Although believed to be integral in the management of children with congenital heart disease (CHD), pediatric cardiac electrophysiologists (EP) do not routinely join care unit (CCU) rounds other than by consultation on individual patients. In our CCU, EP reviews all telemetry CCU over preceding 24 hours and participates daily multidisciplinary rounds. To quantify impact strategy consistent, for...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) [1][2] technology has been used in various areas including Transportation and logistics, Manufacturing and Processing, Inventory and retail, etc. In this article, RFID technology will be used for wirelessly transmitting data from a sensor to a Central Control Unit (CCU). In this research, Architecture of Intelligent wireless sensor using RFID technology wil...

Using industrial emissions as a strategy for CO2 sequestration through carbon capture and utilization (CCU) in cultivation of microalgae can potentially change factors such pH, nutri...

1. Diagnosis and evaluation of ischemic heart disease 1) angina pectoris a) evaluation by resting and exercise images 2) acute myocardial infarction a) diagnosis during the hyperacute phase including selection of patients fbr CCU b) diagnosis with coexisting abnormal ventricular activation such as LBBB, WPW-syndrome and pacemaker rhYthm c) preciselocalizationofinfarction d) estimationofinfarcts...

Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) has been observed in a number of tortoise species, including the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Clinical signs of URTD in gopher tortoises are similar to those in desert tortoises and include serous, mucoid, or purulent discharge from the nares, excessive tearing to purulent ocular discharge, conjunctivi...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases such as acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction are often accompanied by severe anxiety over the likelihood of death. Cortisol has been known as a stress hormone. However, there are controversies about the effect of massage therapy on blood cortisol level. Furthermore, no study is available on the difference between massage applied by a nurse special...

Introduction / objectives Tracheobronchial tree colonization is considered an important risk factor for the development of ventilatorassociated pneumonia (VAP). The aim of the present study was to examine microbiologically the respiratory tract flora of mechanically ventilated patients hospitalized in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of our institution for the detection of colonization with importa...

(1) Over 15 months, 532 consecutive admissions to the CCU at the Radcliffe Oxford were studied; of these 333 were cases of myocardial infarction, and 319 were first admissions for this condition. Information about survival and return to work was collected for 300. A further 30 had artificial pacemakers inserted; there were 141 (26%) of the 532 cases which did not require the special care offere...

OBJECTIVES This study analyzed age-adjusted sex differences among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients aged 75 years and above with regard to 7-year mortality (primary end point) and the frequency of angiograms and admission to the coronary care unit (CCU) as well as 1-year mortality (secondary end points). METHODS A retrospective cohort study comprised 1,414 AMI patients (748 females a...