Influencia de las fugas intencionales en la monitorización del volumen tidal en ventilación mecànica no invasiva

La modalitat més utilitzada en ventilació mecànica no invasiva es la pressió de suport (Ps) amb tubuladura única i sistemes de fuita controlada mitjançant una vàlvula espiratòria. En el nostre estudi avaluem la influència que l’increment d’aquestes fuites pot tenir en el càlcul del volum tidal (VT) per part del software dels ventiladors comercials. Els resultats mostren que el software dels ventiladors infravalora el VT real que rep el pacient. Aixó pot comportar que, almenys en alguns casos, en la pràctica clínica s’utilitzin valors de Ps superiors als necessaris quina cosa podria comportar un cert grau d’hiperinsuflació pulmonar.

View of Clinical Genetic Services in Northern Ireland - Equality Impact Assessment (PDF 306 KB)

Public Consultation on the Future Development of Clinical Genetic Services - Part II (Equality Impact Assessment)

Report: Access to the New Social Work Degree for Relevant Graduate in Northern Ireland (PDF 36 KB)

Report: Access to the New Social Work Degree for Relevant Graduate in Northern Ireland

Direct Payments Policy and Practice Review Report (PDF 243 KB)

Direct Payments are cash payments made in lieu of social service provisions, to individuals who have been assessed as needing services. Direct Payments increase choice and promote independence. They provide for a more flexible response than may otherwise be possible for the service user and carer. They allow individuals to decide when and in what form services are provided and who provides them, who comes into their home and who becomes involved in very personal aspects of their lives. Direct Payments put real power into the hands of service users and carers, and allow them to take control over their lives. Access to Direct Payments as a means of delivering social services in Northern Ireland has been available since 1996 under the Personal Social Services (Direct Payments) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996. Since then take up of Direct Payments has been limited in number with the majority being accessed in the physical disability programme. åÊ

Simultaneous B(0)- and B(1)+-map acquisition for fast localized shim, frequency, and RF power determination in the heart at 3 T.

High-field (>or=3 T) cardiac MRI is challenged by inhomogeneities of both the static magnetic field (B(0)) and the transmit radiofrequency field (B(1)+). The inhomogeneous B fields not only demand improved shimming methods but also impede the correct determination of the zero-order terms, i.e., the local resonance frequency f(0) and the radiofrequency power to generate the intended local B(1)+ field. In this work, dual echo time B(0)-map and dual flip angle B(1)+-map acquisition methods are combined to acquire multislice B(0)- and B(1)+-maps simultaneously covering the entire heart in a single breath hold of 18 heartbeats. A previously proposed excitation pulse shape dependent slice profile correction is tested and applied to reduce systematic errors of the multislice B(1)+-map. Localized higher-order shim correction values including the zero-order terms for frequency f(0) and radiofrequency power can be determined based on the acquired B(0)- and B(1)+-maps. This method has been tested in 7 healthy adult human subjects at 3 T and improved the B(0) field homogeneity (standard deviation) from 60 Hz to 35 Hz and the average B(1)+ field from 77% to 100% of the desired B(1)+ field when compared to more commonly used preparation methods.

Sexual Offending in Northern Ireland - Managing the Risk

Sexual Offending in Northern Ireland - Managing the Risk

Independent Review of Health and Social Services Care in Northern Ireland

Appleby Report - August 2005

Northern Ireland Sex Offender Strategic Management Committee (PDF 1.15 Mb)

Sexual Offending in Northern Ireland - Managing the Risk 2001-2005

Census of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services in Northern Ireland: 1 March 2005 (PDF 285 KB)

Census of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services in Northern Ireland: 1 March 2005

The Report of an Independent Review of Endoscope Contamination in Northern Ireland

The Report of an Independent Review of Endoscope Contamination in Northern Ireland