AIM Haemodynamic stability of patients during haemodialysis (HD) sessions is of pivotal importance and accurate determination of dry weight remains a challenge. Little information is available about central venous and aortic pressure during dialysis. In this pilot study we used a non-invasive technique to describe the changes in central venous pressure (CVP) during dialysis. METHODS An ultras...

Introduction It has been agreed that the safe endotracheal tube intracuff pressures ranges from 20cmH2O to 30cmH2O with pressures above that range being dangerous to the patient even for a short time. While there are many different methods of inflation, the cuff manometer is considered the standard. However, its applicability in clinical practice is marred with numerous hindrances. Without the ...

Videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) used for the diagnosis of dysphagia has limitations in objectively assessing the contractility of the pharyngeal muscle or the degree of the upper esophageal sphincter relaxation. With a manometer, however, it is possible to objectively assess the pressure changes in the pharynx caused by pharyngeal muscle contraction during swallowing or upper esophage...

Generator columns packed with a solid support and loaded with a liquid organic phase make it possible to rapidly and conveniently equilibrate water with the organic phase. By coupling the generator column to an extractor column for high pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of the aqueous solution, errors from surface adsorption and loss to the atmosphere are avoided. Using this method, the ...

Reactive distillation is the combination of reaction and separation in a same column. It is an attractive option whenever liquid phase reactant is in large excess. The energy requirement of the conventional column is very high and requires large recycling costs. RD column works close to the stoichiometric feed conditions thereby eliminating recycling costs and increases the efficiency of the co...

BACKGROUND Cryptococcal meningitis is associated with increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Therapeutic lumbar puncture (LP) is recommended when the initial ICP is >250 mm H2O, yet the availability of manometers in Africa is limited and not always used where available. We assessed whether intraocular pressure could be a noninvasive surrogate predictor to determine when additional therapeutic L...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Excessive pressure exerted on the tracheal mucosa is an avoidable factor implicated as a cause of damage after intubation of the trachea with cuffed tubes. Many patients are intubated in the out-of-hospital setting by emergency medical teams. The time spent in the out-of-hospital setting could very well be long enough for tracheal mucosal damage to occur if cuff pressure is not ...

• Epinephrine, acting centrally, inhibits the •vasomotor system to produce vasodilatation.' This inhibition may be produced by a number of mechanisms, including stimulation of the sino-aortic baroreceptors, chemoreceptors,' and thoracic mechanoreceptors,and by blocking transmission in the vasomotor pathway at the sympathetic ganglia.The object of the following experiments was to determine the r...

Relationships between artefacts in recorded intracardiac pulses and the dynamic response and susceptibility of catheter-manometer systems to artefacts caused by motion of the catheter were investigated. Sine-wave motions of the catheter, resembling motion frequently seen when the catheter is in the pulmonary artery, produce sine-wave pressure variations with peak-to-peak amplitudes of 10 mm. Hg...