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Advances in Modelling Hospital Medical Wards
The growth of elder population in Italy increased the access to Internal medicine wards and generated overcrowding issues with doctors treating patients with larger clinical complexity and needs. The patients ...
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Article
Open Access37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (part 1 of 3)
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Invasive versus non-invasive haemodynamic monitoring in major vascular surgery
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Thoracic impedance tracing in perioperative hemodynamic monitoring: a technique to be revisited
Thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) is a non-invasive method used to evaluate beat-by-beat stroke volume (SV) and, when the heart rate (HR) is known, cardiac output (CO). Given the fact that in the electric...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Comparison of haemodynamic parameters derived from invasive and non-invasive control methods
Assessing the haemodynamic status of critical patients is undoubtedly one of the cornerstones of diagnostics and the ensuing therapy in intensive care units. The success of the Swan-Ganz catheter over the past...
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Monitoring Techniques for Blood Volume in the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Setting
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Monitoring and Assessment of Perioperative Vital Functions in Major Non-Cardiac Surgery
In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of reports of perioperative and postoperative cardiovascular complications that once went unobserved. The study by Badner et al. [1] demonstrated that in-depth...
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An unusual association of intracranial aneurysms and oesophageal duplication in a case of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
The Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a congenital disorder resulting from a mesodermal abnormality, characterised by cutaneous capillary haemangiomas, hypertrophy of bone and soft tissues and varicose vein...
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Respiratory mechanics in ARDS
Diagnostic and prognostic value of the assessment of respiratory mechanics in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been extensively investigated and clearly defined [1–3]. Most studies ...
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Respiratory mechanics during general anaesthesia in healthy subjects
General anesthesia deeply influences the behavioral state, altering consciousness and sensation by the direct or indirect effects of various anesthetic drugs. However, these drugs may cause additional effects,...
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Article
Magnetic resonance imaging of normal and pathologic fetal brain
A total of 78 pregnant patients who had previously been studied by ultrasound (US) underwent magnetic resonance (MRI) because of suspected fetal abnormality. The first 20 cases were performed using fetal cura...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MR in Craniocervical Malformation
MR imaging represents the first choice examination for craniocervical malformations, with superb contemporary evaluation of the different structures of the region.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
MR Post-Diskectomy Imaging
The failed back surgery syndrome is a frequent condition. Burton [2] reported the incidence of the syndrome to be 10%–40%. This may involve disk herination (12%–16%), lateral spinal stenosis (58%), central spi...
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Clinical-angiographic correlations in 132 patients with megadolichovertebrobasilar anomaly
We have found numerous case reports, but no systematic study of the megadolichoverte-brobasilar anomaly (MDVBA). The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationships between arterial shifts of the verteb...
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CT in syringomyelia: Three different aspects
Three different CT aspects of patients with myelographic and clinical syringomyelia patterns are presented. In the first the CT pattern was atypical. The second case is a typical example of opacification of th.....
