On May 23, 2003, Toronto experienced the second phase of a severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Ninety cases were confirmed, and> 620 potential cases were …

Background Understanding the etiology of missed injuries is essential in minimizing its
occurrence. A retrospective review was conducted to identify the incidence, contributing factors, …

Tumour necrosis factor α(TNF-α) is one of the most important pro-inflammatory cytokines,
which plays an important role in host defense and acute inflammation related to tissue injury. …

Although specialized trauma units and regionalization of trauma care have continued to
improve outcome in severely injured patients," sepsis remains the major cause of late death.'…

Deposition of fibrin within the peritoneal cavity is an integral host response to local infection.
To directly assess the role of fibrin deposition in the pathogenesis of intraabdominal …

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) polymerizes microfilaments and microtubules in macrophages
and monocytes. Disrupting microfilaments or microtubules with cytochalasin D (CytoD) or …

Our recent studies have demonstrated that in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
challenge, alveolar epithelial cells produced tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, an early response …

The high-affinity cell-surface receptor for interleukin-2 (IL-2R) consists of the 75-kilodaiton (kd)
chain and a 55-kd glycoprotein known as Tac. This report examines the cellular …

Pyromellitonitrile was prepared by the dehydration of pyromellitamide withthionyl chloride in
dimethylformamide. The tetramide could not be dehydrated to the tetranitrile with acetic …

Objective: Does supplemental perioperative oxygen reduce the risk of surgical wound
infection after colorectal surgery? Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Multicentre trial …