... ventilation in the
dependent parts of the lungs [14]. The lung injury is unevenly
distributed in ARDS [15], which causes an uneven distribution
of ventilation including overdistension of non-dependent
regions. ...
concentration was contin-
uously plotted during 30 s of ventilation at a frequency of 20
breaths per minute (Fig. 1). Allowing for the tubing dead space
(10...
... Comprehensive kinetics of thy-
roxine (T4) distribution and metabolism in blood and tissue
pools of the rat from only 6 blood samples: dominance of
large, slowly exchainging tissue pool. Endocrinology ... written,
informed consent was obtained. After intubation with a
cuffed tube, all patients received into the trachea 20 ml of
normal saline containing 7.5 mg of
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C-dipalmitoy...
... for
patients with acute lung injury or ARDS [7] increasingly
recommend fairly high levels of PEEP. In view of this, any
data that may improve our understanding of the benefits and
dangers of PEEP are ... Calzia and Radermacher
The introduction of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
into the practice of mechanical ventilation in patients with
acute respiratory dist...
... essentially
results from tidal opening and closing of distal lung units
(shear–stress). High PEEP appears ‘protective’ against VILI.
In oleic-acid-induced and endotoxin-induced lung injuries,
distal lung ... mortality [9]. Interestingly, three
articles in the early 2000s had questioned the validity of
classical concepts [10-12], warning against the indiscrimi-
nate administration of...
... steps of 100 mL is in all like-
lihood delivered to a smaller amount of lung tissue in ARDS
than in normal controls. This aggravates the interpretation of
our findings from a physiological point of ... for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress
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... doubt that spending within any area of health care,
including the ICU, has limitations. This is well illustrated by the
recent introduction of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe
sepsis [2]. ... [3,4]. In contrast are the findings of a study that
addressed the use of respirators to prevent acquisition of
tuberculosis by hospital workers [5]. It showed that with use
of a sim...
... between
inspiration and expiration within the same cycle.
- The area of rapidly increasing vibration from baseline indi-
cates inspiration.
2. To correctly identify inspiration within a respiratory ... data reveal similar results in ICU patients by means of a
different novel technique of imaging, featuring distribution of
vibration as a surrogate of flow. VRI offers informatio...
... local-
ization of iNOS to apical domains of intestinal epithe-
lial cells.
Particulate fraction association of iNOS in vivo
In order to determine the distribution of iNOS in
intestinal epithelial cells in ... enrichment in iNOS activity
within the particulate fraction of epithelial cells.
Apical distribution of iNOS in intestinal epithelial
cells
To get more insigh...
... tropomyosin
and actin, the IANBD probe retained its typical
responses to changes in Ca
2+
and S1 binding (Fig. 6).
Fitting binding curves to obtain binding parameters
is difficult in the case of Ca
2+
because ... the measured
effects of Ca
2+
on binding in the presence of ATP
[35,36], equilibrium binding in the presence of ADP
[16], binding kinetics [15,37] and the general feat...