... manner of the study, informed consent was not obtained Cardiacarrest was defined as the absence of both spontaneous respiration and palpable pulse Cardiacarrest was described as witnessed arrest ... significant limitation of our study because some of the fluid given might have affected our findings However, blood samR360 Figure out -of- hospital cardiacarrest The impact of each variable on the ... hundred and five patients with out -of- hospital cardiacarrest were included in this study The demographics of these patients are presented in Table They had a mean age of 62.2 years and included 75...
... Recommendations for the managementof congenital heart disease Table 11 Recommendations for the managementof aortic disease Table 12 Recommendations for the managementof valvular heart disease ... Recommendations for the managementof coronary artery disease Table 14 Recommendations for the managementof cardiomyopathies and heart failure Table 15 Recommendations for the managementof arrhythmias ... Group Valvular Heart Disease of the ESC,4 the guidelines of the German Society of Cardiology (German Society of Cardiology),5,6 and the ESC Task Force on the Managementof Valvular Heart Disease...
... result of progressive stiffening and loss of compliance of larger arteries At least one quarter of adults (and more than half of those older than 60) have high blood pressure The clinical management ... based on its review of evidence, to improve NICE guidance and patient care in the future 4.1 Out -of- office monitoring In adults with primary hypertension, does the use of out -of- office monitoring ... people of African or Caribbean family origin of any age If a CCB is not suitable, for example because of oedema or intolerance, or if there is evidence of heart failure or a high risk of heart...
... is often easier to relate many of the terms to those of hydraulics, which are more familiar Just as a certain amount of water flows through a garden hose, electric energy consists of a flow of ... discussion of diagnostic and therapeutic treatment options, and of the spectrum of adverse events that may occur with each, appropriately adjusted to fit the risk profile of the patient a Department of ... absorption of distending media, which is discussed later Risk Reduction, Recognition, and Managementof Access-related Adverse Events The risk of complications of access may be largely reduced by any of...
... (1997) reports an average of $2.00 per pound in 1992, with a high of $8.00 per pound and a low of $1.25 per pound during the course of the season The annual volume of Pacific Northwest chanterelle ... fruitbodies of a chanterelle mycelial colony (equivalent to fruits of green plants) Fruitbodies of basidiomycete fungi develop into a variety of forms, such as truffles, conks, or, in the case of chanterelles, ... mushrooms with ridges (instead of gills) on the underside of the cap Mushrooms are the reproductive structures (fruitbody or sporocarp) of certain fungi, and in the case of chanterelles, the fungus...
... presence of impurities in the substrate can lead to increased complexity in the operating expenditure of the process During the process of digestion of liquid manure from cattle the formation of scum ... advantage of this type of digesters is less complicated monitoring equipment so they are applicable in smaller scale 16 Managementof Organic Waste 3.2.2 Continuous processes Most of the commercial ... concentrations of heavy metals Anaerobic digestion technologies Block scheme of anaerobic digestion (Fig 3) shows that technological process of typical anaerobic digestion It consists of three basic...
... Similarly, the presence of earthworms also reduced the abundance of both bacteria and fungi after the active phase of vermicomposting of grape marc (Figure 11) 42 Managementof Organic Waste Fig ... of Total Coliform Numbers during Vermicomposting is Caused by Short-term Direct Effects of Earthworms on 48 Managementof Organic Waste Microorganisms and Depends on the Dose of Application of ... (2008) Optimizing Vermicomposting of Animal Wastes: Effects of Dose of Manure Application on Carbon Loss and Microbial Stabilization Journal of Environmental Management, vol 88, No 4, pp 1525-1529,...
... rye 2.5 Deployment of plant extracts in the managementof phyto–parasitic nematodes The use of plant extracts is one of the promising tools being investigated for the managementof nematode diseases ... abundance of these wastes can be channeled into our agricultural systems for the managementof plant parasitic nematodes and other plant diseases 140 Managementof Organic Waste 2.4 Deployment of allelopatic ... and combustion properties of municipal solid waste during bio-drying Waste Management, Vol 29, No 11, pp 2816-2823 8 Utilization of Organic Wastes for the Managementof Phyto-Parasitic Nematodes...
... T A B L E 62 Managementof complications of acute liver failure Complication Management Cerebral edema Cerebral edema occurs in 75–80% of patients with grade encephalopathy and is often fatal ... hemoglobinuria) or other cause of thrombophilia (p 227) Diagnose by duplex ultrasound of hepatic veins and IVC Acute fatty liver of pregnancy Occurs in last trimester of pregnancy Often associated with ... what’s next? J Hepatol 2005; 43: 526–33 Stewart SF, Day CP The managementof alcoholic liver disease J Hepatol 2003; 38 (suppl I): S2–S13 Alcoholic hepatitis Managementof alcoholic hepatitis...
... of vasopressin were similar to those of epinephrine in the managementofcardiacarrest and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) [17] On the other hand, most of the porcine models ofcardiacarrest ... very encouraging in the use of vasopressin as a single agent of choice for cardiacarrest On a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,519 patients with cardiacarrest from randomized controlled ... to asphyxial cardiac arrest, which implies a different mechanism of induction ofcardiacarrest than electrical stimulation, and also leads to a severely hypoxic myocardium All of these facts...
... after CardiacArrest N Engl J Med 2002, 346(8):549-56 Bernard SA, Gray TW, Buist MD, Jones BM, Silvester W, Gutteridge G, Smith K: Treatment of comatose survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest ... Hypothermia after CardiacArrest Anesth Analg 1959, 38:423-8 Bernard SA, Jones BM, Horne MK: Clinical trial of induced hypothermia in comatose survivors of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest Ann Emerg ... randomized trials of therapeutic hypothermia All patients greater than 13 years of age, who have suffered a non-traumatic cardiac arrest, have a sustained return of spontaneous circulation (palpable...
... number of patients receiving cardiac- only resuscitation, adherence to Utstein-style reporting (the standard for studies of out-ofhospital cardiac arrest) , 100% follow-up, and performance of multiple ... 30-day neurologic outcomes of bystanderprovided cardiac- only resuscitation to bystander-provided conventional CPR in 4068 adults victims of out -of- hospital cardiacarrest Not surprisingly, any ... than one in four cases of out-ofhospital cardiacarrest [3] Aversions to mouth-to-mouth breathing or the complex nature of this task are thought to underlie the low rate of bystander CPR An alternative...
... purpose of this study, CPR was defined as at least one cycle of chest compression and ventilation in patients with signs and/or symptoms ofcardiacarrest Patient care was at the discretion of the ... admission diagnosis, severity of illness, and morbidity of all patients admitted to the intensive care unit from 1999 to 2001 with cardiacarrest (n = 354) Cardiacarrest (n = 354) Hospital non-survivors ... from the care of patients who have undergone basic life support following cardiacarrest Although it may be true that patients with cardiacarrest incur considerable costs Page of (page number...
... including: the scope of these templates for registry of cases of CA are limited to individuals with disease categorized as 'cardiac etiology' and 'witnessed arrest; and the specificity of prognostic ... results of ROC analysis, that a cut-off value of 80 ng/mL for peak NSE concentration predicted 'persistent coma' at a specificity of 100% with a sensitivity of 63% and a predictive accuracy of 88% ... analysis of the time-course of serum S100B and NSE levels would offer a more reliable indication of what is going on in the brain of the patient, which might be useful for optimization of therapeutic...
... of a risk index for mortality, intensive care unit stay, and overall hospital length of stay after cardiac surgery Steering Committee of the Provincial Adult Cardiac Care Network of Ontario Circulation ... summary of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure: the Task Force on Acute Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 2005, Page 12 of 14 10 ... patients Anaesthesia 2005, 60:960-967 33 Conzen PF, Fischer S, Detter C, Peter K: Sevoflurane provides greater protection of the myocardium than propofol in patients undergoing off-pump coronary...
... out -of- hospital cardiacarrest were recruited into the study The inclusion criteria were: 1) age more than 17 years, 2) cardiacarrest prior to the arrival of emergency personnel, 3) pre -arrest ... the acute event ofcardiacarrest rather than chronic illness Tissue hypo-perfusion during the early phase of post -cardiac arrest induces an increase in serum lactate because of anaerobic glycolisis ... 67(suppl):S39-86 23 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care: Part 7.2 ManagementofcardiacarrestCirculation 2005, 112(suppl):...