Medical engineering topic list of research papers
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Hemodynamic parameters to guide fluid therapy2010 / PAUL E. MARIK
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Role of non invasive ventilation in limiting re-intubation after planned extubation
Abstract Introduction In critically ill adult patients, particularly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), early use of non invasive ventilation (NIV) after weaning may be associated with the decrease of...
2013 / Kamel Abd Elaziz Mohamed, Mohamed Hosny Abdalla -
The effects of cognitive training on gait speed and stride variability in old adults: findings from a pilot study2014 / Jean-Paul Steinmetz, Carine Federspiel
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Hybrid intelligent diagnosis approach based on soft computing from signal and image knowledge representations for a biomedical application2014 / Amine Chohra, Nadia Kanaoui, Véronique Amarger, Kurosh Madani
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Ultrasonography for non-displaced and mini-displaced humeral lateral condyle fractures in children
Objective To evaluate the value of ultrasonography in non-displaced and mini-displaced humeral lateral condyle fractures in children. Methods Nine children aged 2-9 years with...
2008 / Jing-dong ZHANG, Hua CHEN -
Comparison of therapeutic effect between percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty on vertebral compression fracture
Abstract Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) with percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in the treatment of vertebral compression fracture (VCF). ...
2008 / Jian-lin Zhou, Shi-qing LIU, Jiang-hua Ming, Peng Hao, Bo QIU -
The separation of overlapping neuromagnetic sources in first and second somatosensory cortices2005 / T. Elbert, M. Jungh�fer, B. Scholz, S. Schneider
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Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in correlation with diffusion weighted (DWI) MR for characterization of ovarian masses
Abstract Introduction Ovarian tumors; are the second most common gynecological tumor and are the fifth commonest tumor in women. It is desirable to preoperatively differentiate benign from malignant tumor to decide whether surgery...
2014 / Eman Nasr, Ikram Hamed, Iman Abbas, Nagat M. Khalifa -
Investigation of Detonative Combustion Characteristics
Abstract The pressure and deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) characteristics of acetylene and oxygen flame were studied in a detonation tube. The pressure history and the flame velocity along the tube were measured with high frequency...
2011 / Qi-xiang HAN, Jia-hua WANG, Bo WANG -
Mechanisms of Qi-blood circulation and Qi deficiency syndrome in view of blood and interstitial fluid circulation
Abstract Objective Based on comparison between fundamental theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM) and modern scientific research on meridians, we find that “Qi” in TCM is closely related to tissue...
2013 / Wei Yao, Hongwei Yang, Guanghong Ding -
Cardiac autonomic profile and cardiopulmonary response after maximal treadmill exercise testing with pre-exercise stretching
Abstract Objectives This study investigated the cardiac autonomic profile and cardiopulmonary responses at rest and after maximal treadmill exercise testing with or without pre-exercise stretching. ...
2013 / A. Souto Maior, A. Paula Madeira, P. Menezes -
Effect of Lateral Body Position on Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) can exacerbate cardiovascular disease by augmenting activity of the sympathetic nervous system. One method of treating SAS is via modulation of body posture. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to investigate whether assuming...
2012 / Takako Urabe, Bonpei Takase, Yumi Tomiyama, Yumiko Maeda, Yoshiko Ishikawa, et al. -
May diabetes patients have trouble sleeping despite not having obesity?
Abstract Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMs) are sleep-related disorders with a high prevalence in type 2 diabetes. Commonly OSA is considered as a consequence of obesity, but several previous studies have...
2014 / Maurizio Rizzi, Giancarlo Razionale, Michele Bamberga, Massimo Barrella, Georgios D. Kotzalidis, et al. -
Infliximab reduces cardiac output in rheumatoid arthritis patients without heart failure
Summary Objective Human anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) monoclonal antibody (infliximab) is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although the risk of worsening heart failure has been described in...
2013 / Rodrigo Cardoso Santos, Valéria Nasser Figueiredo, Luiz Cláudio Martins, Carolina de Haro Moraes, Thiago Quinaglia, et al. -
Infliximab reduces cardiac output in rheumatoid arthritis patients without heart failure
Summary Objective Human anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) monoclonal antibody (infliximab) is used to treat autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although the risk of worsening heart failure has been described in...
2012 / Rodrigo Cardoso Santos, Valéria Nasser Figueiredo, Luiz Cláudio Martins, Carolina de Haro Moraes, Thiago Quinaglia, et al. -
Effects of elevated artificial pneumoperitoneum pressure on invasive blood pressure and levels of blood gases
Abstract Background and objective to evaluate the clinical, hemodynamic, gas analysis and metabolic repercussions of high transient pressures of pneumoperitoneum for a short period of time to ensure greater security for...
2014 / Octavio Hypolito, João Luiz Azevedo, Fernanda Gama, Otavio Azevedo, Susana Abe Miyahira, et al. -
QRS Complex Detector Implementing Orthonormal Functions
Abstract Heart is one of the most important organs in the human body and disorders in its functioning can cause serious problems. Arrhythmias are abnormal heart beats. In fact, arrhythmias are heart diseases, caused by heart electrical-conductive...
2012 / George Georgiev, Iren Valova, Natacha Gueorguieva, Leo Lei -
The effects of exercise and conjugated linoleic acid intake on IGF-1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines in atrophied skeletal muscle of rats
Abstract Background Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can be proposed as an effective nutrient for skeletal muscle atrophy. However, the research related to this is still insufficient. This study was carried out to analyze the mRNA...
2013 / Sanghyun Kim, Kijin Kim -
Preventive effects of sevoflurane treatment on lung inflammation in rats
Abstract Objective To observe the effects of sevoflurane treatment on lung inflammation in rats with lipopoIysaccharide-induced acute lung injury (ALI). Methods ...
2013 / Shu-Ye Song, Bing Zhou, Shuang-Mei Yang, Guo-Ze Liu, Jian-Min Tian, et al. -
Does impaired O2 delivery during exercise accentuate central and peripheral fatigue in patients with coexistent COPD-CHF?2015 / Mayron F. Oliveira, Joel T. J. Zelt, Joshua H. Jones, Daniel M. Hirai, Denis E. O'Donnell, et al.