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Cardiovascular Drugs, Left Ventricular Failure, and Implications in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation
Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome of ventricular dysfunction, and the left ventricular (LV) failure causes shortness of breath and fatigue. Pharmacological treatment generally includes angiotensin-converting en...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Cell-Based Intestinal In Vitro Models for Drug Absorption Screening
Despite major innovations in drug administration, oral intake remains the preferred route for drug delivery, mainly due to ease of administration and high patient compliance. Therefore, intestinal permeability...
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Article
Open AccessDesign and evaluation of a novel approach to invisible electrocardiography (ECG) in sanitary facilities using polymeric electrodes
Multiple wearable devices for cardiovascular self-monitoring have been proposed over the years, with growing evidence showing their effectiveness in the detection of pathologies that would otherwise be unnotic...
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Hormones, Blood Products, and Therapeutic Enzymes
Therapeutic uses of biological medicines are diverse and include active substances from different classes. This chapter provides an overview on the clinical applications of biological medicines containing horm...
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Agile Project Management: Better Deliveries to the End User in Software Projects with a Management Model by Scrum
When managing software development projects, it is common to have some problems during the iterations of the project. This work presents an analysis and review of agile methodologies and some of the most well...