Reactive Oxygen Species and the Stress Response in Octocorals.

AbstractReactive oxygen species (ROS) may damage cellular components but may also contribute to signaling that mitigates damage. In this context, the role of ROS in the stress response that leads to coral bleaching was investigated in three series of experiments with octocorals sp. and sp.

Prevalence of insulin glargine vial use beyond 28 days in a Medicaid population.

Objectives: Insulin glargine, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for diabetes, has a 28-day limit on the use of a 10-mL (1000 units) multiple-dose vial once the bottle is punctured. If patients who are using smaller doses or are not adherent continue to use insulin glargine beyond the 28-day window, it can result in questionable stability and sterility of the product. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of patients who used each insulin glargine vial for more than 28 days, the mean number of days the vial was used after 28 days, the reason for the extended use, and whether that use had any association with diabetes control and injection site infection.

Warfarin knowledge in patients with atrial fibrillation: implications for safety, efficacy, and education strategies.

Background: Multiple factors influence warfarin metabolism and can significantly affect the risk of adverse events. The extent to which patients understand the modifiable factors that impact on warfarin safety and efficacy is unclear.

Methods: A 52-item questionnaire related to knowledge of warfarin was administered to patients with atrial fibrillation in a face-to-face interview with a dietitian.

Candida lusitaniae septicemia in a patient on extended home intravenous hyperalimentation.

This is a report of the successful therapy of a case of Candida lusitaniae septicemia in a patient with short bowel syndrome who had been on home intravenous hyperalimentation for approximately 3 months when the infection developed. C. lusitaniae was isolated from multiple blood cultures taken over the course of 2 days.

[Spinal epidural abscess: an interdisciplinary emergency].

On the basis of fifteen own observations in the years 1978 to 1984 as well as the literature, clinic diagnostic and therapy of epidural spinal abscess are represented. Myelography and CT are the leading methods after clinic and neurology must already lead to a hospital admission in case of the slightest signs of an incipient transverse lesion of te cord with paraplegia. Laminectomy as well as suction and through-drainage are methods of choice, conservative treatment is an exception.