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Perioperative Temperature Monitoring and Management to Maximize Patient Safety: A Quality Improvement Project
(2022-11-23)Appropriate temperature monitoring and management is an important part in optimizing patient success in the operative theatre. Perioperative hypothermia remains a threat to patient morbidity and mortality and consistent ... -
Peripheral Arterial Disease and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke: The Multi�Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
(2014-12)Background Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) shares several risk factors with atrial fibrillation (AF), and persons with PAD have an increased risk of stroke. It is unclear if PAD is associated with an increased risk for ... -
Peroxisomal gene and protein expression increase in response to a high-lipid challenge in human skeletal muscle
(2020-04-21)Peroxisomes are essential for lipid metabolism and disruption of liver peroxisomal function results in neonatal death. Little is known about how peroxisomal content and activity respond to changes in the lipid environment ... -
Peroxisomal-Mitochondrial Metabolic Interactions in Lipid Metabolism in Human Skeletal Muscle
(East Carolina University, 2016-11-16)Peroxisomal activity and associated functions, including [beta]-oxidation contributions toward maintaining cellular lipid homeostasis, is poorly defined in extra hepatic tissues, most especially in human skeletal muscle ... -
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Deficiency Promotes a T Lymphocyte Response in a Murine Model of Chronic Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-03)Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. Previous studies from our lab have shown a deficiency of the nuclear transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR[gamma]) ... -
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Regulates the Expression of Alveolar Macrophage Macrophage Colony- Stimulating Factor
(East Carolina University, 2008-07-01)Macrophage CSF (M-CSF) regulates monocyte differentiation, activation, and foam cell formation. We have observed that it is elevated in human pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and in the GMCSF knockout mouse, a murine ... -
Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression
(2013-04-04)There has been increasing recognition that the second-generation antipsychotic drugs can produce extrapyramidal side effects. This case reports the development of severe akathisia in a patient being treated with ziprasidone ... -
Persistent akathisia masquerading as agitated depression after use of ziprasidone in the treatment of bipolar depression
(2013)There has been increasing recognition that the second-generation antipsychotic drugs can produce extrapyramidal side effects. This case reports the development of severe akathisia in a patient being treated with ziprasidone ... -
Personal Factors Affecting Oral Hygiene
(2014)When it comes to dating and social interaction people use different levels of self-presentation to avoid awkward situations. Self-presentation is used to display a certain image of oneself to others and make certain, often ... -
Personality assessment from social media data: An ensemble model
(East Carolina University, 2019-05-01)The global prevalence of social media encourages people to upload and share a vast and recurrent amount of information about themselves through various mediums of communication such as text, pictures, audio, and video. ... -
Personality Correlates of Compliance with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Treatment of Sleep Apnea
(East Carolina University, 2010)Unlike many chronic illnesses with less than optimal treatment efficacy, the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), is extremely efficacious. However, treatment compliance ...