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Terrestrial and fluvial carbon fluxes in a tropical watershed: Nyong basin, Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Nyong watershed, with an area of 27 800 km2 and a mean annual discharge of 390 m3 s−1, is the second largest river in Cameroon. The Nyong watershed serves as an outstanding study area for the examination of carbon fluxes in humid tropical ...
Boeglin, Jean-Loup   +6 more
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Flow Index accurately identifies breaths with low or high inspiratory effort during pressure support ventilation

open access: yesCritical Care, 2021
Background Flow Index, a numerical expression of the shape of the inspiratory flow-time waveform recorded during pressure support ventilation, is associated with patient inspiratory effort.
Filippo Albani   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Depressive Symptoms on the Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Using a Path Analysis-based Approach [PDF]

open access: yesZhongguo quanke yixue, 2022
Background The treatment adherence is closely related to the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) , which is also strongly influenced by patients' psychosocial characteristics ...
YI Huijie, LI Jianxiang, ZHANG Chi, XU Liyue, DONG Xiaosong, HAN Fang
doaj   +1 more source

Passive Energy Recapture in Jellyfish Contributes to Propulsive Advantage over other Metazoans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Gelatinous zooplankton populations are well known for their ability to take over perturbed ecosystems. The ability of these animals to outcompete and functionally replace fish that exhibit an effective visual predatory mode is counterintuitive because ...
Colin, Sean   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Monitoring the electric activity of the diaphragm during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: a case report

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017
Background In patients with post-extubation respiratory distress, delayed reintubation may worsen clinical outcomes. Objective measures of extubation failure at the bedside are lacking, therefore clinical parameters are currently used to guide the need ...
Fabia Diniz-Silva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic impact of sleep disordered breathing and its treatment in heart failure: an observational study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
1. Abstract 1.1. Aims: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) may contribute to disease progression in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). The objective of this observational study was to evaluate whether SDB is a risk factor for mortality in CHF ...
Krenn, Marion
core   +1 more source

Experimental study on the efficiency and safety of the manual hyperinflation maneuver as a secretion clearance technique [PDF]

open access: yesJornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, in a lung model simulating a mechanically ventilated patient, the efficiency and safety of the manual hyperinflation (MH) maneuver as a means of removing pulmonary secretions.
Tatiana de Arruda Ortiz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Regulation of Breathing as a Primary Treatment for Anxiety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Understanding the autonomic nervous system and homeostatic changes associated with emotions remains a major challenge for neuroscientists and a fundamental prerequisite to treat anxiety, stress, and emotional disorders.
Barnes, Vernon A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Oxygen delivery failure due to improper installation of carbon dioxide absorbent canister: a case report

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021
The CLIC system in the Dräger Apollo anesthesia workstation allows a successful pre-use machine checkout without the presence of a carbon dioxide absorbent canister.
Sher-Lu Pai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIGH FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY MACHINE USING HIGH FLOW NASAL CANNULATION A HOPE FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS IN ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE

open access: yesLiaquat Medical Research Journal, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To provide humidified, heated and precis oxygen with high efficiency of   Functional residual to acute respiratory distress syndrome patients caused by COVID-19.
Ali Raza Khoso
doaj  

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