Background: Experimental data indicate that destructive oxidative events reach their peak within the first 24 h after trauma in head injury (HI) and that brain damage occurring due to this impact can be the cause of death or irreversible permanent disabilities in affected patients.
Methods: Venous blood samples were obtained from 50 HI patients within 24 h of trauma onset and from 30 age- and sex-matched normal controls (NC)...
Keywords: erythrocytes, glutathione, lipid peroxidation, outcome, reactive oxygen species
05/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Background: Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with a 30%–70% mortality rate...
Keywords: biomarkers, humans, multitrauma, outcome, S100B protein, traumatic brain injury
10/2006 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Adolescent pregnancies have increased over the past years and are considered a significant social and reproductive concern...
Keywords: Adolescent, maternal, outcome, perinatal, pregnancy, risk factors
05/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter
Objectives: To investigate the obstetric antecedents for preterm delivery (PTD) in an Irish urban obstetric population, and to evaluate the incidence and outcome of such deliveries.
Study design: A retrospective observational study of all preterm deliveries at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin during the six-year period 1997–2002...
Keywords: Antecedents, delivery, etiology, labor, outcome, preterm
07/2008 | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter