Background Sepsis likely contributes to the high burden of infectious disease morbidity and
mortality in low income countries. Data regarding sepsis management in sub-Saharan Africa …

Objective: To evaluate whether early, monitored sepsis management provided by a study
medical officer can improve survival among patients with severe sepsis admitted to two public …

Acute febrile illness (AFI) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide,
yet an etiologic agent is often not identified. Convalescent-phase serology is impractical, …

PURPOSE: To present a database of systolic three-dimensional (3D) strain evolution
throughout the normal left ventricle (LV) in humans. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 31 healthy …

PURPOSE: To reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) myocardial deformations from orthogonal
sets of parallel-tagged magnetic resonance (MR) images. MATERIALS AND METHODS: …

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), an innate cytokine encoded in a functionally
polymorphic genetic locus, contributes to detrimental inflammation but may be crucial for …

Background Previous studies have reported that walking cadence (steps/min) is associated
with absolutely-defined intensity (metabolic equivalents; METs), such that cadence-based …

The scientific rationale for antibiotic prophylaxis is to inhibit or eliminate contaminating
microorganisms that gain access to the surgical site during the procedure, which reduces the …

Background In younger adults (ie, those < 40 years of age) a walking cadence of 100 steps/min
is a consistently supported threshold indicative of absolutely-defined moderate intensity …

Magnetic resonance imaging with tissue tagging is a noninvasive technique for measuring
three-dimensional motion and deformation in the human heart. Tags are regions of tissue …