... patients who have left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) less than or equal to 35%, a QRS duration greater than or equal to 0.12 seconds, and sinus rhythm, cardiac resynchronization therapy ... medical therapy I IIa IIb III IIb III For patients who have LVEF less than or equal to 35%, a QRS duration greater than or equal to 0.12 seconds, and AF, CRT with or without an ICD is reasonable for ... symptoms on optimal recommended medical therapy I IIaIIb III For patients with LVEF less than or equal to 35% with NYHA functional Class III or ambulatory Class IV symptoms who are receiving optimal...
... transducer waveform, the length of catheter insertion and chest radiography Systemic arterial pressure was measured invasively using radial or femoral arterial catheterization Patients with severe ... heart disease, low cardiac output and no signs of hypovolaemia, right heart catheterization with a pulmonary artery floating catheter (Swan-Ganz CCOmboV CCO/SvO2/CEDV; Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, ... seconds was used Measurements were performed immediately after right heart catheterization using pulmonary artery floating catheter insertion (during the first 24 hours after admission) The time...
... transducer waveform, the length of catheter insertion, and chest radiography Systemic arterial pressure was measured invasively using radial or femoral arterial catheterization Consecutive patients ... disease, low cardiac output, and no signs of hypovolemia, a right heart catheterization with a pulmonary artery floating catheter (Swan-Ganz CCOmboV CCO/SvO /CEDV, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, ... Podbregar Critical Care 2010, 14:R42 http://ccforum.com/content/14/2/R42 Introduction Maintenance of adequate oxygen delivery (DO ) is essential to preserve organ function, because a sustained low DO2...
... heart failure patients undergoing non-urgent right heart catheterization were screened for inclusion from June 2006 to November 2007 After catheterization, patients who were planned by their physician ... enrolled After the initial procedure, patients were admitted to the cardiac intensive care with the catheter remaining in place for drug initiation and monitoring as per standard care Exclusion criteria ... examination of clinical endpoints, our power estimates indicate that the sample size of 10 was adequate for the planned analyses of biomarkers reported It is possible that the observation window...
... developing sARF, these studies potentially suffer from selection bias, and no study to date has been adequately designed to determine actual risk factors in a nonspecific general population [2,10-13] ... reported to occur in many patients surviving sARF, this rate is not well described because of inadequate duration or consistency of follow-up [3-12,14-21] As a result, the long-term survival and ... intensive care unit (ICU) The objectives of this study were, therefore, to define the incidence of and quantify the risk factors for developing sARF, and to establish the long-term outcome and its determinants...
... using a two-tailed t-test or Mann-Whitney U test for continuous data, and chi-squared or Fisher's exact test for qualitative data The Kruskall-Wallis test was used for multiple comparisons The ... with the 96 hours postDrotAA infusion – with standard anticoagulation, while still on RRT; and to quantify the use of packed red cell (PRC) and blood products in patients with acute kidney injury ... haematological data, details of anticoagulation and RRT – including filter pressure parameters – and quantity and timing of blood products transfused were obtained by searching the departmental electronic...
... median values and × tables with the chi-squared test for proportions Mean values are presented with standard deviations and median values with the interquartile range Statistics were computed ... therefore, not be a major concern However, the overall quality of prehospital airway management is a different issue We defined and measured quality as whether those with an indication for pre-hospital ... focused on whether trauma patients with an indication for prehospital ETI actually received it (quality of airway management) and whether ETI attempts were successful and without major complications...
... Menn et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:39 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/39 based on generic instruments To calculate qualityadjusted life-years (QALYs) for ... E, Svensson K, Andersson F, Lofdahl CG, Lundback B: Health-related quality of life is related to COPD disease severity Health Qual Life Outcomes 2005, 3:56 Garrido P, Diez J, Gutierrez J, Centeno ... of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on the health-related quality of life of patients Results of the EPIDEPOC study Health Qual Life Outcomes 2006, 4:31 Calverley P, Pauwels R, Vestbo J,...
... intolerability of at least two disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), including methotrexate, in adequate dosage regimens Besides therapy with registrated TNF-α-blocking agents – infliximab, etanercept, ... were compared according to whether or not the patients experienced dermatological events The chi-square test was applied for dichotomous variables and Student's ttest was used for continuous variables ... dermatologist was compared between RA patients on TNF-α-blocking therapy and controls, using the chi-square test P values and ORs were calculated All tests were two-sided, with P < 0.05 considered statistically...
... several disease subsets and a highly variable course of disease are major obstacles to performing adequately designed studies with a sufficient number of patients [2] Corticosteroids are still the ... graphic representation Statistical evaluation was performed using contingency table tests (chi-square Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol 11 No ... contributions to patient recruitment and registration of patient data These authors contributed equally to this work TK has made substantial contributions to conception of this manuscript, as well...
... Bernoulli equation Aortic regurgitation was semiquantitatively assessed by Color Doppler flow, using standard technique The LV mass (LVM) was calculated using the Devereux and associates equation ... standard left cardiac catheterization with aortic root and coronary artery angiography in all patients Pressure gradient was measured directly and aortic regurgitation was semiquantified as 0, 1+, ... categorical variables data are expressed as numbers with percentage, and were analyzed by chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate Predictors of long-term survival was tested using...
... priori interaction term was also included in the model: years since baseline*level of chronicity Quadratic terms were added to the model in order to test whether the associa- Drukker et al BMC ... associations between clinician use of DIALOG (a tool to discuss 11 domains of needs) and improvement in quality of life and unmet needs for care after 12 months, but no change in symptom levels [8] The ... GAF psychopathology The authors stressed the positive implication of this finding, namely that quality of life can be improved even when symptoms remain unchanged [8] Neither of the abovementioned...
... Issue 2; 2001: www.update-software.com Dominioni L, Dionigi R, Zanello M, Chiaranda M, Dionigi R, Acquarolo A, Ballabio A, Sguotti C: Effects of high-dose IgG on survival of surgical patients with...
... by quartile of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score (n = 1690) Biomarker 1st Quartile (median [95% CI]) 2nd Quartile (median [95% CI]) 3rd Quartile (median [95% CI]) 4th Quartile ... The quartiles of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores are as follows: 1st quartile, score 3–19; 2nd quartile, score 20–24; 3rd quartile, score 25–29; and 4th quartile, ... with each biomarker aNonsignificant correlation with APACHE if 4th quartile is deleted bSignificant correlation with APACHE if 4th quartile is deleted α2-AP, α2-antiplasmin; APTT, activated partial...
... after catheter insertion and at least every 24 hours for days The catheter system was discontinued before days had elapsed in the event of patient death or transfer from the ICU The PiCCO catheter ... arterial catheter (Pulsiocath PV2015; Pulsion Medical Systems, Munich, Germany) was placed in the descending aorta via the femoral artery using the Seldinger technique The arterial catheter and ... bilateral infiltrates on chest radiograph and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure ≤ 18 mmHg or no evidence of left atrial hypertension The severity of ARDS was quantitated using the Lung Injury...