OBJECTIVE To test the performance and acceptability of an early warning sensor to predict encrustation and blockage of long-term indwelling urinary catheters. PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 17 long-term indwelling catheter users, 15 'blockers' and two 'non-blockers' (controls) were recruited; 11 participants were followed prospectively until catheter change, three withdrew early and three did n...

conclusion pharmacomechanical thrombectomy provides very satisfactory results in a single procedure, as a new method in the treatment of acute and subacute deep vein thrombosis. background in this study, we shared the implementation success and clinical results for 38 patients treated with the cleaner™ pharmacomechanical thrombectomy device. objectives the impact and results of pharmacomechanic...

A 78-year-old woman was admitted to our institution with progressive dyspnea. She had previously been diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease and had undergone cardiac surgery for mechanical mitral valve replacement ten years previously. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed blockage of the mechanical prosthesis and the patient was scheduled for surgery, in which a thrombus was removed from ...

Ledge formation, that is the iatrogenically created irregularity in the root canal that impedes access of instruments to the apex, and canal blockage caused by packing dentin chips and/or tissue debris are the least-studied parameters of root canal instrumentation. Variables associated with ledge formation and canal blockage by dentin chips and/or tissue debris are presented. Emphasis is given ...

Wind-farm blockage is investigated by means of an analytical model based on the linearized Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equation. Despite simplifications, useful insight obtained about induction region upstream a single wind turbine and cluster turbines. Since linearized, superposition methods are allowed farm as linear all zones each present in farm, including mirrored ones due to presence ...

This study examined the relation of infant emotional responses of anger and sadness to cortisol response in 2 goal blockage situations. One goal blockage with 4-month-old infants (N = 56) involved a contingency learning procedure where infants' learned response was no longer effective in reinstating an event. The other goal blockage with 6-month-old infants (N = 84) involved the still face proc...