Combination of inhaled nitric oxide therapy and inverse ratio ventilation in patients with sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome.

abstract：:This article presents an image processing approach dedicated for a blind mobility aid facilitated through visual intracortical electrical stimulation. The method examines a display framework based on the distances related to a scene. The distances of objects to the walker are measured using a size perspective method w...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Mohammadi HM,Ghafar-Zadeh E,Sawan M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF) has been performed for the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis. Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is one of the important mediators which exacerbate acute pancreatitis, but whether PLA2 can be removed by CHDF is unclear. In this study, the kinetics of group IB and group IIA PLA2 was examin...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Suzuki M,Okahisa T,Sogabe M,Iwaki H,Okita Y,Ohnishi Y,Ito S

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to find an adequate end-point rewarming temperature after hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), 50 pediatric patients who underwent cardiac surgery were randomly assigned for the end-point rectal rewarming temperature at either 35.5 (Group 1) or 37.0 degrees C (Group 2). The patients' rectal temperat...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kim WG,Yang JH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is the evaluation of four different heat exchangers used for myocardium during cardioplegic system in cardiac surgeries. Four types of shell and tube heat exchangers made of different exchange elements were constructed, as follows: stainless steel tubes, aluminium tubes, polypropylene hollow fiber...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Drummond M,Novello WP,de Arruda AC,Braile DM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores a quantitative evaluation of blood damage that occurs in a continuous flow left ventricular assist device due to fluid stress. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is used to track the shear stress history of 388 particle streaklines. The accumulation of shear and exposure time is integrated...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Song X,Throckmorton AL,Wood HG,Antaki JF,Olsen DB

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relative contraindication to intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) is chronic lung disease. To evaluate whether the instillation of 2 L of fluid into the peritoneal cavity affects respiratory function, five IPD patients were studied in the supine position during the first 4 h of a routine IPD session. Blood gas ten...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Korzets Z,Pomeranz A,Shachor Y,Bernheim J

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 12 patients with rheumatoid arthritis by filtration leukocytapheresis (FLCP) and evaluated its effect on leukocyte enzyme activities. We calculated the number of leukocytes removed and assessed the clinical response. We also evaluated the cellular enzyme activities of elastase and dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DP...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yamasaki S,Ueki Y,Nakamura H,Yano M,Matsumoto K,Miyake S,Tominaga T,Tominaga M,Eguchi K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study two aspects of hybrid functional electrical stimulation (FES) orthoses were investigated: joint motion constraints and FES control strategies. First, the effects of joint motion constraints on the gait of normal subjects were investigated using modern motion analysis systems, including electromyogram (EM...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yang L,Granat MH,Paul JP,Condie DN,Rowley DI

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow visualization experiments and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analyses were performed and the results were compared to clarify the detailed fluid dynamic characteristics for the prototype design of a centrifugal pump, namely, an implantable ventricular assist system from Sun Medical, whose hemocompatibility was...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yamane T,Miyamoto Y,Tajima K,Yamazaki K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bypass flow rate estimation and control system (BECS) for an implantable centrifugal blood pump (ICBP) has been developed in our institute. The estimated flow rate (EF) of the ICBP was derived from the electric power consumption, the rotating speed of a motor, and the blood viscosity presumed by the hematocrit and b...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wakisaka Y,Okuzono Y,Taenaka Y,Chikanari K,Endo S,Masuzawa T,Takano H

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific timing for discontinuing renal replacement therapy (RRT) in acute kidney injury (AKI) patients is debatable. The predictive abilities of variables at the time of discontinuation of RRT for the long-term prognoses of patients have not been explored. This study aimed to explore the prognostic factors upon d...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Yang T,Sun S,Lin L,Han M,Liu Q,Zeng X,Zhao Y,Li Y,Su B,Huang S,Yang L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individualized short hemodialysis treatment schedules, approximately three 3-h treatments per week, were introduced in a nephrology unit in 1976. In May 1985, 259 patients had been treated, which corresponds to approximately 60 new patients per million inhabitants per year. Ages at start of therapy ranged between 17 a...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Wauters JP,Bercini-Pansiot S,Gilliard N,Stauffer JC

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widespread use of heart transplantation is limited by the scarcity of donor organs. Total artificial heart (TAH) development has been pursued to address this shortage, especially to treat patients who require biventricular support. We have developed a novel TAH that utilizes a continuously spinning rotor that shuttles...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Glynn J,Song H,Hull B,Withers S,Gelow J,Mudd J,Starr A,Wampler R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filtration through membranes with different nominal cut-off was used for isolation of middle molecule fractions from uremic serum. Comparison was made with test substances which in gel filtration did not show a regular relationship between molecular weight and partition coefficient. The XM50 membrane (cut-off 50,000 D...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Buzio C,Montagna G,Calderini C,Manari A,Migone L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small blood vessels may play a more important role in artificial heart (AH) recipients than ever suspected before. Observations of elevated total peripheral resistance, low hematocrit, reduced oncotic pressure, high circulating blood volume, and arterial pulsations with nonpulsatile devices require consideration of pe...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Lübbe AS

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop procedures for the diagnosis and nonsurgical management of decreased insulin flow in an implantable programmable pump for long-term intraperitoneal or intravenous insulin delivery featuring a sideport. Patency of the catheter lumen was tested by measuring the time needed for sidepo...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Scavini M,Reich S,Eaton RP,Charles MA,Dunn FL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The VentrAssist pump has no shaft or seal, and the device is unique in design because the rotor is suspended passively by hydrodynamic forces, and urging is accomplished by an integrated direct current motor rotor that also acts as the pump impeller. This device has led to many challenges in its fluidic design, namely...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Tansley G,Vidakovic S,Reizes J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of our study was to investigate chondrogenesis potential of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), using as a positive control a human source of cartilage-derived progenitor cells (PCs). This source of PCs was recently described by our group and dwells on the surface of nasoseptal cartil...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Baptista LS,Silva KR,Pedrosa CS,Amaral RJ,Belizário JV,Borojevic R,Granjeiro JM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present-day computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques can be used to analyze the behavior of fluid flow in a variety of pumps. CFD can be a powerful tool during the design stage for rapid virtual prototyping of different designs, analyzing performance parameters, and making design improvements. Computational flow ...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Sukumar R,Athavale MM,Makhijani VB,Przekwas AJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize and compare human great saphenous veins (HGSVs), HGSV cryoallografts, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) segments, and elastic and muscular arteries' biomechanics, so as to identify if the biomechanical coupling and the HGSV advantages with respect to ePTFE depend on the...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Bia D,Zócalo Y,Pessana F,Armentano R,Pérez H,Saldías M,Alvarez I

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 4 year period, five of 98 patients at our dialysis unit developed signs and symptoms consistent with first-use syndrome (FUS). Marked improvement was noted after subjecting new dialyzers to automated processing using either formaldehyde or peracetic acid. No episodes of FUS occurred in patients being treated wi...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Vanholder R,Ringoir S

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine whether pulsatile perfusion during cardiac surgery has a lesser effect on renal dysfunction than nonpulsatile perfusion after cardiac surgery in randomized controlled trials. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were used to identify ava...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Nam MJ,Lim CH,Kim HJ,Kim YH,Choi H,Son HS,Lim HJ,Sun K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantable ventricular assist devices have proven efficacious as a bridge to transplantation and as a bridge to recovery. Although current indications for use of assist devices are somewhat limited, they are likely to expand in the upcoming years, including their use as destination therapy for end-stage heart failure...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Hampton CR,Verrier ED

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flow of blood as a viscous, Newtonian, incompressible liquid in an expanding spherical cavity with a ball-type inlet valve was examined. This type of flow can serve as a model of the phase of ventricular diastole in a sac-type artificial heart. The critical values of Reynolds numbers at which flow interruption beh...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Starobin IM,Zaĭko VM

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using computed tomography (CT)-based preoperative planning software, we can define with good accuracy the position of a cementless hip stem inside the host bone, but previous studies suggest that the pose the surgeon achieves during freehand surgery may differ from the planned one even by some millimeters. Advances in...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Reggiani B,Cristofolini L,Taddei F,Viceconti M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the hemodynamic performance and gaseous microemboli (GME) handling ability of a simulated neonatal extracorporeal life support (ECLS) circuit with an in-line continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device. The circuit consisted of a Maquet RotaFlow centrifugal pump or HL...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Shank KR,Profeta E,Wang S,O'Connor C,Kunselman AR,Woitas K,Myers JL,Ündar A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies show that oxytocin has various effects on cellular behaviors. Oxytocin is reported to stimulate cardiomyogenesis of embryonic stem cells and endothelial cell proliferation. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used for cardiac repair, and we elucidated the effect of oxytocin on umbilical cord derive...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Kim YS,Kwon JS,Hong MH,Kim J,Song CH,Jeong MH,Cho JG,Park JC,Kang JC,Ahn Y

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoalbuminemia, a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients, can be a consequence of a combination of malnutrition and inflammatory reactions. The purpose of this study was to analyze serum albumin as a marker of nutritional status in maintenance hemodialysis patients with no signs of infla...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Santos NS,Draibe SA,Kamimura MA,Canziani ME,Cendoroglo M,Júnior AG,Cuppari L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients, 8 male and 4 female, aged from 26 to 70 years were studied. They were on hemodialysis (HD) 4 h three times weekly with cuprophan hollow fiber dialyzers (Gambro 120M) and dialysate containing 35 mEq/L of acetate. The study compares two random HD sessions on each patient. Sixty minutes prior to one rand...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Grekas D,Alivanis P,Karamouzis M,Pyrpasopoulos M,Tourkantonis A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristic depressed hemodynamic state and gradually declining circulatory function in Fontan patients necessitates alternative postoperative management strategies incorporating a system level approach. In this study, the single-ventricle Fontan circulation is modeled by constructing a practical in vitro bench...

journal_title：Artificial organs

authors： Dur O,Lara M,Arnold D,Vandenberghe S,Keller BB,DeGroff C,Pekkan K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00