Sympathetic activity and early mobilization in patients in intensive and intermediate care with severe brain injuries: a preliminary prospective randomized study. [PDF]
, 2016 Patients who experience severe brain injuries are at risk of secondary brain damage, because of delayed vasospasm and edema. Traditionally, many of these patients are kept on prolonged bed rest in order to maintain adequate cerebral blood flow ...
Berney, L. +10 more
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THE PREVALENCE OF ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION AMONG HOSPITALIZED OLDER ADULTS AT RISK FOR FALLING
Innovation in aging, 2019 Orthostatic hypotension (OH) may cause falls in hospitalized older adults. OH is a sustained drop of at least 20 mm Hg for systolic blood pressure or at least 10 mm Hg for diastolic blood pressure when changing position from supine to sitting, sitting to
Denise L Lyons, K. Schell
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Cerebrovascular Accident Caused by Embolic Atrial Myxoma [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Atrial myxomas, the most common type of cardiac tumors, can cause life-threatening complications. As most cardiac myxomas are surgically curable, early diagnosis is crucial. Cardiac tumors can present with cardiac and embolic manifestations,
Garrett, MD, Andrew, Han, MD, Eugene
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Certain peculiarities of the functioning of the cardiovascular system in bedrest conditions during horizontal and antiorthostatic body positions [PDF]
The adequate modeling of physiological reactions inherent to the state of weightlessness has become a matter of particular urgency in space medicine. This modeling is necessary for studying the phenomenology and degree of disorders, prognostication of ...
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Assessing and grading congestion in acute heart failure: a scientific statement from the acute heart failure committee of the heart failure association of the European society of cardiology and endorsed by the European society of intensive care medicine [PDF]
, 2010 Patients with acute heart failure (AHF) require urgent in-hospital treatment for relief of symptoms. The main reason for hospitalization is congestion, rather than low cardiac output. Although congestion is associated with a poor prognosis, many patients
Anker SD +23 more
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The effect of bedrest on various parameters of physiological function. part vi- the effect of the performance of periodic flack maneuvers on preventing cardiovascular deconditioning of bedrest [PDF]
Preventing cardiovascular deconditioning of bedrest by periodic Flack maneuvers - physiological performance and ...
Cardus, D. +3 more
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, 2012 Although the assessment of dynamic cerebral autoregulation (CA) based on measurements of spontaneous fluctuations in arterial blood pressure (ABP) and cerebral blood flow (CBF) is a convenient and much used method, there remains uncertainty about its ...
Allen, Robert +7 more
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HSP: A Tool for Heat Stress Prevention for Farm Workers [PDF]
, 2019 We present the initial development of an integrated application for heat stress and heat related illness prevention in farm workers. In developing the application we have follow the OSHA guidelines and an extended project includes the social, cultural ...
Gomez, Lorena G. +3 more
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Effects of Weightlessness on Man During U. S. Suborbital and Orbital Flights [PDF]
Human responses to weightlessness - analysis of astronaut biomedical data from Mercury project ...
Gerathewohl, S. J.
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