Abstract

We have investigated the hypothesis that in whole blood the incipient clot formed at the gel point (GP) is characterised by a fractal microstructure [1,2] and that this could be detected in healthy and anticoagulated blood. We compared the gel time (GT) required to form the incipient clot and the corresponding fractal dimension (df) against laboratory markers of haemostasis and thromboelastography (TEG).

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  • There is considerable uncertainty about the reproducibility of the various instruments used to measure dyspnea, their ability to reflect changes in symptoms, whether they accurately reflect the patient’s experience and if its evolution is similar between acute heart failure syndrome patients and nonacute heart failure syndrome patients

  • SvO2 was lower than ScvO2 (70.2 ± 11.4% vs. 78.6 ± 10.2%; P

  • Results of this study show that early tracheostomy, if perioperative complications

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Introduction

There is considerable uncertainty about the reproducibility of the various instruments used to measure dyspnea, their ability to reflect changes in symptoms, whether they accurately reflect the patient’s experience and if its evolution is similar between acute heart failure syndrome patients and nonacute heart failure syndrome patients. Conclusions Our data demonstrate that critically ill patients may be exposed to a higher FiO2 than that required to maintain adequate oxygenation These results highlight an area of ICU care that has received little study, with no published clinical trials examining the effect of FiO2 on outcome. Results Age, sex, the underlying disease and tumour stage (TNM classification), type of previous anticancer treatment, performance status, severity scores (APACHE II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment), ICU and hospital mortalities and hospital outcome at 3, 6 and 12 months were analysed. Clinical data of 277 post-transplantation patients admitted to the ICU were collected at admission and the SAPS 3 and APACHE II score calculated with respective estimated mortality rates.

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