BASAL METABOLIC RATE AFTER CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Fluctuating selection on basal metabolic rate

BMR (Basal metabolic rate) is an important trait in animal life history as it represents a significant part of animal energy budgets. BMR has also been shown to be positively related to sustainable work rate and maximal thermoregulatory capacity. To this date, most of the studies have focused on the causes of interspecific and intraspecific variation in BMR, and fairly little is known about the...

The Zoogeography of Mammalian Basal Metabolic Rate.

Zoogeographical effects on the basal metabolic rate (BMR) of 487 mammal species were analyzed using conventional and phylogenetically independent ANCOVA. Minimal BMR variance occurred at a "constrained body mass" of 358 g, whereas maximum variance occurred at the smallest and largest body masses. Significant differences in BMR were identified for similar-sized mammals from the six terrestrial z...

Recall Activity: What Happens before and after Basal Cell Carcino-mas’ Surgery?

Basal metabolic rate in carnivores is associated with diet after controlling for phylogeny.

Studies of basal metabolic rate (BMR), the minimum metabolic rate of postabsorptive, inactive endotherms while in their rest phase and thermal neutral zone, have contributed significantly to our understanding of animal energetics. Besides body mass, the main determinant of BMR, researchers have invoked diet and phylogenetic history as important factors that influence BMR, although their relativ...

Evaluation of a method of estimating the basal metabolic rate.

While the patient is breathing normally into the spirometer he is instructed to make a deep expiration. It is important to ensure the maximal possible emptying of the lung so that all the reserve (supplemental) air will be expelled into the spirometer. To achieve this the subject must be stimulated to go on expelling air until the expiratory line flattens out. This process is repeated once or t...