... the combined infusion of morphine and midazolam with 50 ml Page of (page number not for citation purposes) syringes prefilled with 50 mg of midazolam plus 50 mg of morphine in sterile saline or ... amount of sedation and on the course of sedation before and Available online http://ccforum.com/content/10/4/R99 Number ofpatients receiving sedatives Of all patients, 62.4% needed morphine in the ... Propofol can be used in addition, when high dosages of morphine and midazolam are needed, or solely, when frequent neurological evaluation is warranted (most often only inpatients with brain injury)...
... the combined infusion of morphine and midazolam with 50 ml Page of (page number not for citation purposes) syringes prefilled with 50 mg of midazolam plus 50 mg of morphine in sterile saline or ... amount of sedation and on the course of sedation before and Available online http://ccforum.com/content/10/4/R99 Number ofpatients receiving sedatives Of all patients, 62.4% needed morphine in the ... Propofol can be used in addition, when high dosages of morphine and midazolam are needed, or solely, when frequent neurological evaluation is warranted (most often only inpatients with brain injury)...
... Length of Stay Medical Subject Headings Ministry of Health (Singapore) National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Institutional Review Board Principal component Principal ... assistance in mobility, and 6% vs 10.1% were dependent in toileting, 3.7% vs 5.3% in feeding, 8.1% vs 11.2% in grooming or dressing and 3.7% vs 10.7% were incontinent or had occasional incontinence ... of the nursing home were more inlined with pain management, falls prevention, skin care and pressure ulcers and oral hygiene To address the challenges to the healthcare system arising from Singapore’s...
... through the internet The niche role of IT has increasingly gained acceptance among practising healthcare professionals since the beginning of the 21st century, defining a concept known as “e-Health” ... aspects of healthcare, implementation of these systems have been slow in clinical practice Healthcare professionals need tools that can combine various sources of clinical information into one ... retrieving erroneous information on the internet, which can cause a sense of uncertainty and confusion in the patient, resulting in delaying his treatment or turning to other inappropriate forms of...
... DEScover Investigators Outcomes of 6906 patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the era of drug-eluting stents: report of the DEScover Registry Circulation 2006;114:2154-2162 Windecker ... lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MI, myocardial infarction; SAP, stable angina pectoris; USAP, unstable angina pectoris aIndicates patients who received sirolimus-eluting stents Numbers in ... myocardial infarction, and target vessel revascularization a Indicates patients who received sirolimus-eluting stents Percentages in this column are based on a cohort of 103 patients b c Indicates patients...
... Physiologic imaging techniques - nuclear medicine imaging SPECT Nuclear medicine study utilizing injection of isotopes and imaging of brain to determine if there is increased activity in an area of abnormality; ... [12] Whatever pain medications are chosen, the nurse plays the most important role of any caregiver in assessing, evaluating, documenting, preventing, and educating about painin the ill child ... frowning Turning down of mouth, not smiling Lips puckering up, tight, pouting, or quivering Clenching or grinding teeth, chewing or thrusting tongue out 3 3 Facial 10 2 2 0 0 III 1 1 VII Eating/Sleeping...
... staff of the Community Hospitals in Herdecke and Berlin, staff of an ambulant out-patient care unit in Essen, attendants of a meeting on "Spirituality and Medicine" in Berlin, a Caritas congress in ... practice religion; finding meaning" Thus, it is obvious that spiritual well-being is inextricably intertwined with the physical, social and emotional needs ofpatients Within the last years scientific ... meaning of disease Reflecting on meaning and sense of life and positive interpretation of disease obviously can have an impact on how patients change their further life, and thus on distinct...
... regarding QoL Patients between and years of treatment and patients with over years of treatment showed, increasingly, a more positive perception of the treatment Regarding the existence of a bleeding ... through the obtained scores via the application of the QoL SF36 and DASS instruments, besides evaluating the influence of clinical and demographic factors in the perception of quality of life This ... capable of answering the questionnaire The DASS analysis showed a mean QoL score of 67.1 (± 18.2) The mean score of different domains composing the instrument is described in Table Among the domains...
... occasions In 92% of the cases, patients were receiving continuous infusions; in 4% of the cases, patients were receiving boluses; in the remaining 4% of the cases, patients were not receiving sedation ... analysis The study was not terminated because of the finding of increased hospital mortality inpatients treated by DIS Results Censoring Thirty-six patients were censored Patients randomly assigned ... medications discontinued in the ABC trial, thereby resulting in a blunted stress response during sedation interruption and minimizing the symptoms of withdrawal during sedation interruption [32]...
... studies of this thesis were living in institutional care settings In studies II and III residents were living innursing homes, whereas in studies I and V in dementia wards, and in study IV in long-term ... collected from a nursing home in which a total of 150 residents were residing Of these, 62 residents were in long-term careIn the wards specialised for dementia careof this nursing home, 21 residents’ ... homes situated in various parts of Finland (Table 5) Table Description of the studied elderly residents innursing homes, dementia wards and patientsin long term care hospitals Nursing homes and...
... than staining in 69% of total aspirates, including cases that were found negative with gram staining Cultures are more specific in diagnosing early stage tuberculosis (21) Mortality among patients ... our intensive care unit in a period over six years and to examine the characteristics, presentation, underlying risk factors, outcome ofpatients and to highlight the possible causes of delaying ... reported in 51% ofpatients at the time of admission Other symptoms included cough (14%), dyspnea (8%), night sweats (6%) and fatigue in 21% of cases Other less common symptoms, including hemoptysis,...
... symptoms, clinical examination findings, histopathological examination reports, definitive diagnosis with FIGO staging of gynecological malignancies and finally in- depth interview questions regarding ... cervical of the 20.3 Most of the patients (105 patients or 92.9%) with malignancy were of parity or higher with mean of 4.1 gynecological malignancies were Hindus Only patients7 5.0The proportion ofpatients ... making the management of the disease easier Median value of PCI of family of the patients was Rs 400 and mean value was Rs 543 with a range of Rs 100 - 2500 The mean PCI of family of the patients...
... effectiveness, in primary care, of a brief pain management programme delivered by physiotherapists with that of a programme of spinal manual physiotherapy in the treatment of non-specific low back painof ... one in five of all primary care consulters with low back pain [14] It is possible that persistent chronic low back pain sufferers may respond differently to these questions The main findings of ... K, Main CJ, Watson P, Dziedzic KS, Sim J, Minns Lowe C, Croft PR: Comparison of physical treatments versus a brief pain management programme for back painin primary care: a randomised clinical...
... an 11-point numeric self-administered rating scale ranging from (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain) At the end of the baseline phase, a mean of the daily pain scores was calculated; patients ... neuropathic pain had interfered with their sleep It consists of a single-item with an 11-point numerical rating scale, ranging from (pain does not interfere with sleep) to 10 (pain completely interferes ... weekly mean sleep interference score and the weekly mean pain score at baseline were used to define groups ofpatients differing in severity Since patients had to have pain at baseline to qualify...
... for pars stress injury, it is highly suggestive of some type of derangement of the posterior elements of the spine [16] Imaging studies used to evaluate patients with low back pain include: radiographs, ... be the cause of the low back pain and MRI may be helpful in identifying other causes of back pain [6,26] Complete bony union offers the best long term prognosis Some patients attain a fibrous ... multi-modality imaging, radiographs, skeletal scintigraphy, CT and MRI all play an important role in imaging patients with back pain Planar bone scintigraphy has a long history in the diagnosis of patients...
... low frequency One of the most interesting findings in this study is the wide variability in distribution of sexual risk in the population The number of individuals engaging in risk behaviors, ... more patients, the total transmission events involving MDR strains may increase Patientsincare with and without resistant strains are only portion of those who transmit HIV; however, those incare ... behavior among patients with HIV infection and provide insight into the growing rate of drug resistance in incident HIV infections in areas where ARVs has been available for several decades In our previous...
... over 80% of the study patients (Table 3) In general, diabetic patients reported lower QOL outcomes than the non-diabetic patients for all SF-36 domains at baseline, as well as after year of follow-up ... improvements in their DASI scores, diabetic patients reported poorer functioning than nondiabetic patients at year following the AMI (51% versus 71% said that they can anything/almost anything) Page of ... Conclusion Our study findings suggest that a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is not an independent determinant of QOL after AMI Similar to the non-diabetic patients, the diabetic patients showed correlations...
... analysis [237] In the US this information has resulted in a rapid increment of Breast Fellowship, recognizing that appropriate training is one of the key factors in improving quality ofcare Currently, ... interest is the use of SLN biopsy inpatients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, because the number ofpatients choosing this option is increasing Until recently, feasibility and accuracy of ... while directing planes of surgery during the excision This in turn is helpful in guaranteeing both negative margins and an adequate contour of resection in order to minimize the volume of excision...
... beta-endorphin Production, release, and control of inflammatory painin rats J Clin Invest 1997, 100:142-148 41 Machelska H, Cabot PJ, Mousa SA, Zhang Q, Stein C: Pain control in inflammation ... targeted inhibition of the expression of DREAM in SFLCs might enhance the endogenous level of dynorphin acting on KOR, using siRNAs locally in the periphery If DREAM is a suitable target inpain management, ... nor in PBMCs from OA patients Inhibiting DREAM expression using small interfering RNAs DREAM has been implicated to play a major role inpain transmission by regulating the transcription of pdyn...