Epilepsy, a neurological disease characterized by recurrent seizures, is often associated
with a history of previous lesions in the nervous system. Impaired regulation of the activation …

Acute renal failure (ARF) can be defined as a sudden loss of renal function and is a common
and serious clinical problem. There are many causes of ARF but the most common cause …

… A Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) working group … In conjunction with
the RANO Neurological Assessment … The RANO LM working group has proposed a method of …

Background: A study was undertaken to investigate the incidence, diagnostic yield of non-invasive
and bronchoscopic techniques, and risk factors of airway colonisation in patients with …

To evaluate the bronchial inflammatory response and its relationship to bacterial colonization
in bronchiectasis, we performed a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in 49 patients in stable …

BACKGROUND The development of pulmonary infiltrates is a frequent life threatening
complication in immunocompromised patients, requiring early diagnosis and specific treatment. In …

Despite comprehensive diagnostic work-up, the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP) remains undetermined in 30–60% of cases. The authors studied factors associated …

The aim of the study was to assess the potential role of glucocorticoids (GC) in modulating
systemic and pulmonary inflammatory responses in mechanically ventilated patients with …

Patients with haematological malignancies developing severe pulmonary complications
have a poor outcome, especially after bone-marrow transplantation (BMT). We studied the …

Background: The Milan criteria have been adopted by United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
to preoperatively assess outcome in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) …