We chose the volume of secretion present at extubation as the primary endpoint because the device was primarily designed to remove secretions, either by aspiration or cleaning.
The volume of secretions present in the ETT at extubation was reduced in the treatment group, as compared to controls (p = 0.001, Table 2).
In this randomized clinical trial, we showed that the regular use of a cleaning CSS is effective to reduce the volume of secretions present in the ETT at extubation, as assessed by MicroCT scan.
In a small nonrandomized population of critically ill patients, the use of an ETT cleaning device appeared effective to reduce the volume of secretions present in the ETT at extubation.
Avoidance of large tidal volumes is, at present, the most efficient strategy to prevent and/or treat acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [ 5, 7, 22, 23].
The answer is a surprising bullishness among Bentley managers about their future -- and a robust conviction that the Britishness of Bentley will not be diluted when the new, midrange models enter production at far higher volumes than at present, pushing production from less than 2,000 to around 9,000 cars a year.
The present volume contains papers presented at the Fourth Quinquennial Conference on Ukrainian Economics at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University, in September 1990.
The contributions of the present volume are presented at the International Conference on Technology Management-2012 18-20 July 2012ly 18-20 July 2012
The excess molar sorption is given by n_^{e} = n_^{a} - V^{p} rho^{b}, (6 where the excess sorption, n e, is the amount in adsorbed phase in excess of the amount that would be present in the pore volume at the equilibrium density of the bulk gas.
In the patients with airflow obstruction there were remarkable differences between the two methods of measuring the alveolar volume at the beginning of exhalation and were present throughout the emptying phase to residual volume.
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