The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) advocates use of a national data collection tool to measure compliance with treatment guidelines for severe sepsis. Some facilities utilize a Sepsis Response Team (SRT) to ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a 10-month treadmill walking program (TWP) on target maladaptive behaviors (TB) in adolescents and young adults with autism. Five youth (3 males, 2 females; 16.6+1.7 ...

A cardiac event requires continuous adjustment by both patient and partner as they cope with the acute event and later lifestyle changes. Little has been published about patient and partner views of the patient’s health ...

Introduction: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to increase and is currently the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S. Although a proven and effective treatment for the chronic ...

Selective muscle atrophy has been demonstrated in people with history of low back pain. Training of low back musculature has focused on global and isolated abdominal endurance. The purpose of our study was to investigate ...

Ethics education has been a concern of medical, nursing and allied health professions education for decades. There is growing evidence that the current informal curriculum of ethics and the moral environment of the ...

The risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) for both men and women is increasing in society today. Over the past twenty-five years, the concepts of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and ...

Physical work capacity in heart transplant recipients typically does not exceed 60% of age-predicted normal levels. It is unknown what levels might be achieved in these patients if they were involved in strenuous ...

The Electro Magnetic Rail Gun on board with Navy consists of high current carrying copper rails. Aprojectile carrier or armature slides over these rails with very high velocities. Inefficient sliding contact conditions between ...