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Fundación Canaria de Investigación Sanitaria
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Hypothyroidism Improves Survival in Experimental Peritonitis
Abstract Hypothyroidism decreases the basal metabolic rate. Using three models of peritonitis, intraperitoneal LPS plus Zymosan challenge, cecal slurry-induced intraperitoneal infection, and cecal ligation and puncture, we demonstrate that hypothyroid mice show enhanced survival...
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by elevated levels of various cytokines. Interleukin (IL)-13 is a pleiotropic type 2 cytokine that plays a central role in allergic inflammation and tissue fibrosis. Until recently, serum measurement of IL-13 was not feasible be...
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Use of Oxygen in the Emergency Department
ABSTRACT Oxygen is one of the most frequently used treatments in the emergency department (ED), but it should be prescribed and reassessed as an active therapy rather than left as a harmless default. Acute hypoxemia may reflect ventilation-perfusion mismatch, shunt, hypoventilati...