Essays about: "blood culture"

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  1. 1. Predicting True Sepsis and Culture-positive Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit with Machine Learning Techniques

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Zeyuan Wu; [2024]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Diagnosis of Sepsis; XGBoost; Logistic Regression; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Sepsis, a serious medical condition often leading to patients requiring intensive care, has prompted numerous scientists to employ mathematical techniques to aid in its diagnosis. This thesis uses logistic regression and a machine learning technique, XGBoost, to predict true sepsis (as opposed to sepsis mimics) and culture-positive sepsis (among true sepsis) in critical care using blood test results, physiological measurements and other patient characteristics. READ MORE

  3. 2. Low-concentration Bacteria Separation from Whole Blood through a Slanted Filter in a Centrifuge Tube

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Kaiyang Zeng; [2023]
    Keywords : sepsis; bloodstream infection; bacteria; blood; separation; centrifuge; sedimentation; filter; falcon tube; sepsis; blodsmittsamhet; bakterier; blod; separation; centrifugering; sedimentering; filter; falcon-rör;

    Abstract : Sepsis characterized by severe bloodstream bacterial infection that results in high mortality rates and medical expenses has become a global healthcare challenge. The current clinical sepsis diagnosis is based on blood culture and requires a long waiting time, delaying effective treatments. READ MORE

  4. 3. Inducing an immunosuppressed phenotype inprimary monocytes through exposure to viralproteins.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Seat Foung Chiu-Lilja; [2022]
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    Abstract : Background. Sepsis has been defined as a hyperactive dysregulated inflammatory response that can lead tohigh fevers, shock and multiple organ failure. However, newer findings indicate that LPS canreprogram monocytes to adopt a suppressed immune response-phenotype leading to increasedsusceptibility and mortality in a secondary infection. READ MORE

  5. 4. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Nina Lotz; Dionne Tilborghs; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism; feminine hygiene products; menstruation; body hair; women´s self-esteem; advertising; binary clean messy ; stigma; normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE

  6. 5. Blue Blood and Smooth Skin : Interdependent Relationships Between Feminine Hygiene Product Commercials, Feminism, and Women’s Self-Esteem

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Dionne Tilborghs; Nina Lotz; [2022]
    Keywords : feminism - feminine hygiene products - menstruation - body hair - women´s self-esteem - advertising - binary clean messy - stigma - normatization;

    Abstract : The portrayal of women in commercials is intertwined with patriarchal structures and power hierarchies found in Western contemporary society, which stem from the Judeo-Christian binary of a ‘clean/messy’ body as introduced by St. Augustine (354 – 430 CE). READ MORE