Major Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events in Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Patients With Isolated Respiratory Failure.

Bleeding and thromboembolic events are common during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO). It is unknown whether these complications are driven by the ECMO system itself, multiorgan-failure, or both. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of bleeding and thromboembolic events in patients with isolated respiratory failure.

The supplementation of a prebiotic improves the microbial community in the gut and the skin of Atlantic salmon (.

Aquaculture growth is hindered by an increasing number of challenges, primarily infectious diseases and inappropriate or unsustainable fish nutrition. Hence it is critical to develop novel prevention strategies to minimise infectious diseases and pharmaceutical interventions. Nutritional challenges and the health of the fish could be improved by managing their microbial communities.

Low NO and variable CH fluxes from tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin.

Globally, tropical forests are assumed to be an important source of atmospheric nitrous oxide (NO) and sink for methane (CH). Yet, although the Congo Basin comprises the second largest tropical forest and is considered the most pristine large basin left on Earth, in situ NO and CH flux measurements are scarce. Here, we provide multi-year data derived from on-ground soil flux (n = 1558) and riverine dissolved gas concentration (n = 332) measurements spanning montane, swamp, and lowland forests.

Fire-derived phosphorus fertilization of African tropical forests.

Central African tropical forests face increasing anthropogenic pressures, particularly in the form of deforestation and land-use conversion to agriculture. The long-term effects of this transformation of pristine forests to fallow-based agroecosystems and secondary forests on biogeochemical cycles that drive forest functioning are poorly understood. Here, we show that biomass burning on the African continent results in high phosphorus (P) deposition on an equatorial forest via fire-derived atmospheric emissions.

In-depth analysis of NO fluxes in tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin combining isotope and functional gene analysis.

Primary tropical forests generally exhibit large gaseous nitrogen (N) losses, occurring as nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (NO) or elemental nitrogen (N). The release of NO is of particular concern due to its high global warming potential and destruction of stratospheric ozone. Tropical forest soils are predicted to be among the largest natural sources of NO; however, despite being the world's second-largest rainforest, measurements of gaseous N-losses from forest soils of the Congo Basin are scarce.