Insuficiencia respiratoria aguda (IRA)

Electron J Biomed 2005;1:79 Musso. ACUTE RENAL FAILURE IN THE ELDERLY

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a frequent disorder in the elderly, and this phenomenon is due to the senescence process, reduced metabolization of drugs, increased exposure to polypharmacy and systemic diseases of the aged group. The following are the main characteristics of the ARF in the elderly: mulfactorial, atypical presentation, tubular frailty, intermediate syndrome pattern, low reliable p...

Clinical decision rules and patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

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Ira Gerhardt

SYMMETRIC INCLUSION - EXCLUSION Ira

One form of the inclusion-exclusion principle asserts that if A and B are functions of finite sets then the formulas A(S) = ∑ T⊆S B(T ) and B(S) = ∑ T⊆S(−1) |A(T ) are equivalent. If we replace B(S) by (−1)|S|B(S) then these formulas take on the symmetric form A(S) = ∑

Ira Herskowitz (1946–2003)

breadth and the intensity of Ira's interests. It also revealed Photo courtesy of Kay Chernush. his modus operandi: using simple genetics to ask and answer big questions. transduction by studying crosstalk between pathways, In 1971, in his last year of graduate school, Ira accepted and examined sporulation as a developmental program. an Assistant Professorship in the University of Oregon's Recen...