There was as much delay in the response of the ventilator as there was abnormality in the flow tracings.
One of the potential complications of RSV infection are abnormalities in the spirometric flow which are 5 times more likely in children with a history of RSV infection than in controls and which risk may not subside for 20 years after the initial episode [ 85].
Infrared Thermography detects infrared lights emitted by the body to visualize changes in temperature due to abnormalities in the surface blood flow of affected areas.
Patients who are postoperative from repair of congenital heart defects may be a particularly confounding group because of abnormalities in the pulmonary blood flow in these children.
Moreover, if endotoxin-induced abnormalities in the microcirculatory blood flow and consecutive impairment of regional oxygen availability contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction, this should be more evident in organs with a relatively high oxygen extraction, such as the liver, than in organs with a low oxygen extraction, such as the kidney.
The endothelium can sense changes or abnormalities in blood flow and pressures, and the vascular endothelium that exists between circulating blood and vascular smooth muscle plays an important role in modulation of vascular tone [ 20].
In patients with heart failure, several underlying mechanisms have been identified that interact markedly in the pathophysiology of dysfunctional myocardium, including abnormalities in coronary flow, myocardial blood flow, cell metabolism, and sympathetic innervation of the myocardium.
Studies in transgenic mice overexpressing the amyloid precursor protein (APP) exhibit abnormalities in blood flow in response to functional hyperemia prior to the development of amyloid plaques or vascular amyloid [ 32].
The marked glycemia caused by the diabetic condition has been considered to be the main factor involved in the development and progression of neuropathy, promoting abnormalities in blood flow and increasing vascular permeability, in addition to decreasing neuronal cell trophic factors [ 16].
The microcirculatory dysfunction is characterized by heterogeneous abnormalities in blood flow perfusion and capillary density [ 5].
Abnormalities in the use of gestures or flow of conversation are frequently amongst the clinical observations that contribute to a diagnosis of the disorder but the mechanisms underlying these communication difficulties remain unclear.
