BACKGROUND Some parenteral iron therapies have been found to be associated with hypophosphatemia. The mechanism of the decrease in serum phosphate is unknown. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of IV ferric carboxymaltose(FCM) on phosphate metabolism and FGF23 levels in patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD). METHODS This is a post-hoc analysis of a prospective study carried ou...

Background: Severe immunosuppression occurs after large thermal burn and probably contributes substantially to patient morbidity and mortality.In this study we investigated the range and distribution of T-lymphocyte. Subsets CD3 (T cells) CD4 (T helper/inducer cell,.th ), CD8 (T suppressor /Cytotoxic cells ,TS/C), CD3 CD4/CD3CD8 ratio, CD19 (B cells) and CD16 (NK cells ) in patiens following th...

COPD is a disease characterized by airflow limitation and is not fully reversible. Cigarette smoke can induce inflammation and directly damage the lungs. It is a major public health problem and currently fourth leading cause of death worldwide. COPD includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) is a click stimulus that generates a response from the hair cells of t...

of the New York Times Book Review, wrote eloquently about the psychological and spiritual challenges of facing metastatic prostate cancer. “To the typical physician,” he wrote, “my illness is a routine incident in his rounds while for me it’s the crisis of my life. I would feel better if I had a doctor who at least perceived this incongruity... I just wish he would... give me his whole mind jus...

This experimental study is aimed at automatically classify the large indistinct group of children affected by diplegic Cerebral Palsy (CP), into four main clinical forms characterized by homogeneous walking patterns as clinically proposed by Ferrari et al. [1]. The classification is based on the use of data gathered on 104 patients at LAMBDA (Laboratorio per l’Analisi del Movimento del Bambino ...

of synthetic growth regulator treatmenits on the level of free endogenous growth substances in plants. Ann. Botany N.S. 20: 439-59. 6. AUDUS, L. J. AND R. THRESH. 1956. The effects of synthetic growth substances in the level of endogenous auxins in planits. In: The Chemistry and Mode of Action of Plant Growth Substances. Wain and Wightman, ed. Butterworths, London. p 248-52. 7. KLEIN, A. 0. AND...

OBJECTIVE Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is an extremely common occurrence in very premature infants. Untreated symptomatic PDA may be associated with chronic lung disease. PDA has a major role in neonatal mortality and morbidity. We compared the efficacy and safety of oral versus intravenous ibuprofen for the pharmacological closure of PDA in low birth weight (LBW) preterm infants. METHODS A...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the correlations among comorbidity and overall survival (OS), biochemical progression-free survival (b-PFS) and toxicity in elderly patients with localized prostate cancer treated with (125)I brachytherapy. METHODS Elderly men, aged ≥65 years, with low-intermediate risk prostate cancer, were treated with permanent (125)I brachytherapy as monotherapy. Comorbidity data were...

UNLABELLED Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with extradigestive manifestations is a disorder increasingly recognized both by gastroenterologists, pneumologists, otolaryngologists and cardiologists. AIM To evaluate the demographical, clinical, biological and endoscopic features of the patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and extradigestive manifestations (chronic laryngitis, ast...