Background Despite good rates of reperfusion with thrombectomy, rates of moderate to severe post-stroke disability remain high. Even with successful reperfusion, infarct growth occurs, leading to ...

IN normal persons chronic hypoxia results in polycythemia. This phenomenon has been recognized and studied in high-altitude dwellers, and data obtained from such studies have come to be accepted as ...

Hypermagnesemia commonly occurs in patients with renal dysfunction. Diagnosing hypermagnesemia represents a challenge due to its rarity and the absence of routine monitoring of magnesium levels.

One of the major roles of the lungs is to facilitate gas exchange between the circulatory system and the external environment. The lungs are composed of branching airways that terminate in respiratory ...

A recent study examined the effects of acidic water on octopuses, potentially bringing new insight into both how our activities impact the world around us, and the way that world is adapting in ...

Six-week-old male normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY; n=12), SHR (n=10), and SHHF rats (n=16) were purchased from Charles River (Barcelona, Spain), and held under light- and temperature-controlled ...

A CO2 blood test measures the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the blood serum, which is the liquid part of blood. It’s typically used to screen for kidney, respiratory, or metabolic disorders. You ...

One of the great problems in the history of Earth’s climate is how to reconcile evidence for liquid water and habitable climates on early Earth with the Faint Young Sun predicted from stellar ...

The aim of this study is to provide a systematic review of the literature reporting agreement between arterial and venous pH, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2), bicarbonate (HCO3⁻), base ...

Eleven healthy individuals (1 women, subject 1; Table), age 27±7 years, height 179±9 cm, weight 73±8 kg (mean±SD) were recruited to participate in the study, which was approved by the Central Regional ...

Patients being cared for in general clinical areas are becoming sicker (McGloin et al, 1999) and sicker patients require more complex care and treatment (Department of Health, 2002; DoH, 2000). As a ...