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The usefulness of the Retinomax autorefractor for childhood screening validated against a Danish preterm cohort examined at the age of 4 years
Refractometers have gained a foothold in childhood screening for ophthalmic disorders. Given the results of an ophthalmic follow-up of an extremely preterm Danish cohort, the results of the Retinomax autorefra...
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Influence of Mistletoe (Viscum album) Extracts on Phagocytosis/Burst Activity of Human Phagocytes
The aim of the present study was to examine the in vitro effects of various mistletoe extracts on human phagocytes. Phagocytosis, oxidative burst, and intracellular killing were analyzed by flow cytometry. Non...
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Prävention von Infektionen durch intravasale Katheter Empfehlungen des Nationalen Referenzzentrums (NRZ) für Krankenhaushygiene
Infections caused by central venous catheters (CVC) and primary bloodstream infections are the most important infections due to intravascular devices. To prevent these infections, it is important to examine w...
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Prävention der nosokomialen Pneumonie Empfehlungen des Nationalen Referenzzentrums (NRZ) für Krankenhaushygiene 2. Prävention der postoperativen Pneumonie
To prevent nosocomial pneumonia in the postoperative setting, it is important to take into account the endogenous risk factors in the preoperative and postoperative phase. This includes optimal drug therapy o...
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Short-term changes in neck muscle and eye movement responses following unilateral vestibular neurectomy in the cat
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in neck muscle and eye movement responses during the early stages of vestibular compensation (first 3 weeks after unilateral vestibular neurectomy, UVN). El...
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Stellungnahme des Arbeitskreises der Umweltmedizinischen Beratungsstellen/ Ambulanzen zu den HBM-Werten zu Pentachlorphenol
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Prävention der nosokomialen Pneumonie Empfehlungen des Nationalen Referenzzentrums (NRZ) für Krankenhaushygiene: 1. Prävention der Beatmungspneumonie
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most important nosocomial infection on intensive care units. The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia of 19 German hospitals is 18,5 pneumonias per 1000 ve...
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Filter bei Beatmungstherapie und Inhalationsnarkose? 2. Hygienische und ökonomische Gesichtspunkte bei der Verwendung von HME-Filtern
Several studies have shown that HME-filters are not able to prevent the contamination of anesthetic equipment in inhalation anesthesia under experimental conditions. No study could show so far that the freque...
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Sensory strategies in human postural control before and after unilateral vestibular neurotomy
Vestibular inputs tonically activate the antigravitative leg muscles during normal standing in humans, and visual information and proprioceptive inputs from the legs are very sensitive sensory loops for body ...
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Filter bei Beatmungstherapie und Inhalationsnarkose? 1. Hygienische und ökonomische Gesichtspunkte bei der Verwendung von Bakterienfiltern
Bacterial respiration filters are able to prevent the contamination of anesthetic equipment in inhalation anesthesia. In consequence, no further changes of tubes are required for each patient, and the tubes c...
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Nosokomiale Infektionen auf Intensivstationen Eine bundesweite Prävalenzstudie (NIDEP)
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Thrombocytopenia in a case of neonatal mumps infection: Evidence for further clinical presentations
We report a rare case of congenital mumps infection in a newborn girl. Her mother developed bilateral parotitis beginning the day of the delivery. The child was subsequently severely ill and suffered from feve...
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Functional coupling of the stabilizing eye and head reflexes during horizontal and vertical linear motion in the cat
The otolith contribution and otolith-visual interaction in eye and head stabilization were investigated in alert cats submitted to sinusoidal linear accelerations in three defined directions of space: up-down ...
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Palmar fascial thickening and contractures of fingers resembling arthritis — a paraneoplastic symptom?
A 59-year-old women presented with contractures of the fingers of both hands 11 months before a diagnosis of an ovarian carcinoma with paraaortic lymph node metastases was made. We suggest that the contracture...
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Severe Reversible Renal Failure Induced by Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor in a Child with Chronic Acquired Agranulocytosis
Human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (hG-CSF) is a glycoprotein which, in conjunction with other colony-stimulating factors, controls myelopoiesis [1–3]. Recombinant (r) hG-CSF and natural hG-CSF have s...
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Osteoarticular infections due toKingella kingae in children
By the description of two cases of osteoarticular infections due toKingella kingae in two young children we sish to draw the attention of clinicians to invasive infections due to this micro-organism. Since its bi...
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Wirkung von Rökan auf die Restitution der neuronalen Funktion
Ziel dieser Studie war, die Wirkung von Rökan auf den Verlauf der funktionellen Restitution nach einer unilateralen Läsion des N. vestibularis zu untersuchen. Die Studie wurde an 14 erwachsenen Katzen durchgef...
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Neuronal coding of linear motion in the vestibular nuclei of the alert cat
Extracellular activity from vestibular nuclei neurons and vertical eye movements were recorded in the alert cat during sinusoidal optokinetic stimulation in the vertical plane at frequencies varying from 0.012...
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Neuronal coding of linear motion in the vestibular nuclei of the alert cat
In the present study we have investigated in the awake cat the response dynamics of vestibular nuclei neurons to visual or/and otolith stimulation elicited by vertical linear motion. Of the 53 units tested dur...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multimodal Sensory Substitution Process in Vestibular Compensation
The post-lesion plasticity which contributes to functional recovery has long been recognized as a basic property of the nervous system. Substitution and/or restitution of neuronal response characteristics in d...
