Renal rescue therapy in early stage of severe sepsis: a case study approach.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of noradrenaline and furosemide in combination for the treatment of impending acute renal failure in early stage of severe sepsis.

Design: observational case study.

Setting: Nine-bed general ICU in university-affiliated cancer institute.

Significance of carcinoembryonic and tissue polypeptide antigen determination in the diagnosis of metastases in breast cancer.

A radioimmunological assay of CEA and TPA levels in breast cancer patients revealed a 93.7% concordance of negative and 93.4% of positive values with the clinical activity of the disease.