background and objectives: vaccination is the major strategy to protect nurses against infection with hepatitis b virus. however, some nurses do not produce sufficient amount of anti-hbsag antibody required for immunity against infection. chronic occupational stress has been proposed as a risk factor to humoral immunity. given that nursing staff is exposed to occupational stress risk, this stud...

AIMS Basal insulin (BI) treatment initiation and dose titration in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are often delayed. Such "clinical inertia" results in poor glycaemic control and high risk of long-term complications. This survey aimed to determine healthcare professional (HCP) and patient attitudes to BI initiation and titration. METHODS An online survey (July-August 2015) including HCPs and patients...

Two factors are involved in a systematization of the form01 titration. The first of these factors is the titration constant of the amino acid in formaldehyde solution. This aspect has been discussed in a previous paper (4) for certain of the monoamino acids. The basic amino acids will be treated later. The second factor is the behavior of the solvent on the addition of strong alkali, just as th...

INTRODUCTION In acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), adequate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may decrease ventilator-induced lung injury by minimising overinflation and cyclic recruitment-derecruitment of the lung. We evaluated whether setting the PEEP using decremental PEEP titration after an alveolar recruitment manoeuvre (ARM) affects the clinical outcome in patients with ARD...