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Predicting Carcass Weight of Grass-Fed Beef Cattle before Slaughter Using Statistical Modelling

Animals, 2023
Gaining insights into the utilization of farm-level data for decision-making within the beef industry is vital for improving production and profitability.
Kalpani Ishara Duwalage, Moe Thandar Wynn, Kerrie Mengersen, Dale Nyholt, Dimitri Perrin, Paul Frederic Robert   +5 more
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Creep Feeding and Weaning Influence the Postnatal Evolution of the Plasma Metabolome in Neonatal Piglets

Metabolites, 2023
Data on the evolution of blood metabolites and metabolic markers in neonatal piglets are scarce, although this information is vital to detect physiological aberrations from normal development.
Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli, Frederike Lerch, Fitra Yosi, Julia C. Vötterl, Simone Koger, Markus Aigensberger, Patrick M. Rennhofer, Franz Berthiller, Heidi E. Schwartz-Zimmermann   +8 more
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Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA): Intravenous Administration (IV-PCA) versus Oral Administration (Oral-PCA) by Using a Novel Device (PCoA® Acute) for Hospitalized Patients with Acute Postoperative Pain—A Comparative Retrospective Study

Pain Research and Management, 2021
Background. Acute postoperative pain delays recovery and increases morbidity and mortality. Opioid therapy is effective but is accompanied by adverse reactions. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) enables self-administration of analgesics.
Stefan Wirz, Stefanie Seidensticker, Ronit Shtrichman   +2 more
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Comparison of immediate withdrawal and stepwise reduction in duration of non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients presenting with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2023
There is no universally acceptable protocol for the withdrawal of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients presenting with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHcRF).
Swetabh Purohit, Manu Madan, Rohit Kumar, Rajnish Kaushik, Pranav Ish, Mahendran AJ, Shibdas Chakrabarti, Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Nitesh Gupta   +8 more
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Predictors for short-term successful weaning from continuous renal replacement therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Renal Failure, 2023
The systemic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify the predictors for short-term successful weaning from CRRT in severe AKI patients. PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and grey literature were searched for relevant studies investigating ...
Yu Li, Xiaoqi Deng, Jiaxing Feng, Bo Xu, Yulei Chen, Zhanying Li, Xiaodan Guo, Tianjun Guan   +7 more
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Episodic medical home interventions in severe bedridden Chronic Respiratory Failure patients: a 4 year retrospective study

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016
Background and Aim. Home care for respiratory patients includes a complex array of services delivered in an uncontrolled setting. The role of a respiratory specialist inside the home healthcare team has been scarcely studied up to now.
L. Barbano, E. Bertella, M. Vitacca
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Physiotherapy in critically ill patients

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2011
Prolonged stay in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can cause muscle weakness, physical deconditioning, recurrent symptoms, mood alterations and poor quality of life.Physiotherapy is probably the only treatment likely to increase in the short- and long-term care
N. Ambrosino, N. Janah, G. Vagheggini
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Defining Fatty Acid Changes Linked to Rumen Development, Weaning and Growth in Holstein-Friesian Heifers

Metabolites, 2022
After birth, as effectively monogastric animals, calves undergo substantial physiological changes to become ruminants by 3 months of age and reach sexual maturity at approximately 15 months of age.
Emma N. Taylor, Jiwan Han, Congying Fan, Manfred Beckmann, Glyn Hewinson, David Rooke, Ad P. Koets, Luis A. J. Mur   +7 more
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Performance and microbiota of the digestive tract of Nellore calves supplemented with fungi isolated from bovine rumen [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2021
Background and Aim: In tropical semiarid regions, supplementation with fungi could contribute to rumen modulation, promoting greater production of fibrolytic enzymes and degradation of forage.
Thiago Alves Xavier dos Santos, Luís Miguel Gonçalves Fernandes, Pedro Paulo Xavier Carvalho, Valdo Soares Martins Júnior, Suze Adriane Fonseca, Amalia Saturnino Chaves, Eduardo Robson Duarte   +6 more
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Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of a Provincial Prolonged-Ventilation Weaning Centre: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2012
BACKGROUND: Growing numbers of critically ill patients require prolonged mechanical ventilation and experience difficulty with weaning. Specialized centres may facilitate weaning through focused interprofessional expertise with an emphasis on ...
Louise Rose, Ian M Fraser
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