a life-threatening condition due to inflammatory/hemorrhagic/necrotizing involvement of the lower intestinal tract [50]. Criteria for neutropenic enterocolitis associ

Ies show that frailty is associated with increased mortality so it is indeed interesting that this audit has shown no difference between the two groups.References 1. Rockwood, Song, McKnight. A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people.CMAJ: 2005, vol 173 no.5 2. The Edmonton Frailty Scale. Age and Ageing, volume 35.A940 Outcomes in elderly patients admitted to ICU C. Castro

Mitochondrial pellet was resuspended in digitonin buffer (30 mM HEPES-KOH, pH 7.4, 150 mM potassium acetate, 10 [v/v] glycerol, and 1 mg of digitonin) and kept on ice for 30 min. Ten microliters of antibody serum, 50 mL of Protein A-Sepharose, 1 (w/v) BSA, and Complete protease inhibitor (Roche) were added to the mitochondria and incubated for 6 h at 4 on a rotating wheel at 20 rpm. Beads were

S where phenotyped on MS medium containing 0 and 3 (w/v) Suc and soil (peat/perlite/vermiculite) according to the parameters described previously (Boyes et al., 2001). Seeds were sterilized with chlorine gas and sown on MS medium containing 3 (w/v) Suc followed by 48 h of stratification at 4 . Plants were grown for 2 weeks at 22 with a light intensity of 80 mmol quanta m22 s21 in a 16-h photop