RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN PROMOTES TLR-4-DEPENDENT NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAP FORMATION BY HUMAN NEUTROPHILS.

Respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein promotes TLR-4-dependent neutrophil extracellular trap formation by human neutrophils.

Acute viral bronchiolitis by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is the most common respiratory illness in children in the first year of life.RSV bronchiolitis generates large numbers of hospitalizations and an important burden to health systems.Neutrophils and their products are present in the airways of RSV-infected patients who developed increased

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The care of the patients with hipoplastic left heart syndrome in places of social and economic vulneability. An ethical analysis

ABSTRACT The birth of a child means hope and joy, particularly for the parents and the healthcare team.When this child is born with a severe malformation and a poor prognosis, as in the case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the scenario is one of great uncertainty and emotional suffering.The role of the health team becomes fundamental for the id

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Providing Compassion through Flow

Meg Kral, MS, OTR/L, CLT, is the cover artist for the Summer 2015 issue of The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.Her untitled Grater piece of art is an oil painting and is a re-creation of a photograph taken while on vacation.Meg is currently supervisor of outpatient services at Rush University Medical Center.She is lymphedema certified and has

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