... fingers of a hand, = thumb, = index finger, = middle finger, = ring finger and = little finger For example, the sequence 2-2-5-3-4 indicated the following task: index finger twice, little finger ... wireless fNIRS instrument Our findings show, that using a simple feature combination selected by linear discriminant analysis, it is possible to discriminate between single-trials in response to ... goal is to combine neural interfaces with the training or relearning of impaired motor function [47] An example for such a combined approach would be a combination of BCI training and physical...
... This index is expressed in %/s From the TCD data, we also calculated the Gosling's pulsatility index (PI) of the MCA in baseline conditions and in correspondence of the maximum CBFV increase during ... made by taking into account what happens during the BH phase Figure reports an example of the changes occurring in the O2Hb (red line) and CO2Hb (blue line) concentrations during BH of a single healthy ... has a greater correlation with the increase in CBFV; this is not surprising since O2Hb concentration is predominant in the cerebral cortex Approximating the increase of the regional cerebral blood...
... beds that drain into the inferior vena cava or coronary sinus will not be involved in this measurement Healthy resting individuals have a ScvO that is slightly lower than the SvO2 [3] In heart failure ... measurement to determine ScvO (%) and SvO (%), respectively In view of known problems arising during sampling from the pulmonary artery, including the possibility of contaminating arterial blood ... improve oxygen delivery to the working muscle of the patients [30] Increased resting blood flow can result in increased oxyhemoglobin content in muscle leading to increased basal StO2 but the StO2...
... The signalling throughout the cell during anesthetic preconditioning include protein kinase C (PKC), protein tirozin kinase (PTK), mitogenactivated protein kinases (MAPK), protein kinase-B, mitochodria ... Anesthesia Information Management System inCardiacSurgery In: Proceedings of Computing in Cardiology, Hangzhou, China, September, 2011 Dalmiani, S.; Taddei, A.; Glauber, M & Emdin, M (2002) An informative ... from Internet by VPN connection First, CGI applications in C language Fig 10 From the clinical Web site: the list of cardiacsurgery interventions Data Integration and Management inCardiac Surgery...
... be maintained by several factors including the production of cytokines such as TNF-alpha (α), interleukin (IL-1), IL-1 (beta), interleukin (IL-2), interleukin ( IL-6), interleukin (IL-8), interleukin ... Topics inCardiacSurgery Commonly used catecholamines such as dopamine, dobutamine, isoproterenol, epinephrine, norepinephrine and inotropic catecholamines not milrinone and levosimendan, being ... norepinephrine infusion in line and this study was carried out monitoring of renal function with infusion of norepinephrine in postsurgical hypotension TAM
... antibiotic, daptomycin in the treatment of DSWI due to gram-positve organisms incardiacsurgery Our findings, suggest that treatment of daptomycinsusceptible DSWI with a daptomycin-containing antibiotic ... males) were included in the study Their characteristics are shown in Table Thirteen patients developed deep sternal wound infection following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG, including two ... in three patients, type II in six, type IIIa in one, type IIIb in seven, in type IVa in two, and type V in the remaining four The patients underwent initial surgical revision, at which time a choice...
... 22.7 Combined CABG & valve surgery 381 13.6 Ascending aorta and aortic arch surgery 60 2.1 Combined ascending aorta & valve surgery 116 4.1 Combined ascending aorta & coronary surgery 0.2 Cardiac ... and SAPS II quite convincing evidence of the ability to maintain good discrimination across different populations, but calibration is often poor [15,16] Our study incardiacsurgery patients, confirmed ... tool in decision making Although scoring systems may provide an indication of disease severity and prognosis in individual patients and assist in overall patient assessment along with full clinical...
... thermodilution in patients undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1999, 13:437-440 Jansen JR, Wesseling KH, Settels JJ, Schreuder JJ: Continuous cardiac ... the uncalibrated continuous pulse contour cardiac output cannot be recommended after weaning from CPB Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions ... Reading, PA, USA) were inserted via the right internal jugular vein General anesthesia was induced with etomidate (0.2 mg/kg), µg/kg fentanyl and 0.1 mg/kg pancuronium Maintenance was with infusion...
... Laboratories, Irvine, CA, USA) was inserted via an 8.5 F introducer in the right internal jugular vein, advanced under continuous pressure recording into wedge position and then connected to a cardiac ... over two minutes) and either arginine vasopressin (Pitressin®, Parke-Davis, Karlsruhe, Germany, 0.25 IU·kg-1) followed by a continuous infusion (2 IU·kg-1·h-1; animals) or norepinephrine (Aventis ... defined as MAP minus ICP (CPP = MAP – ICP) Anticoagulation was achieved with an intravenous bolus injection of heparin (100 I·U·kg-1) to prevent intracardiac clot formation Available online...
... comparison of aprotinin and tranexamic acid in high-transfusion-risk cardiacsurgery Transfusion 2006, 46:327-338 Hughes S: Aprotinin safety again in spotlight as new study suggests increased cardiac events ... consider limiting aprotinin use to those situations where the clinical benefit of reduced blood 10 Mangano DT, Tudor IC, Dietzel C: The risk associated with aprotinin incardiacsurgery N Engl ... aprotinin and hypothermic circulatory arrest Ann Thorac Surg 1993, 55:1418-1424 Umbrain V, Christiaens F, Camu F: Intraoperative coronary thrombosis: can aprotinin and protamine be incriminated?...
... litres per minute and -2.2 to +2.6 litres per minute after cardiacsurgery [6] Therefore, we suggest that CO determination with pulse contour analysis in a setting after cardiacsurgery might ... limitations, including difficulties with correct catheter placement, transducer malfunction, and CO monitor malfunction In our intraoperative and early postoperative setting in patients undergoing cardiac ... 185 Urine volume during surgery (ml) 30 1,030 324 Duration of anaesthesia (minutes) 30 312 56 Duration of surgery (minutes) 30 208 52 CPB time (minutes) 30 91 29 Aortic cross-clamp time (minutes)...
... tranexamic acid in the study by Jimenez and colleagues [1] to attenuate inflammation reveals a glimpse of how the fibrinolytic and pro-inflammatory responses are interlinked The interplay of other ... once initiated, can lead to significant mortality and morbidity in subgroups of patients following cardiacsurgeryIn the last two decades, much scientific effort has led us closer to a definition ... elevation of inflammatory cytokines predicts a poor outcome in ARDS Chest 1995, 107:1062-1073 Kawamura T, Wakausawa R, Okada K, Inada S: Elevation of cytokines during open heart surgery with...
... NS Injury Severity Score brain, in brain-injured 14.5 ± 4.9 10.8 ± 4.5 019 Glasgow Coma Scale score initial, all 10.4 ± 4.9 11.8 ± 4.3 0.16 Brain injury 7.4 ± 4.3 9.7 ± 4.8 0.11 No brain injury ... requirements Insulin requirements per day during the first 48 hours were elevated incardiacsurgery patients (not significant between groups) and resulted mainly from the use of glucose-insulin infusions ... in brain-injured patients in whom 30 to 40 mg zinc doses were associated with improved neurological outcome [45] Finally, zinc is involved in tissue repair, and the improved wound healing in burns...
... mortality incardiacsurgeryin European cardiosurgical centres The impact of inotropes is increasingly studied outside of cardiac surgery, highlighting the urgent necessity for cardiacsurgery ... Precardiotomy deteriorating fast Deteriorating haemodynamic instability: increasing doses of intravenous inotropes and/or IABP necessary to maintain SBP > 80mmHg and/or CI >1.8 L/minute/m2 Progressive ... intravenous inotropes and/or IABP are necessary to maintain SBP >80 mmHg and/or CI >1.8 L/minute/m2 without clinical improvement Failure to wean from inotropes (decreasing inotropes results in...
... the data questioning if tranexamic acid administration has a place in higher risk cardiacsurgery and especially insurgery where a cardiac chamber is opened Competing interests In the past years ... deliberating on not only the licensing for aprotinin but also tranexamic acid [2] With the increasing body of evidence, it is becoming clearer that aprotinin therapy is of greatest benefit in patients ... clinically as an increase in seizure activity [9,10] Second, several other groups have independently made the observation of increased seizure activity, mainly in patients having open cardiac chamber...
... of increasing complexity starting with a model considering hepatic first pass effect under linear and non linear conditions, then, adding the intestinal metabolic step and finally considering ... metabolite: M Clint,10 H M Clint,2 H EH M EH M M M Clint,1CH ·KmH M KmH C M M Clint,2 ·Km H CH M Km H C M Clint,1CH M M Clint,1CH Clint,2 H CH M Clint,2CH M1 Clint,CH M2 Clint,CH ... the involvement 20 Readings in Advanced Pharmacokinetics – Theory, Methods and Applications of intestinal transporters that could eventually lead to a non linearity in the absorption process In...
... generation, including the change in working capital and investments in tangible/intangible assets and shareholdings Cash earnings + Change in working capital = Cash flow from operating activities ... values of index in balance sheet Meanwhile, investor need evaluate how is this index in the future because invest in stock is invest in future Advantageous values calculated according to the ... price; on-going increasing bank interest rate, the depreciation of global securities market due to information on financial scandal in USA, economic recession and war risk; shortcomings in information...
... parenting, to name a few The teachereducator function is ongoing in all settings in both formal and informal ways Examples include teaching new parents how to care for their infant and giving instruction ... (Gilliss, Roberts, Highley, & Martinson, 1989) In describing the nature of interventions in family nursing, the following points were determined: LEVELS OF FAMILY NURSING PRACTICE LEVEL OF PRACTICE ... information, applying that information in a variety of learning activities, including examination and review questions and other learning activities, and synthesizing newly applied information through...