Background. In order to identify patients who would benefit from prophylactic amtiemetics,
six predictive models have been described for the risk assessment of postoperative nausea …

Background The management of postoperative pain and recovery is still unsatisfactory in
clinical practice. Opioids used for postoperative analgesia are frequently associated with …

Background The management of postoperative pain and recovery is still unsatisfactory in a
number of cases in clinical practice. Opioids used for postoperative analgesia are frequently …

Background Intratracheal pressure (Ptrach) should be the basis for analysis of lung mechanics.
If measured at all, Ptrach is usually assessed by introducing a catheter into the trachea …

We describe a three-dimensional magnetic twisting device that is useful in characterizing
the mechanical properties of cells. With the use of three pairs of orthogonally aligned coils, …

… Hepatic dysfunction was defined as a serum total bilirubin >34.2 μmol/L in association
with a prothrombin time that was 3 secs or more greater than control. Renal dysfunction was …

… The patient's respiratory rate was 38 breaths per min with a tidal volume of 367 mL and a
minute volume of 14.1 L/min. The esophageal pressure amplitude was extremely large, …

Background: Time matters in multiple sclerosis (MS). Irreversible neural damage and cell
loss occur from disease onset. The MS community has endorsed a management strategy of …

Alterations of body sway caused by isometric contractions of the jaw muscles have been
reported previously. The objective of this study was to test if motor tasks of the masticatory …

Since the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) lung is known to be inhomogeneous,
one could expect an uneven distribution of expiratory time constant during uninterrupted …