thesis the foetal electrocardiogram ecg was recorded by a non invasive technique via maternal abdominal electrodes with success in elimination of noise and maternal ecg with this technique the normal range of foetal cardi

Assessment and quantification of foetal electrocardiography and heart rate variability of normal foetuses from early to late gestational periods 4

Ngày tải lên : 15/09/2015, 17:11

... that as the values of SDNN, rMSSD and pNN27 increased, there was an increase in the differences Figure 11-6 also shows an increase in the standard deviation of the differences (indicated by the ... mean, and whether the assumption of constant standard deviation of the differences is satisfied When the data points on the Bland-Altman plot spread out as the magnitude of measurements increase, ... frequency-domain HRV parameters obtained by the two systems and in relation to foetal gestational age It can be seen in Figure 11-4 that the foetal heart rate (fHR) and mNN measurements obtained by the...

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Assessment and quantification of foetal electrocardiography and heart rate variability of normal foetuses from early to late gestational periods 3

Ngày tải lên : 15/09/2015, 17:11

... usefulness of non- invasive fECG in the determination of foetal heart rate and ECG and its advantage over CTG and scalp ECG In circumstances such as this, reliance on CTG and scalp ECG was not able ... Clinical application of non- invasive foetal ECG 129 Introduction Cardiac arrhythmias arise as a result of abnormal cardiac electrical conduction The gold standard for the diagnosis of arrhythmias ... supraventricular) in origin 2.2 Intrapartum foetal ECG During labour, it was noted that the CTG tracing during labour remained at 70 bpm and was not recordable most of the time Foetal scalp ECG monitoring was...

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Assessment and quantification of foetal electrocardiography and heart rate variability of normal foetuses from early to late gestational periods 2

Ngày tải lên : 15/09/2015, 17:11

... the raw abdominal ECG strip comprising of both maternal and foetal ECG complexes, the online display of foetal and maternal heart rates, as well as the average foetal ECG complex, indicating the ... non- invasive abdominal technique to measure foetal cardiac time intervals in normal singleton pregnancies In order to discriminate between normal and pathological changes in the fECG, a database of ... waveform, and uterine electrical activity Summary In this study, non- invasive transabdominal technique was used to detect antenatal fECG Adequate reduction of noise and maternal ECG signals allowed...

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Assessment and quantification of foetal electrocardiography and heart rate variability of normal foetuses from early to late gestational periodsb 1

Ngày tải lên : 15/09/2015, 17:11

... between the foetal heart and the selected leads cannot be established 2.2.3 Vernix caseosa and abdominal foetal ECG signal Another major drawback of the clinical use of abdominal fECG lies in the ... xviii The foetal electrocardiogram CHAPTER THE FOETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM The foetal electrocardiogram Historical development of the foetal ECG The first foetal electrocardiogram (fECG) was discovered ... saline, and wedges the foetal sensor between the uterine wall and the foetal head 2.1.1 Clinical application of scalp foetal ECG Scalp fECG is currently available for use in intrapartum foetal...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Mild hypoglycemia is strongly associated with increased intensive care unit length of stay" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 22:20

... beds (Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands) The 10-bed, 9-bed, and 18-bed adult ICUs treat a heterogeneous population of medical, surgical, and trauma patients A team of intensivists ... of the manuscript JCP reviewed all drafts of the manuscript and assisted with revisions All authors read and approved the final manuscript This investigation was not supported by any source of ... used in the three cohorts can be found in a recent publication [18] Statistical analysis Continuous data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range) , as appropriate,...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " Reversal of TMS-induced motor twitch by training is associated with a reduction in excitability of the antagonist muscle" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 19/06/2014, 08:20

... During stimulation, the center of the coil was placed tangentially to the scalp with the handle pointing posterior and laterally rotated at a 45° angle from the midline, in order to induce a posterior-anterior ... therefore appealing for augmenting motor learning in behavioral therapies [38-40] Here we present data supporting the idea that depending on the nature of the training and role of specific muscles, these ... phases: baseline, training, and post-training measurements (Figure 2) Subjects were comfortably seated with the right arm and hand relaxed in a vertical position, to avoid confounding gravitational...

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Báo cáo y học: "Tight perioperative glucose control is associated with a reduction in renal impairment and renal failure in non-diabetic cardiac surgical patients" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 11:23

... data in a data management file The data collection of the BGL and outcome in the Insulin group was prospectively designed Only patients with a complete dataset were included in this analysis The ... categories, Risk, Injury and Failure, according to plasma creatinine or estimated glomerular filtration rate and urinary output (Table 1) The estimated glomerular filtration rate was calculated, ... associated with an increased risk of hypoglycemia A recent meta-analysis in critically ill patients has demonstrated that intensive insulin therapy is associated with a sixfold increase in the relative...

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Báo cáo y học: "Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 01:22

... data and reviewed the manuscript DRE and GGG participated in the acquisition of data and in the analysis and interpretation of data and reviewed the manuscript FSH participated in carrying out the ... interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript DMU participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and reviewed the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... the measurement of knee cartilage and bone structure, participated in the analysis and interpretation of data, and reviewed the manuscript PAB and AJT performed the statistical analysis and interpretation...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "bcl-2 expression is not associated with survival in metastatic cutaneous melanoma: A historical cohort study" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 07:21

... participated in study design, was in charge of data collection and analysis and helped to draft the manuscript, OCC conceived of the study, and participated in its design and data analysis and ... shows the distribution of patients in terms of primary diagnosis and location of tumor and first metastasis Mean age at initial diagnosis was 43 years, ranging from 16 to 74 years, with a median of ... hematoxylin for 20 s after serial rinsing with tap water, 2% ammonia solution, ethanol and xylol The slides were evaluated by two independent pathologists and classified according to staining intensity...

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Báo cáo y học: "Vastus medialis cross-sectional area is positively associated with patella cartilage and bone volumes in a pain-free community-based population" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 13:22

... data and reviewed the manuscript DRE and GGG participated in the acquisition of data and in the analysis and interpretation of data and reviewed the manuscript FSH participated in carrying out the ... interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript DMU participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and reviewed the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... the measurement of knee cartilage and bone structure, participated in the analysis and interpretation of data, and reviewed the manuscript PAB and AJT performed the statistical analysis and interpretation...

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Báo cáo y học: " The L76V mutation in HIV-1 protease is potentially associated with hypersusceptibility to protease inhibitors Atazanavir and Saquinavir: is there a clinical advantage" potx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 05:22

... and white colour) A) One patient with failing APV containing therapy after week 72 B) Another patient with a failing IDV/LPV treatment before start of SQV containing therapy Wiesmann et al AIDS ... HIV-1 RNA Quantification Plasma of patients was analysed at baseline and week 12, 24, 48 until end of investigation at week 96 to monitor efficiency of therapy Plasma RNA was measured by using the ... intellectual contribution to the study including acquisition-, analysis- and interpretation of data and finally drafting the manuscript JV assisted as consultant in patient-specific aspects and...

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Báo cáo y học: "Anxiety is associated with diminished exercise performance and quality of life in severe emphysema: a cross-sectional study" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 11:20

... that a 10-point increase in state anxiety score is associated with a mean decrease in MWD of meters, a decrease in maximum exercise workload of approximately Watt, and an increase of approximately ... that a 10-point increase in anxiety score is associated with a mean decrease in MWD of meters, a decrease in maximum exercise workload of almost Watt, and an increase of approximately points on the ... Toshima; Susan Golden (1998-2000) Other participants Page of 11 AA and SKM participated in statistical analyses and writing the manuscript, VSF, ML and IL participated in writing the manuscript All...

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Báo cáo sinh học: "Second chromosome polymorphism of Drosophila buzzatii in a natural population is not associated with gametic selection and does not affect mating pattern" potx

Ngày tải lên : 14/08/2014, 20:20

... maintained until pupation in order to estimate larval viability by counting all pupae Further collections were performed in A Escobar in March 1989 by means of banana baits and with Opuntia vulgaris ... agreement with those obtained by Ruiz et al (1991) in a Spanish natural population of D buzzatii However, our analysis is based on the assumption that the offspring of each wild inseminated female was ... of differential attraction of flies to the collecting baits and random mating can be accepted, and even the apparent weak gametic selection against 2st would not affect our previous results ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...

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Cumulative inflammatory burden is independently associated with increased arterial stiffness in patients with psoriatic arthritis a prospective study

Ngày tải lên : 22/09/2015, 15:19

... participated in the design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data and manuscript drafting and revision QS participated in data acquisition and manuscript revising EL participated in ... monitoring of inflammatory markers including hsCRP should be considered in PsA patients Damaged joint count at the last visit was also associated with increased PWV in the univariate analysis Indeed, ... Declaration of Helsinki Clinical interview at baseline and last follow-up visit Pain and physicians’ and patients’ global assessments were evaluated using a 100-point visual analog scale, where indicated...

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Báo cáo y học: "Elevated plasma homocysteine is positively associated with age independent of C677T mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in selected Egyptian subjects"

Ngày tải lên : 03/11/2012, 09:49

... unrelated male patients with past history of myocardial infarction (age ranged between 50-75 years) All patients and controls were living in the same geographic area of Northern Egypt (Alexandria), ... correlation coefficient value was 0.564 There was also a significant positive correlation between the level of the tHcy and the total cholesterol, urea, creatinine and the fasting and postprandial ... skewed; therefore, they were transformed logarithmically to approximate normal distribution, and such data were analysed statistically Statistical analysis of the data analysis was carried out using...

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Báo cáo y học: "A combination of autoantibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) and HLA-DRB1 locus antigens is strongly associated with future onset of rheumatoid arthritis" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 01:23

... or an RF of any isotype, in comparison with individuals not having any of the factors or having any one of them separately In particular, the combination of SE gene carriage and the presence of ... blood sampling, and for area of residence (rural or urban) The mean age of the prepatients at the time of blood sampling was 53 years (range 31–67 years) and of the controls, 53 years (range 30–67 ... calculation of the probability of being a case, given certain values on the analysed factors In this study, calculations are based on the combination of SE and the analysed autoantibodies This is because...

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Báo cáo y học: "The MHC2TA -168AG gene polymorphism is not associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Austrian patients" pps

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 08:22

... RA in a group of 373 Austrian Caucasian RA cases and 373 healthy Austrian Caucasian controls Materials and methods A total of 362 RA patients and 351 healthy controls, all Caucasians, were included ... MG carried out the molecular genetic study WR and UL performed the statistical analysis WG and TM participated in coordination and interpretation of the data KB and KW participated in the acquisition ... acquisition of data and helped draft and revise the manuscript H-PB was involved in drafting and revising the manuscript for important intellectual content and provided final approval of the version...

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Báo cáo y học: "Deficiency of functional mannose-binding lectin is not associated with infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosu" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 08:23

... and major infections, the demographic, clinical, and therapy variables with a p value of less than 0.2 in the univariate analyses and variables with supposed clinical relevance were entered into ... Affinity for the carbohydrate-binding domain was concluded from its ability to inhibit binding of MBL to mannan (data not shown) Assessment of MBL pathway activation MBL pathway activation was assessed ... and MBL pathway activity As shown in Table 1, the median C4 deposition in patients with SLE was 71% versus 114% in the healthy controls and was less than 10% of the activity of the standard in...

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Báo cáo y học: "Aortic dissection associated with cogans’s syndrome: deleterious loss of vascular structural integrity is associated with GM-CSF overstimulation in macrophages and smooth muscle cells" docx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 09:22

... and a pattern of thickened as well as thinned wall areas of the aorta and adjacent vessels The ascending aorta revealed a circumferential dissection distal from the coronary ostia associated with ... a proinflammatory mediator and important regulator of the vascular collagen and elastin metabolism [5,6], was massively increased In summary, our data suggest that the persistently increased ... collagenolytic activity at the intima-media border and in deeper areas of the media (m: media; i: intima; original magnification: ×100) (MMP1) and both gelatinases (MMP2 and MMP9) compared with controls...

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báo cáo khoa học: "Overexpression of LCMR1 is significantly associated with clinical stage in human NSCLC" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 10:21

... protein and the antibody against LCMR1 was prepared The titer of antiserum was determined by an indirect ELISA Cases and Clinical Data We studied a consecutive series of 84 cases primary NSCLC cancers ... analysis The criterion for a positive reaction was a single epithelial cell with yellow particles in its plasma membrane and cytoplasm Immunostaining was assessed in a blinded manner for extent and intensity ... metastasis, and clinical stage (classified according to the 2003 TNM classification of the International Union Against Cancer) are recorded in Table Statistical analysis results showed that LCMR1...

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