POSTER SYMPOSIUM: GRANULOCYTE FUNCTION

ACCP Virtual Poster Symposium

1. Risk of lactobacillus infection in critically ill adults receiving lactobacillus probiotics. Zach Ruege, Pharm.D.; UGA College of Pharmacy, Augusta, GA INTRODUCTION: Probiotics have been advocated in critically ill patients to mitigate risk for developing Clostridium difficile infection and ventilator associated pneumonia. Critically ill patients display suppressed immune response of the int...

2010 Spring Symposium – Poster Presentations

Poster Abstracts: AAAI Spring Symposium on AI and Heal Communication

We apply artificial intelligence techniques to perform data analysis and activity recognition in smart homes. Sensors embedded in smart home provide primary data for reasoning about observations. The final goal is to provide appropriate assistance for residents to complete their Daily living Activities. Here, we introduce a qualitative approach that considers spatiotemporal specifications of ac...

Granulocyte function during lithium therapy.

Random migration, chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and bactericidal ability of neutrophils from 5 patients receiving lithium carbonate were compared with those of neutrophils from healthy donors. These cells functioned normally in all respects. Neither sera from patients receiving lithium carbonate nor the addition of lithium chloride to control cells in vitro significantly altered their functional ca...

Poster Presentation Abstracts

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