... low risk (0–2 risk factors), and high risk (3–5 risk factors) EQ-5D The EQ-5D was used as a measure of respondents' HRQoL and utility values The EQ-5D provides a simple descriptive profile and ... development and/ or diagnosis of diabetes [11,12] Respondents with 0–2 risk factors were classified as low riskand those with 3–5 risk factors were grouped as high risk for a diagnosis of diabetes ... EQ-5D scores of individuals diagnosed with diabetes and those with varying levels of cardiometabolic risk, using data from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation andmanagementofrisk factors...
... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, North American Association for the Study of Obesity: Practical guide: Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults ... systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Int J Obesity 27:1437, 2003 [PMID: 12975638] Wadden TA et al: Lifestyle modification for the managementof obesity Gastroenterology ... patient's age and comorbid conditions, and experience of the surgical team The most common surgical complications include stomal stenosis or marginal ulcers (occurring in 5–15% of patients) that...
... List of Tables Opportunities and Needs in VWD Research, Training, and Practice 57 Pathophysiology and Classification of VWD 57 Diagnosis and Evaluation 58 Managementof VWD 58 Gene Therapy of VWD ... knowledge and improving clinical and laboratory diagnostic tools for VWD Furthermore, there are needs for better knowledge ofand treatment options for managementof VWD and bleeding or bleeding risk ... episode of DVT, plasma levels of VWF:Ag and FVIII activity were related to riskof DVT, according to univariate analysis In multivariate analysis, the relation of VWF level with riskof DVT was...
... Evaluation, andManagementof the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Table Risk stratification for preeclampsia and intensity of antenatal care: EMMA Clinic, Vancouver Risk Nature of previous PET No of ... evaluation, andmanagementof the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy The resulting guidelines, published in the CMAJ in 19974–6 and endorsed by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, ... Evaluation, andManagementof the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy This guideline has been reviewed and approved by the Hypertension Guideline Committee and approved by the Executive and Council of...
... perception of pain to reflect the physiological needs of the organism and optimize survival This is best understood by considering two examples of hypo- and hyper- sensitivity to pain: a time of war and ... perception of vibration and light touch Both low and high threshold afferents are pseudounipolar neurons of the Peripheral Neuropathy - A New Insight into the Mechanism, Evaluation andManagementof ... Evaluation andManagementof a Complex Disorder Pain circuits of the dorsal horn integrate information A cross section of a spinal cord reveals morphologically and biochemically distinct layers of gray...
... weight status andriskof disease (Tables 75-1 and 75-2) BMI is used since it provides an estimate of body fat and is related to riskof disease Lower BMI thresholds for overweight and obesity ... Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults U.S Department of Health and ... 53 61 69 77 85 94 02 10 18 26 35 43 Table 75-2 Classification of Weight Status andRiskof Disease BMI (kg/m2) Obesity Class Riskof Disease Underweight
... evaluation of comorbid conditions should be based on presentation of symptoms, risk factors, and index of suspicion All patients should have a fasting lipid panel (total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol and ... treadmill exercise test, is an important predictor of all-cause mortality independent of BMI and body composition These observations highlight the importance of taking an exercise history during examination ... Although individuals vary, the number and severity of organspecific comorbid conditions usually rise with increasing levels of obesity Patients at very high absolute risk include the following: established...
... change and also serves as a basis for further dialogue Obesity: Treatment The Goal of Therapy The primary goal of treatment is to improve obesity-related comorbid conditions and reduce the riskof ... Lung, and Blood Institute: Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: The evidence report Washington, DC, US Department of Health and ... patient's risk status, expectations, and available resources Therapy for obesity always begins with lifestyle managementand may include pharmacotherapy or surgery, depending on BMI risk category...
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... help change and reinforce new dietary and physical activity behaviors Strategies include self-monitoring techniques (e.g., journaling, weighing, and measuring food and activity); stress management; ... discontinuation of the medication A dose of 10–15 mg/d causes an average increase in systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 2–4 mmHg and an increase in heart rate of 4–6 beats/min For this reason, ... insomnia, and constipation These are generally mild and well-tolerated The principal concern is a dose-related increase in blood pressure and heart rate that may require discontinuation of the medication...
... receptors and their endogenous ligands have been implicated in a variety of physiologic functions, including feeding, modulation of pain, emotional behavior, and peripheral lipid metabolism Cannabis and ... Restrictive surgeries limit the amount of food the stomach can hold and slow the rate of gastric emptying The vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) is the prototype of this category but is currently ... the drug is related to the malabsorption of dietary fat and subsequent passage of fat in the feces GI tract adverse effects are reported in at least 10% of orlistat-treated patients These include...
... patient morbidity and mortality These guidelines were developed to address evaluation andmanagementof SE in critically ill adults and children and will not address the managementof SE in neonates ... Most clinical and electrographic seizures last less than and seizures that last longer often not stop spontaneously Animal data suggest that permanent neuronal injury and pharmacoresistance ... data , including fewer, smaller RCTs, nonrandomized and observational analyses C Evidence relies on expert/ consensus opinion, case reports,or standard of care Critical care treatment Critical...
... outcome of the risk assessment The USEPA also evaluated the effect on risk estimates of assuming that biosolids exceeding cutoff limits for TEQ of dioxin was excluded from land application Risk ... P.H Krogh, K.K Brandt, J Sorensen, T Madsen, J Petersen, and C Gron 2003 Recycling of sewage sludge and household compost to arable land: Fate and effects of organic contaminants, and impact on ... aggregate risk assessment, compounded the effect of using conservative assumptions and resulted in a level ofrisk that was potentially several orders of magnitude more protective than the stated risk...
... elaboration of the classes of decisions made by managers, the explicit separation of strategy from goals and objectives, and the concept ofrisk as a function of the amount and extent of knowledge, ... 38 Chandler, Strategy and Structure, p 13 Andrews, Concept of Corporate Strategy, p 13 32 and tactics, and ends with a characterization of the organization and its role among all groups of stakeholders ... publicly declared; and (4) an application of these elements to the evaluation of the strategies of a high riskand a low risk sector of this industry To begin, the foundation of a categorical schema...
... in Figures 6-8 through 6-16 (Barsom and Rolfe 1987) Barsom and Rolfe and Tada, Paris, and Irwin (1985) contain compilations of solutions for a wide variety of configurations c After the stress-intensity ... permission of PrenticeHall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ) where KT = theoretical stress concentration factor, aN = half of the long dimension of the ellipse, b = half of the short dimension of the ... copies of the standard can be obtained by post from BSI Publications, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK14 6LE) Figure 6-7 Interaction of discontinuities with surfaces (Extracts from British Standards...
... this article as: Little and Eccles: A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to improve post-fracture investigation andmanagementof patients at riskof osteoporosis Implementation ... overall summary measure of effectiveness, the risk ratio and RDs were calculated using meta-analysis for both of the main outcomes of the review Page of 17 2010 yielded a total of 2,814 potentially ... various riskof bias criteria is not recommended, the results in Table suggest that only one-third of the studies were likely to be at low riskof bias Effects of interventions Review outcomes and...
... advance in the managementof CAD has been the recognition of the importance of dyslipidemia in the development of atherosclerosis and the subsequent riskof future events The association of elevated ... development of arterial thrombus and impairment of coronary blood flow The focus ofmanagementof patients with stable CAD is risk stratification to guide therapeutic decision-making and the application ... safety, and tolerability of once-daily niacin for the treatment of dyslipidemia associated with type diabetes: results of the assessment of diabetes control and evaluation of the efficacy of niaspan...
... and geometry of detail are known and the stress level and material fracture toughness have been estimated, the crack can be evaluated for fracture by calculating the stress intensity factor and ... factor of safety (FS), KIf , is given by a FS K If = 1.12σ π a FS • k b (7-7) where a = crack size k = function of a and b b = half-width of the plate (Tabulated values for k and stress ... plane-strain fracture toughness of the material, and the approximation of Kc from KIc introduces more uncertainty in the estimation of the fracture toughness of the girder flange A more exact...
... 1–221 Keto, A., A Lehtinen, A Mäkelä and I Sammalkorpi 2004 Lake Restoration In: P Eloranta, Ed., Inland and Coastal Waters of Finland, University of Helsinki and Palmina Centre for Continuing Education ... advantages of hypolimnetic withdrawal are threefold: (1) relatively low capital and operational costs, (2) evidence of effectiveness in a large fraction of cases, and (3) potentially long-term and even ... reported on the response of three lakes following installation of Olszewski tubes; Piburger See, Reither See, and Hechtsee Characteristics of the three lakes are given in Tables 7.1 and 7.2 All three...
... interest in the subject at hand and determines the rate of progress Typical examples of this are television, computers and Lego, in all three of which the problem of mobilizing and sustaining attention ... in the area of ADHD One of the criteria of DSM-IV deals with the importance of the presence of at least some of the symptoms before the age of This continuity is crucial for understanding the ... to that of adults: elated mood or irritability, pressured speech, excessive sexuality, delusions of grandeur and lack of sleep A psychotic profile can accompany depression or mania, and this...