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Haemodynamic and ventilatory effects of laparoscopic surgery
(2004-01-23)
Background: It has been shown repeatedly that the establishment of pneumoperitoneum (PP) is associated with increased cardiac filling pressures, as well as increased blood pressure and systemic vascular resistance. Patients ...
Methodological aspects on carotid artery intervention
(2017-02-17)
In Sweden, approximately 25000 patients suffer a cerebral infarction (stroke) annually. Stroke ranks as the third-leading cause of death, and is the leading cause of functional impairment. Carotid artery stenosis accounts ...
Men and sex : construction of male sexuality and the implications for HIV prevention in urban settings in Kenya and South Africa
(2010-09-24)
Background: The perspectives of heterosexual males who engage in high
risk sexual behaviours with large sexual networks and concurrent partners
are scarcely documented, but these are crucial in the understanding of
the ...
Crosstalk of human mesenchymal stromal cells with the cellular components of the immune system
(2013-08-20)
Using the potential of immune regulatory cell populations for cellular therapy constitutes an attractive tool to obliterate imbalances of immune responses in inflammatory disorders. In this context, adoptive transfer of ...
Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context
(2020-02-05)
Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizeable proportion ...