... analyzed with the two tailed unpaired t-test For comparisonof the individually observed and predicted time values and for comparisonof within-group changes a repeated measures analysis of variance ... during exercise and the degree of left ventricular enlargement was similar in IDCM patientswithandwithout LBBB Hence, these mechanisms may equally be operative in both subgroups and may not have ... dyssynchrony is typically present in patientswith LBBB but also common in patientswithout LBBB (16) As a result of the heterogeneous onset of LV contraction and its heterogeneous termination LV...
... Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo TR is a psychiatrist, professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, and Head of the Department of Research and Development ... psychiatric nurses and clinical social workers, were asked to complete standardized forms for all inpatients and outpatients seen within the four week period A total of 2154 patients were included ... the No SUD group amongst patientswith schizophrenia [34] The third finding is that the SUD patients have lower prevalences of anxiety and depression compared to patientswithout SUD This finding...
... concentrations of anti-Xa activity and mean Cmax and AUC024 h for both groups Two groups ofpatients were studied: ICU patientswith subcutaneous oedema (index group) and ICU patientswithout subcutaneous ... the assumption of a Cmax in healthy volunteers of 0.22 (standard deviation (SD) 0.07) IU/ml and an AUC024 h of 1.26 (SD 0.40) hãIU/ml [17] and a desired power of 80% andof 5% All patients received ... subcutaneous injection of dalteparin in ICU patientswith subcutaneous oedema with anti-Xa activity in ICU patientswithout subcutaneous oedema Materials and methods This non-randomized open parallel...
... inHIV tive) and withinfected (HIV-negative) within the intensive care (HIV-posiof cases not Pneumocystis pneumonia patients infected unit (ICU) of cases with Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients infected ... well-known benefit of NIMV in different populations of immunosuppressed patientswith other causes of respiratory failure [20,21] The retrospective nature of our study, with no standardized modality ... on 24 patients after excluding patientswith lymphoid leukemia The neutrophil count is reported on the whole population of HIV-negative patients (n = 27) that 80% of HIV-negative patients with...
... HIV-TB patients group The strength of our study was the inclusion of randomly selected non-TB controls at baseline, and the large number of TB patientsand high follow-up rates, i.e 90 and 80% at and ... both TB patientswithandwithout HIV co-infection HIV uninfected PTB patients had significantly lower CD4 levels than healthy controls at baseline and did not reach the same levels of circulating ... guardians of any participants under Andersen et al BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:66 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/66 Page of 18 years of age Patients were offered pre- and post-test...
... two instruments and their performance in measuring differences in QOL among patientswithandwithout obesity Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... interview of a random sample of 366 patients seen at a large hospital-based primary care practice in Boston between November 2001 and June 2003 The goal of the study was to describe the quality of life ... used to compare the QOL impact of obesity and changes in weight with the QOL impact of other diseases Thus, studies of obesity may need to include a combination of different instruments especially...
... formation of CNT on the cathode in the arc-discharge route can occur without catalyst addition as shown by the work of Bacon in 1957 [47] and more recently by Iijima [1] Despite the huge impact of Iijima’s ... as: Rümmeli et al.: Synthesis of carbon nanotubes withandwithout catalyst particles Nanoscale Research Letters 2011 6:303 Submit your manuscript to a journal and benefit from: Convenient online ... initial catalyst size and the CNT outer diameter, after synthesis the catalyst particles are found to lie within the core of the CNT and are elongated [42] In addition, the roots of the graphitic...
... 85% (35 of 41) of the specimen ofpatientswith EAC with BE, and 84% (16 of 19) in EAC without BE (p = n.s) No LgR5 expression was found in specimen with esophageal SCC No expression of the putative ... Figure 2a) and EAC without BE (n = 19, Median 13%, IQR 4.75% - 23.0%; 95% CI 6.346 - 22.436%; p < 0.05; Figure 2a; p < 0.05 for LgR5 expression of BE with adjacent EAC and EAC withandwithout BE) ... (a and b) Case demonstrates area of magnification Prognostic Effect of LgR5 To analyze survival differences ofpatients after successful (R0) curative surgical resection for EAC withand without...
... includes 162 subjects (male and female) of which 44 were of healthy individuals, 44 patientswith type diabetes, 44 patientswith type diabetes and nephropathy and 30 diabetics with retinopathy The ... concentrations ofinflammatory markers and metabolic variables in the Caribbean population Type diabetes with the concentrations ofinflammatory markers and metabolic variables in Caribbean population without ... patientswith diabetes withandwithout microvascular complications Previous studies have indicated that SSA concentrations are elevated in diabetics (both type and type2) withandwithout complications,...
... care: a randomised controlled trial of GP management, withandwithout adjunctive counselling BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:95 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • ... were levels of depressive symptoms and the proportion of participants with symptoms below the cut-off score indicative of mild to severe depressive symptoms Two validated measures of depressive ... short form of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS 21 SF) [23] was used to monitor levels of stress and anxiety, which commonly occur co-morbidly with depression The stress and anxiety...
... twelve patients, of which to were CNCM patients A total of 231 CNCM and 612 NN patients were in the final dataset In the CNCM region, 67.7% was diagnosed with severe mental illness, 22.6% with ... as availability of psychiatric care, level of urbanicity and ethnic diversity (low levels of immigration) is similar to South Limburg Patients from NN were matched with CNCM patients (see below) ... patients were matched with the NN patient with the nearest propensity score as well as those with the two second nearest scores, aiming to make matching groups consisting of one CNCM and NN patients...
... which is not necessar- Table 2: Comparisonof the prevalence of oral impacts, by OHIP-14 and CS-OIDP attributed to malocclusion, between adolescents withandwithout normative need for orthodontic ... populations anddisease states [3-6] One of the most commonly used generic OHRQoL measures is the two versions of Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP); with 49 or 14 items [7,8] On the other hand, specific ... both overall scores between adolescents withandwithout normative need for orthodontic treatment To aid comparisonand interpretation, the magnitude of differences was also expressed as an effect...
... Materials and methods We have analyzed skeletal age and Risser sign with their Cobb angle in 418 patientswith idiopathic scoliosis (IS) and 256 patientswithout scoliosis (control) All the patientswith ... difference in patientswith scoliosis from in patientswithout scoliosis Additionally skeletal age and Risser sign were also compared according to severity of curve and gender in entire patients group ... scoliosis andwithout scoliosis were grouped into group1 and group2, respectively All patients selected for this study had an age between minimum and maximum 16 years for girls, and minimum and maximum...
... health; VT: vitality Figure Bland-Altman plot of EQ-5D and SF-6D Bland-Altman plot of EQ-5D and SF-6D Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:20 ... comparing the SF-6D and EQ-5D qualitatively and quantitatively, using data from two randomised controlled trials ofpatientswith symptomatic coronary stenosis Methods We included patientswith symptomatic ... range and sensitivity to change after intervention and the low agreement show that the EQ-5D and SF6D yield incomparable scores Even within a group ofpatientswith the same diagnosis, the EQ-5D and...
... sclerosis patientswith functional lung fibrosis and signs of lung fibrosis on highresolution computed tomography; SScFib-, SSc patientswith no signs and symptoms of lung fibrosis; GM, gel matching with ... sclerosis patientswithout lung fibrosis tion of IL-8 by airway epithelial cells [46] Furthermore, Viemann and colleagues demonstrated that the expression of Cal B and Cal A correlates with the inflammatory ... profile of BALFs from a group of SScFib+ and SScFib- patients, respectively Materials and methods Patients The samples consisted of archived BALF samples acquired between March 2004 and April...
... levels of MMP-3 with CRP, ESR, and BASDAI (respectively) [17] or with ESR and BASDAI but not with CRP [27] We obtained no clear correlation of serum levels of BALP with parameters ofdisease ... to 52 weeks of treatment with adalimumab patientswith axial spondyloarthritis before and after 12 and 36 to 52 weeks of treatment with adalimumab *P < 0.05 ns, not significant Page of (page number ... AS patients, we observed a good correlation of VEGF with CRP, ESR, and BASDAI This is in line with previous reports showing that VEGF is a good indicator of high disease activity in patients with...
... ofpatientswith a test result outside the reference range No significant differences in laboratory parameters were observed between patients treated withandwithout Table 3: Number (%) ofpatients ... version 16.0) software package Results A total of 81 patients were identified with a median age of 47 years (26-73 years), of whom 89% were male and 82% Caucasian Twenty-seven patients were using ... groups withandwithout ABC Besides, all patients were stratified in low-risk, average-risk and high-risk categories for cardiovascular disease according to their hsCRP levels independent of ABC...
... exchange and hemodynamics in ALI/ARDS patientswith normal IAP or IAH However, PEEP significantly increased EVLWI in patientswith normal IAP but not in patientswith IAH IAH, within the limits of ... CW in patientswith IAH, thus reducing pleural pressures, this was associated with better hemodynamics as compared with those patientswith lower IAP and less recruitment On the other hand, it ... patients was associated with an improved oxygenation [23] We did not find differences in ITBVI, EVLWI and hemodynamics between ALI/ARDS patientswithandwithout IAH Our patients were characterized...
... measures of mean COP velocity, standard deviation of COP, and range of COP in both the anterior/posterior (A/P) and medial/lateral (M/L) 10 directions In a comparisonof subjects withandwithout ... reproduced without the expressed permission of the author An Abstract of A Comparisonof Strength, ROM, Laxity, and Static and Dynamic Postural Control Between Ankle Copers andPatientsWith Chronic ... production of ankle, knee, and hip flexion and extension range of motion in individuals with CAI Fifteen participants with CAI and fifteen healthy participants performed maximum-effort repetitions with...