Báo cáo y học: " Simultaneous versus video counting of coughs in hypertonic cough challenges" pot

... conducted, i.e., simultaneously. It is unknown whether cough counting from video recording might increase the accuracy of the cough counting. During recent years, cough challenges with hypertonic aerosols ... been introduced. They often provoke very frequent coughing which may complicate the simultaneous cough counting. Objective: To assess whether cough counting from...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of morning vs. evening dosing of the antihistamine desloratadine at different time points during the day. Methods: Patients ≥ 18 years, with ... statis- tically significant difference in efficacy was seen whether desloratadine was given in the morning or in the evening. This gives the patients more flexibility in choosing dosin...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:22

... easier. In our study only 10.7% of participants withdrew from the study: this surprisingly positive finding may be explained in terms of perceived quality of care related to the offering of custom-made ... inactivity secondary to treatment. The reduction in cardiopulmonary capacity may lead to reductions in quality of life [25, 26]. Research has provided preliminary...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 16:23

... important representation of the state of distribution of leukocytes in the body and of the state of activation of the immune system. The ability of acute stress to induce changes in leukocyte distribution within different ... levels of norepi- nephrine, may induce an increase in circulating leukocyte numbers. These conditions may occur during the begin- ning of a stres...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... polysomnography and titration of ventilatory support pressures were also performed during sleep endoscopy. Figure 9 A nocturnal oximetry under inspiratory pressure of 2 0 cmH20, expiratory pressure ... visualization of the upper airway during sleep in order to clarify the origin of refractoriness and concomitantly orient the treatment. Consent Written infor med c ons ent was obtaine...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... air- way obstruction of variable degree, airway inflammation, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway remode- ling. These hallmarks of asthma are being examined in murine models, with the goal of ... screening of pulmonary function in large numbers of animals. In contrast, noninvasive head-out body plethysmography has been shown to yield stable and reliable on-line meas- u...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... by 1 cmH 2 O every four respiratory cycles, if the patient's RR was less than 15 per minute). The primary endpoint of the study was the duration of the weaning process. Secondary endpoints ... significantly in both groups during the first 180 minutes of the weaning process (Figure 6). The SpO 2 was maintained above 95% in both groups during the study period. (p = 0.16). The PE...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... resulted in activation of the p38 MAP kinase pathway, as determined by phosphorylation of recombinant HSP27 in in vitro kinase assays with cytoplasmic lysates (Fig. 5B, lower panel). The half-life of ... University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA. Mouse monoclonal antibodies 19F12 against HuR and 9H10 against hnRNP A1 were kindly donated by H. Furnea...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 08:20

... Greece, 2 Laboratory of Psychophysiology, 3rd Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Mental Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece, ... (MRI) may provide a detailed image of brain lesions, in many instances their findings are in contrast to the clinical picture [3]. Short Latency Somato- sensory Evoked Potentials (S...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23

... frequently a sourc e of difficulty in the diagnoses of depression in primary health services [6,24]. Among the inmates surveyed in this study, of the 23 that presented cardiac and respiratory diseases, ... by so-called ‘somatic’ symptoms, such as loss of interest and pleasurable feel- ings, waking in the morning several hours before the usual time, depression worsening in th...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21