ContextHypoxemia complicates the recovery of 30% to 50% of patients after abdominal
surgery; endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation may be required in 8% to 10% of …

This double- blind study assesses the therapeutic efficacy and the safety of oral treatment
with phosphatidylserine (BC- PS) vs placebo (300 mg/day for 6 months) in a group of geriatric …

… g/day combined with 20 to 40 g of whey proteins/day, administered during the two main
meals. Although there is no unique recommendation for the amount of BCAA required to trigger …

Background and Purpose Cognitive deficits may significantly worsen the quality of life after
stroke. Our aim was to determine the frequency of dementia in a consecutive series of …

… Southern blot analysis was performed on 3 g DNA, digested with the restriction endonuclease
PvuII (21). All blots were hybridized simultaneously with the same mixture of mtDNA and …

The highly conserved Golgi phosphoprotein 3 (GOLPH3) protein, a component of Trans-Golgi
Network (TGN), has been defined as a “first-in-class Golgi oncoprotein” and characterized …

Frailty is a clinical condition characterized by the individual's increased vulnerability to
endogenous and exogenous stressors. It is determined by the reduction of homeostatic capacities …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection persists for an indefinite length of time in a major proportion
of patients, inducing chronic liver lesions that evolve to cirrhosis and hepatocellular …

Background and Purpose— Heparin is widely used for acute stroke to prevent thrombus
propagation and/or multiple emboli generation, although there is, as yet, no demonstrated …

The rationale for use of benzodiazepine receptor antagonists is based on the so-called
benzodiazepine pathogenetic hypothesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). To assess the efficacy …