Infections by bacteria are a serious complication following orthopedic implant surgery, that
can usually only be cured by removing the implant, since the biofilm mode of growth of …

Donor molecules undergo dramatic changes in their chemical properties on coordination to
a transition‐metal atom. Highly reactive species can be trapped and studied as ligands. …

Platelets play a central role in thrombosis, hemostasis, and inflammation. We show that
activated platelets release inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), a polymer of 60–100 phosphate …

In this study, the release of gentamicin as a function of time was measured for six different
gentamicin-loaded bone cements and related with the surface roughness, porosity and …

… Stewart, JD, JG Stephens, MB Leslie, BA Portin and WG Schenk, Jr.: Portal
Hemodynamics under Varying Experimental Conditions. Ann. … Schenk and his associates …

Importance Red blood cell transfusions are commonly administered to infants weighing less
than 1000 g at birth. Evidence-based transfusion thresholds have not been established. …

Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative, disabling joint disease that affects >10% of
the adult population. No effective disease‐modifying treatment is available. In the present …

… w/w% loading of gentamicin (or 4.2 w/w% and 2.0 w/w% gentamicin sulfate), respectively.
The cement was mixed in a bowl with a spatula during 60 s. The cement was then poured in a …

… Van de Belt H, Neut D, Van Horn JR, Van der Mei HC, Schenk W, Busscher HJ. Gentamicin
release from polymethylmethacrylate bone cements and Staphylococcus aureus biofilm …

Background Tolerating higher partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO 2 ) in mechanically
ventilated, extremely low birthweight infants might reduce ventilator-induced lung injury and …