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Circulation sanguine
Microcirculation
Microcirculation : Questions médicales fréquentes
Termes MeSH sélectionnés :
Complement Inactivating Agents
Diagnostic
5
Microcirculation
Capillaroscopie
Perfusion
Analyse de sang
Symptômes
Microcirculation
Prévention
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Hydratation
Circulation sanguine
Traitements
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Vasodilatateurs
Thérapie physique
Exercice
Circulation sanguine
Compléments alimentaires
Ginkgo biloba
Thérapie par compression
Circulation
Alimentation
Antioxydants
Complications
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Cicatrisation
Microcirculation
Maladies cardiovasculaires
Microcirculation
Troubles rénaux
Microcirculation
Facteurs de risque
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Tabagisme
Circulation sanguine
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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 16/02/2025
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5 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
4 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Intensive Care, CHIREC Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA; Cardiology Section, Department of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, 423 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, USA; The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, NYU Langone Health, NYU School of Medicine, 423 East 23rd Street, 12-West, New York, NY 10010, USA. Electronic address: nathaniel.smilowitz@nyulangone.org.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy (C.D.C., D.R.).
Division of Medicine, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Montichiari, Brescia, Italy (D.R.).
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Medicine, Trinity College, Pearse Street, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland.
Intensive Care Unit, St James's Hospital, James's Street, D08 NHY1 Dublin, Ireland.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Medicine, Trinity College, Pearse Street, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland.
Intensive Care Unit, St James's Hospital, James's Street, D08 NHY1 Dublin, Ireland.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: m.flick@uke.de.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States. Electronic address: jacks783@msu.edu.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
From the Functional Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Publications dans "Microcirculation" :
Transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy remains a lethal complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplant and not all patients respond to terminal complement inhibitors. Qi et al. show tha...
Complement-mediated HUS (CM-HUS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) are rare hematologic disorders that cause dysregulation and hyperactivation of the complement system. Historically, treat...
Eculizumab, the first humanized anti-C5 monoclonal antibody, has been the standard of care in treating CM-HUS and PNH for over a decade. Although eculizumab has remained an effective agent, the variab...
Recently, there has been a push to formulate complement inhibitors that improve QOL while maintaining efficacy. Ravulizumab, a derivative of eculizumab, was developed to allow for less frequent admini...
Complement inhibitor therapies have changed the treatment landscape for CM-HUS and PNH. With a significant emphasis on patient QOL, novel therapies continue to emerge and require an in-depth review of...
A 47-year-old woman with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with shortness of breath and was found to have hypertensive emergency in the setting of acute renal failure. Her serum creatinine was...
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare and potentially life-threatening hematologic disorder caused by a somatic mutation in a relevant portion of hematopoietic stem cells. Mutation of th...
Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) after solid organ transplantation remains an unsolved problem and leads to poor early and late patient outcomes. The complement system is a well recognized pathogenic...
Activation and regulation of the complement cascade is critical not only for the terminal effector function of donor-specific antibodies, but also for the regulation of T and B cell subsets to generat...
The complement cascade is a critical mediator of AMR and clinical trials have shown early promising results. With the steady emergence of novel complement inhibitors and our greater understanding of t...
C3 is a key complement protein, located at the nexus of all complement activation pathways. Extracellular, tissue, cell-derived, and intracellular C3 plays critical roles in the immune response that i...
Innate immunity, and more specifically the complement system, has arised renewed interest in the medical field in recent years. Many innovative complement-inhibiting drugs have appeared, acting at var...
Complement is a central part of the immune system. In the human body, complement is responsible for recognition of infectious microbes, for coordinating the adaptive immune response, controlling homeo...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common eye disease and leading cause of sight loss worldwide. Despite its high prevalence and increasing incidence as populations age, AMD remains incurable...
To assess the effects and safety of complement inhibitors in the prevention or treatment of AMD....
We searched CENTRAL on the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Embase, LILACS, Web of Science, ISRCTN registry, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the WHO ICTRP to 29 June 2022 with no language restrictions. We also cont...
We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with parallel groups and comparator arms that studied complement inhibition for advanced AMD prevention/treatment....
Two authors independently assessed search results and resolved discrepancies through discussion. Outcome measures evaluated at one year included change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), untransf...
Ten RCTs with 4052 participants and eyes with GA were included. Nine evaluated intravitreal (IVT) administrations against sham, and one investigated an intravenous agent against placebo. Seven studies...
Despite confirmation of the negative findings of intravitreal lampalizumab across all endpoints, local complement inhibition with intravitreal pegcetacoplan meaningfully reduces GA lesion growth relat...
Hereditary complement deficiencies are relatively rare worldwide, they account for about 1-10% of primary immunodeficiencies. Acquired complement deficiencies are more prevalent and with the more freq...
Historically, the complement system (classical, lectin, alternative, and terminal pathways) is known to play a crucial role in the etiopathogenesis of many kidney diseases. Direct or indirect activati...