... vasopressors or inotropes; and neither did they reveal any difference in organ function Secondly, it remains obscure whether a change in forearm flow is giving any information on the vital organ perfusion ... NICE-SUGAR or Leuven blood glucose target? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009, 94:3163-3170 doi:10.1186/cc8228 Cite this article as: Van den Berghe G: Increased bloodflow by insulin infusion targeting normoglycemia ... difference in forearm flow does indicate that the vasculature may indeed be affected by intensified insulin therapy The observation nicely corroborates previous basic science data, and therefore requires...
... ovarian artery might be the major contributor of bloodflow to the uterus In this study, 3D CT scans also showed sufficient bloodflow to the uterine body through both ovarian arteries, the remaining ... means chorioamnionitis NED means “no evidence of disease” Results Figures and show the blood vessel distribution in the uterus for both patients Figure shows the blood distribution in the normal ... arteries, and a new network of vessels No difference between the patients could be detected for the bloodflow distribution Are these networks of new vessels sufficient for the maintenance of pregnancy?...
... therefore conveys more information, but it is also more difficult to learn, as it is more uncertain An uninformed PropBank learner that simply assigned the most frequent label would be correct ... sections, we will use simple proportions, entropy, joint entropy, conditional entropy, mutual information, and a normalised form of mutual information which measures correlation between nominal attributes ... more verb and class-specific In section 6, we show that PropBank more closely captures the thematic hierarchy and is more correlated to grammatical functions, hence potentially more useful for...
... NIRS data for the two case studies The first row reports the BH indicators for subject A, the second row reports the same indicators for the first test of subject B, and the third row reports the ... regional cerebral bloodflow in neurologically normal subjects Stroke 1983, 14:720-724 Rogers R, Meyer J, Shaw T, Mortel K, Hardenberg J, Zaid R: Cigarette smoking decreases cerebral bloodflow suggesting ... hold the breath after a normal breathing, in order to avoid an increase of the thoracic pressure, and we controlled they could hold the breath for a minimum time of 20 s According to previously published...
... vasoregulatory systems are balanced, thus the bloodflow in each compartment is constant, and the momentary bloodflow can be calculated from the plethysmography Say that a momentary bloodflow ... pressure on femoral head bloodflow J Orthop Res 1986, 4:362-371 Anetzberger H, Thein E, Becker M, Walli AK, Messmer K: Validity of fluorescent microspheres method for bone bloodflow measurement ... specific gravity of bone is (for example) 1.8 gr/ml, then the correction is 6.16/1.8 ml blood/ min/100 gr bone f Operator error during processing of data Conclusion Bone bloodflow is a physiologic characteristic...
... local animal right protection authorities and performed in accordance to the NIH guidelines for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research ... Achilles tendon bloodflow Achilles tendon mid-portion capillary bloodflow was 70 ± 30 arbitrary units at rest without tendon suture There were no significant differences in capillary bloodflow between ... sensory and autonomic neuropeptides, in the healing tendon after injury As the tendon heals, nerves and vessels withdraw [11,12] microcirculatory bloodflow 120,00 microcirculatory blood flow...
... Ltd., Japan) as reported Correlation between bloodflow impedance of the corpus luteum and serum progesterone concentrations Figure Correlation between bloodflow impedance of the corpus luteum and ... luteal bloodflow For this purpose, we focused on vitamin E and a potential nitric oxide (NO) donor, L-arginine, to increase luteal bloodflow Vitamin E has been shown to improve capillary bloodflow ... bloodflow impedance It is, therefore, likely that vitamin E or L-arginine improves luteal function by decreasing luteal bloodflow impedance The present result that decreasing luteal blood flow...
... high bloodflow impedance of the corpus luteum with very low serum LH levels, and that HCG treatment significantly improved bloodflow impedance of the corpus luteum Because high bloodflow impedance ... difference between maximal systolic bloodflow (S) and minimal diastolic flow (D) divided by the peak systolic flow (S-D/S) Bloodflow impedances were examined in the corpus luteum during the mid-luteal ... the highest bloodflow within the corpus luteum Bloodflow was identified in the peripheral area of the corpus luteum [4] The pulsed Doppler gate was then placed on that area to obtain flow velocity...
... Hence, the analysis of blood flow through tapered tubes is very important in understanding the behavior of the blood flow as the taper of the tube is an important factor in the pressure development ... upstream The important hydrodynamical factor for tapered tube geometry is the pressure loss which leads to diminished blood flow through the grafts 10 Hence, the mathematical modeling of blood flow ... power-law index n for blood flow models is taken as 0.95 26 Since the value of yield stress is 0.04 dyne/cm2 for blood at a haematocrit of 40 27, 28 , the non-Newtonian effects are more pronounced...
... the bottom plots) For each plotted signal on the left side of Figure 1, the corresponding short-time Fourier transform (STFT) spectrogram was obtained by applying Fourier transform in overlapped ... phase (or frequency) at any given moment Therefore, the MMPF uses Hilbert transform to obtain instantaneous phases of BP and BFV oscillation Unlike the Fourier transform, Hilbert transform does ... rotation in the complex plane, for example, if the original signal is cos(ωt), its Hilbert transform will become cos(ωt − 90◦ ) = sin(ωt) For any signal s(t), the corresponding analytic signal can...
... yet extraordinary An army of coordinators had been on the telephone for hours to bring together people who could maximize the potential of orphaned organs in a body that was about to die Working ... CareerCenter and apply for jobs seen online at our Web site Visit www.nejmjobs.org for more information n engl j med 357;21 www.nejm.org november 22, 2007 Downloaded from www.nejm.org on February 18, ... trunk Superior vena cava Right atrium Inferior vena cava Left atrium Arch of aorta Completed transplantation Right superior pulmonary vein Right inferior pulmonary vein Left atrium Inferior vena...
... epithelium post-mortem,17 suggesting that airway eosinophils are activated and may be an important mediator of epithelial damage Eosinophils also release bronchoconstrictor mediators such as leukotriene ... their mediators is likely to be central to the disordered airway physiology Infiltration of the bronchial epithelium by mast cells in asthma may be important for disease pathogenesis for several ... eosinophilic bronchitis or normal subjects.51 The majority of these mast cells are of the MCTC phenotype containing both tryptase and chymase The number of mast cells in the ASM bundles correlates with...
... regional cerebral bloodflow during rapid eye movement sleep J Cereb BloodFlow Metab 1991, 11:502-507 Meyer JS, Ishikawa Y, Hata T, Karacan I: Cerebral bloodflow in normal and abnormal sleep and ... Vorstrup S, Friberg L, Lassen NA, Wildschiodtz G: Human regional cerebral bloodflow during Rapid Eye Movement Sleep J Cereb BloodFlow Metab 1991, 11:502-507 Madsen PL, Vorstrup S: Cerebral blood ... No: 2301182L Blood pressure and heart rate for subjects 08, 09 and 10 was recorded with a similar blood pressure monitor (CVS Pharmacy Inc, Woonsocket, RI 02895 Model # 1086CVS) Blood pressure...
... State Exam, his scores were in the clinically abnormal range, with a total score of less than 19 Blood tests revealed normal complete blood count, blood biochemistry, thyroid functions and lipid ... tests conducted complete blood count, blood biochemistry, immunological workup and electrocardiogram) produced normal results He sought consultation with an ophthalmologist for double vision, and ... brought him into our clinic reporting a history of a recent change in personality and impairment of sensory perception The patient complained of abnormal auditory experiences when alone He also...
... (acetylene 0.3%) 1000 2000 3000 Time (ms) Figure for Method the measurement of bronchial bloodflow (Qaw) Method for the measurement of bronchial bloodflow (Qaw) Subjects inhale 60% of their vital ... range of bronchial bloodflow and similar response to corticosteroids (vaso- Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Respiratory Research 2005, 6:15 http://respiratory-research.com/content/6/1/15 ... (Panel A) and exhaled breath temperature gradients Figure of bronchial bloodflow (Qaw Correlation Correlation of bronchial bloodflow (Qaw) with exhaled nitric oxide (NO) (Panel A) and exhaled breath...
... increased bloodflow group had higher central venous and pulmonary wedge pressures, intestinal blood flow, cardiac output and systemic oxygen transport than the normal bloodflow group The increased blood ... Behavior of intramucosal – arterial PCO2 difference in the sham, normal and increased bloodflow groups and increased bloodflow groups Intramucosal acidosis developed in the normal bloodflow ... normal bloodflow group and remained unchanged in the increased bloodflow and sham groups (Fig 2) Systemic and intestinal venoarterial PCO2 differences were also higher in the normal blood flow...
... online http://ccforum.com/content/9/2/136 manifested at the bedside, are caused by ALI/ARDS and increased permeability, pulmonary overhydration, orboth This differentiation is important because ... differentiation is important because overhydration may add to morbidity, partly because it prolongs the need for mechanical ventilatory support and the time needed to regain negative fluid balances ... with hypotension, differentiation between ALI/ARDS and overhydration is important for deciding on inotropic support or infusion of fluids Obviously, intravascular and cardiac underfilling can...
... Critical Care August 2005 Vol No Molitoris than this possibility is the effect of sepsis on the intra-renal distribution of bloodflow The fact that total RBF is normal or increased does not mean that ... sepsis-induced alterations in both total and regional RBF are therefore clinically important but poorly understood It will be crucial to enhance our knowledge in this area as the search for effective therapies ... white blood cells must be thoroughly investigated Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests References 328 Langenberg C, Bellomo R, May C, Wan L, Egi M, Morgera...
... intracranial pressure during lung recruitment in both ventilatory modes The cerebral blood flow, myocardial blood flow, renal blood flow, and bloodflow of the jejunum, however, were not reduced ... from the blood by a sedimentation method [13,14] pressure was 47 mmHg and we assumed that the respiratory quotient was 0.8 Blood flows were calculated according to the formula: bloodflow (ml/minute) ... Denmark), for arterial oxygen saturation, for determination of hemoglobin concentration (OSM calibrated for swine blood; Radiometer), and for calibration of the continuous blood gas monitoring sensor...