Although Laser Doppler flowmetry has detected the presence of dysfunctional microcirculation on the basis of attenuated reactive hyperemia in skeletal muscle [ 19, 20], it is unable to discriminate fundamental capillary stopped-flow or flow heterogeneity induced by sepsis.
We further selected a subgroup of 86 patients without inflammation or severe iron deficiency at baseline evaluation, arbitrarily defined on the basis of C reactive protein (CRP) levels <1 mg/dl and serum ferritin concentration >30 ng/ml, to avoid the confounding effect of acute inflammation and severe iron deficiency.
C-reactive protein concentrations were analysed on the basis of a two-point scale depending on whether C-reactive protein was undetectable or detectable (⩽6/>6 mg l−1).
A quench conversion reactor concept has been chosen to perform a CFD-based multi-objective optimization on the basis of an optimization concept for turbulent, reactive flows using a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA-II).
The resurvey component is designed to actively detect and treat remaining yaws cases and is initiated on the basis of laboratory-supported reactive non-treponemal serology (using the rapid plasma reagin [RPR] test).
Comparison of the rates of dissolution on the basis of the actual reactive surface areas show that layered silicates having the same octahedral sheet dissolve at the same rate.
24 27 Although only some patients had scans in one study, 20 no scans were done in the study by Styrud et al, 26 in which 97% of patients treated with antibiotics were presumed to have appendicitis, on the basis of high C reactive protein concentrations with associated positive clinical signs.
On the basis of a prior report [ 19], we sought to further elucidate how generation of a self-reactive T-cell population that causes arthritis confers susceptibility to uveitis.
Eight of the nineteen patients received immunotherapy on the basis of tumor-reactive T cells derived from the metinel nodes.
Mean scores over time for the BASDAI (0 to 10) [ 32], Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score on the basis of C-reactive protein (ASDAS-CRP) [ 39], Physician Global Assessment of disease activity (0 to 10), total back pain, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (0 to 10) [ 40], and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (0 to 10) were also measured.
