Browsing by Author "Dejam, Andre"

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    • The effect of age and clinical circumstances on the outcome of red blood cell transfusion in critically ill patients 

      Dejam, Andre; Malley, Brian E; Feng, Mengling; Cismondi, Federico; Park, Shinhyuk; Samani, Saira; Samani, Zahra Aziz; Pinto, Duane S; Celi, Leo Anthony (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Introduction: Whether red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is beneficial remains controversial. In both retrospective and prospective evaluations, transfusion has been associated with adverse, neutral, or protective effects. ...

    • Fuzzy Modeling to Predict Severely Depressed Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction following Admission to the Intensive Care Unit Using Clinical Physiology 

      Pereira, Rúben Duarte M. A.; Salgado, Cátia M.; Dejam, Andre; Reti, Shane R.; Vieira, Susana M.; Sousa, João M. C.; Celi, Leo A.; Finkelstein, Stan N. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)
      Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) constitutes an important physiological parameter for the assessment of cardiac function, particularly in the settings of coronary artery disease and heart failure. This study ...

    • Role of Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Inflammatory Cytokines in Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers 

      Tecilazich, Francesco; Dinh, Thanh; Pradhan-Nabzdyk, Leena; Leal, Ermelindo; Tellechea, Ana; Kafanas, Antonios; Gnardellis, Charalambos; Magargee, Mary L.; Dejam, Andre; Toxavidis, Vasilis; Tigges, John C.; Carvalho, Eugenia; Lyons, Thomas E.; Veves, Aristidis (Public Library of Science, 2013)
      Background: To evaluate changes in endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and cytokines in patients with diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) in association with wound healing. Methods: We studied healthy subjects, diabetic patients ...

    • β-Aminoisobutyric Acid Induces Browning of White Fat and Hepatic β-Oxidation and Is Inversely Correlated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors 

      Roberts, Lee D.; Boström, Pontus; O’Sullivan, John F.; Schinzel, Robert T.; Lewis, Gregory D; Dejam, Andre; Lee, Youn-Kyoung; Palma, Melinda J.; Calhoun, Sondra; Georgiadi, Anastasia; Chen, Ming-Huei; Ramachandran, Vasan S.; Larson, Martin G.; Bouchard, Claude; Rankinen, Tuomo; Souza, Amanda L.; Clish, Clary B.; Wang, Thomas J.; Estall, Jennifer L.; Soukas, Alexander Anastasios; Cowan, Chad A.; Spiegelman, Bruce Michael; Gerszten, Robert Edgardo (Elsevier BV, 2014)
      The transcriptional coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) regulates metabolic genes in skeletal muscle and contributes to the response of muscle to exercise. Muscle PGC-1α ...