(1) The complication might have been prevented by measurements of U and I, reflecting changes in impedance or by measurements of catheter tip temperature (T).
(2) Technically speaking, this modality of brief psychotherapy is based on the nonuse of transferential interpretations, on impeding the regression od the patient, on facilitating a cognitice-affective development of his conflicts and thus obtain an internal object mutation which allows the transformation of the "past" into true history, and the "present" into vital perspectives.
(3) It was the purpose of this study to examine the relationship between body fluid compartments and multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (MF-BIA).
(4) For the different age categories the best prediction formula for the FFM from body impedance, sex, age and anthropometric variables was calculated.
(5) One is the right not to be impeded when they are going to the House of Commons to vote, which may partly explain why the police decided to arrest Green and raid his offices last week on Thursday, when the Commons was not sitting.
(6) HFV was delivered at frequencies (f) of 3, 6, and 9 Hz with a ventilator that generated known tidal volumes (VT) independent of respiratory system impedance.
(7) ECG and chest impedance were continuously monitored and recorded.
(8) Combined clinical observations, stroke volume measured by impedance cardiography, and ejection fractions calculated from systolic time intervals, all showed significant improvement in parallel with CoQ10 administration.
(9) The solution of these differential equations gives the velocity of the basilar membrane and hence other related quantities, e.g., displacement, pressure, driving-point impedance at the stapes.
(10) To estimate model parameters (load and tube compliances, tube inertances, characteristic impedances, and peripheral resistances) we measured ascending aortic pressure and flow in a group of five open-chest, anesthetized dogs.
(11) Based on the timing and direction of the changes, the data imply that the traditional band impedance measurement is more closely related to the right heart event than to that of the left heart.
(12) Phenobarbital did not retard growth nor impede the response to vitamin D therapy of concomitant rickets.
(13) The possible use of impedance measurement with scalp electrodes to detect intracranial events non-invasively was investigated by measuring the localised impedance changes during cortical spreading depression (CSD) in anaesthetised rats.
(14) Of these patients, 27 (acute phase) and 36 (chronic phase) were studied for tissue impedance (RT) and interface impedance (Faraday resistance RF and Helmholtz capacity CH).
(15) We conclude that Doppler flow velocity waveform analysis is a valuable and non-invasive method to assess impedance to blood flow through the placental circulation in pregnant sheep.
(16) The resistive, but not the reactive, component of longitudinal impedance was significantly greater than predicted by the models at all frequencies.
(17) Observations were recorded by three distinctly different methods of measurement: the surgeon, the MD-2 Impedance Analyzer, and the Acoustic Otoscope immediately before and after induction of anesthesia.
(18) The factors which impeded good recovery were primary brain damage due to preceding diseases such as cerebral infarct or hemorrhage, initial head injury, parkinsonism, and postoperative psychiatric disturbances.
(19) No protection from stimulation-associated impedance modifications was provided by the systemic administration of a material of high osmolarity (Mannitol) but the usual impedance decrease was not seen after systemic administration of a glucocorticoid.
(20) Twenty preterm infants ventilated for the respiratory distress syndrome were studied on 44 occasions to identify the pattern of interaction between their spontaneous respiratory efforts and the ventilator, using three techniques: (1) an oesophageal balloon and pneumotachograph, (2) impedance respirography and (3) clinical scoring.
Impediment
Definition:
(n.) That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.
(v. t.) To impede.
Example Sentences:
(1) Impediments to the necessary growth of this subspecialty for the needs of clinical practice and research are outlined and criteria for certification are reviewed.
(2) An understanding of the possible psychologic impediments to weight loss can promote improved therapeutic intervention for the obese patient.
(3) The results suggest that chronic sunlight exposure may be associated with an impediment to normal maturation of human dermal collagen resulting in tenuous amount of HHL.
(4) In order to achieve palatal closure with the least possible impediment to maxillary growth, the two-stage repair seems to be the best procedure in our hands.
(5) Causes of these impediments to maintaining nutritional status are discussed, and suggestions to overcome them are given.
(6) The data are consistent with the hypothesis that there is a sequential increasing impediment of the programmed cascade for downstream heavy chain constant region gene rearrangements.
(7) Lack of reproducibility is a severe impediment of both current conventional and kinetic methods in the prognosis of gliomas.
(8) These organizations can greatly reduce the logistic impediments to evaluating EMS care and initiating improvements.
(9) Changes in the evaluation protocol could preclude existing impediments to provision of information and patient autonomy; however, certain intrapsychic issues must be recognized as ongoing clinical realities to be addressed as the doctrine of informed consent continues to evolve.
(10) This survey shows that the use of nondiagnostic mammography is still less than optimal, and identifies impediments to screening that need to be addressed in cancer control planning efforts.
(11) The most frequently listed impediments included patients' advanced age or fragility, inadequate health insurance, and excess travel distance.
(12) Major issues identified include operational specificity, mislabelling of procedures, relative contributions of components in multi-faceted treatment packages, and impediments to systematic replication.
(13) The clinics of a single university hospital center were observed to determine a practical rationale for and impediments to implementing a medical care evaluation program.
(14) Accurate assessment and effective response is rendered difficult due to underrepresentation or denial by the patient and countertransference impediments to recognition and limit setting by the therapist.
(15) One impediment to such a study is the absence of any identified gene whose transcription is directly dependent on the receptor-hormone complex.
(16) But, according to Ruddick, the state council is a “gerrymander”, with factional leaders creating new “on-paper” branches that meet at most once a year in order to elect a delegate to state council and keep hold of “the numbers” – presenting Liberal reformers with exactly the same structural impediment to change as is faced by Labor.
(17) Conroy said the Minchin protocol was “merely an administrative policy adopted by the Department of Finance” which was “no impediment to a police investigation into Ms Bishop’s conduct”.
(18) A significant impediment in determining the relative contribution of whole blood viscosity to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease has been the lack of an uncomplicated method to measure whole blood viscosity.
(19) However, the lack of data on the forms of chromium-absorption from foods by the gastro-intestinal tract, and our concomitant inability to obtain an accurate assessment of the daily mobile pool of metabolically active chromium in the human body continues to be an impediment in assessing the overall impact of chromium nutrition.
(20) The results of this study indicated that the use of a nonresorbable hydroxylapatite for grafting resulted in impediment of tooth eruption and distortion of crown development.