Báo cáo y học: "Validation of continuous cardiac output technologies: consensus still awaited" pot

... in view of the fact that many authors have described limitations of this software version in monitoring cardiac output; for Commentary Validation of continuous cardiac output technologies: consensus ... pulmonary artery catheter. Without this the monitor may be shown to track changes accurately but may not be a reliable measurement of cardiac output. For instance if th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... were continuous cardiac output by pulse contour analysis (PCCO; PiCCO system), continuous cardiac output by pulse power analysis (PulseCO; LiDCO system), continuous cardiac output by pulmonary ... hyper- tension; PAC: pulmonary artery catheter; PAOP: pulmonary artery occlusion pressure; PCCO: continuous cardiac output by pulse contour analysis; PCCO pre : continuous...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... difference in cardiac output as a function of mean cardiac outputMean difference in cardiac output as a function of mean cardiac output. Mean difference in cardiac output, measured by arterial pressure-based ... car- diac output (APCO) and intermittent thermodilution cardiac output (ICO) or measured by continuous cardiac output (CCO) and ICO, as a function of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... Perception of quality of life may differ depending on the perspective. The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the ‘TOlerability and quality Of Life’ ... utility Figure 1 The ‘TOlerability and quality Of Life’ (TOOL) questionnaire. Montejo et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2011, 10:6 http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/co...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... developed by Clayton [12]. All the results were produced using STATA software (David Clayton, Cambridge, UK). In case of replication of the genotype risk hierarchy, a homo- geneity test on genotypic ... genotypes, with ORs of 8.7, 5.3 and 3.1, respectively (with the reference genotype being L/L; Table 2). This hierarchy was precisely the same as observed previously [6]. Results of the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... intestine Yes s710 Structure of head and neck region Yes Yes s720 Structure of shoulder region Yes Yes s730 Structure of upper extremity Yes Yes s750 Structure of lower extremity Yes Yes s760 ... functions Yes Yes b130 Energy and drive functions Yes Yes b134 Sleep functions Yes Yes b140 Attention functions Yes Yes b147 Psychomotor functions Yes Yes b152 Emotional functions Yes Yes b16...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... are your problems in this area? a - - Can you think of anything else missing in this area regarding your daily life? If you think about your environment and your living conditions, what do you ... of the 23 categories of Body Functions, the one category of Body Structures, 25 out of the 27 categories of Activities and Participation and 13 out of the 16 categories of Environme...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... chronobiology. Since this type of research generally requires a large amount of data from several weeks of monitoring, the use of automatic systems is necessary. Various types of automatic systems ... [22- 29]. In fact, the study of ultradian rhythms appears to be particularly difficult, since it is necessary to identify short rhythms that have wide variability by means of mathe...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... sleep/activity cycle was measured prior to or during the first cycle of therapy, to ach ieve a minimum of 48 hours of high quality continuous activity data. The timing and conditions of actigraphy measure- ment ... [11]. Actigraphy has been validated with concurrent polysomnography to objectively measure many standard sleep quality and quantity parameters as well as daily activity...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... airway anatomy in some patients, which predisposes them to upper airway obstruction by increasing pharyngeal collapsibility [3]. An uncommon caus e of anatomic narrowing of the upper airway is soft tissue ... unit of our hospital. Severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome was revealed on polysomnography. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure was implemented effectively, reducing da...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21