OBJECTIVE To study circadian BP patterns in patients with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Teaching hospital in Paris, France. PATIENTS Eleven patients with CCHS (median age, 13 years; range, 6 to 18 years) and 11 sex- and height-matched control subjects. INTERVENTION None. METHODS Each subject underwent 24-h ambulatory BP monitori...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is associated with the blood pressure (BP) reverse-dipper pattern in patients with hypertension. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Single centre. PARTICIPANTS Patients with essential hypertension were included in our study (n=708). The exclusion criteria included age <18 or >90 years, incomplete clinical data, ni...

on diastolic pressure dipping. To the Editor: We appreciate the interest of Dr Sobiczewski and Dr Wirtwein in our study “Step Count is Associated With Lower Nighttime Systolic Blood Pressure and Increased Dipping.”1 This study, which included patients referred for ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring, shows that step count is associated with lower nighttime systolic blood pressures (BP) a...

A technology of automatically applying a postmilking teat dip via the milking machine prior to machine detachment was compared to manual postmilking teat dipping with a teat dip cup for effects on new IMI and iodine content in milk. One hundred twenty Holstein cows were experimentally challenged in a 22-wk trial with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus and 148 Holstein cows were ...

Abnormal nocturnal blood pressure (BP) dipping status may be partly determined by nocturnal sympathetic activity. We studied the effect of nighttime dosing of an a1-adrenergic blocker, doxazosin, on the BP dipping status of 118 hypertensives, all of whom underwent 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring before and after treatment. The mean nighttime/daytime ratio of systolic BP was increased (0.91 aft...

We report spectral fitting results for Rosat PSPC observations of the dipping source X 1755-338. These results are consistent with the two-component model that we previously proposed consisting of a blackbody point source plus an extended power law component. Remarkably, the low energy cutoff of the spectrum does not change appreciably in dips, and it can be seen that dipping takes place in the...

The 2008 Wells earthquake occurred on a northeast-striking, southeast-dipping fault that is clearly delineated by the aftershock swarm to a depth of 10-12 km below sea level. However, Cenozoic rocks and structures around Wells primarily record east-west extension along northto north-northeast-striking, west-dipping normal faults that formed during the middle Miocene. These faults are responsibl...

In this study, we analyze the fault and fracture network of Middle Triassic carbonate platform Lastoni di Formin (Italian Dolomites, Italy). The reconstruction deformation history is primary importance for a full comprehension present structural setting platform. huge dimensions body superb exposure its vertical cliffs gently dipping top plateau make an ideal outcrop to integrate traditional fi...