Malignant tumors are often complicated with venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (PE), particularly in lung cancer. However, owing to the limited data regarding the clinical course about PE in lung cancer patients, the aim of this study is to analyze the risk factors and prognosis of patients with PE and lung cancer. We performed a retrospective case-control study, the clinical data of 90 p...

Pathogenic microbes acquire the human plasma protein plasminogen to their surface. In this article, we characterize binding of this important coagulation regulator to the respiratory pathogen nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and identify the Haemophilus surface protein E (PE) as a new plasminogen-binding protein. Plasminogen binds dose dependently to intact bacteria and to purified PE. The pl...

Studies have reported inconsistent evidence for an association between venous thrombosis and arterial cardiovascular events. We further studied the association between both diseases by comparing the occurrence of cardiovascular events in patients diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) contrasted to patients with comparable baseline risk characteristics (patients in whom PE was clinically ...

OBJECTIVE The first aim was to investigate specific signature patterns of metabolites that are significantly altered in first-trimester serum of women who subsequently developed preeclampsia (PE) compared to healthy pregnancies. The second aim of this study was to examine the predictive performance of the selected metabolites for both early onset [EO-PE] and late onset PE [LO-PE]. METHODS Thi...

Myxococcus xanthus cells exhibit directed motility up phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) gradients, and we suggest that PE behaves as a chemoattractant. Computer-assisted stop-motion digital microscopy was used to record cell movements in slide culture. PE decreased cellular reversal frequency with molecular specificity that was correlated with the fatty acid composition. Synthetic dilauroyl (di C12...

I read with interest the editorial in Thorax entitled ‘Identification of those at risk after acute pulmonary embolism’. In the second paragraph, the authors state and reference the inpatient mortality for normotensive patients with acute PE as w10%. My concern is twofold. First it is that readers may surmise that the mortality of acute treated PE is as quoted, when in reality the all-cause out ...

Polyethylene/nanoclay specimens containing from 0 to 5% nanoclays were prepared from a commercially available premixed PE/nanoclay masterbatch containing 50%wt of nanoclay. The masterbatch was diluted to the desired concentration by adding PE along with various amounts of compatibilizer in order to achieve the best possible dispersion of the nanoclay platelets. The dielectric response of the co...

Case Presentation A 67-year-old man with no previous medical history presented to the emergency department with 5 days of insidious, progressive dyspnea and chest congestion. On physical examination, he was found to be tachycardic to 126 beats/min, borderline hypotensive with blood pressure of 95/50 mm Hg, and hypoxemic to 87% on 4 L of oxygen by nasal cannula. He underwent contrastenhanced che...

Why address this issue? As of 2002, 525,959 miles (or about 46%) of gas distribution mains in the US were plastic and PE is the material of choice for distributors. It doesn’t corrode, doesn’t need cathodic protection and has a life of at least 100 years. It is a remarkable fuel gas distribution material. During a Plastic Pipe Fuel Gas Symposium I attended, a southern California gas distributor...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a fatal clinical condition that occurs as a result of mechanical obstruction of the pulmonary artery or its branches by any material (such as thrombus, air or fat) from anywhere in the body. Pulmonary embolism can be an acute condition, in which the signs and symptoms develop immediately after the event (i.e., the obstruction of the pulmonary vessels), or it can be ch...