background: conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) due to the higher volume of priming solution in comparison to the total blood volume in children requires careful consideration. recently attention has been focused on the potential risk of hyperkalemia in these patients. given its significant effects on cardiac rhythm, hyperkalemia is considered a medical emergency. in this cross-sectional st...

the open access (oa) to scholarly articles published in journals, magazines and other literature sources is extremely useful to pharmacy students, teachers, research scholars, scientists and pharmacists to update their knowledge with recent changes in their fields of specialization. open access (oa) to scholarly articles is provided either directly from journal homepages by the publishers or fr...

the emergent abdominal surgeries from either of traumatic or non traumatic causes can result in situations in which the abdominal wall cannot initially be closed. many techniques have been reported for temporary coverage of the exposed viscera, but the result of various techniques remains unclear. during 94 months, 19 critically ill patients whit an open abdomen underwent surgery using plastic ...

abstract: background and purpose: an open-book exam permits the examinees to consult some selected reference sources or materials while answering the exam questions. this study focused on students' perspectives of open-book examinations in histology/ embryology courses, zahedan university of medical sciences (zums), zahedan, iran. methods: the survey was conducted via a questionnaire after open...

in this paper, using pre-semi-open l-sets and their inequality, a new notion of ps-compactness is introduced in l-topological spaces, where l is a complete de morgan algebra. this notion does not depend on the structure of the basis lattice l and l does not need any distributivity.

objectives: to evaluate the short-term outcome of open appendectomy, the rate of negative appendectomy as well as pathology reports after surgery in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. methods: this was a retrospective cross-sectional study being performed in nemazee hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical science during a 2-year period between 2008 and 2010. the medical r...

purpose: to determine factors that affect and predict final visual acuity, retinal attachment, and ocular survival after open-globe injuries. methods: one-hundred sixteen eyes with open globe injuries were evaluated longitudinally from september 2001to february 2004. age, sex, involved eye, best corrected visual acuity (bcva), afferent pupillary defect (apd), size and location of laceration, ca...

For national advisory services in the UK (UKOLN, CETIS, and OSS Watch), varieties of openness (open source software, open standards, and open access to research publications and data) present an interesting challenge. Higher education is often keen to embrace openness, including new tools such as blogs and wikis for students and staff. For advisory services, the goal is to achieve the best solu...