http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.011 0378-1127/Published by Elsevier B.V. ⇑ Corresponding author. Present address: Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Center for Forest Disturbance Science, USDA Forest Service, 320 Green Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Tel.: +1 706 559 4309. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (E.L. Loudermilk), alisonestanton @gmail.com (A. Stanton), [email protected] (...

OBJECTIVE To review prospective randomized controlled trials to determine whether pancreaticogastrostomy (PG) or pancreaticojejunostomy (PJ) is associated with lower risks of mortality and pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). BACKGROUND Previous studies comparing reconstruction by PG and PJ reported conflicting results regarding the relative risks of mortality and pancreatic...

OBJECTIVE To describe the reasons for, and immediate outcome following Medical Emergency Team (MET) activation. METHODS Retrospective analysis of MET calls in 1998. RESULTS There were 713 MET calls to 559 in-patients. Of the 559 patients 252 (45%) were admitted to ICU and 49 (6.9%) died during the MET response. The three commonest criteria for calling the MET were a fall in GCS>2 (n=155); a...

The photosystem II core complex (TSF-IIa) is composed of polypeptides of molecular weight 54-, 47-, 42-, and 30 kilodaltons (kD) and cytochrome b-559. After treatment with trypsin or alpha-chymotrypsin for 20 hours, the TSF-IIa particles still retained their photochemical activity and the light-induced cytochrome b-559 signal, although all of the polypeptides of the complexes, except the 30 kD ...