COPD affects millions of people and is now ranked as the third leading cause of death
worldwide. This largely untreatable chronic airway disease results in irreversible destruction of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and preventable airway
disease causing significant worldwide mortality and morbidity. Lifetime exposure to tobacco …

Objective: Terlipressin has been proposed as an alternative treatment to catecholamines to
restore blood pressure in septic shock. Terlipressin is considered as a vasopressin prodrug …

Background Reduced uteroplacental perfusion, the initiating event in preeclampsia, is
associated with enhanced endothelin-1 (ET-1) production which feeds the vasoconstriction of …

Mucus is a viscoelastic aqueous fluid that participates in the protective barrier of many
mammals' epithelia. In the airways, together with cilia beating, mucus rheological properties are …

Background Despite increasing evidence for the presence of voltage-gated Na + channels (Na
v ) isoforms and measurements of Na v channel currents with the patch-clamp technique …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a challenge for clinicians and
scientists, as no currently available treatment can significantly change the natural history of the …

Arterial smooth muscle exhibits rhythmic oscillatory contractions called vasomotion and
believed to be a protective mechanism against tissue hypoperfusion or hypoxia. Oscillations of …

Objective 3D surface scanning has been successfully used in forensic medicine and
pathology for over a decade. We report a new application area: a technique of skull-face …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a clinical entity of increasing significance.
COPD involves abnormalities of the airways and, in emphysema, parenchymal pulmonary …