We compared confirmed pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and seasonal influenza diagnosed in Western Australia during the 2009 influenza season. From 3,178 eligible reports, 984 pandemic and 356 seasonal influenza patients were selected; 871 (88.5%) and 288 (80.9%) were interviewed, respectively. Patients in both groups reported a median of 6 of 11 symptoms; the difference between groups in the pro...

BACKGROUND Rapid treatment of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is important; causes of delay in emergency medical services care of ACS are poorly understood. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed an analysis of data from IMMEDIATE (Immediate Myocardial Metabolic Enhancement during Initial Assessment and Treatment in Emergency Care), a randomized controlled trial of emergency medical services treatme...

P-selectin is a cellular adhesion molecule that mediates the interaction of activated endothelial cells or platelets with leukocytes. Increased levels of soluble P-selectin have been reported in various cardiovascular disorders. We measured serum soluble P-selectin levels as well as 3 polymorphisms of the P-selectin gene (C-2123G, A-1969G, and Thr715Pro) in a large cohort of patients with docum...

Hyung-Min Park , Ho-Young Jung , Te-Won Lee , and Soo-Young Lee Department of Electrical Engineering and Brain Science Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1, Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon, 305-701, Korea (TEL: +82-42-869-8031, FAX: +82-42-869-8570, E-mail: [email protected]) Computational Neurobiology Laboratory The Salk Institute 10010 N. Torrey Pines...

In the note two errors in Low and Lapsley's article [1] are shown. Because of these errors the proofs of both theorems presented in the article are incomplete and some assessments are wrong. In the proof of Lemma 3 (at the beginning) on the page 871 it is written: " Given any p, q ≥ 0, using Taylor theorem and Lemma 2 we have ∇D(q)−∇D(p) = ∇ 2 D(w)(q −p) = [...] for some w = tp + (1 − t)q ≥ 0, ...

BACKGROUND Cardiogenic unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) is a rare entity, frequently leading to initial misdiagnosis. We sought to assess the prevalence of UPE and to determine its impact on prognosis compared with bilateral pulmonary edema. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied the characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to our institution for cardiogenic pulmonary edema during an 8-year ...

PURPOSE We describe the clinical and genetic characteristics of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in eyes with choroidal vascular hyperpermeability (CVH). METHODS This cross-sectional study consisted of 438 consecutive patients who underwent fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography for macular disease. We used the genotypes of 1576 age-related macular degeneration (AMD) cases and 3248 g...

Rev Esp Cardiol 2004;57(9):869-83 869 Advanced heart failure, also be defined as stage D heart failure, characterized by advanced structural heart disease and marked symptoms of heart failure at rest despite dietary modification, salt restriction and maximal medical therapy including ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, digitalics, diuretics and beta blockers. These patients requir...

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 32, No. 1, February 2000 39 Pet Formalisms versus Industry-Proven Survivors: Issues on Formal Methods Education S.D. Cha Department of Computer Science and Advanced Information Technology Research Centre (AITrc) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 373–1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu Taejon, Korea Phone: 82-42-869-3...