... stay,
overall complication rates, and (most importantly) mortality
rates - will improve.
Commentary
Good night, sleep tight: the time is ripe for critical care providers
to wake up and focus on ... small randomized clinical trail in
which they investigated the use of melatonin as a means to
promote sleep in the critical care environment. Althoug...
... may be deemed
unaffordable either by hospital administration or by key
members of the health care system. For example, although
the clinicians may wish to use a new and highly effective
therapy, ... it
fails to understand the importance of this care approach.
Similarly, this level of detail regarding ICU care is simply not
on the ‘radar’ screen at the regional or n...
... are necessary. This team is composed of the
lymphologist or professional trained in the treatment
of lymphedema, psychologists, nutritionists, occupa-
tional therapists, physiotherapists, a seamstress ... require an additional
blood supply to the muscles depending on the force
used and the repetition of movements over prolonged
periods of time; this can lead to an in...
... lupus
erythematosus (SLE), primary and secondary hyperpar-
athyroidism, gout, tuberculosis, vasculitis, and steroid
injections to the tendons [3,4]. Few cases of simultaneous
quadriceps tendon ... actively mobi-
lized during physiotherapy. The physiotherapy protocol
was initially active knee range of motion exercises,
which were followed by passive assisted and polymeric
exercises...
... is
made forcefully and repeatedly by the authors. Suggestions
to incorporate support for the ICU staff is an important, and
often overlooked, addition.
Unfortunately, more is needed than consensus on ... improving the quality of end-of-life
care in the intensive care unit
Gordon D Rubenfeld
1
and J Randall Curtis
2
1
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of P...
... data in the study and takes responsibil-
ity for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data
analysis. The views and opinions expressed in this manuscript
are those of the authors and ... significance
only for the groups defined at a maximum of 28 days of stor-
age. This analysis was limited by less patients in the 14 or
more and 21 days RBC age grou...
... compromised circulatory and pulmonary
condition in which low functional residual capacity in
combination with a pulmonary shunt and increased oxy-
gen consumption contribute to rapidly developing hypox-
emia ... minute
because the carbon dioxide in the blood is buffered by the
erythrocytes and dissociated in the tissue. Therefore alve-
olar oxygen concentration remains high...
... Golgin-97 for
the Golgi apparatus, Rab5 for the early endosome, Lys-
oTracker for the lysosome and MitoTracker for mitochon-
dria. As shown in Fig. 10, NS4B-GFP subcellular
distribution merged ... but they cause the same dis-
ease. BVDV pathogenicity is manifested in two biotypes:
noncytopathic (ncp) and cytopathic (cp). In the case of
ncp BVDV, the virus can cause a...
... chemistry courses do so poor a job of conveying
the excitement and relevance of chemistry that the best and
brightest students are more apt to go into biology, where they
end up, ironically, often ... pleasant to be told one is right, I rather wish I had
been wrong. Contrary to what one might have inferred from
the commentary, I was trained as a chemist myself; I love
the...