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Unexpected death of a ventilator-dependent amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2013
Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, progressive, neurodegenerative disease and most patients affected die of respiratory compromise and/or pneumonia within 2–3 years of diagnosis.
M. di Paolo, L. Evangelisti, N. Ambrosino   +2 more
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Intermittent Suckling in Combination with an Older Weaning Age Improves Growth, Feed Intake and Aspects of Gastrointestinal Tract Carbohydrate Absorption in Pigs after Weaning

Animals, 2016
This study tested the hypothesis that intermittent suckling (IS) with or without an older weaning age would improve post-weaning gastrointestinal tract (GIT) carbohydrate absorptive capacity in pigs while reducing post-weaning stress and aspects of the ...
Diana L. Turpin, Pieter Langendijk, Tai-Yuan Chen, John R. Pluske   +3 more
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Efficacy of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination before and at weaning against experimental challenge infection in pigs [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Commercial bacterins are widely used at weaning to control Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs. However, it is not known whether the efficacy of vaccinating against M.
Arsenakis, Ioannis, Boyen, Filip, Del Pozo Sacristán, Rubén, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Maes, Dominiek, Michiels, Annelies, Panzavolta, Luca   +6 more
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Metabolic effects of a high-fat diet post-weaning after low maternal dietary folate during pregnancy and lactation [PDF]

, 2014
Scope Investigate the influence of low-folate supply during pregnancy and lactation on obesity and markers of the metabolic syndrome in offspring, and how provision of a high-fat diet post weaning may exacerbate the resultant phenotype.
Ford, Dianne, Langie, Sabine, Manus, Caroline, Mathers, John C., Maxwell, Ross, McKay, Jill, Xie, Long   +6 more
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Efficacy of a reduced protein diet on clinical expression of post-weaning diarrhoea and life-time performance after experimental challenge with an enterotoxigenic strain of Escherichia coli [PDF]

, 2011
Previous experiments have shown that feeding a reduced protein diet within the first 2 weeks post-weaning reduces gastrointestinal protein fermentation and clinical expression of post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD).
Heo, J.M., Kim, J.C., Mullan, B.P., Pluske, J.R.   +3 more
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The implausibility of ‘usual care’ in an open system: sedation and weaning practices in Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) in the United Kingdom (UK) [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The power of the randomised controlled trial depends upon its capacity to operate in a closed system whereby the intervention is the only causal force acting upon the experimental group and absent in the control group, permitting a valid ...
B Ambuel, B Blackwood, B Blackwood, B Blackwood, B Blackwood, Bronagh Blackwood, C Maloney, CJL Newth, D Bieri, D Macrae, DL Jackson, E Ista, E Ista, F Frutos-Vivar, FK Foronda, FW Moler, J Rycroft-Malone, J Rycroft-Malone, J Rycroft-Malone, JA Durlak, K Harron, L Kohn, L Rose, LS Franck, Lyvonne Tume, M Cunliffe, NJ Vet, P O’Halloran, PA Jouvet, RP Dellinger, S Chawla, S Playfor, SI Merkel, SW Krechel, YN Poh   +34 more
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Presence of Adult Companion Goats Favors the Rumen Microbial and Functional Development in Artificially Reared Kids

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Newborn dairy ruminants are usually separated from their dams after birth and fed on milk replacer. This lack of contact with adult animals may hinder the rumen microbiological and physiological development.
Juan Manuel Palma-Hidalgo, David R. Yáñez-Ruiz, Elisabeth Jiménez, A. Ignacio Martín-García, Alejandro Belanche, Alejandro Belanche   +5 more
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Protocolised non-invasive compared with invasive weaning from mechanical ventilation for adults in intensive care : the Breathe RCT [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is a life-saving intervention. Following resolution of the condition that necessitated IMV, a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) is used to determine patient readiness for IMV discontinuation. In patients
Blackwood, Bronagh, Blair, Laura, Camporota, Luigi, Carle, Coralie, Couper, Keith, de Paeztron, Adam, Dosanjh, Sukhdeep, Dritsaki, Melina, Gao-Smith, Fang, Gates, Simon, Hart, Nicholas, Hoddell, Beverly, Khan, Iftekhar, Lall, Ranjit, Lamb, Sarah E, Maredza, Mandy, McAuley, Daniel F., Mistry, Dipesh, Paramasivam, Elankumaran, Perkins, Gavin D., Petrou, Stavros, Rose, Louise, Sampson, Julia, Snelson, Catherine, Varley, James, Walsh, Tim, Young, J Duncan   +26 more
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Rapid versus gradual external ventricular drain weaning: a general review of best practices [PDF]

Journal of Neurocritical Care
Rapid versus gradual external ventricular drain (EVD) weaning methods have been widely debated, aiming to establish a standard clinical practice. The techniques used in each approach offer their own set of benefits and associated risks.
Zachary I. Merhavy, Wyatt Ferrelle, Bhavyata Vaddavalli, Samir Ruxmohan   +3 more
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Alemtuzumab preconditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy - The impact of serial monitoring for donor-specific antibody [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND. Antibody preconditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy has allowed many renal allograft recipients to be maintained on spaced weaning. METHODS.
Adriana Zeevi, Alin L. Girnita, Amadeo Marcos, Amit Basu, Calne, Deanna M. Blisard, Edward A. Gray, Girnita, Henkie P. Tan, Kirk, Knechtle, Kowalski, Liise K. Kayler, Mao, Meier-Kriesche, Mizutani, Montgomery, Ngoc L. Thai, Parmjeet S. Randhawa, Pascual, Pei, Ron Shapiro, Shapiro, Shapiro, Shapiro, Starzl, Stuart, Tan, Thomas E. Starzl, Waldmann   +29 more
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