A CFD-based Approach to Predict Explosion Overpressure: A Comparison to Current Methods

A CFD-based approach has been developed in this work to predict the overpressure produced during an explosion. An adiabatic exothermal reaction allows computing the explosion energy release. To validate the proposed CFD approach, overpressure predictions based on this methodology are compared with results produced with the TNObased method. It is demonstrated that the physics adopted in our model produces satisfactory predictions in the open area. The CFD simulations were carried out in the ANSYS CFX tool. The source of energy corresponds to the one produced by a stoichiometric proportion in reactants without energy generation. The explosion analysis considered that explosion occurs geometrically as a sequence of control volumes. Thus, the explosion in a volume is assumed to occur when the maximum pressure is achieved in the previous control volume. This way, the explosion is propagated and it is shown that it is equivalent to conventional predicting methods

Effect of remote ischaemic conditioning on clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI): a single-blind randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: Remote ischaemic conditioning with transient ischaemia and reperfusion applied to the arm has been shown to reduce myocardial infarct size in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). We investigated whether remote ischaemic conditioning could reduce the incidence of cardiac death and hospitalisation for heart failure at 12 months. METHODS: We did an international investigator-initiated, prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled trial (CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI) at 33 centres across the UK, Denmark, Spain, and Serbia. Patients (age >18 years) with suspected STEMI and who were eligible for PPCI were randomly allocated (1:1, stratified by centre with a permuted block method) to receive standard treatment (including a sham simulated remote ischaemic conditioning intervention at UK sites only) or remote ischaemic conditioning treatment (intermittent ischaemia and reperfusion applied to the arm through four cycles of 5-min inflation and 5-min deflation of an automated cuff device) before PPCI. Investigators responsible for data collection and outcome assessment were masked to treatment allocation. The primary combined endpoint was cardiac death or hospitalisation for heart failure at 12 months in the intention-to-treat population. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02342522) and is completed. FINDINGS: Between Nov 6, 2013, and March 31, 2018, 5401 patients were randomly allocated to either the control group (n=2701) or the remote ischaemic conditioning group (n=2700). After exclusion of patients upon hospital arrival or loss to follow-up, 2569 patients in the control group and 2546 in the intervention group were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. At 12 months post-PPCI, the Kaplan-Meier-estimated frequencies of cardiac death or hospitalisation for heart failure (the primary endpoint) were 220 (8·6%) patients in the control group and 239 (9·4%) in the remote ischaemic conditioning group (hazard ratio 1·10 [95% CI 0·91-1·32], p=0·32 for intervention versus control). No important unexpected adverse events or side effects of remote ischaemic conditioning were observed. INTERPRETATION: Remote ischaemic conditioning does not improve clinical outcomes (cardiac death or hospitalisation for heart failure) at 12 months in patients with STEMI undergoing PPCI. FUNDING: British Heart Foundation, University College London Hospitals/University College London Biomedical Research Centre, Danish Innovation Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, TrygFonden

Mortalidad perinatal en el parto prematuro entre 22 y 34 semanas en un hospital público de Santiago, Chile

Objetivo: Conocer la mortalidad perinatal del parto prematuro y los factores de riesgo asociados, usando los datos perinatales clínicos, los resultados de laboratorio y los hallazgos patológicos del feto, neonato y placenta. Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo, cohorte de 407 nacimientos prematuros, únicos, entre 22.0 y 34.0 semanas de gestación. Se estudiaron las muertes fetales y neonatales hasta los 7 días de vida. Fallecieron 122 niños (64 muertes fetales y 58 neonatales), 78 tuvieron autopsia. Resultados: La mortalidad perinatal fue de 30% (122/407). El 71% (87/122) de las muertes ocurrieron antes de las 30 semanas y el 81% (99/122) en nacidos con peso menor de 1500 gramos. Las principales causas de muerte perinatal según el factor asociado con el parto prematuro fueron: infección bacteriana ascendente (IBA) 41% (50/122), anomalía congénita 20% (24/122) e hipertensión arterial 12% (15/122). Los factores de riesgo de muerte perinatal, identificados mediante análisis de regresión logística, fueron: edad gestacional al parto (p<0,001), anomalía congênita (p<0,001), IBA (p=0,02) e hipertensión arterial (p=0,03). Las principales causas de muerte perinatal fueron: hipoxia (aguda o crónica) 28%, infección congénita 23% (preferentemente neumonía 18%), desprendimiento prematuro de placenta con hipoxia y shock hipovolémico 18%, anomalía congénita 18% y síndrome hipertensivo con hipoxia aguda o crónica 7%. Conclusiones: Entre las 22 y 34 semanas de gestación, el parto prematuro por IBA fue la causa más frecuente de muerte perinatal, la edad gestacional al parto fue el principal factor de riesgo de mortalidad y la hipoxia fue la causa más frecuente de muerte

Volumen I. Catálogo de Biodiversidad para la Región Orinoquense

Bogotá, D. C.Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbold