... of justice, and the fact that these organs are a scarce resource To conclude, we believe that starting certain medicationsand interventions such as inotropes, vasopressors, heparin and phentolamine ... they are used in patients with a low risk for side effects and that informed consent is provided Con: The intended unintended and the principle of double effect David A Zygun and Christopher J ... palliative care patients, society and the practice of medicine Pro’s response: Involve Beauchamp and Childress’ moral principles, not the doctrine of double effect Jason Phua and Tow Keang Lim...
... groups and demonstrated the important differences between VTE in adults and pediatric patientsand called for evidencebased guidelines for management and prevention of VTE in neonates and children ... specificity and high through put for t Hcys analysis 20 Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects of Venous Thromboembolism in Neonates, Renal Disease and Cancer Patients 2.2 Role of B vitamins and enzymes ... different in neonates and older patientsand are influenced by the extent and rapidity of thrombus formation Neonates usually have a flank mass, hematuria, proteinuria, thrombocytopenia and nonfunction...
... delay between IPJ and MCPJ of thumb (TH) and long fingers (LF) for healthy subjects, during hand opening (a) and hand closing (b) Columns and whiskers represent mean and standard deviation, respectively ... Delay between IPJ and MCPJ of thumb (TH) and long fingers (LF) for stroke subjects, during hand opening (a, b) and hand closing (c, d) Columns and whiskers represent mean and standard deviation, ... fingers and thumb This was confirmed by R and RMSE mean (± SD) values which were, respectively, 0.996 (± 0.009) and 1.6° (± 0.6°) for hand opening and 0.995 (± 0.009) and 1.7°(± 0.7°) for hand closing...
... attitudes, and risk behaviors of schizophrenic patients in regard to HIV/ AIDS; • To determine the knowledge, attitudes, and risk behaviors of diabetic patients in regard to HIV/AIDS; and • To ... http://www.jiasociety.org/content/8/4/42 patients (8.2%) compared with none (0%) of the diabetic patients had used cannabis (P = 030) On the other hand, the diabetic patients used alcohol more than the schizophrenic patients ... drug addicts, unprotected sex, and others, have also been reported in a substantial proportion of mentally ill patients, particularly patients with bipolar disorders and schizophrenia.[6,8,9] Although...
... groups and demonstrated the important differences between VTE in adults and pediatric patientsand called for evidencebased guidelines for management and prevention of VTE in neonates and children ... specificity and high through put for t Hcys analysis 20 Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects of Venous Thromboembolism in Neonates, Renal Disease and Cancer Patients 2.2 Role of B vitamins and enzymes ... different in neonates and older patientsand are influenced by the extent and rapidity of thrombus formation Neonates usually have a flank mass, hematuria, proteinuria, thrombocytopenia and nonfunction...
... were major depression and anxiety disorders; major depression and dysthymia; major depression and alcohol use disorders; major depression and drug use disorders; and alcohol and drug use disorders ... 0.001), and comorbidity of major depression and dysthymia (P < 0.001), major depression and drug abuse (P < 0.05), major depression and anxiety disorders (P < 0.01), and major depression and alcohol ... and comorbidity of major depression and dysthymia, patients with the diagnosis of dysthymia (P < 0.05), andpatients with the comorbidity of major depression and alcohol abuse (P < 0.05) had statistically...
... selfesteem between males and female patients for all psychiatric patients, and also when this sample is divided into depressed patientsand non-depressed patients The female depressed patients have significantly ... Aging and Society 1993, 13:171-192 Brandtstadter J and Greve W Explaining the resilience of the aging self: reply to Carstensen and Freund Dev Rev 1994, 14:93102 Brown GW, Bifulco A, Veiel H and Andrews ... GW, Andrews B, Bifulco A and Veiel HOF Self-esteem and depression I: Measurement issues and prediction of onset Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 1990, 25:200-209 Brown GW, Bifulco A and Andrews...
... tempo, slow and fast, revealed a difference in experiencing of music between normal subjects andpatients with mania Patients with mania associated fast tempo with positive emotions and declared ... groups as compared to the normal subjects Patients with mania experienced the complex sounds as less tense and schizophrenic patients as more tense and more attractive These statistically significant ... perception and the way it influences human beings, different approaches have been used involving the types of music, the emotional experience, psychosomatic and physiological changes and psychoacoustical...
... calculation of means and standard deviation for age, gender and BMI Differences between the groups were tested using Kruskall-Wallis nonparametric test (for age and BMI) and chi-square tests ... schizophrenia and a group of non-psychiatric controls The groups were delineated by BMI for a comparison between individuals with high and average weight Participants gave informed consent and local ... medical doctor referee and psychiatrist interview Methods Subjects The study sample consisted of 40 schizophrenic (DSM-IV) outpatients (19 female, mean age 33.8 ± 9.1) and 40 nonpsychiatric controls...
... adolescent and adult patients with pineal parenchymal gland tumors treated with radiation therapy, to identify outcome, possible prognostic factors and patterns of failure in our patients Materials and ... treatment Fourteen patients with PPT were treated between 1982 and 2003 patients suffered from a pineocytoma, from a PPTID andpatients from a pineoblastoma, of which were recurrences 10 patients were ... risk-adapted CSI with 23.4 Gy in case of M0 patients ("average-risk patients ) and 36-39.6 Gy for highrisk patients Overall, the 5-year EFS for all pineoblastoma patients was 54% with an overall survival...
... exploratory study Materials and methods Patientsand assessment of late normal tissue injury Patients with a history of early breast cancer treated with breast conserving surgery and radiotherapy within ... cellular localization and cell death (Table 2) and for down-regulated genes included regulation of progression through cell cycle, mitotic phase of cell cycle and DNA damage response and repair (Table ... radiation sensitive patientsand matched controls SAM was used to try to identify transcriptional differences between fibroblasts isolated from radiation sensitive patientsand controls One case...
... 0.006) Patients had higher ACCG and ATCA frequencies and a lower GTGA frequency Mexicans had three frequent haplotypes (ACCG, ATCA, and GCGG) that were distributed similarly among patientsand controls ... DCR, MRK, and FH carried out the molecular genetic studies FGF and JILV recruited and studied the Spanish population and purified DNA samples RB and RS purified DNA samples from Mexico AV and AV ... in patientsand healthy controls from Mexico and Spain Spanish Genotype Patients Controls n (%) n (%) AA 21 (27) 14 (18) AG 42 (54) GG 15 (19) CC 28 (36) 19 (24) CT 36 (46) TT Mexican P value Patients...
... (SEH, CEH, and AEH) and ECa We found several proteins with altered expression levels during disease progression that could represent serum biomarker candidates in EH and ECa Results and discussion ... detect differentially expressed proteins in EH and ECa Serum samples from 20 patients (6 patients of SEH, of CEH, of AEH, and of stage I endometrioid ECa) and healthy women who were free of metabolic ... precursor and apolipoprotein E precursor in SEH and downregulation of apolipoprotein A-IV precursor in CEH and AEH were of significance according to the given benchmark Patients with EH and ECa...
... sensitivity and PPV while the AUDIT showed moderate sensitivity and PPV in men and women, indicating that these are suitable tools for screening current MDD and AUD among TB and ART patients in ... were not eligible Patients with dual TB and HIV infection were included, and data pertaining to both TB therapy and ART were documented Procedures A consecutive series of eligible patients were recruited ... Seven hundred and forty four patients participated in the first interview with the CES-D and AUDIT Of The internal consistency of the CES-D and AUDIT was high (Cronbach’s a = 0.84 and 0.98 respectively)...
... is willing and eligible to participate, a written informed consent is signed Randomization The patients are randomized by an independent randomization team that uses a computerized random number ... Figure Recruitment and measurement protocol intervention therapists’ knowledge, awareness and skills in diagnosing and treating Moroccan and Turkish patients with depression and anxiety disorders ... familiarized with the Moroccan and Turkish patients background and learn about: • the specific cultural aspect and elements, • the impact of migration in first and second generation immigrants,...
... long-term substitute [10,11] and recent studies in Norway report similar findings [12,13] SLT is not available in some Western countries, being banned in Australia and New Zealand and all European Union ... addiction and smoking in 2000 [21], and the other in 2007 [9] focusing on nicotine addiction and harm reduction Both reports received public coverage about the role of nicotine in smoking and the ... income and education was used to estimate a 3level composite SES variable Low SES corresponds to a low-low combination of income and education, and high SES corresponds to moderate-high and high-high...
... COPD patientsandpatients with a cold COPD patients Ten stable COPD patients recruited into the study met the following criteria: aged 52–67; ex- or current smoker with at least 10 pack-yrs and ... ECoScreen and RTube group)pH valBland-AltmanCOPD or a cold (n = 10 for each from patients Bland-Altman plot showing good agreement between pH values in EBC collected by ECoScreen and RTube from patients ... measurements in EBC collected by RTube and ECoScreen are repeatable and reproducible in healthy controls, and reproducible in COPD and asthma patients, and subjects with a common cold Several...
... stages I and II COPD (FEV1/FVC ≤ 0.7, and FEV1 ≥ 0.8 and 0.8 ≤ FEV1 ≤ 0.7, respectively) and to have no evidence of emphysema, based on high-resolution computed tomographic scans of the lungs and ... 0.026) and COPD smokers (r = 0.673 and p = 0.023) 4b Spearman's rank correlation: VEGF and TNF-α levels in induced sputum of asymptomatic (r = 0.622, p = 0.031) and COPD smokers (r = 0.818 and p ... Authors' contributions 11 NR and MM performed all the clinical measurements of the study NR, AP and CG provided intellectual input, writing and review of the data and paper NK and DS analysed the sputum...
... smokers, COPD patients Comparing AM from non-smokers (A and B), smokers and COPD patients we detected a markedly lower expression of TLR2 on AM from smokers and COPD patients (13.98 ± 2.54 and 12.07 ... AM and epithelial cells leading to production of TNF-α, IL-8 and LTB4 and subsequent neutrophil recruitment [20] Accordingly, in BALF and sputum of patients with COPD neutrophil activation and ... 5.19 ± 1.58 and 5,3 ± 2,1 vs 4.28 ± 0.7 and 4.62 ± 1.38 rMFI, respectively) Percentage of positive cells showed analogous data (nonsmokers (A and B) vs smokers, COPD patients, TLR2: 22.5 and 19.2...
... cough, 2) to identify key subjective issues and concerns related to chronic and/ or subacute cough severity and 3) to identify the language and terminology patients use to describe their cough, with ... here, great big chunks of it will stick here-can't get it out And I cough, and cough, and cough, and then if you go to a restaurant and start coughing, they throw you out Page of (page number not ... wish to thank Andrew Palsgrove, Ren Yu, Sandra Macker, and Sherilyn Notte (UBC) for scientific contributions made to this study, and Fritz Hamme (UBC) for assistance with drafting and formatting...