The unicellular ciliate Chilodonella steini has a well-defined flat and ciliated ventral field. During divisional morphogenesis two sets of new contractile vacuole pores (CVPs) are formed on this field. During final pattern formation some of these CVP primordia and the old parental set of CVPs are completely resorbed. Primary patterns of distribution of the CVP primordia and final pattern of di...

background: in many clinical situations, knowledge of central venous pressure (cvp) is important.  measurement of cvp is not always possible.   objective: to determine if intraocular pressure (iop) can be used as an estimate for cvp.   methods: iop and cvp were measured concurrently in 30 candidates of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.  those with carotid artery or jugular venous diseases a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Few economic data exist on the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and there are none in the published literature concerning relapsed disease. This international analysis (Canada, Germany, Italy) was established to estimate the overall direct cost of treating patients with relapsed indolent NHL and determine the main cost components of treatment. DESIG...

PURPOSE R-CHOP (rituximab with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone) and R-CVP (rituximab with cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone) have both been used successfully in the treatment of patients with symptomatic follicular lymphoma (FL). No study has compared the efficacy of the two treatment modalities and attempted to evaluate the role of anthracyclines in the man...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine whether the degree of pulse pressure variation (PPV) and systolic pressure variation (SPV) predict an increase in cardiac output (CO) in response to volume challenge in postoperative patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and to determine whether PPV is superior to SPV in this setting. DESIGN AND SETTING This was a prospective clinical...

Financial accounting principles and cost systems, interpretation and use of accounting reports and supplemental information for engineering economic analyses, consideration of cost-volume-profit analyses, use of discounted cash flow techniques, flexible budgeting, transfer pricing, and capital budgeting. Requisites: MATH 217, 221, or 275 or concurrent registration Repeatable for Credit: No Last...

Background: The diagnosis and treatment of critically sick patients depend on an accurate evaluation intravascular volume status. An intrusive tool utilized for this is central venous pressure (CVP). Aim the study: In present investigation, status severely ill was evaluated using noninvasive Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) diameter Collapsibility Index (CI) measurements in ICU its link with CVP. Metho...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hyponatremia caused by excessive natriuresis is common in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Natriuresis decreases the total blood volume through osmotic diuresis and increases the risk of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm. In such patients, hypervolemic therapy is difficult to achieve without causing hyponatremia because sodium replacement provokes furt...