Search Results for "Ganciclovir Obesity Pharmacokinetics"
Original Source: Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole Pharmacokinetics in Two Patients Undergoing Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration (October).
OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of elimination of trimethoprim (TMP) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) via continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) in 2 critically ill patients with renal failure. CASE SUMMARY: A 62-year-old woman with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) was admitted to our intensive care unit for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. A 77-year-old man was admitted for aortic root replacement and developed septic shock and nosocomial pneumonia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophili...
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Obesity is the condition in which excess fat has accumulated in the body (mostly in subcutaneous tissues). clinical obesity is considered to be present when a person has a BMI of over 30 (Oxford Dic...
Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis NASH
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH is a common, often “silent” liver disease. It resembles alcoholic liver disease, but occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol. The major featu...
Within medicine, nutrition (the study of food and the effect of its components on the body) has many different roles. Appropriate nutrition can help prevent certain diseases, or treat others. In cri...
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Ganciclovir Cuts CMV Organ Damage in HIV (CME/CE)
SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Preemptive therapy with ganciclovir dramatically reduced the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) end-organ damage in patients with HIV, researchers reported here.
Sustained-release ganciclovir implant as prophylaxis for cytomegalovirus retinitis in a child undergoing bone marrow transplantation Eye advance online publication, April 26 2013. doi:10.103...
Obesity affects short-term folate pharmacokinetics in women of childbearing age
A restricted cell population propagates glioblastoma growth after chemotherapy
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common primary malignant brain tumour, with a median survival of about one year. This poor prognosis is due to therapeutic resistance and tumour recurrence after su...
From obesity genetics to the future of personalized obesity therapy
Genetic factors influence obesity risk with numerous variants and genes associated with differences in BMI and obesity. Here, Julia El-Sayed Moustafa and Philippe Froguel outline current knowledge in...
Genes behind obesity mapped in large-scale study
(Uppsala University) An international research team has identified seven new gene loci linked to obesity. Researchers were also able to show that the genetic mechanisms that cause extreme obesity are...
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Intravitreal ganciclovir for neonatal cytomegalovirus-associated retinitis: a case report.
Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a major cause of birth defects and childhood disorders in the United States. Retinitis occurs in 25% of infants with severely symptomatic congenital CMV a...
BACKGROUND.: A 3-month course of prophylaxis is usually recommended for cytomegalovirus (CMV) D+/R- renal transplant recipients. Based on recent data, up to 6 months of prophylaxis may be used. A suba...
Valganciclovir: therapeutic role in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.
Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a common infectious complication after solid organ transplantation (SOT) and is associated with the increased risk of opportunistic infections and allo...
A case of CMV endotheliitis treated with intravitreal ganciclovir injection.
We report a case of CMV corneal endotheliitis that was treated with intravitreal ganciclovir injection. A 56-year-old man who has suffered from uveitis was referred to our clinic due to corneal endoth...
