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The resistance-compliance product of the pulmonary circulation varies in health and pulmonary vascular disease

open access: yesPhysiological Reports, 2015
Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is traditionally used to describe pulmonary hemodynamic characteristics. However, it does not take into account pulmonary artery compliance (Ca) or pulsatile flow.
C. Hadinnapola   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

COMPLIANCE WITH ATS FIVC ACCEPTABILITY CRITERIA IN A MIXED POPULATION OF PATIENTS PERFORMING PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2021
SARAH MENSING   +7 more
openalex   +1 more source

Insights into the pathogenesis of nicotine addiction. Could a salivary biosensor be useful in Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Nicotine has gained the attention of the medical community due to its insidious addictive mechanisms which lead to chronic consumption. The multitude of compounds derived from tobacco smoke have local and systemic negative impacts, resulting in a large ...
Alexescu, Teodora G   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION OF THE MORISKY-GREEN SCALE AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE "COMPLIANCE LEVEL" IN THE STUDY OF ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

open access: yesПаёми Сино, 2018
Objective: To study the level of compliance in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and selection of the most optimal questionnaire for routine screening of adherence to treatment, both at the hospital and primary health care level. Methods: The study
N.A. KHOMOVA, F.K. TASHPULATOVA
doaj   +1 more source

Experiment to Help Students Understand Pulmonary Compliance

open access: yesAdvances in Physiology Education, 2002
Compliance is a difficult concept for students to grasp, and in partic-ular, pulmonary compliance is quite difficult because it involves an understanding of both lung and chest compliance. To help students understand pulmonary compliance characteristics, relaxation curves for the chest cage ([Fig ...
Stephen E, DiCarlo   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Review of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB: global perspectives with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency and is responsible for 1.7 million deaths annually. Widespread global misuse of isoniazid and rifampicin over three decades has resulted in emergence of the ominous spread of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB ...
Abdool Karim   +70 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluating the Antiviral Efficacy of Encapsulated PKC Inhibitor BIM‐I against influenza A Virus Infection

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study explores nanoparticle delivery of the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide‐I (BIM‐I) to combat influenza A virus infections. Encapsulation in biodegradable PLGA nanoparticles improved safety while maintaining the compound's strong antiviral activity.
Laura Klement   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A snapshot of compliance with the sepsis six care bundle in two acute hospitals in the West Midlands, UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The sepsis six care bundle has been adopted by hospitals in England and Wales for the management of patients with sepsis, with the aim of increasing survival when all elements of the bundle are achieved.
Frankling, Catriona   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Oxygen and ROS Delivery for Infected Wound Healing and Future Prospects

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Bacterial infection is a major driver of delayed wound healing and postsurgical readmissions; with rising antibiotic resistance, solid peroxide–releasing biomaterials offer sustained delivery of ROS/O2 for antimicrobial control and microenvironmental modulation.
Ayden Watt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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