Ischemic preconditioning is the most powerful protective mechanism known against lethal ischemia. Unfortunately, the protection lasts for only a few hours. Here we tested the hypothesis that the heart can be kept in a preconditioned state for constant protection against ischemia. In this study we chose BMS-191095 (BMS), a highly selective opener of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K(+) (mitoK(ATP)) ...

This study compared pain intensity and psychosocial characteristics between patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) and those with trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Data from 282 patients with BMS and 83 patients with TN were analyzed. Patients reported duration of illness: duration ≤ 6 months was defined as acute illness and > 6 months as chronic illness. Present pain intensity and worst pain inte...

PURPOSE The widespread introduction of bacterial conjugate vaccines has decreased the risk of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis due to bacterial meningitis (BM) in children. However, most patients with CSF pleocytosis are hospitalized and treated with parenteral antibiotics for several days. The bacterial meningitis score (BMS) is a validated multivariate model derived from a pediatric popu...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate Bacterial Meningitis Score (BMS) on its own and in association with Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) lactate dosage in order to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis. METHODS Children diagnosed with meningitis at a tertiary hospital between January/2011 and December/2014 were selected. All data were obtained upon admission. BMS was applied and included: CSF Gram stainin...

Very late bare-metal stent (BMS) thrombosis is unusual in clinical practice. To the best of our knowledge, the latest that the thrombosis of a BMS has been reported is 14 years after implantation. Here, we describe a case of BMS thrombosis that occurred two decades after stenting. A 68-year-old male patient was admitted with acute anterior myocardial infarction. This patient had a history of BM...

BMS-247243, a novel cephalosporin inhibitory for methicillin-resistant staphylococci, primarily has activity against gram-positive bacteria. The activities of BMS-247243, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone against streptococci and Streptococcus pneumoniae were similar. BMS-247243 inhibits Enterococcus faecalis but not Enterococcus faecium. BMS-247243 also inhibits many inherently vancomycin-resistant ...

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic pain disorder the etiology of which has remained unclear. Symptoms associated with BMS vary and may have a negative impact on oral health-related quality of life in patients with BMS (1). McMillan et al. (2) reported that, so far, no therapy has been proven to be effective or ineffective in patients with BMS. To date, there is no clear evidence that the...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the time course of the stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF1α) expression and behavior of intravenously administered bone marrow-derived stromal (BMS) cells in the urinary bladder of partial bladder outlet obstruction (PBOO) rats. METHODS Study 1: Recombinant SDF1α or saline was directly injected into the bladder wall of female rats followed by intravenous administra...