Curation of archaeological materials often leads to carrying out multi-analytical methodologies that combine non-invasive and invasive elemental analyses. Such are analysed with different techniques. It results in the production complementary but apparently non-compatible compositional datasets cannot be easily compared. In present paper, we propose compare acquired on geological ferruginous co...

AIMS Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) may require patient sedation, eventually leading to respiratory depression, a risky condition in severe cardiac disease. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been applied during diagnostic manoeuvres, but its use during TEE has not been reported. We describe NIV-aided continuous TEE monitoring under sedation in the supine position in three consecutive ...

Introduction Hemodynamic monitoring is typically performed to ensure tissue oxygenation in critically ill patients in different settings. Until recently the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) was widely used for this task in order to assess cardiac output (CO), the primary determinant of oxygen delivery. Today, a variety of minimally invasive hemodynamic monitors are available decreasing the wides...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cryolipolysis is a unique non-invasive method for the selective reduction of fat cells with controlled, localized cooling. It is important, therefore, to understand the potential efficacy and safety of this new procedure for fat layer reduction. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of the literature associated with cryolipolysis was performed to evaluate the findings from p...

Blood pressure (BP) is one of the most important variables evaluated during almost every medical examination. Most national anesthesiology societies recommend BP monitoring at least once every 5 min in anesthetized subjects undergoing surgical procedures. In most cases, BP is monitored non-invasively using oscillometric cuffs. Although the risk of arterial cannulation is not very high, the inva...