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The admission criteria to the study were stable preoperative cardiocirculatory conditions without intravenous cardiovascular drugs, no evidence of valvular disease or pulmonary hypertension, a normal sinus rhythm, normovolaemia and no diuretic therapy.
Therefore, preoperative prothrombin time and preoperative albumin, as well as a history of viral hepatitis and/or a history of cirrhosis with or without portal hypertension, may be taken to indicate a need for heightened alertness to the possibility of the need for critical care services after significant hepatobiliary surgery.
A great deal of additional research remains to be done before we have a comprehensive understanding of how habitual physical activity promotes changes in gene expression in skeletal muscles, and in turn improves fitness and reduces risk for diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and coronary artery disease.
In particular, in keeping with the long-standing classification criteria used in several epidemiological studies [ 2 ] , patients who reported never having been told of having hypertension and were not currently taking any antihypertensive medication and whose blood pressure was less than 140 / 90 mmHg were classified as normotensives.
Mutations in MYOC have been shown to be causative for primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) [ 1 2 3 ] . Glucocorticoids have been implicated in ocular hypertension and glaucoma due to increased plasma cortisol levels [ 4 5 ] and altered cortisol metabolism [ 6 7 ] in POAG patients and from the increased risk of developing POAG in steroid-responsive patients [ 8 9 ] . Myocilin has been shown to be upregulated in glucocorticoid-treated human trabecular meshwork (TM) cells [ 10 11 ] , and there is variable evidence for increased MYOC expression in glaucomatous individuals [ 12 13 14 ] . In addition, glaucoma patients have a higher chance of responding to steroids than non-glaucomatous individuals.
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