potential risks such as hypotension, catheter-related complications, hemorrhage and blood–extracorporeal circuit interactions. Several studies, however, have shown that early RRT in acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with a better outcome in intensive care unit (ICU) patients [1-3]. A recent retrospective study published in Critical Care has questioned the use of RRT in critically ill pati...

obtained 16–48 h after the discontinuation of RRT. The levels of serum osteopontin (sOPN), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-18, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and cystatin C were measured by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoturbidimetric assay. Patients were followed up for 90-day survival. Eleven (26.2%) patients died during follow-up. The mean levels of all biomarkers w...

BACKGROUND Renal replacement therapy (RRT) for acute renal failure (ARF) may be provided in many settings within the hospital. Such patients require a high level of care and often have a poor prognosis. No prospective studies have accurately defined this population, making the prediction of necessary resources and the planning of services difficult. AIM To ascertain the incidence, causes and ...

Aiming at the problem of low efficiency and large memory consumption in mobile robot path planning, this paper proposes an improved version RRT*Fixed Nodes( RRT*FN )algorithm based on adaptive threshold, named A-RRT*FN. The algorithm constructs a sampling tree two directions starting point, target point adaptively sets threshold according to environment both sides improve environmental adaptabi...

objective: the present study was undertaken to evaluate anti-depressant activity of myristica fragrans(ms). materials and methods: male wistar rats were subjected to imipramine and herbal extract ofms for their antidepressant activity using forced swimming test (fst), reserpine reversal test (rrt), haloperidol-induced catalepsy (hic), and pentobarbitone sleeping time (pst). results: administrat...

INTRODUCTION Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a fully established treatment for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) but there are no scientifically established criteria when to initiate it. Our objectives were to describe the epidemiology of critically ill patients with AKI receiving RRT and to evaluate the relationship between biochemical, physiological and comorbid factor...

obtained 16–48 h after the discontinuation of RRT. The levels of serum osteopontin (sOPN), interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-18, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and cystatin C were measured by sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoturbidimetric assay. Patients were followed up for 90-day survival. Eleven (26.2%) patients died during follow-up. The mean levels of all biomarkers w...

In this paper, I explore the application of various random sampling based algorithms to dynamic models of bicycles. Starting with relatively simple 3-dimensional state space models of bicycle and working up to a more realistic 7dimensional model that incorporates skidding, I examine RRT, RG-RRT, RRT*, and LQR-RRT*.

BACKGROUND Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common, important and associated with increased healthcare needs due to CKD progression. Definitions of renal disease progression are multiple, and not always comparable. A measure of 'progression' directly comparable with renal replacement therapy (RRT) initiation would identify 'progressors' in research and for healthcare planning. METHODS The Gram...

BACKGROUND Variation in end-stage renal disease treatment rates in the UK persist after adjustment for socio-demographic factors. METHODS UK-wide ecological study using population socio-demographic factors, health status characteristics and access to health services factor in to explain the incidence of renal replacement therapy (RRT). RESULTS There was a 6% higher incidence rate of RRT per...