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Significance of the proper acclimatization, use of the acetazolamide and dexamethasone in prevention of acute mountain sickness (AMS) – literature review

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is an ilness, that occurs in non-acclimatized individuals after rapid ascent to high altitude, typically above 2,500 metres (8,000 ft).
Karol Mazur, Dominik Machaj, Sandra Jastrzębska, Alicja Płaczek, Dominika Mazur   +4 more
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Prediction of the development and susceptibility to acute mountain sickness (AMS) by monitoring oxygen saturation (SpO2) – literature review

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
The hypoxia is the main cause of altitude sickness, that usually starts from the benign form - acute mountain sickness (AMS), that being untreated can progress to the life-threatening states, like high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high altitude ...
Karol Mazur, Dominik Machaj, Sandra Jastrzębska, Alicja Płaczek, Dominika Mazur   +4 more
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Health Consequences of Nuclear Fission Products

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2010
Radionuclides produced in fission process moves from its source, to human food chain to become available for human consumption determines their effects on his health.
AMS Ajlouni
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Tackling antimicrobial resistance: developing and implementing antimicrobial stewardship interventions in four African commonwealth countries through a health partnership model

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
In recent years, health partnerships have shared infection prevention and control innovations between United Kingdom hospitals and Low-Middle-Income Countries.
Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Maxencia Nabiryo, Lisa Zengeni, Nduta Kamere, Alexia Makotose, Omotayo Olaoye, William Townsend, Beatrice Waddingham, Ayodeji Matuluko, Winnie Nambatya, Yvonne Esseku, Ama Bartimeus, Sara Mahjoub, Nikki D’Arcy, Chloe Tuck, Sarah Cavanagh, Josef Geoola, Eva Prosper Muro, Derick Munkombwe, Jessica Fraser, Richard Skone-James, Victoria Rutter   +21 more
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I Am Not a Scientist, I Am a Number

PLoS Computational Biology, 2008
We suspect many of our readers will be familiar with the cult TV show The Prisoner, in which actor Patrick McGoohan had his identity taken away by unknown assailants for unknown reasons, and his pleas of ‘‘I am not a number, I am a person’’ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =29JewlGsYxs&feature =related) were greeted with variants of ‘‘whatever you say ...
Philip E. Bourne, J. Lynn Fink
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Aneurysmal dermatofibroma with exuberant presentation [PDF]

Surgical & Cosmetic Dermatology, 2023
Aneurysmal dermatofibroma (ADF) is a rare benign tumor originating in the dermis. It is most common in the lower limbs of women over 30 years. Its etiology is unknown, and histopathological examination confirms the diagnosis.
Juliana Tortajada, Talita Itoh Ferdinandi, Marina Riedi Guilherme, Ligia Márcia Mário Martin, Cássio Rafael Moreira   +4 more
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Subsistencia, movilidad y adaptación al medio de los cazadores-recolectores gravetienses en el sector occidental de la región cantábrica: la cueva de Coímbre (Asturias)

Trabajos de Prehistoria, 2017
En el trabajo presentamos el nivel gravetiense de Coímbre, uno de los contados ejemplos de esta cronología en el centro-occidente cantábrico. Se trata de uno de los yacimientos de mayor interés para el análisis del Gravetiense cerca de su margen ...
David Álvarez-Alonso, José Yravedra, Esteban Álvarez-Fernández, Aitor Calvo, Pilar Carral, María José Iriarte Chiapusso, Jesús F. Jordá Pardo, Carmen Sesé, Paloma Uzquiano, Álvaro Arrizabalaga   +9 more
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A descriptive study of vancomycin use at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background: Antimicrobial stewardship principles guide the clinical use of antimicrobials, including vancomycin, but paediatric vancomycin prescribing practices have not been evaluated in South Africa.
Leonore Greybe, Brian S. Eley, Hafsah D. Tootla, Anna M.M. Botha, Wisdom Basera, James J.C. Nuttall   +5 more
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Experimental Study on Spall Resistance of Steel-Fiber Reinforced Concrete Slab Subjected to Explosion

International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2021
Steel-fiber reinforced concrete slabs have good blast and spall resistance. In this study, compression and splitting tensile experiments were carried out to obtain the basic quasi-static mechanical properties of the steel-fiber concrete specimens and the
Dapeng Yang, Bei Zhang, Guojun Liu
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Conduit system, degassing, and flow dynamics of a rhyolite lava: A case study of the Shiroyama lava on Himeshima Island, Japan

Volcanica, 2021
This study presents a description of a rhyolite lava-forming eruption, including the conduit system, degassing history during the lava flow dynamics. We examined the Pleistocene Shiroyama rhyolite lava on Himeshima Island, Japan.
Kuniyuki Furukawa, Koji Uno, Yu Horiuchi, Shintaro Murohashi, Motohiro Tsuboi   +4 more
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