... breathing against an inspiratory load. We
Table 1
Characteristics of patients according to extubation success or failure, as well as the parameters measured at the start of the dead-
space test ... Solsona
1
, Yolanda Díaz
1
, Antonia Vázquez
1
, Maria Pilar Gracia
1
, Ana Zapatero
1
and
Jaume Marrugat
2
1
ICU Hospital de Mar, Paseo Maritimo 25-29 Barcelona 08003, Spain
2
Institut...
... to identify patients at risk of any sus-
tained arrhythmia, and therefore arrhythmias were defined as
sustained tachyarrhythmias (supraventricular tachycardia
[SVT] or ventricular tachycardia ... electrocardiography; OR = odds ratio; SVT = supraventricular tachycardia; TCA = tricyclic antidepressant; VT =
ventricular tachycardia.
Abstract
Objective The aim of the present study was to...
... as barrier that prevent patients from
wanting to start and to adhere to HAART.
Our study has the following limitations. First, we mea-
sured adherence and readiness of patients to HAART by
patient ... financial support obtained from HIV/
AIDS Prevention and Control Secretariat Office of Amhara National Regional
State. Our appreciation goes to the study participants, the data...
... reintubation
Introduction
Maxillofacial and major neck surgery has a considerable risk
for postoperative laryngo-pharyngeal oedema and airway
obstruction due to surgical manipulation or haematoma [1].
When patients ... difficulty
using a Fasttrach (intubating laryngeal mask airway) because
of anatomical abnormalities, which developed as a result of
previous operations and radiothe...
... ready -to- use parenteral
medication by pharmacy technicians. The prepared par-
enteral medication orders were verified twice a day in
the central hospital pharmacy department by a hospital
pharmacist. ... physicians were based on
standardized salary costs (one salary level above the
middle of the appropriate salary scale), additional costs
for aggravating circumstances, and overhead co...
... of
an MD simulation. The idea is that each state is to a large
extent topologically different from any other state and can
be characterized by an approximately Gaussian distribu-
tion of the radius ... involved in a stabi-
lizing salt-bridge interaction.
Molecular dynamics simulations, which make use of clas-
sical Newton mechanics to generate trajectories, are play-
ing an ever...
... JAR, PP, EGS and KDF contributed to project development
and implementation. JAR, PP and VLW had full access to all data and take
responsibility for the integrity of data and accuracy of data analysis. ... hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), healthcare-
associated pneumonia (HCAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia
(VAP) at 4 medical centers: the IMPACT-HAP Project (abstract). 48th
Ann...
... lengths of stay
prior to enrolment were six days (range 0 to 368 days)
and nine days (range 0 to 42 days), respectively.
Patients with CAP had higher APACHE II and SOFA
scores at inclusion t han patients ... 28-day
mortality of 8.2% in patients with VAP in our study was
very low. The Canadian Critical Care Trials gro up
recorded an overall 28 days mortality rate of 18.7% in a...
... were
residues Gly261 and Gly262. The replacement of Gly262 by
Ala resulted in an inactive enzyme. Substitution of Gly261
by Ala resulted to an enzyme with lower stability and
increased energy of activation. ... the active site of the
psychrophilic alkaline phosphatase from the Antarctic
Table 1. Enzymatic and thermodynamic parameters of the psychrophilic alkaline phosphatase and m...
... of Brassica, spinach, barley and
A. thaliana,PR1ofPhaseolus and MHF
9
of A. thaliana.
These proteins b elong to the 2Cys-Prx subfamily. A ll plan t
2Cys-Prx proteins, except BAS1 of barley, the ... with an online phenylthiohydantoin amino-acid
analyser. F or MALDI-TOF analysis, 1 lL of tryptic digest
or HPLC-puri®ed peptides was mixed with 1 lLof
saturated solution of a- cyan...