TASK FORCE FINDING The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions to improve blood pressure outcomes in patients with high blood pressure. There is sufficient evidence of effectiveness for self-measured blood pressure monitoring interventions when used alone (i.e., patients receive self-measured blood pressure tools, training, and m...

INTRODUCTION In the setting of remote military triage, when physical access to the patient is not possible, traditional physiological measurements available to a combat medic may not differentiate between a wounded soldier and an active soldier. We tested the hypothesis that changes in high-frequency R-R interval spectral power (RRI HF) and pulse pressure (PP) would differ between progressive c...

Rate coefficients have beenmeasured at 298 K and atmospheric pressure for the reaction of OH radicals and Cl atoms with propylene carbonate. The measurements were performed in a large volume photoreactor using in situ FTIR spectroscopy for the analysis. The following rate coefficients (in units of cm per molecule per s) were obtained: k(OH + PC) 1⁄4 (2.52 0.51) 10 12 and k(Cl + PC) 1⁄4 (1.77 0....

the pomegranate juice with high nutritional value has turbid appearance that makes it difficult to preserve and concentrate. microfiltration is useful process which can clarify it. one of the most important problems in this process is fouling phenomenon which affected by several parameters. the effects of fluid velocity, transmembrane pressure, membrane type and its pore size on membrane foulin...

The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum pressure support (PS) in six patients with respiratory failure. Esophageal pressure (Pe), gastric pressure (Pg), airway pressure, and transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi), obtained by subtracting Pe from Pg, were measured using a newly developed multiluminal nasogastric catheter. For each patient, different PS levels were selected every 20 min...

OBJECTIVE To compare pressure-support ventilation with spontaneous breathing through a T-tube for interrupting invasive mechanical ventilation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS Adults of both genders were randomly allocated to 30 minutes of either pressure-support ventilation or spontaneous ventilation with "T-tube" before extubation. Manovacuometry, ...

In seven postoperative patients with normal preoperative pulmonary function tests, we evaluated the oxygen cost of breathing (VO2resp) during continuous positive pressure ventilation (CPAP) and during a 15 cm H2O inspiratory pressure support ventilation (IPSV). For both periods, VO2 resp was estimated as the difference between total oxygen uptake of the period (VO2tot), measured by a mass-spect...