Present situation in the industrial manufacture has brought new trends in the kind of flexibility and intelligence. That means new generation of intelligent manufacturing systems. New generation of clamping fixtures is represented by group of clamping fixtures which can be used in intelligent manufacturing systems. Important effect, which brings manufacturing times shortening, can be realized b...

To determine the safety and complications of chest tube clamping, a retrospective chart review was conducted at Baylor University Medical Center's level I trauma center. The records of 243 patients with pneumothoraces, hemothoraces, or a combination were identified and analyzed; 134 patients underwent clamping according to the care path, and 109 did not. The demographic characteristics of age, ...

Standard electrophysiology experiments utilize a technique known as voltage clamping: the surface of the cellular membrane is held constant, or clamped, which allows the researcher to study the membrane permeability and ion exchange. This process is usually performed with commercially available analog equipment. While analog circuitry provides an accurate and reliable equipment medium, it does ...

Hemodynamic measurements were performed and ECG recorded before and shortly after infrarenal aortic cross-clamping during operation for abdominal aortic aneurysm in five patients without evidence of heart disease (group I) and in ten patients with severe coronary artery disease (group II). All patients sustained an increase in systemic arterial pressure. Group I demonstrated a decrease in pulmo...

Delayed umbilical cord clamping appears to be beneficial for term and preterm infants. In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes. There is a small increase in jaundice that requires phototherapy in this group of infants. Consequent...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE There has been no report describing the optimal clamping method for biliary drainage tubes in living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), although biliary splinting and drainage plays an important role in this procedure. METHODS When performing LDLT, we generally use a 2-mm drainage tube for the splint at the biliary anastomosis, and externalize it through the lower common b...

The hemodynamic consequences and myocardial blood flow alterations associated with cross-clamping of the thoracic aorta were studied during pentobarbital (control), halothane (1 MAC), and isoflurane (1 MAC) anesthesia in dogs with a critical stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery. Aortic clamping at the level of the diaphragm resulted in significant and equivalent increases in mean aor...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the frequency, the indications and techniques of vascular clamping during liver resection and during thermal destruction therapies, as currently used by hepatic surgeons throughout Europe. METHODS A web-based questionnaire was distributed among 621 physicians, including all members of the European Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and the European Surgical A...

The renal and proximal tubule response to contralateral kidney exclusion was studied in a variety of circumstances. Recollection micropuncture studies were performed to assess the response to contralateral kidney clamping in the normal or a remnant kidney of the dog. Acute clamping of the contralateral kidney for a normal and unilateral remnant kidney resulted in marked reduction in proximal TF...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the short term clinical effects of delayed cord clamping in preterm neonates. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING A tertiary care neonatal unit from October 2013 to September 2014. PARTICIPANTS 78 mothers with preterm labor between 27 to 316/7 weeks gestation. INTERVENTION Early cord clamping (10 s), delayed cord clamping (60 s) or delayed cord clamping (60...