Over the past half-century, medical research on cardiovascular disease (CVD) has achieved a great deal; however, medication adherence is unsatisfactory. Nearly 50% of patients do not follow prescriptions when taking medications, which limits the ability to maximize their therapeutic effects and results in adverse clinical outcomes and high…[Read more]

Center-of-mass heading angle deflection during stance phase was reduced for cuts performed from the operated limb and was negatively correlated with heading angle at touchdown. Between-limb differences in body orientation and horizontal velocity at touchdown were also observed. These systematic asymmetries in cut execution may require…[Read more]

To summarize recent evidence on prevalence, risk factors, significance, treatment, and prevention of electrolyte disorders in critically ill with a specific focus on disorders during the initiation of nutrition.

Electrolyte disturbances appear to occur often during critical illness, and most of them seem to be associated with impaired…[Read more]

We designed a prospective randomized clinical study to compare unilateral and bilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion (ACP) under moderate hypethermia in open distal aortic hemiarch replacement in ascending aortic aneurysm.

Forty-two patients were prospectively randomized into two groups; unilateral ACP to Group 1 and bilateral ACP to Group…[Read more]