 Life Support Systems
"Life Support Systems" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Systems that provide all or most of the items necessary for maintaining life and health. Provisions are made for the supplying of oxygen, food, water, temperature and pressure control, disposition of carbon dioxide and body waste. The milieu may be a spacecraft, a submarine, or the surface of the moon. In medical care, usually under hospital conditions, LIFE SUPPORT CARE is available. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
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D008021
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.230.150.391
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| Concept/Terms |
Life Support Systems- Life Support Systems
- Life Support System
- Support System, Life
- Support Systems, Life
- System, Life Support
- Systems, Life Support
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Life Support Systems" by people in Profiles.
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Matula EE, Nabity JA. Failure modes, causes, and effects of algal photobioreactors used to control a spacecraft environment. Life Sci Space Res (Amst). 2019 Feb; 20:35-52.
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Niederwieser T, Kociolek P, Klaus D. Spacecraft cabin environment effects on the growth and behavior of Chlorella vulgaris for life support applications. Life Sci Space Res (Amst). 2018 Feb; 16:8-17.
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Gutsche JT, Mikkelsen ME, McCarthy FH, Miano TA, Vernick WJ, Ramakrishna H, Patel PA, Augoustides Y, Szeto WY, Desai ND, Lane-Fall MB, Williams ML. Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Life Support in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients With ARDS. Anesth Analg. 2017 03; 124(3):846-848.
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Garbino A, Nusbaum DM, Buckland DM, Menon AS, Clark JB, Antonsen EL. Emergency Medical Considerations in a Space-Suited Patient. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2016; 87(11):958-962.
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Johnson NJ, Acker M, Hsu CH, Desai N, Vallabhajosyula P, Lazar S, Horak J, Wald J, McCarthy F, Rame E, Gray K, Perman SM, Becker L, Cowie D, Grossestreuer A, Smith T, Gaieski DF. Extracorporeal life support as rescue strategy for out-of-hospital and emergency department cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2014 Nov; 85(11):1527-32.
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Czupalla M, Aponte V, Chappell S, Klaus D. Analysis of a spacecraft life support system for a Mars mission. Acta Astronaut. 2004 Aug-Nov; 55(3-9):537-47.
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Kliss M, Heyenga AG, Hoehn A, Stodieck LS. Recent advances in technologies required for a "Salad Machine". Adv Space Res. 2000; 26(2):263-9.
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MacCallum TK, Anderson GA, Poynter JE, Stodieck LS, Klaus DM. Autonomous Biological System (ABS) experiments. Biol Sci Space. 1998 Dec; 12(4):363-5.
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