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R645
Vol 9 No 6
Research
Mortality prediction using SAPS II: an update for French intensive
care units
Jean Roger Le Gall
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, Anke Neumann
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, François Hemery
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... against non-albi-
cans Candida species and Candida albicans.
Abbreviations
AmarCand: "Analyse du Management en Anesthésie et Réanimation des Can-
didoses invasives"; C: Candida; CVC: central ... mixed
candidemia due to albicans and non-albicans Candida
species, and 35 patients who acquired candidemia before
admission in ICU. Therefore, 136 patients were included
in the present analy...
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Saarbr¨ucken, Germany.
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Michael Daum, Kilian Foth, and Wolfgang Menzel.
2004. Automatic transformatio...
... couch (Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) with slice
thickness 2.5 mm and 130 kV. The CT scanner HU-
scale is calibrated regularly using a standard phantom
provided by the vendor for each available ... treatment position with the MR
scanner (Espree 1.5 T, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany)
using standard fixation equipment. This was not possi-
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and RM performed data acquisition on all images and contributed...
... concentrations
of less than 200/μl [10]. For several years, a more convenient
and sensitive technique has been available in the form of
mechanized blood analyzers. With such an analyzer, one can
routinely ... control
measurements were performed, and the criteria of acceptance
were fulfilled throughout.
Creatinine, alanine aminotransferase, and C-reactive protein
were measured with an LX...
... education, and quality control:
simulation models in critical care
Herwig Gerlach and Susanne Toussaint
Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, and Pain Management, Vivantes – Klinikum ... appearance and behavior. Basically, there are
three main reasons for using simulation: as a method for
quality control, as a teaching tool, and for the prediction of
time course...
... below). Therefore we set distance constraints for the
docking algorithm. The distance between the carbon of the
2-methyl group and the C
b
-atom of Val41 was constrained
to be between 5 and 7 A
˚
(with ... DPN.
The inhibitor constants (Table 1) for both antivita-
mins as determined using the optical method revealed
a significantly lower K
i
for ginkgotoxin (4.14 · 10
)7
m)
than DPN (5....
... approved by the Belarus University Animal
Care and Use Committee. All animal experimentation des-
cribed was conducted in accord with accepted standards of
humane animal care, as outlined in the ethical ... with Fig. 6 and consisted of 85% methanol
and 0.1% acetic acid from 0 to 25 min, followed by linear gradient
to 100% methanol and 0.1% acetic acid from 25 to 35 min; and
100% methanol a...
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