Yes, but Is It True?

Combining medical gases in the treatment of pulmonary interstitial emphysema: novel, yes: but is it safe?

Helium-oxygen mixture (heliox) has been used with some success in the treatment of severe airflow obstruction associated with upper and lower airway abnormalities in infants and children.1 RESPIRATORY CARE, in the special June 2006 issue, provided a thoughtful review of the clinical application of heliox and its associated technical challenges.2 Inhaled nitric oxide (INO) has also been an impor...

Wearable, yes, but able…?: it is time for evidence-based marketing claims!

The Prognostic Role of Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) in Sever Sepsis: is it True?

Background: The purpose of the present study was to examine the role of mean platelet volume (MPV) in comparison with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), quick SOFA (qSOFA), and Mortality in Severe Sepsis in the Emergency Department (MISSED) scoring systems in predicting hospital mortality among patients with severe sepsis. Methods: This follow-up stud...

But Is It Phenomenology?

But is it art?

It was in an evening class for painting that developmental biologist Enrico Coen began to think about the parallels between the genetic control of development and an artist’s design of a picture. When Coen’s teacher found him staring at a blank piece of canvas, Coen complained that he had no idea how to start. The teacher suggested he should begin by depicting the objects on the table with some...