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Non-invasive ventilation for weaning, avoiding reintubation after extubation and in the postoperative period: a meta-analysis by Glossop, A.J., Shepherd, N., Bryden, D.C., Mills, G.H.

“…Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a supportive therapy that improves mortality in acute respiratory failure (RF). It may also be used in patients recently…”
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Intelligent model-based advisory system for the management of ventilated intensive care patients: Hybrid blood gas patient model by Wang, A, Mahfouf, M, Mills, G.H, Panoutsos, G, Linkens, D.A, Goode, K, Kwok, H.F, Denaï, M

“…Abstract Arterial blood gas (ABG) analyses are essential for assessing the acid–base status and guiding the adjustment of mechanical ventilation in critically…”
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SIVA: a hybrid knowledge-and-model-based advisory system for intensive care ventilators by Hoi-Fei Kwok, Linkens, D.A., Mahfouf, M., Mills, G.H.

“…The Sheffield Intelligent Ventilator Advisor is a hybrid knowledge-and-model-based advisory system designed for intensive care ventilator management. It…”
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Improved Survival in Pregnancy and Pulmonary Hypertension Using a Multiprofessional Approach by Kiely, D.G, Condliffe, R, Webster, V, Mills, G.H, Wrench, I, Gandhi, S.V, Selby, K, Armstrong, I.J, Martin, L, Howarth, E.S, Buʼlock, F.A, Stewart, P, Elliot, C.A

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Air flow resistance of three heat and moisture exchanging filter designs under wet conditions: implications for patient safety by Morgan-Hughes, N.J., Mills, G.H., Northwood, D.

“…Heat and moisture exchanging filters (HMEFs) can be blocked by secretions. We have studied HMEF performance under wet conditions to see which particular design…”
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Intraoperative ventilation settings and their associations with postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients by Ball, L, Hemmes, S N T, Serpa Neto, A, Bluth, T, Canet, J, Hiesmayr, M, Hollmann, M W, Mills, G H, Vidal Melo, M F, Putensen, C, Schmid, W, Severgnini, P, Wrigge, H, Gama de Abreu, M, Schultz, M J, Pelosi, P

“…There is limited information concerning the current practice of intraoperative mechanical ventilation in obese patients, and the optimal ventilator settings…”
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Hydroxyethyl starch: does our choice of colloid prevent or add to renal impairment? by Mills, G.H.

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Explosion during surgery for gastric outlet obstruction by Mills, G H, Jones, R B

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Intra-abdominal pressure measurement: validation of intragastric pressure as a measure of intra-abdominal pressure by Turnbull, D., Webber, S., Hamnegard, C.H., Mills, G.H.

“…The diagnosis of abdominal compartment syndrome depends upon the demonstration of an elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Direct measures of IAP are…”
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Performance of breathing filters under wet conditions: a laboratory evaluation††Presented in part to the European Society of Anaesthesia, Glasgow, May 2003 by Turnbull, D., Fisher, P.C., Mills, G.H., Morgan-Hughes, N.J.

“…Heat and moisture exchangers in combination with a bacterial and viral filter (HMEF) are widely used during general anaesthesia. Excess patient secretions…”
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Respiratory muscle activity in patients with COPD walking to exhaustion with and without pressure support by Kyroussis, D, Polkey, MI, Hamnegard, CH, Mills, GH, Green, M, Moxham, J

“…The function of the diaphragm and other respiratory muscles during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains controversial and few data…”
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the lung by Mills, G.H., Wild, J.M., Eberle, B, Van Beek, E.J.R.

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Rule-base derivation for intensive care ventilator control using ANFIS by Kwok, H.F, Linkens, D.A, Mahfouf, M, Mills, G.H

“…In recent years, much research has been done on the use of fuzzy systems in medicine. The fuzzy rule-bases have usually been derived after extensive discussion…”
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The cost of a hospital ward in Europe: is there a methodology available to accurately measure the costs? by Negrini, D, Kettle, A, Sheppard, L, Mills, G H, Edbrooke, D L

“…Costing health care services has become a major requirement due to an increase in demand for health care and technological advances. Several studies have been…”
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Adaptive ventilator FiO 2 advisor: use of non-invasive estimations of shunt by Kwok, H.F., Linkens, D.A., Mahfouf, M., Mills, G.H.

“…A non-invasive and simple method of parameter estimation has been developed for the model-based decision support of the artificial ventilation in intensive…”
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Adaptive ventilator FiO2 advisor: use of non-invasive estimations of shunt by Kwok, H F, Linkens, D A, Mahfouf, M, Mills, G H

“…A non-invasive and simple method of parameter estimation has been developed for the model-based decision support of the artificial ventilation in intensive…”
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Tracheal tube pressure change during magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves as an indicator of diaphragm strength on the intensive care unit by Mills, G.H., Ponte, J., Hamnegard, C.H., Kyroussis, D., Polkey, M.I., Moxham, J., Green, M.

“…Diaphragm strength can be assessed from twitch gastric (TwPgas), twitch oesophageal (TwPoes), and twitch transdiaphragmatic pressure (TwPdi) in response to…”
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The cost of a hospital ward in Europe by Negrini, D., Kettle, A., Sheppard, L., Mills, G.H., Edbrooke, D.L.

“…Costing health care services has become a major requirement due to an increase in demand for health care and technological advances. Several studies have been…”
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Intra-operative and post-operative hypercapnia leading to delayed respiratory failure associated with transanal endoscopic microsurgery under general anaesthesia by Kerr, K, Mills, G.H.

“…We present an unusual case of hypercapnia and surgical emphysema during transanal endoscopic microsurgery, which led to delayed post-operative ventilatory…”
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Acute right-to-left inter-atrial shunt; an important cause of profound hypoxia by Marples, I.L., Heap, M.J., Suvarna, S.K., Mills, G.H.

“…Three patients presented to our intensive care unit over a 3-yr period with profound hypoxia resulting from acute right-to-left inter-atrial shunt (RLIAS)…”
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