Materials and Methods Data were collected from a prospectively maintained database and retrospective chart review. The data collected included maternal and neonatal characteristics, aetiology of respiratory failure, oxygenation index (OI) and alveolararterial oxygen gradient (AaDO2) prior to undergoing ECMO, age of commencing ECMO, duration of ECMO, complications, duration of hospitalisation an...

The present study was conducted to examine the impact of cage aquaculture on benthic communities in coastal areas (depth 25 to 50 m) from fish farming operations located along the southeastern Black Sea (Ordu-Perşembe, Trabzon-Yomra and Rize central). Sampling was conducted seasonally from April 2007 to 2009. Sediment samples were taken using Ekman Grab (box core- 0.04 m2). Temperature, salinit...

A meta-analysis of parenteral fish oil in 23 studies in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU patients reported a reduced infection rate (significant in ICU patients) and shorter lengths of ICU and hospital stays (both non-ICU and ICU patients). Parenteral fish oil reduced inflammation and improved oxygenation index and liver function. The findings of the meta-analysis are discussed in this rep...

OBJECTIVE Foot ulceration remains a major health problem for diabetic patients and has a major impact on the cost of diabetes treatment. We tested a hyperspectral imaging technology that quantifies cutaneous tissue hemoglobin oxygenation and generated anatomically relevant tissue oxygenation maps to assess the healing potential of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A pro...

BACKGROUND Acute lung injury is a common, devastating clinical syndrome associated with substantial mortality and morbidity with currently no proven therapeutic interventional strategy to improve patient outcomes. The objectives of this study are to test the potential therapeutic effects of keratinocyte growth factor for patients with acute lung injury on oxygenation and biological indicators o...

TO THE EDITOR: In a recent article, R. C. Davies et al. (2) presented the results of a study investigating the effect of eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage on the dynamics of pulmonary O2 uptake by near-infrared spectroscopy-based measurement of oxygenation in the vastus lateralis muscle. Although these results are of interest (1), we believe that certain points concerning the presentatio...

BACKGROUND Lung protective ventilation has been widely adopted for the management of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Consequently, ventilator associated lung injury and mortality have decreased. It is not known if this ventilation strategy changes the prognostic value of previously identified demographic and pulmonary predictors of mortality, such as resp...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the changes in cerebral oxygenation during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) using near infrared spectroscopy. METHODS Measurement of cerebral cortical oxygenation changes included concentration of deoxygenated haemoglobin [HHb], oxygenated haemoglobin [O(2)Hb], changes in the redox status of the cytochrome c oxidase...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to show the changes in oxidative stress and clinical condition from either chest physical therapy (CPT) or CPT with aerosol treatment in infant patients with pneumonia. METHODS From 52 intubated patients, three groups were composed: groups A, B, and C comprising 21 patients aged 5.3±0.6 months (CPT program), 20 patients aged 5.6±0.7 months (aerosol treatment before ...

The potential interference of cutaneous circulation on muscle blood volume and oxygenation monitoring by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) remains an important limitation of this technique. Spatially resolved spectroscopy (SRS) was reported to minimize the contribution of superficial tissue layers in cerebral monitoring but this characteristic has never been documented in muscle tissue monitori...