Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 367, No. 1908, From biological and clinical experiments to mathematical models (13 December 2009), pp. 4741-4757 (17 ...

Nitric oxide (NO) plays a major role in cardiopulmonary regulation as illustrated by the alterations of the NO system described in cardiopulmonary illnesses. Recent studies have found an association ...

The transition to newborn life in preterm infants is complicated by immature cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Consequently, preterm infants often require respiratory support immediately after ...

All vertebrates except cold-water ice fish transport oxygen via hemoglobin packaged in red blood cells (RBCs). Vertebrate RBCs vary in size by thirtyfold. Differences in RBC size have been known for ...

Investigators used death certificate data to determine the annual average decline of deaths attributed to systemic sclerosis. Age-adjusted systemic sclerosis (SSc)—related mortality dropped by about 3 ...