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Mean Arterial Pressure Depends on Cardiac A Column of Fluid Exerts Hydrostatic Pressure Output and Systemic Vascular Resistance Fluid standing in a container exerts pressure proportional A simple model is useful in seeing how the pressures 150mg zyban sale, flows to the height of the fluid above it. The pressure at a given and volumes are established in the cardiovascular system. This hydro- propels fluid into stiff tubing that is of a large enough di- static pressure is caused by the force of gravity acting on ameter to offer little resistance to flow. When a person stands, blood pressure is greater circuit is a narrowing or stenosis of the tubing where almost in the vessels of the legs than in analogous vessels in the all of the resistance to blood flow is located. The tubing arms because hydrostatic pressure is added to hemody- downstream from the stenosis is 20 times more compliant namic pressure. The hydrostatic pressure difference is than the tubing upstream from the stenosis. It has the same proportional to the height of the column of blood be- diameter as the upstream tubing and also offers almost no tween the arms and legs. Two conventions are observed when measuring blood First imagine that the pump is turned off and the tub- pressure. First, ambient atmospheric pressure is used as a zero ing is completely collapsed. At this point, enough fluid reference, so the mean arterial pressure is actually about 93 is infused into the circuit to fill all of the tubing and just mm Hg above atmospheric pressure. Second, all cardiovascu- begin to stretch the walls of the upstream and down- lar pressures are referred to the level of the heart. Once the infused fluid comes to rest in- into account the fact that pressures vary depending on posi- side the tubing, the pressure inside the tubing is the tion because of the addition of hydrostatic to hemodynamic same throughout because the pump is not adding energy pressure. The pressure inside sure is discussed, the term hydrostatic pressure is used to mean the tubing is the pressure needed to “inflate” or fill the hemodynamic plus hydrostatic pressure.

It was once thought to account for the yellow-tan skin of people of (c) (d) Asian descent zyban 150mg line, but this coloration is now known to be caused by variations in melanin. Oxygenated blood flowing through the dermis gives the skin its pinkish tones. Certain physical conditions or diseases cause symptomatic discoloration of the skin. In jaundice, the skin appears yellowish be- palms and the shallow flexion lines that can be seen on the cause of an excess of bile pigment in the bloodstream. Furrows on the fore- usually symptomatic of liver dysfunction and sometimes of liver im- head and face are acquired from continual contraction of facial maturity, as in a jaundiced newborn. Surface Patterns The science known as dermatoglyphics is concerned with the classification and identification of fingerprints. Every individ- The exposed surface of the skin has recognizable patterns that ual’s prints are unique, including those of identical twins. All other primates have ridges) are congenital patterns that are present on the finger and fingerprints, and even dogs have a characteristic “nose print” that is toe pads, as well as on the palms and soles. The designs formed used for identification in the military canine corps and in certain dog kennels. They are formed by the pull of elastic fibers within the dermis and are well established prenatally. The Dermis ridges of fingerprints function to prevent slippage when grasping objects. Because they are precise and easy to reproduce, finger- The dermis is deeper and thicker than the epidermis (see prints are customarily used for identifying individuals. Elastic and collagenous fibers within the dermis are arranged in definite patterns, producing lines of tension in the skin and providing skin tone (fig. Integumentary System © The McGraw−Hill Anatomy, Sixth Edition Companies, 2001 Chapter 5 Integumentary System 111 FIGURE 5. Stretch marks generally fade with time but may leave permanent markings.

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Internal and external validity criteria generic zyban 150 mg amex, describing participants, diagnostic test, and target disease of interest, and study methods can be used in meta-analysis to assess the overall “level of evidence”, and in sensitivity and subgroup analyses. Introduction Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests (we will refer to them generically as diagnostic systematic reviews) are appearing more often in the medical literature. We here present a set of practical guidelines, based on evidence and the expertise of the Cochrane Collaboration, to facilitate the understanding of and appropriate adherence to methodological principles when conducting diagnostic systematic reviews. We reviewed reports of systematic searches of the literature for diagnostic research,8–11 methodological criteria to evaluate diagnostic research,1,4–7 methods for statistical pooling of data on diagnostic accuracy,12–20 and methods for exploring heterogeneity. Examples are given using the results of two systematic reviews on the accuracy of the urine dipstick in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections,26 and on the accuracy of the straight-leg raising test in the diagnosis of intervertebral disc hernia. The reviewer has to design a search strategy based on a clear and explicit description of the subjects receiving the test of interest, the diagnostic test and its accuracy estimates, the target disease, and the study design. These elements are usually specified in the criteria for inclusion of primary studies in the review. However, because computerised databases only index a subset of all the available literature, the search should be extended using other sources. A search strategy begins by creating a list of database specific keywords and text words that describe the diagnostic test and the target disease of interest (subject specific strategy). Because the number of diagnostic accuracy studies is often small, the subject specific strategy usually yields a limited number of publications to be screened. We found a combination of two published generic strategies adapted for use in PubMed (MEDLINE) to be more sensitive and precise than previously published strategies8,10 (Box 8. Each electronic database will need to be searched using a specially designed search strategy. The reference section of primary studies, narrative reviews, and systematic reviews should be checked to search for additional primary studies that could have been missed by the electronic search. Consultation of experts in the disease of interest to identify further published and unpublished primary studies.

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