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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Body surface area"”.
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Evaluation of resting energy expenditure in sarcoma patients with localized disease
… factors in the development of cancer cachexia. Body composition and resting energy expenditure were evaluated in six male and seven female normal controls in order to validate methodology. Identical methods were then applied to seven male sarcoma patients with localized disease. Only the age and …
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The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 On the Evidence Based Practice of Distributive Justice Via Comfort Care In Elderly Burn Trauma Victims
… the amazing recuperative capacity of the human body and the remarkable advance of modern healthcare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) mandates the early identification of goals-of-care through shared decision-making. Survival, even for very large burns, is an …
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Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in peripheral arterial disease and its relation to blood pressure
… on 227 (65%). The prevalence of LVH indexed to body surface area was 50%. In a multiple regression model the factors independently related to LVH were age, sex and history of diabetes. There was no relation between presence of LVH and 24 hour blood pressure.<br/><br/>Conclusion: LVH is prevalent …
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Water Intake as it Relates to Mood, Psychosocial Well-being and Behavior Patterns in an Extended Care Facility
… based on the requirement of 1,600 ml/m^ of body surface area. The mean percentage of water intake adequacy among the subjects was 66.2%. Twenty-one of the subjects were below the mean of water intake adequacy. In this study no significant relationship between mood, behavior and psychosocial …
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Influence of Physical Stress, Sex, and Body Size on Metabolic Rates of Ozark Zigzag Salamanders, Plethodon Angusticlavius
… temperature, reproductive state in females, and body surface area for cutaneous respiration may have affected the results, it is most likely that the salamander's activity during the simulated attack caused the increase in oxygen consumption. Further testing is needed to distinguish if the …
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Relationship of Water Intake and Cognitive Function, Communication/Hearing, and Vision Pattern Among Nursing Home Residents
… adequacy among nursing home residents is an area of concern for health care providers. Studies have indicated that water intake is inadequate in this population, however few studies have examined the association of cognitive function, communication/hearing, and vision pattern with water …
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Burn Serum Stimulates Mitochondrial Fission in C2C12 Myoblasts
… to 10% rat serum isolated either from 40% total body surface area (TBSA) scald burn rats or control rats. Cells were then labeled with MitoTracker Green dye and live cell images were recorded by confocal microscopy. The expression of mitochondr ial fission/fusion factors was examined by Western …
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Losartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker, fails to attenuate pulmonary dysfunction in ovine burn and smoke model
… prepared adult ewes received a 40% total body surface area third degree flame burn followed by 48 breaths of cotton smoke. The sheep were randomly divided into two groups: control (injury, no treatment, n=7) and treatment (injury + losartan, n= 7). Losartan was given intravenously as a …
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Functional, Psychological and Community Integration Changes Over Time in Persons With Major Burn Injury
… criteria for a major burn injury. The Total Body Surface Area burn across the measurement periods in these subjects ranged from 22.4 to 25.2 percent. Data was collected from 356 participants at discharge, 199 participants at 2 months, 255 participants at 6 months, 193 participants at 12 …
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CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSES TO ACUTE EXERCISE IN ANTHRACYCLINE TREATED CANCER SURVIVORS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS
… measures. All cardiac volumes were indexed for body surface area. RESULTS: Although not statistically significant, but clinically meaningful, VO2 peak was 23% lower in the ATS compared to the CON group (25.8 ± 7.9 ml/kg/min vs. 33.5 ± 10.7 ml/kg/min) despite no significant differences between …
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Novel drug and exercise therapies to restore metabolic function in children with severe burns
Severe burns encompassing over 30% of the total body surface area result in a pathophysiological stress response characterized by increased cardiac workload, elevated energy expenditure, altered muscle metabolism, a severe loss in lean body mass, and impaired physical function. This stress response …
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Aspects on optimisation of High Dose Methotrexate treatment in children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
… Using a population pharmacokinetic model body weight was found to give a better model fit to the data than body surface area. Thus, a dose calculated from body weight may result in more predictable methotrexate concentrations. Patients with an increased clearance and volume of distribution …
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Allopurinol Regresses Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
… +1.21 ± 5.10g (p=0.012)) and LVM indexed to body surface area (-1.32 ± 2.84g/m2 and placebo group +0.65 ± 3.07g/m2 (p=0.017)). When analysis was made of high and low baseline LVM then the effects of allopurinol were exaggerated in the high LVM mass group. No significant change was seen in …
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Assessment of Referring Providers Use and Perceptions of the Burnett Burn Assessment and Management Tool for Estimating Burn Size
Accurate assessment of burn percentage and depth are critical aspects in the initial assessment of the burn patient and guide both the immediate clinical management and subsequent need for follow up. To better assist providers in out-lying facilities, The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS) …
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The effect of allopurinol on left ventricular mass in haemodialysis patients
… also regress left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area (LVMI) in a haemodialysis population. <br/><br/>A multicentre double blind randomised controlled trial was performed. 80 haemodialysis patients were randomly assigned to allopurinol 300mg or placebo after each dialysis session for …
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Mechanisms of Left Atrial Enlargement in Obese Individuals
… subjects (10M: 27F, 49±7years) with an average body mass index (BMI) of 38 ±5 kg/m2 were compared to age and sex matched non-obese healthy controls. Diastolic function (E/A ratio, e', IVRT; isovolumic relaxation time, Vp; propagation velocity) was assessed using Doppler echocardiography. Left …
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Clinical Pharmacology of MS-275, A Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor
… was found between CL/F and demographic, body measures and other clinical covariates, and inter-patient variability in CL/F remained similar in magnitude even after correcting dose for body surface area (BSA) or other body measures. BSA is not a significant predictor of MS-275 PK, and …
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A Study of the Effectiveness of two Cooling Measures for Reducing Fever in Children
… A were sponged with water 75 degrees F. Each body part including the arms, chest and abdomen, legs, and back were covered by ten strokes, five up and five down. The patients were allowed to dry by evaporation. The seven patients in Group B were immersed in tubs of water 95 degrees F. which was …
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A MIXED-METHOD FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPARING THE OUTPATIENT ASSESSMENT OF BURN PATIENTS USING A TABLET DEVICE VERSUS THE USUAL FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER
… aged 19 to 76 years, with less than 10% total body surface area burned was recruited from an outpatient burn clinic. Descriptive statistics and the reliability of using a tablet device compared to a face-to-face encounter were measured between modalities, raters, and across raters and …
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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF B2AND2SV2ASC SCORE FOR PREDICTING RISK OF STROKE ONE YEAR AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
… and calibration were assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (c-statistic) and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test. RESULTS Eight variables were included in the final model; bicuspid/unicuspid valve, diabetes mellitus and prior peripheral vascular disease were …
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