In septic shock patients, tissue oxygen saturation below 78% is associated with increased mortality at day 28. Further investigations are required to determine whether the correction of an impaired level of tissue oxygen saturation may improve the outcome of these patients.

Survivors of multiple traumas including chest trauma demonstrate a persistent decrease in the 6-min walk distance, impairment on PFT, and reduced pulmonary-specific quality of life.

Excited states of ~4'116Sb have been investigated in the 111'113Cd (7Li,4n),) reactions.In both level schemes, two independant parts have been exhibited with, mainly, a negative parity band based on 8-or 7-states and a positive parity sequence based on a 11 § state. The interpretation of the significant levels has been performed in the coreparticle model and in term of quasiparticle configurations mixing, this last approach being able to give a kind of unified description of the whole spectrum.

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