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Using the helmet
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Open AccessIndividual response in patient’s effort and driving pressure to variations in assistance during pressure support ventilation
During Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV) an inspiratory hold allows to measure plateau pressure (Pplat), driving pressure (∆P), respiratory system compliance (Crs) and pressure-muscle-index (PMI), an index of...
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Monitoring the Patient During Assisted Ventilation
During Assisted Mechanical Ventilation the work of breathing is shared between the patient’s muscles and the ventilator. The presence of spontaneous breathing has obvious advantages, but also implies the risk ...
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Open AccessOccurrence of pendelluft under pressure support ventilation in patients who failed a spontaneous breathing trial: an observational study
Pendelluft, the movement of gas within different lung regions, is present in animal models of assisted mechanical ventilation and associated with lung overstretching. Due to rebreathing of CO2 as compared to fres...
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Open AccessAssisted mechanical ventilation promotes recovery of diaphragmatic thickness in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study
Diaphragm atrophy and dysfunction are consequences of mechanical ventilation and are determinants of clinical outcomes. We hypothesize that partial preservation of diaphragm function, such as during assisted m...
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Plateau and driving pressure in the presence of spontaneous breathing
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Magnetic properties and element concentrations in lichens exposed to airborne pollutants released during cement production
The content of selected elements (Al, As, Ca, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, S, Ti, V and Zn) was measured in samples of the lichen Evernia prunastri exposed for 30, 90 and 180 days around a cement mill, limesto...
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Vitality of the cyanolichen Peltigera praetextata exposed around a cement plant (SW Slovakia): a comparison with green algal lichens
The suitability of the cyanolichen Peltigera praetextata (Sommerf.) Zopf as indicator of the effects of air pollution around a cement industry was investigated. For this purpose, lichen samples taken from an unpo...
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Ecophysiological and ultrastructural effects of dust pollution in lichens exposed around a cement plant (SW Slovakia)
The study investigated the ecophysiological and ultrastructural effects of dust pollution from a cement industry in the lichen species Evernia prunastri and Xanthoria parietina, which were exposed for 30, 90 and ...
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Open AccessAngiotensin-(1-7) improves oxygenation, while reducing cellular infiltrate and fibrosis in experimental Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a role in the pathogenesis of ARDS, Angiotensin II (Ang-II) contributing to the pathogenesis of inflammation and fibrogenesis. Angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)) may antagon...
