... factor >4.17 for an abnormal scan Blurred vision and headache were not predictive of an abnormal scan Severe headache and headache in patients witha GCS≤15 are predictive of an abnormal scan.38,54 ... the same way as adults using the Paediatric Coma Scale and Score 7.1.3medical re-appraisal Patients withaheadinjury can develop a wide range of secondary complications, both intracranial and ... treatment should be individually tailored 29 Early management of patients withaheadinjury Table 8: Agitated behaviour scale (adapted from Lombard LA, Zafonte RD Agitation after traumatic brain...
... information to tailor it to a population affected by severe head injury; a summary of such adaptations can be found in Table 47 Table Adaptations to preparatory information for a severe headinjury ... 3, and further details are available in Appendix 1.2 Stage 3: Assessing the robustness of the synthesis An attempt was made to contact authors who indicated that a treatment manual was available, ... text word searches into the above databases: ●( ((Acquired brain injur*) OR ABI or (traumatic brain injur*) OR TBI OR (brain injur*) OR (head injur*) OR stroke OR CVA) ) ●( (CBT OR (behavio*r*...
... 4.01) was used for all data analysis, witha p-value ≤ 0.05 indicating statistical significance All calculations were completed from raw data by two researchers (AN and CW) A standard unpaired ... rapamycin treated, bevacizumab treated, and bevacizumab plus rapamycin treated Average tumor growth for each cohort is shown in Figures 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a, and Table The data points represent days ... compared with Rapamycin Figure Asparaginase treatment improved survival and decreased tumor growth in nude mice bearing Tsc2-/- tumors (a) Average tumor volume over time for asparaginase and asparaginase...
... Virginia Health System and office of Human Subjects Research at the NIH Information on post-operative radiation and /or chemotherapy, and performance status of patients was unavailable for analysis ... for Cancer Research Author details Tissue Array Research Program, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 2Applied Molecular ... Society AC: Cancer Facts and Figures 2003 Atlanta, GA 2003 Forastiere A, Koch W, Trotti A, Sidransky D: Head and neck cancer N Engl J Med 2001, 345:1890-1900 Takikita et al Journal of Translational...
... ice that may affect balance.)" Participants, who reported a fall, were then asked to report the number of falls in the past year Data Analysis Prior to data analyses the gait variability data were ... Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2005, 2:21 Background Variability of gait can be quantified using both temporal and spatial gait characteristics Variability of temporal characteristics ... were examined for normality The gait variability data were relatively normally distributed (mean values approximately equal to median, low values for skewness and kurtosis) For step width variability...
... Virginia Health System and office of Human Subjects Research at the NIH Information on post-operative radiation and /or chemotherapy, and performance status of patients was unavailable for analysis ... for Cancer Research Author details Tissue Array Research Program, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA 2Applied Molecular ... Society AC: Cancer Facts and Figures 2003 Atlanta, GA 2003 Forastiere A, Koch W, Trotti A, Sidransky D: Head and neck cancer N Engl J Med 2001, 345:1890-1900 Takikita et al Journal of Translational...
... formation (1) and bridging or lamellar bone formation (2) An assessment of these results was made and agreed upon by AS, TY and NT Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining After radiographical ... radiographs or histologically Bone absorption and formation on the graft were assessed with plain radiographs When the bone was absorbed within the cortex, the result was classified as mild absorption, ... radiographical examination, the femurs with the graft were decalcified with EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), and cut sagittally, then stained with hematoxylin and eosin and tartrate-resistant...
... available in November 1988 In addition, a lateralized offset option became available in March 2000 oposterior and lateral radiographs from early and late follow-up studies For each patient, a ... achieve a canal fit at 100 mm distal to the level of the femoral neck osteotomy All femora were implanted with the MalloryHead Porous (Biomet, Inc.; Warsaw, IN) femoral component: a straight, tapered, ... 1Indiana) isPorous femoral component (Biomet, with middle third, coating on the distal third,distal third plasma-spray and satin-texturedtitanium,grit blasted on the Warsaw, The Mallory -Head a collarless,...
... patients with "average disease severity" as the reference group For continuous variables, such as age in years or scale scores, the odds ratio for a particular category, as well as for between-category ... study and performed the statistical analysis All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements This research was supported by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and ... reflects balance Long-term smoking was measured by a binary variable for ≥ 20 pack years (vs less or none) Patient satisfaction was assessed using a 10-item scale (alpha = 950), transformed to range...
... needle area was measured witha leaf area meter (Delta-T Devices, Cambridge, UK) Once Ψwp had reached a threshold of around –2 MPa (after approx 10 days), saplings were watered to field capacity and ... withholding irrigation (Fig 1) Every second day, predawn needle water potential (Ψwp ) was measured witha Scholander pressure chamber, and gas exchange of a current year twig witha 4L portable ... unlabelled C that would be less easily accessed In fact, one has to take into account that storage compounds were probably not uniformly labeled, and that recently stored (and also more readily...
... the MTB with the G/0 treatment first decreased at a more rapid rate, then afterwards at a slower rate than with the G treatment or Growth capacity of flower buds (Figs and 3) Plotting a against ... iois d’action de la temperature sur la croissance des bourgeons floraux du pecher (Prunus persica L Batsch) pendant la post-dormance C.R Seances Acad Agric Fr 68, 709-718 Rageau R & Ridray G (1989) ... heating treatments and could be much more important with earlier heating Further studies are needed to obtain more precise information on the ability of the buds and, more particularly the floral ones,...
... this article as: Hara et al.: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy for a patient with an intractable small bowel injury after repeat surgeries: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports ... Thus, a percutaneous approach is more feasible and likely to be better tolerated than a nasal approach PEG or PEG-j has been mainly used for enteral nutrition therapy The tubes are superior to nasojejunal ... revealed that the passage of contrast medium was poor, but it was unclear whether there was a leak (Figure 2A) After the examination, our patient experienced sudden abdominal pain and nausea The...
... Cancer, Ovarian Cancer and Leukemia SPOREs, and by a 2009 Seena Magowitz Pancreatic Cancer Action Network AACR Pilot Grant Author details RNA interference and non-coding RNA Center and the Department ... diverse applications in various clinical and laboratory environments Yet applying these RNA-based regulatory systems in clinical practice may still require more time In addition, there are many other ... of Texas System Regents Research Scholar and by the CLL Global Research Foundation Work in GAC’s laboratory is supported in part by NIH, by DOD, by Developmental Research Awards in Breast Cancer,...
... Lateral radiograph of hand debridement and washout was performed The wound was then reviewed after 48 hours and a delayed primary closure performed The patient had regained good hand function and ... healed unremarkably at followup tions [4] If surgical removal of a foreign body or surgical exploration of a puncture wound is decided upon, it must be performed under adequate anaesthesia and ... the patient and reviewed the manuscript NS was the senior author responsible for the management of the patient References Figure Antero-posterior radiograph of hand Antero-posterior radiograph...
... Richard S: Treatment of von Hippel-Lindau retinal hemangioblastoma by the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor SU5416 is more effective for associated macular edema than for hemangioblastomas ... one of the cases [5] There have been two other reports of intravitreal VEGF inhibitor treatment using pegaptanib for patients with juxtapapillary or large peripheral haemangioblastomas In the first ... Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease: a review Retina 2007, 27:1-7 Aiello LP, George DJ, Cahill MT, Wong JS, Cavallerano J, Hannah AL, Kaelin WG Jr: Rapid and durable recovery of visual function in a patient with...
... Respiratory Research 2006, 7:141 Background For many years, short-acting β2-agonists (SABA), such as salbutamol and terbutaline, have played an important role in the treatment of asthma; the ... one inhalation of one ofFEV for patients with asthma after placebo Mean Mean FEV1 for patients with asthma after methacholine challenge (time = 0) and at various timepoints after one inhalation ... treatment, period and patient as fixed factors and with the Borg score before drug intake (i.e obtained at the end of the provocation test) as a covariate Mean changes in Borg score were estimated...
... as well as organ dysfunction In patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, a plasma cholesterol below 100 mg/dl was associated with increased mortality (P < 0.05) A decrease in plasma ... requiring days or more of mechanical ventilation were studied Data were collected during 676 consecutive days of SICU stay Laboratory data were analyzed witha specific focus on cholesterol values and ... and their relation to traumatic injury, onset of culture-positive infection (CPI), organ/metabolic dysfunction, and SICU discharge Laboratory data Laboratory values that were monitored included...
... agitation, alcohol withdrawal, pneumonia, hypovolaemia, and fast oxime administration Tachycardias are not a contraindication for atropine if other features suggest underatropinisation Aspiration will ... such patients are at risk and should be seen regularly Measure tidal or minute volume and blood gases, if available A locally agreed value should act as a trigger for prophylactic sedation and ... bradycardia, and hypotension Severely OP- or carbamate-poisoned patients are typically covered with sweat, and have small pinpoint pupils and laboured breathing (often with marked bronchorrhoea...
... National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Randomized Controlled Trial National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study JAMA 1997, 277:1597-1604 Alderson P, Roberts I: Corticosteroids in acute traumatic brain injury: ... Svoboda P, Trenkler S, Venkataramana NK, Wasserberg J, Yates D, Yutthakasemsunt S: Final results of MRC CRASH, a randomised placebo-controlled trial of intravenous corticosteroid in adults withhead ... Munoz-Sanchez A, Arango M, Hartzenberg B, Khamis H, Yutthakasemsunt S, Komolafe E, Olldashi F, Yadav Y, Murillo-Cabezas F, Shakur H, Edwards P: Effect of intravenous corticosteroids on death within...
... an intracranial hematoma All patients received the standard treatment for management of severe TBI based on the guidelines for the management of severe headinjury of the American Association ... San Diego, CA, USA) A computerized tomography scan was obtained in all patients at admission and this was categorized according to the modified Marshall computerized tomography scan classification: ... pregnant patients and lactating female patients, and those for whom there was doubt whether the neurological status resulted from head trauma or acute or chronic spinal cord injury The study was...