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Uric acid in chronic heart failure: a marker of chronic inflammation by Leyva, F., Anker, S.D., Godsland, I.F., Teixeira, M., Hellewell, P.G., Kox, W.J., Poole-Wilson, P.A., Coats, A.J.S.

“…Background Chronic heart failure is associated with hyperuricaemia and elevations in circulating markers of inflammation. Activation of xanthine oxidase,…”
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The Patient State Index as an indicator of the level of hypnosis under general anaesthesia by Prichep, L.S., Gugino, L.D., John, E.R., Chabot, R.J., Howard, B, Merkin, H, Tom, M.L., Wolter, S, Rausch, L, Kox, W.J.

“…This retrospective study describes the performance of the Patient State Index (PSI), under standard clinical practice conditions. The PSI is comprised of…”
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Hormonal changes and catabolic/anabolic imbalance in chronic heart failure and their importance for cardiac cachexia by ANKER, S. D, TUAN PENG CHUA, PONIKOWSKI, P, HARRINGTON, D, SWAN, J. W, KOX, W. J, POOLE-WILSON, P. A, COATS, A. J. S

“…The role of hormonal and cytokine abnormalities in the development of cardiac cachexia remains obscure. Healthy control subjects (n=16) and patients with…”
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Immunomodulatory therapies in sepsis by Kox, W J, Volk, T, Kox, S N, Volk, H D

“…Despite advances in critical care medicine, mortality from sepsis in ICU patients remains high. In response to several infectious and non-infectious stimuli,…”
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Hyperleptinaemia in chronic heart failure : Relationships with insulin by LEYVA, F, ANKER, S. D, EGERER, K, STEVENSON, J. C, KOX, W. J, COATS, A. J. S

“…Leptin, a product of the ob gene, is known to increase energy expenditure. Given that chronic heart failure is a hypercatabolic state, we sought to determine…”
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Successful treatment of refractory bleeding with recombinant factor VIIa after redo coronary artery bypass graft surgery by von Heymann, Christian, Hotz, H., Konertz, W., Kox, W.J., Spies, C.

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Effects of sevoflurane and propofol on pulmonary shunt fraction during one-lung ventilation for thoracic surgery by Beck, D.H., Doepfmer, U.R., Sinemus, C., Bloch, A., Schenk, M.R., Kox, W.J.

“…Forty patients requiring one-lung ventilation (OLV) for thoracic surgery were randomly assigned to receive propofol (4-6 mg kg−1 h−1) or sevoflurane (1 MAC)…”
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Splanchnic oxygen transport, hepatic function and gastrointestinal barrier after normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass by Braun, J. P., Schroeder, T., Buehner, S., Dohmen, P., Moshirzadeh, M., Grosse, J., Streit, F., Schlaefke, A., Armstrong, V. W., Oellerich, M., Lochs, H., Konertz, W., Kox, W. J., Spies, C.

“…Background:  The effect of non‐pulsatile, normothermic cardiopulmonary‐bypass (CPB) on the splanchnic blood‐flow and oxygen‐transport, the hepatic function and…”
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Impact of standard procedures and clinical standards on cost-effectiveness and intensive care unit performance in adult patients after cardiac surgery by KERN, H, KOX, W. J

“…To investigate the impact of organizational procedures on intensive care unit (ICU) performance and cost-effectiveness after cardiac surgery. Prospective…”
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Endothelium function in sepsis by Volk, T, Kox, W J

“…Endothelial cells can be the prime target for an infection and infected endothelial cells may serve as an initiating system for a systemic response as these…”
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Risk factors for prolonged ventilation after cardiac surgery using APACHE II, SAPS II, and TISS : comparison of three different models by KERN, H, REDLICH, U, HOTZ, H, VON HEYMANN, C, GROSSE, J, KONERTZ, W, KOX, W. J

“…To identify the risk for prolonged mechanical ventilation in cardiac surgical patients. Prospective study with retrospective combination of a second database…”
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Monocyte deactivation--rationale for a new therapeutic strategy in sepsis by Volk, H D, Reinke, P, Krausch, D, Zuckermann, H, Asadullah, K, Müller, J M, Döcke, W D, Kox, W J

“…Inflammatory cells, in particular monocytes/macrophages, release pro-inflammatory mediators in response to several infectious and non-infectious stimuli. The…”
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Safety, efficacy, and long-term results of a modified version of rapid opiate detoxification under general anaesthesia: A prospective study in methadone, heroin, codeine and morphine addicts by Hensel, M., Kox, W. J.

“…Background: In the present study a method of rapid opiate detoxification under general anaesthesia has been evaluated regarding the safety, the efficacy in…”
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Changes in cortical electrical activity during induction of anaesthesia with thiopental/fentanyl and tracheal intubation: a quantitative electroencephalographic analysis by Rundshagen, I, Schröder, T, Prichep, L.S., John, E.R., Kox, W.J.

“…There are regional differences in the effects of anaesthetics agents and perioperative stimuli on the EEG. We studied the topography of the EEG during…”
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Hirudin versus heparin for anticoagulation in continuous renal replacement therapy by VARGAS HEIN, O, VON HEYMANN, C, LIPPS, M, ZIEMER, S, RONCO, C, NEUMAYER, H. H, MORGERA, S, WELTE, M, KOX, W. J, SPIES, C

“…To compare the efficacy and safety of hirudin and heparin for anticoagulation during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in critically ill patients…”
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Bleeding after intermittent or continuous r-hirudin during CVVH by KERN, H, ZIEMER, S, KOX, W. J

“…To demonstrate bleeding complications encountered in patients after cardiac surgery on continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) treated with continuous…”
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Presence of 14 Hz spindle oscillations in the human EEG during deep anesthesia by Wolter, S., Friedel, C., Böhler, K., Hartmann, U., Kox, W.J., Hensel, M.

“…To report on presence of human EEG spindle oscillations on the cortical level within flat periods of the burst–suppression pattern during propofol-induced…”
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Effects of different steroid treatment on reperfusion-associated production of reactive oxygen species and arrhythmias during coronary surgery by Volk, T., Schmutzler, M., Engelhardt, L., Pantke, U., Laule, M., Stangl, K., Grune, T., Wernecke, K. -D., Konertz, W., Kox, W. J.

“…Background:  During conventional cardiac surgery ischemia and reperfusion may cause excessive production of reactive oxygen species leading to tissue damage…”
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Downward movement of syringe pumps reduces syringe output by Kern, H., Kuring, A., Redlich, U., DoÕpfmer, U.R., Sims, N.M., Spies, C.D., Kox, W.J.

“…We studied how lowering a syringe pump and changing the outflow pressure could affect syringe pump output. We experimentally reduced the height of three…”
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Relation between serum uric acid and lower limb blood flow in patients with chronic heart failure by Anker, S. D., Leyva, F., Poole-Wilson, P. A., Kox, W. J., Stevenson, J. C., Coats, A. J.

“…OBJECTIVE: To determine whether lower limb blood flow is related to serum uric acid concentrations in patients with chronic heart failure, taking into account…”
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