The use of a protein network analysis to explore the complexity of early skin inflammation after oronasal mask application- A pilot study.

Medical devices, such as non-invasive ventilation masks, save lives in health care settings but can be a cause of tissue injuries due to the pressure and shear loads on skin and soft tissue. These pressure injuries could be painful for the individual and cause a significant economic impact on healthcare providers. In the etiology of device related pressure ulcers, inflammation plays an important role.

Association between cardiovascular risk profile and impaired microvascular function in a Swedish middle-aged cohort (the SCAPIS study).

Aims: The aim was to investigate the relationship between microvascular function, cardiovascular risk profile, and subclinical atherosclerotic burden.

Methods And Results: The study enrolled 3809 individuals, 50-65 years old, participating in the population-based observational cross-sectional Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study. Microvascular function was assessed in forearm skin using an arterial occlusion and release protocol determining peak blood oxygen saturation (OxyP).

Absorption and reduced scattering coefficients in epidermis and dermis from a Swedish cohort study.

Significance: Knowledge of optical properties is important to accurately model light propagation in tissue, but reference data are sparse.

Aim: The aim of our study was to present skin optical properties from a large Swedish cohort including 3809 subjects using a three-layered skin model and spatially resolved diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (Periflux PF6000 EPOS).

Approach: Diffuse reflectance spectra (475 to 850 nm) at 0.

Microvascular dysfunction in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate microvascular function in women with previous hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP).

Design: Retrospective population-based cohort study.

Setting: Linköping, Sweden.

Nurses' strategies to enable continuous positive airway pressure therapy in a general medical ward context: A qualitative study.

Background: Continuous positive airway pressure is a non-invasive therapy beneficial for patients with acute respiratory failure. The need for this therapy outside intensive care units is growing, but nurses face many challenges to enable this therapy in general medical wards.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore nurses' strategies for enabling continuous positive airway pressure therapy in a general medical ward context.