Sentences with phrase «acute lung injury»

The second stage often leads to fatal acute lung injury.

Possible complications include developing immune responses against the blood donor (alloimmunization), as well as adverse reactions such as transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI).

Previous scientific studies have revealed that acute lung injury caused by the influenza virus is the result of an immune reaction mediated by a protein called Toll - like receptor 4 (TLR4).

Naringenin ameliorates LPS - induced acute lung injury through its anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activity and by inhibition of the PI3K / AKT pathway.

The HARP study showed that 80 mg of simvastatin administered acutely to patients with acute lung injury showed significant improvements in organ failure scores, suggesting that statins modulate the systemic inflammation after only a short duration of treatment [17].

Acute lung injury develops as a result of direct or indirect trauma to the lungs.

«Adding fuel helps fighting the fire: Cortisone affects acute lung injury via pro-inflammatory signalling pathways.»

Kenneth R. Cooke, M.D. University of Michigan Medical School Acute lung injury after SCT: from laboratory insights to novel strategies for diagnosis and treatment

Two studies published in the January issue of Anesthesiology, the official medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists ® (ASA ®), shed new light on the prevalence of transfusion - related acute lung injury (TRALI) and transfusion - associated circulatory overload (TACO), the number one and two leading causes of blood transfusion - related deaths in the United States.

Pre-clinical evidence concerning the utility of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to aid the treatment of acute lung injury (ALI) has been mounting over recent years, with some clinical trials beginning to run.

On the contrary, in a study done on patients with acute lung injury, twice daily GLA supplementation did not improve any clinical outcomes.

One flavonoid in lemongrass called luteolin has such strong anti-inflammatory abilities that it may be able to treat some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, as well as lung infections or acute lung injury.

What physicians know as «acute lung injury» (ALI) otherwise leads to death by suffocation without immediate treatment.

This acute lung injury (ALI) is treated through artificial respiration and anti-inflammatory cortisone.

His basic research interests include inflammation and innate immunity, receptor - mediated signaling in neutrophils and vascular endothelium, lipid biochemistry, and Transfusion Medicine with emphasis on transfusion - related acute lung injury (TRALI) and resuscitation following injury.

Examples include a series of studies to document persistent microchimerism of donor cells in transfusion recipients, with particular focus on mechanisms and clinical relevance of donor stem cell microchimerism in transfused trauma patients, and the immunological mechanisms and prevention of transfusion - related acute lung injury (TRALI) and alloimmunization.

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as well as sepsis, have a prominent role for acute critical care specialists.

Using translational research methods, the DZL seeks to jointly develop new approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of serious lung diseases including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD), endstage lung disease, lung cancer, pneumonia and acute lung injury, and pulmonary hypertension.

Rhamnazin has also shown protective properties against inflammation in acute lung injury, inhibiting the metabolism of cytokines, which are proteins secreted by the immune system in order to affect cellular functions.

«Worms that are degenerating in the lungs can cause the lungs to be inflamed and thromboembolism — an obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot that has become dislodged from elsewhere in circulation — can often result in fatal, acute lung injury.

Balakrishnan, A., Drobatz, K. J. and Silverstein, D. C. (2017), Retrospective evaluation of the prevalence, risk factors, management, outcome, and necropsy findings of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in dogs and cats: 29 cases (2011 — 2013).