To accelerate healing of severe hemorrhagic wounds, a novel highly absorbent hemostatic dressing composed of a Tencel®/absorbent-cotton/polylactic acid nonwoven base and chitosan/nanosilver antibacterial agent was fabricated by using a nonwoven processing technique and a freeze-drying technique. This study is the first to investigate the wicking and water-absorbing properties of a nonwoven base...

In the present study, we compare a new carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbent, Yabashi lime(®) with a conventional CO2 absorbent, Sodasorb(®) as a control CO2 absorbent for Compound A (CA) and Carbon monoxide (CO) productions. Four dogs were anesthetized with sevoflurane. Each dog was anesthetized with four preparations, Yabashi lime(®) with high or low-flow rate of oxygen and control CO2 absorbent wit...

a rapid and reproducible method is described that employs solid phase extraction (spe) using dichloromethane, followed by gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry for the determination of toxic toluene, xylene and cumene (txc) from different lake water of dhaka mega city of bangladesh. the method was applied to detect and quantify txc in water samples collected from surface and 30 cm depth of water....

Schlievert et al. recently reported that the increased number of cases of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) observed by their surveillance group over the last 4 years in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is consistent with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention findings of an 18% increase in the incidence of TSS from 2002 to 2003 (3). He wisely cautioned medical practitioners and women us...