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Participants: Patients aged more than 18 years old who are scheduled to undergo thoracoscopic lobectomy well be enrolled in this trial. Participants will be randomly allocated to one of the two groups: (1) GDFT group and (2) restrictive fluid therapy group. Participants will be allocated in a 1:1
Depression is common and associated with considerable health disability. Traditional antidepressants mainly work by modulating monoamine levels in the synaptic cleft; however, the evidence that depression is caused by impaired serotonin or noradrenaline activity is weak and inconsistent, and indeed
Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by bradykinesia (slowness of movements) associated with tremor at rest and/or muscle rigidity. PD is typically associated with a significant loss of dopaminergic neurons in the
Heart failure affects 12% of the adult population and its frequency increases with age and affects 10% of people over 70 years old. Heart failure is characterized by high annual death rate reaching 17% and the percentage of rehospitalization at the level of 44% annually. In order to reduce morbidity
Introduction
Background and rationale
Since the release of the recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuEPO) at the beginning of the 90s, transfusions are less needed to treat anemia in chronic kidney disease patients. This has been a major revolution in the management of renal anemia in chronic kidney
Tremor is defined as rhythmic and oscillating involuntary movements of a body part. Action tremor occurs when a body part is activated, and is clinically most frequently seen in Essential (idiopathic) Tremor (ET), with an overall prevalence of 0.9 %, and of 4.6 % in people over 65 years. But it can
INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular morbidity and kidney impairment Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high risk of cardiovascular events and that is already substantial in early stages of CKD. The pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease in CKD patients is poorly understood. In end stage
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is common and currently affects an estimated 6.6 million adults in the United States (1). In addition being highly prevalent, CHF is responsible for ~ 1 million hospital discharges per year and approximately 50% of patients with CHF will die within 5 years making it a
Background In 2007 Colombia was one of the five countries in the world with the highest number of anti-personnel landmine victims [1]. These are small devices designed to injure or kill people and animals by exploding when a minimum pressure is exerted on them (approximately 6 Force-Kg) [2]. Between
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes. This number is likely to more than double by 2030. Further, the WHO proclaims that diabetes causes about 5 % of all deaths globally each year. Cardiovascular events are the most common cause for
Background
It is commonly believed that the choice of the primary anesthetic agent does not result in different outcomes after cardiac surgery. Recent evidence however has indicated that volatile anesthetics improve post-ischemic recovery. These results have been summarized in a meta-analysis of 22