Carcinoid heart disease was defined as thickening and reduced excursion of the four valvular leaflets, cusps and chordae, with possible consequent retraction, shortening and fixation of leaflets or cusps (Plockinger et al, 2009).
A repeated lung ultrasound (see Additional file 1) on day 10 showed mobility in both hemidiaphragms, though with reduced excursion (0.6 cm left and 0.8 cm right).
Substituting extruded cereals with biscuits slows down the availability of glucose from the breakfast and its appearance in peripheral circulation, blunts the changes in plasma glucose kinetics and homeostasis, reduces excursions in plasma glucose, and possibly distributes the glucose ingested over a longer period following the meal.
To record diaphragm excursion via M-mode ultrasonography in stroke patients with dysphagia and determine whether they present reduced diaphragm excursion during voluntary cough compared with stroke patients without dysphagia and healthy subjects.
Reduced longitudinal excursion of the median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome.
This was achieved through a reduced angular excursion of the heaviest segments (7.2±2.9° and 3.6±1.5° for the thighs and trunk, respectively, P<0.05) in favor of the lightest ones (8.8±2.3° and 7.4±1.0° for the shanks and forearms, respectively, P<0.05).
PTP excursion pressures (the difference between end-inspiratory and end-expiratory PTP) with PLEF-PEEP1 were similar between positions except for the semi-Fowler's, which had a reduced PTP excursion compared to the PTP of the other four positions (p < 0.05).
As shown, GLP-1/hIgG2 reduced glucose excursion (Figure 6A).
Furthermore, IPGTT performed on mice one week after a single drug-injection also displayed significantly reduced glucose excursion, indicating that GLP-1/hIgG2 fusion protein has long-lasting effects on the modulation of glucose homeostasis.
As shown, while the fasting blood glucose levels were not different between GLP-1/hIgG2-injected mice and control mice, the drug-injected mice showed reduced glucose excursion (Figure 6B), suggesting that the fusion protein exerted long-lasting glucoregulatory effects in these mice.
Combined PEEP and CMV reduced tidal excursion of segmental diaphragm muscle length; consequently, tidal volume (VT) decreased.
