The effects of increasing oxygen delivery (DO2) on oxygen consumption (VO2) in eight patients with septic shock and five patients with hypovolemic shock were studied during fluid resuscitation. In the septic shock group, DO2 increased from 315 +/- 29 to 424 +/- 25 ml/min/m2 (p less than 0.01) and VO2 increased from 134 +/- 8 to 151 +/- 7 ml/min/m2 (p less than 0.01). In the hypovolemic shock gr...

Master moulds are used to cast copper anode moulds. These iron moulds are made of grey or nodular cast irons. According to desirable properties of ductile irons, it was expected that ductile cast iron ...

INTRODUCTION Endothelial barrier breakdown is a hallmark of septic shock, and proteins that physiologically regulate endothelial barrier integrity are emerging as promising biomarkers of septic shock development. Patients with cancer and febrile neutropenia (FN) present a higher risk of sepsis complications, such as septic shock. Nonetheless, these patients are normally excluded or under-repres...

Base deficit has frequently been utilized as an informal adjunct in the initial evaluation of trauma patients to assess the extent of their physiologic derangements. However, the current Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) classification system for hypovolemic shock does not include base-deficit measurements and relies primarily on alterations in vital signs (heart rate, systolic blood pressure...

Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is used to investigate crystal lattice rotation caused by plastic deformation during high-strain rate laser shock peening in single crystal aluminum and copper sample on ~11̄0! and (001) surfaces. New experimental methodologies are employed which enable measurement of the in-plane lattice rotation under approximate plane-strain conditions. Crystal lattice ...

In 1924, Drinker and Bronfenbrenner (1) measured the pressure in the pulmonary artery of the rabbit, the cat, the dog and the monkey during and for a brief period after the intravenous injection of small doses of sheep serum. The animals in question had received antecedent doses of this protein. I t was found that in rabbits, anaphylactic shock is characterized by a notable degree of pulmonary ...

Acceleration, an important dynamic parameter, is used widely in researching on aircraft mechanical structure fatigue, shock and so on, as it is in proportion to force and load. Piezoelectric sensor is a kind of sensor that most widely used in measuring acceleration, is also called acceleration sensor or accelerometer, because its impulse response is excellent and is suitable for measuring shock...

A multi-state reliability analysis model suffering from a dependent competing failure process is developed in this study, where the soft described by general nonlinearity random effect. Wiener degradation with measurement error and hard caused shock. Considering that shock not only may cause abrupt damage but also can accelerate degradation, there are some correlations between failure. Based on...