The Wound Healing Society guidelines for the treatment of arterial insufficiency ulcers were originally published in 2006, with the last update in 2014. These guidelines provided recommendations, along with their respective levels of evidence, on seven categories: diagnosis, surgery, infection control, wound bed preparation, dressings, adjuvant therapy and long-term maintenance. Over the last 9 years, additional literature regarding these aspects of arterial ulcer management has been published.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBenzothienobenzothiophenes (BTBTs) are a class of heteroacenes for which two distinct isomers have been identified depending on the locations of the fused benzothiophene motifs. Benzothienobenzothiophenes represent a class of heteroacenes demonstrating remarkable electronic properties that make them prominent in the realm of organic semiconductors. The structure of BTBTs, incorporating two sulfur atoms, contributes to their unique electronic characteristics, including narrow bandgaps and effective charge transport pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral new di- and tetracarboxylic [2.2]paracyclophane derivatives were obtained via Suzuki coupling between the appropriately brominated [2.2]paracyclophanes and 4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenylboronic acid.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe evaluated pressure-based right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) and diastolic isovolumetric relaxation time constant (Tau) from continuously (up to 30 days) invasive measured right ventricular pressures in mechanically ventilated patients with severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We retrospectively calculated beat-to-beat ejection fraction from right ventricular pressures and dp/dt maximum and minimum in 39 patients treated between October 1st, 2020 and June 30th, 2021. After performing a stepwise logistic regression with survival as a dependent variable, we divided the patients into survivors and nonsurvivors based on their 60-day mortality.
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