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1 Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences. Inselstrasse 22-26, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany [email protected], http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/∼baer/ 2 Lehrstuhl für Bioinformatik, Institut für Informatik, Universität Leipzig, Kreuzstrasse 7b, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany. [email protected], http://www.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de/∼studla/ 3 Insitut für Theoretische Chemie und Mole...

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) necessitates rapid recognition for early intervention and favourable outcomes. The Berlin Definition may not be always helpful ARDS diagnosis in critically ill patients, because of the inability to acquire adequate information from bedside chest X-rays. Lung ultrasound a reasonable alternative X-ray identification ARDS, but effectiveness lu...

INTRODUCTION Diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is the pathological hallmark of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), however, the presence of DAD in the clinical criteria of ARDS patients by Berlin definition is little known. This study is designed to investigate the role of DAD in ARDS patients who underwent open lung biopsy. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all ARDS patients who met th...

BACKGROUND Although the term "polytrauma" has been in use for decades, no generally accepted definition exists. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that different polytrauma definitions applied to a specific patient population result in diverse subgroups of individuals, who in turn present a varying outcome. METHODS All patients (≥18 years) treated at our level I trauma center within a t...

OBJECTIVE Although all definitions of acute respiratory distress syndrome use some measure of hypoxemia, neither the Berlin definition nor recently proposed pediatric-specific definitions proposed by the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury Consensus Conference utilizing oxygenation index specify which PaO2/FIO2 or oxygenation index best categorizes lung injury. We aimed to identify variables associated...

1Department of Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2Neuroradiology Section, Department of Radiology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 4Depart...

Buyers’ Alliances for Bargaining Power by Suchan Chae and Paul Heidhues We provide a novel explanation as to why forming an alliance of buyers (or sellers) across separate markets can be advantageous when input prices are determined by bargaining. Our explanation helps to understand the prevalence of buyer cooperatives among small and medium sized firms.

1Novel Materials Group, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany 2Department for Sample Environment, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, 14109 Berlin, Germany 3Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, 10117 Berlin, Germany 4Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, 12489 Berlin, Germany 5Nanostructured Materials, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10099 Berlin, ...