European journal of medical research
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Acute liver failure represents one of the most challenging conditions in intensive care treatment. In most cases there is no causal medical therapy available for survive making the intensive care treatment as the most important management tool, as bridge to transplant or still the recovery of the liver. These patients frequently develop multi-organ failure, placing them at risk of hemodynamic disorder, cerebral edema, coagulopathy and various renal and metabolic complications.
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Comparative Study
The effect of examination stress conditions on the cortisol content of saliva - a study of students from clinical semesters.
Psychological stress factors can lead to changes in the immune system, the nervous system, and to psychosomatic diseases, besides releasing typical stress metabolites. This study on hand was to record the reliability of stress self assessment of students in various stress periods, and to be compared with the cortisol value of the saliva. ⋯ The results cover a significant correlation of particular stress factors to changes in cortisol values. It is important for dental therapy to use stress reducing measures, or reduce them as much as possible in order to avoid factors that pre-operatively can affect the patient in a stressful way.