1. Untargeted molecular analysis of exhaled breath as a diagnostic test for ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections (BreathDx)Pouline M. van Oort, Tamara M. E. Nijsen, Iain R. White, Hugo Knobel, Timothy Felton, Nicholas J. W. Rattray, Oluwasola Lawal, Murtaza Bulut, Waqar Ahmed, Antonio Artigas, 2021, short scientific article Abstract: Patients suspected of ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections (VA-LRTIs) commonly receive broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy unnecessarily. We tested whether exhaled breath analysis can discriminate between patients suspected of VA-LRTI with confirmed infection, from patients with negative cultures. Breath from 108 patients suspected of VA-LRTI was analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The breath test had a sensitivity of 98% at a specificity of 49%, confirmed with a second analytical method. The breath test had a negative predictive value of 96% and excluded pneumonia in half of the patients with negative cultures. Trial registration number: UKCRN ID number 19086, registered May 2015. Keywords: ventilator-associated pneumonia, breath analysis, volatile organic compounds, metabolomics, intensive care, hospital acquired infections Published in RUNG: 07.09.2021; Views: 4043; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |
2. podMAST / Jenny Brockmann : Leaving the audience unsatisfied through unstable systems, to create communication about urgent questions in societyPeter Purg, Lange Teena, radio or television broadcast, podcast, interview, press conference Keywords: Experiment, inbetween, balance, architecture, speculative, transdisciplinary, embodiment, knowledge sharing, conversation, unsatisfied audience, process based, shaping interaction spaces, encounter, care, integrity., inbetween, balance, architecture, speculative, transdisciplinary, embodiment, knowledge sharing, conversation, unsatisfied audience, process based, shaping interaction spaces, encounter, care, integrity. Published in RUNG: 06.11.2020; Views: 2339; Downloads: 71 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |
3. Speciation and Determination of Ionic and Trace-Level Colloidal Silver in Selected Personal Care Products by Thermal Lens SpectrometryDorota Korte, Ales Grahovac, Andrej Jerkic, Olga Vajdle, Jasmina Anojčić, Valeria Guzsvány, Bojan Budič, Mladen Franko, 2018, original scientific article Keywords: Silver nanoparticles, Colloidal silver, Personal care
products, Thermal lens spectrometric determination, Flow injection
analysis Published in RUNG: 26.02.2018; Views: 4142; Downloads: 0 This document has many files! More... |