Background: According to the guidelines of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) conducted by bystanders, two methods of CPR are feasible: standard CPR (sCPR) with mouth-to-mouth ventilations and continuous chest compression-only CPR (CCC) without rescue breathing. The goal herein, was to evaluate the effect of sCPR (30:2) and CCC on resuscitation outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients.
Methods: This study was a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Scent signals play an important role in the life of rodents. The scent of the opposite sex can modulate immunity. In mice populations with natural specific pathogens, in males, the scent of a female leads to a redistribution of leukocytes between the lung and the blood, resistance to the influenza virus, and a decrease in antibody production, but not in the development of inflammation induced by bacterial endotoxins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe iron overload syndrome can be associated with various acquired states and hereditary factors. Hereditary hemochromatosis is the most common genetic disorder. Without therapeutic intervention the disease can lead to the development of life-threatening complications such as cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To estimate the incidence of abdominal pain syndrome (APS) and to assess quality of life (QOL) in patients within 10 years after cholecystectomy (CE).
Subjects And Methods: This investigation is part of a long-term prospective follow-up study of patients after CE for cholelithiasis (CL). It enrolled 145 people: 30 (21.