In our unit, the indication for surfactant administration was an a/A-ratio <0.22 for neonates with a gestational age of 30 weeks or more and an a/A-ratio <0.36 for neonates with a gestational age below 30 weeks according to the studies by Verder et al. 1994 and 1999 [ 7, 18].
We evaluated critically ill patients admitted to a cardiology critical care unit with indications of anticoagulation, either prophylactic or therapeutic.
In addition, the length of the chromosomes in map units, an indication of the likelihood of recombination, correlates only partially with the amount of simple repeats.
Based on these findings, the patient was referred to the Endocrine Surgery Unit with indications for total thyroidectomy and subtotal parathyroidectomy (PTX).
Following the application conditions in which NRT had proven effective, safe, and cost-effective [ 40, 51, 57], specialists at the NRT units assessed indication criteria.
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If France Telecom 's latest reduction in the float valuation of its Orange wireless unit is any indication of the health of the mobile phone market in Europe, then it might be time to call in the paramedics.
We included 27 consecutive mechanically ventilated critically children <10 years admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit with an indication for advanced hemodynamic monitoring.
Outcome data will include newborn birthweight, sex; 1 and 5-min Apgar scores; umbilical artery pH (3 decimal places), pCO2, bicarbonate, BEecf; umbilical vein pH (3 decimal places), pCO2, bicarbonate, BEecf; neonatal intensive care unit admission and indication.
There is very little evidence on the incidence of obstetric emergencies in low risk births planned at home or in midwifery units although some studies of transfers from midwifery units give some indication of the incidence of complications necessitating urgent transfer.
