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Respiratory drive assessment : an evaluation of the breath-by-breath occlusion pressure method in man
(2002-08-22)
A simplified concept of respiratory drive is to consider it as the integrated "output" from the CNS to the respiratory "pump" muscles. This drive is a result of a complex central respiratory pattern generation, and can in ...
Endothelial cytoadherence, rosetting and virulence in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
(2001-11-23)
Excessive sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (pRBC) and uninfected erythrocytes directly blocks the microcirculation and precipitates severe symptoms from the affected organ and is thereby thought ...
Rhonchopathy : long-term clinical results after palatal surgery
(2002-11-01)
", is not sufficiently cost-effective. Oximetry is a widespread diagnostic method, but the criterion of a desaturation >4% in Sa02 for diagnosing OSAS has seldom been questioned.
The aim of this thesis was to investigate the long-term effects of palatal surgery...
Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis A and hepatitis B virus in central America
(2002-04-17)
of the small S showed that all but one of the genotype F strains from CA encoded subtype adw4. One Nicaraguan strain encoded subtype ayw4, which represented the first report of this subtype within genotype F. Noteworthy, the two subgrupes of genotype F strains...
Carbon dioxide de-airing in cardiac surgery
(2004-01-09)
both at a C02 flow of 5 and 10 I/min (p<0.001). When exposed to fluid, the gauze sponge and the multi-perforated catheter immediately became inefficient (70% and 96% air, respectively), whereas the gasdiffuser remained efficient (0.4% air). The two...
The importance of Escherichia coli fimbriae in urinary tract infection
(2001-11-16)
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a major bacterial infectious disease among women. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli is the most dominant causative agent. Clinical observations indicate that repeated cystitis induces a ...
Hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation : with special reference to epidemiology and treatment
(2003-10-31)
Hepatitis C (HCV) is a clinical problem in infected kidney transplant patients but is also a cause of renal disease and vasculitis. Standard therapy for HCV is a combination of interferon and ribavirin. Renal patients have ...
Biocomputational studies on protein structures
(2002-08-16)
respiratory function proteins (MRF), acetyl-CoA reductases of fatty acid synthases (ACR), and leukotriene B4 dehydrogenases (LTD). The two remaining families, with polyol dehydrogenases (PDH) and quinone reductases (QOR), are also distinct but with variable...
Radiologic diagnosis of appendicitis in children
(2004-04-23)
Suspected appendicitis is the most common cause of emergency abdominal surgery in children. Because of the often atypical clinical findings, the diagnosis of appendicitis is difficult and may be delayed. Perforation has ...
Drug treatment in children with focus on off-label drug use
(2010-08-06)
There is a lack of paediatric documentation concerning efficacy and
safety of many drugs, which contribute to drug use outside the terms of the product license (off-label). In the present thesis, four studies (I-IV), using ...