BACKGROUND/AIMS The most appropriate treatment for acute gastric variceal bleeding (GVB) is currently endoscopic gastric variceal obturation (GVO) using Histoacryl®. However, the secondary prophylactic efficacy of beta-blocker (BB) after GVO for the first acute episode of GVB has not yet been established. The secondary prophylactic efficacy of BB after GVO for the first acute episode of GVB was...

INTRODUCTION Increasing emphasis is being placed on insulin use among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Basal-bolus (BB) therapy is regarded as the gold standard, but a high frequency of injections and the general complexity of this therapy are seen as barriers in real-world practice. Here we describe the characteristics and treatment patterns of patients with T2DM receiving BB in ...

We set constraints on the trilinear Higgs boson self-coupling, ?3, by combining information coming from W mass and leptonic effective Weinberg angle, electroweak precision observables, with single analyses targeting ??,ZZ?,WW?,?+?? b¯b decay channels double in bb¯bb¯,bb¯?+?? bb¯?? channels, performed ATLAS collaboration. With assumption that new physics affects only potential, values outside in...

Abstract Background Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is the global public health burden a prevalence of 1% adults. The current guidelines suggest use angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), beta-blockers (BB), mineralocorticoid antagonists (MRA), receptor-neprilysin (ARNIs), and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2i) to reduce m...

Vitamin D receptor (VDR) genotype was determined in 66 Japanese patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). In contrast to previous report showing an association between VDR genotype bb and the development of pHPT in a Swedish population, we did not find any differences in the frequencies of the VDR genotypes between pHPT and the control. The bone mineral density in the radius was signifi...

Cleaning is an effective way to lower the bacterial burden (BB) on surfaces and minimize the infection risk to patients. However, BB can quickly return. Copper, when used to surface hospital bed rails, was found to consistently limit surface BB before and after cleaning through its continuous antimicrobial activity.

BB-CLASS is an ANSI C computer program that uses the Beta-B inomial model (and its extensions) for CLASS ification consistency and accuracy. It is intended to provide results for both the Hanson and Brennan (1990) and Livingston and Lewis (1995) procedures, although BB-CLASS has some capabilities that slightly extend these procedures. Both Macintosh and PC versions of BB-CLASS are available.

Creatine kinase isoenzyme BB (CK-BB) is found in the serum of patients with various types of cancer. Using both radioimmunoassay and agarose electrophoresis, we found abnormal amounts of this isoenzyme in the serum of 15 of 17 patients with untreated prostatic carcinoma. Among patients with other types of adenocarcinomas and metastatic disease, serum CK-BB was increased in most of those who wer...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Bordetella bronchiseptica (BB) is a Gram-negative coccobacillus responsible for respiratory diseases in dogs, cats and rabbits. Reports on its development in humans are rare. However, in immunosuppressed patients, especially in those with the immunodeficiency virus (HIV), BB can cause severe pulmonary infections. We report on two cases of pneumonia caused by BB in HIV-posi...

[1] The impact of aerosols on regional air quality and climate necessitates improved understanding of their emission and microphysical properties. The size distributions of black carbon (BC) and light scattering particles (LSP) were measured with a single particle soot photometer on board the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the ARCTAS mission 2008. Air sampling was made in the air plumes of both urba...