Approximately 8,000 automobile occupants are killed and 24,000 seriously injured each year in automotive side impact collisions. In order to accurately predict injury of human occupants, the response of automotive side impact anthropometric test dummies must be as biofidelic as possible. The upper arm serves as a load path to the thorax, and the response characteristics of the upper arm can inf...

INTRODUCTION To investigate whether the difference between sodium and chloride ([Na(+)] - [Cl(-)]) and anion gap corrected for albumin and lactate (AG(corr)) could be used as apparent strong ion difference (SID(app)) and strong ion gap (SIG) surrogates (respectively) in critically ill patients. METHODS A total of 341 patients were prospectively observed; 161 were allocated to the modeling gro...

Megakaryocytopoiesis was evaluated in size. Numbers of megakaryocytes in bone SI/SId mice and their heterozygous and marrow and spleen were reduced, but homozygous normal ( +1+) littermates. individual megakaryocytes were larger SI/SId mice had a normal concentration than normal. of blood platelets which were of normal T HE MICROENVIRONMENT has been shown to influence hematopoietic cell differe...

OBJECTIVE To show that alterations in the plasma chloride concentration ([Cl-]plasma) during the postoperative period are largely dependent on the urinary strong ion difference ([SID]urine=[Na+]urine+[K+]urine-[Cl-]urine) and not on differences in fluid therapy. METHODS Measurements were performed at intensive care unit admission and 24 hours later in a total of 148 postoperative patients. Pa...

Megakaryocytopoiesis was evaluated in size. Numbers of megakaryocytes in bone SI/SId mice and their heterozygous and marrow and spleen were reduced, but homozygous normal ( +1+) littermates. individual megakaryocytes were larger SI/SId mice had a normal concentration than normal. of blood platelets which were of normal T HE MICROENVIRONMENT has been shown to influence hematopoietic cell differe...

BACKGROUND High drug costs due to supplier-induced demand (SID) obstruct healthcare accessibility in China. Drug prescriptions can generate markup-related profits, and the low prices of other medical services can lead to labor-force underestimations; therefore, physicians are keen to prescribe drugs rather than services. Thus, in China, a public hospital reform has been instituted to cancel mar...