EPBD (balloon length, 3 cm; maximum inflated outer diameter, 8 mm; and duration of inflation, 45-60 s) possesses the advantages of less bleeding, preservation of biliary sphincter function, and a reduced risk of acute cholecystitis during the follow-up period.
Further, as Ms McGee reasoned, if pufferfish do hold their breath whilst inflated, then this "inflation response" would necessarily be limited in duration; its upper limit determined by the length of time it takes pufferfishes to run out of oxygen.
Life vests inflated, they were given the duration of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" to find a way to stay warm while floating.
It would have been interesting to determine how long patients were in active treatment as suggested by Segal et al. [[26]], since treatment duration could be inflated, despite limited times of activation if patients were missing appointments or if the clinicians preferred longer times between appointments.
This may have inflated incidence rates for destinations for which travel duration was longer than average and deflated incidence rates for destinations for which it was shorter than average.
Inter-rater reliability was greatest for full clips (intraclass correlation = 0.68) and decreased significantly for shorter clips.Our hypothesis was rejected as shorter video durations for surgical performance assessment led to inflated reviewer ratings both for expert and novice reviewers.
Prior to the measurement, the wrist cuff was inflated to the value 40 mmHg above the systolic pressure for the duration of a single measurement (approximately one minute).
To avoid inflating the estimate of duration through rounding error, if no month was specified for month/year of onset, the end of the year was used.
Glendale City Manager Jim Starbird estimated that Adams' inflated Bell salary will cost Glendale taxpayers an additional $40,000 a year for the duration of Adams' pension benefit should it pass muster with state and county officials who are investigating the legality of the agreements.
After these measurements the cuff was inflated to 60 cmH2O and kept at that pressure for the remainder of the study duration.
Seed: smooth, collar inflated.
