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Patient 9 illustrates this (Fig 5) - although among patients with septic shock he had the greatest NO-induced decrease in MPAP, his PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio only increased by 70%.
In eukaryotic cells, SURF-1 proteins are involved in the assembly and maintenance of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes including cytochrome oxidase [ 26 28 ] . The homology to SURF-1 proteins raises the possibility that Rv2235 could play a role in resisting the antimicrobial activities of macrophages by helping to maintain the stability or function of an important cellular process, akin to the stabilizing role of chaperonins during a heat shock.
The bad news: It could slow down the economy enough to force a recession, as the 1970s oil shock did.
In controlled clinical trials, the leading causes of death were multiple organ failure, refractory septic shock, and respiratory failure (Table 2).
It may come as a shock to some suburban American liberals, but for children in Pakistan, the alternative to stitching Reebok soccer balls is not being driven to soccer practice in a Volvo station wagon.