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Physiologically variable ventilation reduces regional lung inflammation in a ...
Abstract Background Benefits of variable mechanical ventilation based on the physiological breathing pattern have been observed both in healthy and injured lungs. These benefits... -
Changes in mean serum lipids among adults in Germany: results from National H...
Background: Monitoring of serum lipid concentrations at the population level is an important public health tool to describe progress in cardiovascular disease risk control... -
A systematic review of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and ma...
Abstract Background Several recent behavioural and behavioural genetic studies have investigated the relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and... -
Estimating mean circulatory filling pressure in clinical practice: a systemat...
Abstract The bedside hemodynamic assessment of the critically ill remains challenging since blood volume, arterialâ venous interaction and compliance are not measured directly.... -
The effect of aerobic exercise on the number of migraine days, duration and p...
Abstract Background In patients with frequent migraine, prophylactic treatments are used. Patients often request non-pharmacological alternatives. One treatment option can be... -
Alcohol expenditure in grocery stores and their associations with tobacco and...
Abstract Background Alcohol consumption is a significant cause of disease, death and social harm, and it clusters with smoking... -
Pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical region in headache: a syste...
Abstract Background Sensitivity of tissues can be measured by algometry. Decreased pressure pain thresholds over the cranio-cervical area are supposed to reflect signs of... -
Duration of the common cold and similar continuous outcomes should be analyze...
Abstract Background The relative scale has been used for decades in analysing binary data in epidemiology. In contrast, there has... -
A randomized, clinical trial to assess the relative efficacy and tolerability...
Abstract Background This study evaluated two doses of etoricoxib (60 and 90 mg) vs. naproxen 1000 mg in subjects with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods This was a 2-part,... -
Effect of PEEP and I:E ratio on cerebral oxygenation in ARDS: an experimental...
Although PEEP and inversed I:E ratio have been shown to improve gas exchange in ARDS, both can adversely affect systemic hemodynamics and cerebral perfusion. The goal of this... -
MRI-detected spinal disc degenerative changes in athletes participating in th...
Abstract Objective To describe the frequency and the distribution of degenerative disc disease (DDD) detected in athletes who underwent spine MRI in the 2016 Summer Olympic... -
Association between breakfast frequency and physical activity and sedentary t...
Abstract Background Existing research has documented inconsistent findings for the associations among breakfast frequency,... -
Retrospective, controlled observational case study of patients with central r...
Background Patients with initially low visual acuity were excluded from the therapy approval studies for retinal vein occlusion. But up to 28 % of patients presenting with... -
Identification of gait domains and key gait variables following hip fracture
Abstract Background Restoration of gait is an important goal of rehabilitation after hip fracture. Numerous spatial and temporal gait variables have been reported in the... -
The Start2Bike program is effective in increasing health-enhancing physical a...
Background: The sports club is seen as a new relevant setting to promote health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) among inactive population groups. Little is known about the... -
Mineral precipitation-induced porosity reduction and its effect on transport ...
Abstract Background In geochemically perturbed systems where porewater and mineral assemblages are unequilibrated the processes of mineral precipitation and dissolution may... -
Follow-up of a healthy lifestyle education program (the EdAl study): four yea...
Background An important challenge of school-based childhood obesity (OB) intervention programs is understanding the maintenance of the effects after cessation of the... -
Associations between indoor environmental quality in schools and symptom repo...
Abstract Background The associations between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in homes and symptom reporting of children have... -
Psychosocial recommendations for the care of children and adults with epiderm...
Abstract Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a group of rare genetic disorders resulting in skin fragility and other symptoms. Commissioned by DEBRA International and funded by DEBRA... -
Basic critical care echocardiography training of intensivists allows reproduc...
© The Author(s) 2019. Background: Although pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) have been the reference standard for calculating cardiac output, echocardiographic estimation of...
