Venous blood sampling is a common procedure in medical diagnosis and treatment. However, the stationary manual blood sampling method in current use not only requires human resources but also is inconvenient for elderly persons and patients with limit...
Vascular steal refers to the diversion of blood flow between collateral vessels that share a common inflow restricted by arterial stenosis. Blood is diverted from the high-pressure to the low-pressure, low-resistance system. Vascular steal is associa...
Venous blood collection is a widely used medical diagnostic technique, and with rapid advancements in robotics, robotic venous blood collection has the potential to replace traditional manual methods. The success of this robotic approach is heavily d...
A catheter is a device that is inserted into the venous system to infuse treatment with controlled doses per unit of time. The study of its interaction with blood flow cannot be easily analysed with common analytical methods or different visualizatio...
Axillary web syndrome (AWS) occurs after breast cancer surgery, sentinel lymph node dissection, or sentinel lymph node biopsy. Here, cord-like structures from the axilla to the forearm limit the range of motion of the shoulder joint and cause pain. A...
ABG analysis is the gold standard for assessing acid–base balance, oxygenation, and ventilation in critically ill patients, but it is invasive and associated with patient discomfort and potential complications. Venous blood gas (VBG) analysis o...
The impact of ABO blood type in the development of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients remains controversial. To develop a sense of the current opinion in this area, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. In March 2021, we performe...
Blood reflux and metabolic regulation play important roles in chronic venous disease (CVD) development. Histone deacetylases (HDACs) and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) serve as repressors that inhibit metabolic signaling, which is induced by proather...
Background: Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is one of the main causes of venous leg ulcers. Rheological disorders of the blood, such as changes in viscosity, hematocrit, and erythrocyte aggregation and deformability, can impair microcirculation an...
A limited number of studies investigated the association between the ABO blood groups and the incidence of venous thromboembolism in individuals with Factor V Leiden; however, discordant findings were reported. Consequently, this systematic review an...
(1) Background: We aimed to analyze the oxidative status of patients with unstable angina pectoris (UA), as well as to determine the correlation of these parameters between coronary arterial and peripheral venous blood samples. (2) Methods: The study...
Population-based surveys matched by time but using different methodologies for determining hemoglobin (Hb) concentration have shown inconsistencies in estimating anemia prevalence. This study aimed to estimate measurement errors in Hb quantification...
Background and Objectives: Difficult venous access (DVA) affects 10–26% of hospitalized patients and up to 60% in high-risk populations, leading to increased patient discomfort, delayed diagnosis, and substantial healthcare costs estimated at $...
Adenoviral vector vaccines were pivotal for COVID-19 control, but postmarketing safety surveillance has identified venous-predominant thrombotic risks not fully explained by platelet-centric mechanisms. We tested an RBC-associated hypothesis using an...
Introduction. Periodontal diseases are among the most common chronic infections in humans. Chronic low-level bacteremia and a septicemic inflammatory response have been suggested as a pathogenetic link between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis,...
As the medium of material exchange between mother and fetus, umbilical cord blood is closely connected with fetal development. microRNA (miRNA) has a wide range of biological functions and has high flow characteristics. Small RNA sequencing of pig um...
Blood flow restriction (BFR) may become ineffective or potentially dangerous without sufficient standardization. The purpose of this investigation was therefore to (1) assess the viability of multiple sizes of a novel BFR cuff to determine arterial o...
Collecting blood from an indwelling arterial catheter may reduce stress from repeated venipuncture in patients requiring serial monitoring, but the use of arterial blood for hematological and biochemical testing remains understudied. Here, we compare...
Background/Objectives: In neurocritical care, usually, the only continuous measurement of brain pathophysiology is intracranial pressure (ICP). The objective of this study was to find the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) and parameters...
Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The human microbiota, particularly gut bacteria, plays a role in the development of CHD. However, determining the contribution of gut bacteria translocat...
Although SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays have been found to provide valid results in EDTA-anticoagulated whole blood, so far, they have not demonstrated that antibody levels in whole blood originating from capillary blood samples are comparable to antibod...
Background: Venous occlusion plethysmography (VOP) non-invasively measures forearm blood flow (FBF), whereas near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) assesses skeletal muscle oxygenation. Using these techniques has revealed sex differences in microvascular...
Background: The present study evaluated the objective effectiveness of wearing compression stockings during late pregnancy on leg edema by measuring changes in venous velocity and blood flow. Methods: Using Doppler ultrasonography, we calculated the...
Paclitaxel is an anticancer agent efficacious in various tumors. There is large interindividual variability in drug plasma concentrations resulting in a wide variability in observed toxicity in patients. Studies have shown the time the concentration...
Background/Objectives: This study was conducted as a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of breast milk odor on pain and stress levels during venous blood sampling. Method: Data were collected from 60 newborn infants consisting of a to...
The present study determined the independent contributions of temperature, strong ion difference ([SID]), total weak acid concentration ([Atot]) and PCO2 to changes in arterial and mixed venous [H+] and total carbon dioxide concentration ([TCO2]) dur...
Background: Capillary blood sampling may improve access to multi-cancer early detection (MCED) by enabling less invasive and more decentralized specimen collection. However, its paired-specimen measurement agreement with conventional venous blood for...
Venous blood gas analytes are commonly examined in animals, and the results may be important when evaluating the overall health status of an animal. Pangolins are critically endangered mammals, and there is limited information on their physiological...
Iron deficiency is a public health problem with devastating health, developmental and behavioral effects which often exacerbated due to affordability and access to screening and diagnosis. Using IronScan™ a portable, point-of-care diagnostic sy...
Background: Venous blood collection in pediatric patients is a critical procedure for diagnostic and monitoring purposes, yet it remains considerably more challenging than in adults. Factors such as small vein size, limited cooperation, and heightene...
Background: Complications, particularly pneumothorax, are common following lung interventions and occasionally necessitate further examinations, extend hospital stays, increase treatment costs, and result in long-term health impairment or even death....
Cats urgently visit emergency hospitals due to respiratory distress, and the chief cause is cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE). Although cats with CPE were frequently encountered in clinics, the prognostic factors were poorly reported. The objective o...
Blood glucose concentration is commonly used to assess energy metabolism in dairy cows. Handheld glucose meters allow rapid measurement under farm conditions, but their performance in cattle may differ from that obtained with laboratory methods. This...
Background: Ustekinumab (UST) is a monoclonal antibody (mAb) used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Elevated serum concentrations are typically associated with improved therapeutic outcomes, and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) i...
Background and Objectives: Compression of the common iliac veins (CIV) is not always associated with lower extremity symptoms. This study analyzed this issue from the perspective of patient venous blood flow changes using quantitative flow magnetic r...
Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) leads to portal hypertension (PH) with its sequelae. Computed tomography spleno-mesenterico-portography (CT-SMPG) combines sequential CT spleno-portography and CT mesenterico-portography. CT-SMPG comprehensive...
Objective: Cerebral vascularization is made of the symmetrical arterial system, with muscular walls, and the venous system, more variable and dominated by sinuses and jugular veins. Factors like age and posture influence this network, complicating it...
The regulation of oxygen and blood supply during isometric muscle actions is still unclear. Recently, two behavioral types of oxygen saturation (SvO2) and relative hemoglobin amount (rHb) in venous microvessels were described during a fatiguing holdi...
The HCO3− concentration in venous serum ([HCO3−]s) is a factor commonly used for detecting the body pH and metabolic conditions. To exactly detect [HCO3−]s, the venous CO2 pressure should be kept as it is in the vein. The [HCO3−]s measurement is tech...
Blood-based diagnostics are critical for many medical decisions, but mostly rely on venepuncture, which can be inconvenient and painful. The Onflow Serum Gel (Loop Medical SA, Vaud, Lausanne, Switzerland) is a novel blood collection device that utili...
Mid-life stage adults are at higher risk of developing venous thrombosis (VT)/thromboembolism (VT/E). Aging is characterized by an overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which could evoke a series of physiological changes involved in thromb...
Introduction: Venous malformations (VMs) are congenital low-flow lesions with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. An increasing number of studies link VMs to coagulation abnormalities, especially to elevated D-dimer and decreased fibrinogen....
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), encompassing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a significant burden on health and economic systems worldwide. Improved VTE management calls for the integration of biomarkers into diagnostic algorithms and s...
Evacuated blood collection tubes are widely used in clinical and laboratory settings due to their simplicity and reliability. However, their performance is influenced by factors such as ambient pressure, temperature, tube design, and procedural condi...
Background: β-thalassemia is a rare genetic disorder affecting 1–5% of the global population and poses a health burden due to migration of individuals from endemic regions. Identifying asymptomatic β-thalassemia carriers is essential...
Background/Objectives: Conventional blood collection can be challenging in a non-clinical or home-based setting. In response, vacuum-assisted lancing devices for capillary blood collection (typically from the upper arm) have gained popularity to broa...
Background/Objectives: Malnutrition in senile patients leads to functional disability while reducing quality of life. Medical professionals should routinely assess their nutritional status during hospitalization. However, diagnosing malnutrition may...
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a pathogenically complex, chronic, fibroinflammatory disorder of the bile ducts without known etiology or effective pharmacotherapy. Emerging in vitro and in vivo evidence support fundamental pathophysiologic m...
Several human tissues are investigated in studies of molecular biomarkers associated with diseases development. Special attention is focused on the blood and its components due to combining abundant information about systemic responses to pathologica...
Venous needle dislodgement (VND) is a major healthcare safety concern in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Although VND is uncommon, it can be life-threatening. The main objective of this study was to implement a real-time multi-bed monitoring system...
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