Browsing by Subject "Respiration"
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The effect of homocysteine on the clinical outcomes of ventilated patients with severe sepsis
(2010)Background. There is considerable evidence that elevated plasma homocysteine levels are associated with a prothrombotic milieu, whereas activation of the coagulation cascade is an important component of the pathogenesis ...
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Host immune response in sepsis due to ventilator-associated pneumonia: How is it different?
(2009)Current evidence regarding potentially different host response mechanisms in sepsis according to the type of initiating infection is sporadic. It is possible that alterations in cell populations, variations in effector ...
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Improvement of the accuracy of liver lesion DCEUS quantification with the use of automatic respiratory gating
(2016)Objectives: To evaluate the efficiency of automatic respiratory gating (ARG) in reducing respiratory motion-induced artefacts from dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCEUS) acquisitions and to assess the impact of ARG ...
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Milder form of heat-related symptoms and thermal sensation: a study in a Mediterranean climate
(2016)Mild heat-related health effects and their potential association with meteorological and personal parameters in relation to subjective and objective thermal sensation were investigated. Micrometeorological measurements and ...
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Preliminary investigation of using volatile organic compounds from human expired air, blood and urine for locating entrapped people in earthquakes
(2005)A preliminary investigation on the possibility of using volatile organic compounds (VOCs) determination of expired air, blood and urine, for the early location of entrapped people in earthquakes, has been carried out. A ...
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Stress management can facilitate weight loss in Greek overweight and obese women: A pilot study
(2013)Background: Stress and negative emotions have been shown to be critical factors in inducing overeating as a form of maladaptive coping in obese people. Methods: The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of an 8-week ...