BACKGROUND: Conflicting recommendations exist on whether high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC)
oxygen therapy should be administered to adult patients in critical care with acute …

Introduction The effects of continuous infusions of ciprofol on its pharmacodynamic and
pharmacokinetic properties and safety profiles in healthy Chinese subjects were evaluated. …

For dense symmetric matrices with small off-diagonal (numerical) ranks and in a hierarchically
semiseparable form, we give a divide-and-conquer eigendecomposition method with …

Background The effects of early mobilization (EM) on intensive care unit (ICU) patients
remain unclear. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials was performed to evaluate its …

The subventricular zone (SVZ) is a neurogenic niche that contributes to homeostasis and
repair after brain injury. However, the effects of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) on the …

Background Dexamethasone is a common adjuvant for local anesthetics in regional anesthesia,
but the optimal route of administration is controversial. Therefore, we did a systematic …

Background Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been validated valuable in predicting
outcome and acute kidney injury (AKI) in several clinical settings. The aim of this study …

Objectives The C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), a novel inflammation-based index,
has been proved useful in predicting outcome of various diseases. We designed this study to …

Background The effects of neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) on adult patients with
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remain unclear. We performed a meta-analysis of …

In this dissertation, we study stable and efficient methods for structured matrix computations.
In particular, we present stability analysis, stabilization strategies, and efficiency …