Publications by authors named "R Schreier"
Speech fluency is a major challenge for young persons who stutter. Reading aloud, in particular, puts high demands on fluency, not only regarding online text decoding and articulation, but also in terms of prosodic performance. A written text has to be segmented into a number of prosodic phrases with appropriate breaks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMICRA AV upgrade following MICRA VR: generation "Y-not"?
J Interv Card Electrophysiol
September 2021
Timely and complete adolescent vaccination remains an elusive public health goal. Three infections for which routine adolescent vaccination is recommended in the U.S.
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- RTIs are frequent in children and significantly impact healthcare costs.
- Various testing methods for detecting pathogens in RTIs are currently available, with ongoing advancements in technology.
- The article discusses the main causes of respiratory tract infections and the different testing options available.
Prolonged intensive care treatment of octogenarians after cardiac surgery: a reasonable economic burden?
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
September 2013
Objectives: In accordance with the rising prevalence of octogenarians undergoing cardiac surgery, these patients utilize an increasing portion of intensive care unit (ICU) capacities, provoking economic and ethical concerns. In this study, we evaluated the outcomes and costs generated by the prolonged postoperative ICU treatment of octogenarians.
Methods: Between July 2009 and August 2010, 109 of 1063 patients required ICU treatment of at least 5 days after cardiac surgery.