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Assessing Diaphragmatic Function [PDF]
Respiratory Care, 2020 The diaphragm is vulnerable to injury during mechanical ventilation, and diaphragm dysfunction is both a marker of severity of illness and a predictor of poor patient outcome in the ICU. A combination of factors can result in diaphragm weakness. Both insufficient and excessive diaphragmatic contractile effort can cause atrophy or injury, and recent ...
Schepens, Tom +2 more
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The assessment of pituitary function [PDF]
Clinical Biochemistry, 1990 The assessment of pituitary function can now be carried out quickly and accurately by means of outpatient testing procedures and hormone immunoassays. Improvements in assay methodology have resulted in greater specificity and sensitivity although some technical problems remain.
F A, Neelon, C F, Sydnor
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Assessment of splenic function [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2010 Hyposplenic patients are at risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI), which carries mortality of up to 70%. Therefore, preventive measures are warranted. However, patients with diminished splenic function are difficult to identify. In this review we discuss immunological, haematological and scintigraphic parameters that can be used to ...
de Porto, A.P.N.A. +5 more
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Functional Assessment in Rehabilitation [PDF]
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 1986 The instruments that assess the functional living skills of chronically mentally ill individuals are reviewed. The instruments range from those that provide relatively global assessments of major life roles such as wage earner and student, to those that provide relatively specific assessments of behaviors such as personal hygiene and money management ...
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Objectives: To determine the functional assessment (FA) of fitness and Canine Orthopedic Index (COI) scores of 158 police dogs. The hypothesis was the dogs would have excellent fitness and no evidence of orthopedic disease regardless of age as reported ...
Wendy I. Baltzer +2 more
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Functional epitopes on hepatitis E virions and recombinant capsids are highly conformation-dependent
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for epidemic and sporadic acute hepatitis cases, especially in developing countries. Hepatitis E has become a vaccine-preventable disease in recent years with the development of a licensed vaccine.
Bin He +9 more
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Research Status of Irisin in Improving Hepatic Lipid Metabolism Disorder and Reducing NAFLD
Shengwu huaxue yu shengwu wuli jinzhanNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) does great harm to human health, and the incidence is increasing year by year. The liver serves an important role in lipid metabolism.
HUANG Kai-Ling +3 more
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Frontiers in PharmacologyBackground: In clinical practice, antibiotics and/or inhaled or oral hormone preparations are the first line of treatment for chronic pharyngitis. However, this therapeutic regimen is not satisfactory enough.
Yi Wu +28 more
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Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020 . Cognitive impairment is common in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), and evaluation of functional abilities is crucial for diagnosis of dementia.
Gisele Saraiva Reis de Oliveira +7 more
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PhysiologiaBackground/Objectives: To develop and internally validate multiple linear regression models to predict estimated VO2max from anthropometric variables and easily obtainable physical fitness tests in active university students and to compare model ...
Julio Martín-Ruiz
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