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Bacteraemia following single-stage percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
Surgical tracheostomy in critically ill adults has largely been replaced by physicians performing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) at the bedside. Complications associated with this technique inclu...
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Investigation of strain transfer to a sensor protection system embedded in concrete using finite element analysis
Optical fibre-based sensor systems are being used increasingly in civil engineering applications where structural integrity monitoring is of interest or concern. This paper reports on an optimisation scheme fo...
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Measurement of Serum Antigen Concentration by Ultrasound-Enhanced Immunoassay and Correlation with Clinical Outcome in Meningococcal Disease
The distribution of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B and C polysaccharide antigen in blood and the prognostic significance of antigen concentration was examined by ultrasound-enhanced immunoagglutination of co...
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The diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia using non-bronchoscopic, non-directed lung lavages
Objectives: (1)To assess the diagnostic utility of quantitative cultures of non-bronchoscopic lung lavage (NBL) in ventilator-associated pneumonia and evaluate the role of the Bacterial ...
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Aspergillosis in Immunocompromised Patients Part I: The Problem of Diagnosis
Fungal infection is an increasing problem in immunocompromised patients and is associated with a high mortality. The use of more aggressive cytotoxic regimens and bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for the trea...
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Aspergillosis in Immunocompromised Patients. Part II: Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) for the Detection of Aspergillus Antigen
We evaluate an IgG inhibition ELISA, developed at the Mycological Reference Laboratory, in a retrospective study of 15 bone marrow transplant and leukemic patients. The group included 8 patients with proven in...
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Sulphur deposit account
R. A. Barnes looks at an OECD study on the transport of air pollutants over long distances