We are indebted to V Lecoultre for his interest and outstanding help in performing the study on alcohol and cycling performance.
Prior to performing the study, residents were given a 20-min didactics on performance of LVOT/VTI and diastolic measurements.
Subsequently performance metrics like "PPV", "sensitivity" and "total accuracy" are collected by repeatedly performing the study as explained above.
Asked why he supported the bill, he said, "I thought it was worth performing the study to see if there are worker benefits, but I don't believe it is going to lead to any gas or energy savings".
Government researchers performing the study have so far released only preliminary results showing that patients taking Pfizer's drug Cardura were twice as likely to be hospitalized for congestive heart failure as those taking the generic drug, which is a diuretic.
The scientists performing the study attempted to show that minocycline could be 25% better than placebo – a modest goal – but concluded that there is only a small chance that minocycline can reach even that threshold.
These ultrasound-fellowship trained physicians currently practice at the institute performing the study.
KS helped in performing the study, helped in the manuscript preparation, and checked the data.
GT had the idea for the article, collaborated in performing the study, carried out the data analysis and collaborate in writing the article.
MB had the idea for the article, collaborated in performing the study, carried out the data analysis and collaborate in writing the article.
Another limitation, the intensivist point-of-care sonographers performing the study were not blinded to the volume status of the patient, which can lead to bias in measurements.
