Sentence examples for passive drainage from inspiring English sources

Conversely, in the Bogota group, passive drainage was achieved through surgical tubes.

In a porcine model of a septic open abdomen, wet/dry weight comparisons showed that NPWT-treated pigs had less tissue oedema than those treated by passive drainage.

Due to the presence of lymph vessels in the dermis, intradermal injection leads to passive drainage of small molecules by the lymphatic system, whereas larger molecules can be taken up and actively transported to draining LNs by activated dDCs [34].

This is an attractive feature for vaccination, for example, to allow design of nanoscale capsules that promote passive drainage to lymph nodes, or of larger capsules that are readily internalized by peripheral antigen presenting cells.

8– 10 A study randomized animals with intra-abdominal sepsis to negative pressure peritoneal therapy versus passive drainage of the peritoneal cavity and observed reduced levels of systemic proinflammatory cytokines and improved cardiac, pulmonary, and renal function after 36 hours.

Recent findings indicate that the CSF circulatory system is not a mere passive drainage system for the brain, but is involved in neuroimmune regulation [ 1- 3], cerebral detoxification [ 4], and cerebral delivery of various endogenous or exogenous molecules [ 5- 7].

Used in adult patients for atrial septal defect repair, the cannula allowed passive blood drainage of 70.6% ± 11.7% of theoretical cardiac output.

Unique pathophysiological traits of tumors such as extensive angiogenesis resulting in hypervascularization, the increased permeability of tumor vasculature, and limited lymphatic drainage enable passive targeting, and as a result, selective accumulation of macromolecules in tumor tissue.

If the patient is immobilized, postural drainage and passive positioning techniques using gravity can facilitate the movement of secretions.

In the current study the patients in both groups were allowed to do full active and passive knee extension immediately after drainage removal.

In a study of the 29 operating passive systems for acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment, 19 systems showed various performance problems.