... fraction correlates well with cardiologists’ estimation of LVEF [49, 50] In patients with pending cardiovascular collapse orcardiac arrest, ultrasound is able to identify reversible or correctable ... for clinicians who performed three or more scans [56] A more recent study showed that physicians trained with a brief focused module could achieve sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 99% for ... management plans Of the first 345 ultrasounds performed, the majority of scans were performed for obstetrical purposes (102), followed by abdominal (94), cardiac (49), renal (40) and pulmonary (36),...
... Color The color of grape juice was measured with a Konica Minolta Colorimeter (CR-410, Osaka Japan) Grape juice was placed on the light port using a cm diameter plastic dish with cover Color ... experiments were carried out according to a central composite design with factors and levels Table shows independent variables selected for these two treat- 275 ments For each factor, an experimental range ... model According to the ANOVA table, the regression model is significant at the considered confidence level since a satisfactory correlation coefficient was obtained and the F-value was times more than...
... attending paramedic, according to UK national guidelines; the patient is known or believed to be aged 18 years or over Exclusion criteria will be: traumatic cardiacarrest known or clinically apparent ... will monitor the accumulating trial data for evidence of a between-group difference in threshold as follows: (1) proportion of arrests where resuscitation attempted versus cardiac arrests attended ... no role in the design, conduct, analysis or reporting of the trial Outcome Measures The primary outcome for the trial is survival to 30 days post cardiacarrest Secondary outcomes are: survival...
... after out-of-hospital cardiacarrest from a non-shockable rhythm, orcardiacarrest in hospital" [31] The deleterious cascades of neuronal death start already during cardiac arrest, but are boosted ... chest x-ray, or re -arrest were reported; moreover, the volume load might aid to hemodynamic improvement The authors of this study [57] reported also on outcome, there was a trend for awakening and ... hypothermia after successful resuscitation from cardiacarrest in his ABC of post cardiacarrest care [28] Resuscitative hypothermia research was then given up for 25 years, because experimental and clinical...
... http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/7/1/78 Laboratory is authorized and regularly inspected by the Swiss competent authorities Sample Preparation For the endotoxin testing and migration assay cells were collected after informed consent ... types to move through a porous membrane toward a chemoattractant or growth factor In contrast to cell migration through an open pore, cell invasion through an occluded pore is dependent on active ... products may originate in academic laboratories where researchers are unfamiliar with the applicable regulations As new stem-cell-based therapies are developed, the regulatory framework is likely...
... Functioning Scale scores and Cardiac Symptoms Scale scores for children (r = 0.63) and for parents (r = 0.66) Cognitive Problems Scale scores of the Cardiac Module were highly correlated with the ... self-report and parent proxy-report Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 Generic Core Scales and for the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 3.0 Cardiac Module scales Scale Intraclass correlation ... Scale (self-reports r = 0.57, proxy-reports r = 0.60), the Psychosocial Summary scores (both reports r = 0.58), and with the Total Scale Score (self-reports r = 0.58, proxy-reports r = 0.58)...
... at increased risk for angina or adverse cardiac events,4-7 but systematic epidemiologic study among populations with known or suspected cardiac disorders has been lacking For years, we have included ... increased risk for death from cardiac causes and from any cause Our results suggest that an assessment of dyspnea should be incorporated into the clinical evaluation of patients referred for cardiac ... death from cardiac causes for each presenting symptom for patients with and those without known coronary artery disease In patients with dyspnea, the hazard ratios for death from cardiac causes...
... this condition [2-4] Hypertension is the major risk factor for the most common cardio vascular diseases which are a major cause for morbidity and mortality Depending on the stage of hypertension, ... targets for all organisms and miRNAs are incorporated (Sethupathy et al., 2006) MicroRNA in regulating physiological functions Importance of miRNA processing pathway components MicroRNAs and ... junction protein connexin 40 (Cx 40) MicroRNA miR-208 is therefore required for maintaining the expression of cardiac transcription factors known to be important for the development of the conduction...
... deviation, and categorical variables are presented as absolute numbers or percentage Data were checked for normality before statistical analysis Comparisons of continuous variables laboratorial data with ... Popov et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:112 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/112 Page of Table Laboratorial data Variable Reference Before Daptomycin After Daptomycin ... laboratory values, and microbiologic analysis All patients showed DSWI with gram-positive organisms and were classified according to the criteria proposed by El Oakley and Wright Furthermore,...
... Ascending aorta and aortic arch surgery 60 2.1 Combined ascending aorta & valve surgery 116 4.1 Combined ascending aorta & coronary surgery 0.2 Cardiac transplantation 24 0.9 Congenital, cardiac tumors, ... EuroSCORE, AUC: Area under ROC curve, HL: Hosmer-Lemeshow, Log-Euro: logistic EuroSCORE, OCC: overall correct classification, CC: tio for risk of mortality, OR: Odds ratio for risk of mortality, ... and hepatic systems The scores can be used in several ways, as individual scores (for each organ), as the sum of scores on a single ICU day, or as the sum of the worst scores during the ICU stay...
... model And therefore the potential for creating individual-cell-based cell-network model might be practical for reliable drug screening assay especially for human organ model Moreover, it should ... fluctuation of beating frequency was decreased according to the additional network formation of cardiac myocyte cells In other words, the increase of network size improves the stability of the beating ... of the cardiac myocytes and to melt a portion of agarose layer on the chip for the stepwise network formation of cells in the microchambers The spontaneous beating rhythm of cultured cardiac...
... infarction; CA, cardiac arrest; NS, not significant; T3, tri-iodothyronine; T4, thyroxine; TSH, thyroidstimulating hormone Table Thyroid hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone values for cardiacarrest ... dopamine), or who had comorbid conditions (malignancy, hepatic, or renal failure) Cardiacarrest group Of the 50 patients (35 males and 15 females; mean age 59 ± years) in the cardiacarrest group, ... identified no evidence of coronary heart disease in these individuals Laboratory measurements Fasting blood samples were collected for thyroid hormone profile from cardiacarrest and AMI groups after...
... haemodynamic condition was a prerequisite for the measurements Therefore, infusion of large volumes of colloids or cristalloids or the bolus administration of vasopressors was not permitted during the ... minute for COPAC versus COWave (Figure 1) and -0.1 litres per minute and -1.8 to +1.6 litres per minute for COPAC versus COTranspulm The percentage errors for COPAC versus COWave and for COPAC ... (Figure 3) The percentage errors for COPAC versus COWave and for COPAC versus COTranspulm were 58% and 32%, respectively There was no correlation between COPAC and COWave (correlation coefficient of...
... advanced life support: a preliminary study in out-of-hospital cardiacarrest Crit Care 2008, 12:R31 Froehler MT, Geocadin RG: Hypothermia for neuroprotection after cardiac arrest: mechanisms, ... print] Hypothermia After CardiacArrest Study Group: Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiacarrest N Engl J Med 2002, 346:549-556 Storm C, Schefold JC, Nibbe ... Vanden Hoek TL, Becker LB: Intra -arrest cooling with delayed reperfusion yields higher survival than earlier normothermic resuscitation in a mouse model of cardiacarrest Resuscitation 2008 [Epub...
... teams argued for extending indications of extracorporeal circulatory assistance for out-of-hospital refractory cardiac arrest, similarly to hypothermic or poisoned patients [33] or some specific ... Guerrier G, Rettab S, Theodore J, Karyo S, Gandjbakhch I, Baud FJ: Emergency feasibility in medical intensive care unit of extracorporeal life support for refractory cardiacarrest Intensive Care ... from irreversibility: extracorporeal life support for prolonged cardiacarrest Ann Thorac Surg 2005, 79:178-183 discussion 183–174 Page 10 of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) ...
... referral before the beginning of the next working day Other than isolated CABG Major cardiac procedure other than or in addition to CABG Surgery on thoracic aorta For disorder of ascending, arch or descending ... treatment for endocarditis at the time of surgery Critical preoperative state Any one or more of the following: ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation or aborted sudden death, preoperative cardiac ... Definition Score Patient-related factors Age Per years or part thereof over 60 years Sex Female Chronic pulmonary disease Long-term use of bronchodilators or steroids for lung disease Extracardiac...
... monitoring The criteria of exclusion were the need for simultaneously administering other vasoactive drugs or a new fluid challenge or blood transfusion and the need for modifying the ventilatory ... 2010, 14:R142 http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/R142 Page of Statistical analysis All data were normally distributed (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for normality), except the dose of norepinephrine The results ... introduction of norepinephrine (or increase in its dose) was either inferior (n = 53) or superior (n = 52) to the median value (75 mm Hg) Achieved MAP ≥75 mm Hg Achieved MAP
... A5 (Fig 2B for cardiac muscle and D for smooth muscle) A slightly lower current intensity failed to produce a stable repolarization of cell A5 (Fig 2A for cardiac muscle and 2C for smooth muscle) ... to show a portion of the circuit for details of the basic units Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2005, 2:5 junction This resistor connected ... discontinuous (or saltatory) in cardiac muscle [10-13] Fast Na+ channels are localized in the junctional membranes of the intercalated disks of cardiac muscle [5,14,15], a requirement for the EF mechanism...
... 79:350-79 Soreide E, Sunde K: Therapeutic hypothermia after out-of hospital cardiac arrest: how to secure worldwide implementation Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2008, 21:209-15 Busch M, Soreide E: Prognostication ... outside hospitals must work together Together, we should decide not only how and when to cool, but also who to cool It does not make sense anymore to limit cooling to VF cardiac arrests only [1,2,8] ... treat unconscious survivors of OHCA actively in the ICU, TH should be part of standard care Whether you should move the cooling into ambulances or the homes of cardiacarrest victims is another...