The liver plays a key role in lipid metabolism. Depending on species it is, more or less, the
hub of fatty acid synthesis and lipid circulation through lipoprotein synthesis. Eventually the …

Background Previous trials involving patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) have failed to show a beneficial effect of prone positioning during mechanical …

BACKGROUND/AIM Proinflammatory cytokines are key factors in the pathogenesis of
Crohn's disease (CD). Activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB), which is involved in their …

Recruitment maneuvers (RM) consist of a ventilatory strategy that increases the
transpulmonary pressure transiently to reopen the recruitable lung units in acute respiratory …

The Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission is
described in this paper. This instrument is designed to measure in-situ magnetic and electric …

Purpose The aim of the present study was to assess the rate of diffuse alveolar damage
(DAD) on open lung biopsy (OLB) performed in the ICU for nonresolving ARDS. Methods A …

Background: Sepsis is a dysregulated host response to an infection and can result in organ
dysfunctions and death. Extracorporeal blood purification techniques aim to improve the …

High sodium levels in cat food have been controversial for a long time. Nonetheless, high
sodium levels are used to enhance water intake and urine volume, with the main objective of …

Introduction In septic shock, pulse pressure or cardiac output variation during passive leg
raising are preload dependence indices reliable at predicting fluid responsiveness …

As in man, canine obesity is associated with insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia and other
chronic diseases. This study was designed to examine the effects of a nutritional supplement …