TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF SOFT MIST INHALER USE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Technical Evaluation of Soft Mist Inhaler Use in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Wei Zhang,1,* Lili Xu,1,* Shen Gao,2 Nan Ding,2 Ping Shu,1 Zhuo Wang,2 Yuping Li1 1Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pharmacy, Changhai Hospital Affiliated to The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, People&rsqu

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Blows or Falls? Distinction by Random Forest Classification

In this study, we propose a classification method between falls and blows using random forests.In total, 400 anonymized patients presenting with fractures from falls or blows aged between 20 and 49 years old were used.There were 549 dell 24 video conferencing monitor - s2422hz types of fractures for 57 bones and 12 anatomical regions observed.We fi

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Study protocol of REpeat versus SIngle ShoT Antibiotic prophylaxis in major Abdominal Surgery (RESISTAAS I): a prospective observational study of antibiotic prophylaxis practice for patients undergoing major abdominal surgery

Introduction Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common complications after abdominal surgery and develop in approximately 20% of patients.These patients suffer a 12% increase in mortality, underlying the need for strategies reducing SSI.Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is paramount for SSI prevention in major abdominal surgery.Y

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Integrated Microfluidic Card with TaqMan Probes and High-Resolution Melt Analysis To Detect Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Mutations across 10 Genes

ABSTRACT Genotypic methods for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are desirable to speed the diagnosis and proper therapy of tuberculosis (TB).However, the numbers of genes and polymorphisms implicated in resistance have proliferated, challenging diagnostic design.We developed a microfluidic TaqMan array card (TAC) that utili

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