Báo cáo y học: " Estimation of airway obstruction using oximeter plethysmograph waveform data" ppsx

... in height of the plethysmograph waveform and the severity of airway obstruction. Analysis of both direct arterial waveform and oximeter plethysmograph waveform data for calculation of arterial flow ... clinically if they represent physiologic perturbations resulting from airway obstruction. We tested the hypothesis that the severity of airway obstruction could...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... study was accomplished in a tertiary cardiac hospi- tal with a group of patients in pre operatory and another group in the 5 th post operatory day of CABG surgery. Patients with smoking h istory, ... was of easy execution and understanding by the patient. Nowa days, studies have been carried out with the aim to standardize pulmonary function ways of assessment [26,27]. The investigati...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... between the joint of the anterior epiphyses of the first metatarsal (mt.m), the most prominent part of the inner side of the ball of the foot, and the joint of the anterior epiphyses of the fifth ... accurate estimation of stature by linear regression analysis. Although the SEE value is minimal and the predictive accuracy (R 2 ) maximum for T1, accuracy of all measurem...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... structural i ntegrity of the airway wall so that the physiological behavior of the entire airway wall could be determined. Secondly, a semi-quantitative analysis of airways used in the present Noble ... whether airway narrowing differs compared to the main body of an airway. This study determined the distribution of airway nar- rowing along a part of the bronchial tree c...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... inflammatory response in COPD is characterized by an increase of total inflammatory cells, especially neutrophils, macrophages and lymphocytes in small and large airways [2,3]. Thus, our results may indi- cate ... 1 Laboratory of Pulmonology, Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 4, LT-50009, Kaunas, Lithuania, 2 Department of Pulmonology and Immu...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... undeniably to the symptoms of virtually all airway diseases. It may seem surprising, therefore, that our under- standing of the pharmacology of airway afferent nerves is at best rudimentary. This ... nervous system plays an important role in regulating the physiology of the airways. Abnormalities in afferent nerve function arguably contribute directly to the cause of certain ai...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... 6 of 6 RESEARC H Open Access Estimation of the cost of treatment by chemotherapy for early breast cancer in Morocco Saber Boutayeb 1 , Abdesslam Boutayeb 2,3* , Naoual Ahbeddou 1 , Wiam Boutayeb 2 , ... addi- tion [6]. Consequently, the cost for one life saved is the cost of treatment of 25 women treated by chemotherapy plus one year of trastuzumab, namely, USD 663,000. Boutayeb...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Lightspeed; GE Healthcare Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI, USA) during the study period. The primary goal of this study was to validate the hypothesis that the diameter of the right IJV is greater than ... but it is noteworthy that phy- sicians were asked to retain their ability to use and teach the landmark method [10]. A previous study of ultrasound location of vessels followed by su...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... Department of Thoracic Surgery, State Hospital, Bilecik, Turkey 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey 3. Department of Pathology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, ... rat model to effectively prevent post-thoracotomy adhesions. Key words: Thoracic Surgery; Thoracotomy; Tissue Adhesions; Polyethylene Glycols INTRODUCTION There are only a few studies...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... been previously shown to be biocompatible [37], which was also Figure 6 Cytotoxicity of degrading and cross-linking agentsCytotoxicity of degrading and cross-linking agents. The relative cytotox- icity of ... alternative, several syn- thetic materials have been employed as glues for soft tissues, for example, aminopropyltrimethoxysilane-methylenebisacryla- mide siloxane or n-butylcyanoa...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20