Publications by authors named "Jens Hendrik Westhoff"
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- A study in a German pediatric intensive care unit found that 66% of children experienced delirium post-surgery, with younger ages most affected.
- The type of anesthesia impacted delirium risk, with total IV anesthesia being safer than inhalational.
- Identified risk factors included the use of invasive devices and infections, suggesting the need for strategies to prevent and manage delirium in pediatric patients.
Telomere shortening in the kidney explains the impaired regenerative capacity, but may not drive the ageing phenotype itself. We investigated kidneys from young and old Terc(+/+) and Terc(-/-) mice of early (G1) and late (G4, G5) generations. Functional parameters declined and age-related morphological changes increased in late generation Terc(-/-) mice and with further age.
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