Abnormal pulmonary artery stiffness in pulmonary arterial hypertension: in vivo study with intravascular ultrasound. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: There is increasing recognition that pulmonary artery stiffness is an important determinant of right ventricular (RV) afterload in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Edmund M T Lau +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2016 Background The effect of heart rate (HR) and body surface area (BSA) on pulmonary RC time and right ventricular (RV) load is unknown. Methods To determine the association of HR and BSA with the pulmonary RC time and measures of RV load, we studied three ...
Thomas S. Metkus +11 more
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Prone position: Does it help with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Lung protective ventilation therapy with low tidal volume-high PEEP is the standard treatment for the patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Azimzadeh, Nava +3 more
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The arterial load in pulmonary hypertension [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2010 The anatomical differences between the pulmonary and systemic arterial system are the main cause of the difference in distribution of compliance. In the pulmonary arterial system compliance is distributed over the entire arterial system, and stands at ...
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Critical Care Research and Practice, 2012 Rationale. Elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) may compromise respiratory and cardiovascular function by abdomino-thoracic pressure transmission.
J. Wauters +6 more
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Design and rationale of a multi-center, pragmatic, open-label randomized trial of antimicrobial therapy - the study of clinical efficacy of antimicrobial therapy strategy using pragmatic design in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (CleanUP-IPF) clinical trial [PDF]
, 2020 Compelling data have linked disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with lung dysbiosis and the resulting dysregulated local and systemic immune response.
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Faktor Risiko Kepatuhan Pengobatan pada Penderita Tb Paru BTA Positif
Jurnal Kesehatan, 2018 This study was to determine the factors that affect the compliance of treatment of tuberculosis patients smear-positive pulmonary in Community Health Centers Cipondoh, Tangerang, Banten, the year 2015-2016. This research design was "case-control".
Rojali Rojali +1 more
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Pulmonary arterial compliance: How and why should we measure it?
Global Cardiology Science & Practice, 2015 The pulmonary circulation is a high-flow/low-pressure system, coupled with a flow generator chamber–the right ventricle–, which is relatively unable to tolerate increases in afterload.
S. Ghio, S. Schirinzi, S. Pica
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Hubungan Kepatuhan Pengobatan Dengan Hilangnya Gejala Klinis Tuberkulosis Paru Di Poli Paru Rsup Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado [PDF]
, 2014 : Pulmonary tuberculosis ( tb ) , is an infective disease caused by bacteria mikrobakterium tuberculosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis is a disease killer second largest after the human immunodeficiency virus hiv ) / ( acquired immune deficiency syndrom ( aids
Beelt, M. C. (Melinda) +2 more
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The CEA Second-Look Trial: a randomised controlled trial of carcinoembryonic antigen prompted reoperation for recurrent colorectal cancer [PDF]
, 2014 Objective In patients who have undergone a potentially curative resection of colorectal cancer, does a ‘second-look’ operation to resect recurrence, prompted by monthly monitoring of carcinoembryonic antigen, confer a survival benefit?Design A randomised
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