psychopharmacologic treatment of psychiatric disorders in patients with diabetes mellitus clinical considertions and options
Báo cáo y học: " Phase IIb randomized trial of adjunct immunotherapy in patients with first-diagnosed tuberculosis, relapsed and multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB" doc
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 08:21
... confirmed in a larger cohort of patients in independent clinical settings [14,15] Conversion of sputum smear from positive to negative is a main indicator of the efficacy of anti-TB intervention ... DB and ASB Page of participated in editing of the manuscript and statistical analysis of data VJ provided samples of V5 and preparations of the placebo and provided guidelines for conduct of ... NCT01222338 Randomization, clinical endpoints and exclusion/inclusion criteria Any patient who presented with pulmonary TB was enrolled into this study and randomly allocated into two arms according to...
- 9
- 285
- 0
báo cáo hóa học: " Development and validation of the insulin treatment appraisal scale (ITAS) in patients with type 2 diabetes" docx
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 22:20
... be demanding to administer 11 Insulin means I have to give up activities I enjoy 12 Insulin means my health will deteriorate 13 Injecting insulin is embarrassing 14 Injecting insulin is painful ... (ITAS) in both insulin naïve and insulin-treated type diabetes patients Factor analyses suggest a simple twofactor structure, with items pertaining to a positive and a negative appraisal of insulin ... the literature on patients' barriers to staring insulin [8,9], discussions with diabetes care providers and clinical encounters with insulin naïve as well as insulin treated patients The authors...
- 7
- 602
- 0
báo cáo hóa học:" Improvement in quality of life measures in patients with refractory hepatitis C, responding to re-treatment with Pegylated interferon alpha -2b and ribavirin" docx
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... difficult and is influenced by the expected response rates, pattern of response to previous treatment, side-effect profile and effects of treatment on HRQOL The HRQOL of patients with HCV undergoing ... therapy undergoing re -treatment with a combination of pegylated interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin We hypothesized that the HRQOL will improve in those patients who attain a sustained viral response, ... similar to naïve patients undergoing treatment In this study, 25 of the 152 patients (17%) initiated on the study achieved a sustained viral response The details of the clinical study and outcomes...
- 8
- 288
- 0
báo cáo hóa học:" Development and validation of the insulin treatment appraisal scale (ITAS) in patients with type 2 diabetes" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 16:20
... be demanding to administer 11 Insulin means I have to give up activities I enjoy 12 Insulin means my health will deteriorate 13 Injecting insulin is embarrassing 14 Injecting insulin is painful ... (ITAS) in both insulin naïve and insulin-treated type diabetes patients Factor analyses suggest a simple twofactor structure, with items pertaining to a positive and a negative appraisal of insulin ... the literature on patients' barriers to staring insulin [8,9], discussions with diabetes care providers and clinical encounters with insulin naïve as well as insulin treated patients The authors...
- 7
- 485
- 1
Báo cáo y học: " Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with schizophrenia, and metabolic changes after 3 months of treatment with antipsychotics results from a German observational study" doc
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 16:20
... Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, National Institute of Clinical Excellence): Schizophrenia: Core interventions in the treatment and management of Schizophrenia in primary and secondary care Clinical ... analysis, interpretation of data, and writing of this report HPH, DK and TF contributed to the study design, interpretation of data, and added scientific input to this report in form of comments ... properties of the respective substance and the patients individual risk factors The prevalence of MetS in the FAS of 42.8% (AHA/ NHLB definition) at baseline was comparable to the findings from...
- 11
- 425
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Hypoalbuminaemia – A Marker of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Stages II - IV"
Ngày tải lên :
03/11/2012, 11:52
... majority of patients (79%) had HTN and 27% had DM CVD was prevalent in 35% of patients A total of 62% were on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i), 30% on beta blockers and 53% on statins ... AND COVARIATES Outcomes were measured in form of prevalence of CVD as defined above Potential confounders selected based on prior studies and clinical relevance, including age, sex, HTN, DM and ... challenges in predicting and treating patients early in course of CKD to positively alter patient outcome There is definitely a high prevalence of traditional risk factors like HTN, DM and DLP in chronic...
- 5
- 723
- 0
WHO guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of persisting pain in children with medical illnesses docx
Ngày tải lên :
07/03/2014, 04:20
... validity and clinical utility for children and adolescents with SCD in clinics, day hospitals and inpatient settings (51) 2.4 Defining criteria and selecting a pain measurement tool in clinical settings ... community to invest in clinical research on the safety and efficacy of pain-relieving medicines specifically in children with persisting pain due to medical illnesses Any outcomes measured in clinical ... anxiety and quality of life Training of health professionals should also include interviewing skills in dealing with children and parents/caregivers, and knowledge of how to cross any cultural and...
- 172
- 4K
- 0
Prevalence and Its Predictors of Extrapulmonary Involvement in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis pdf
Ngày tải lên :
15/03/2014, 03:20
... fitness of the final model was good in terms Table Sites and methods of diagnois of extrapulmonary involvement in 40 patients Involved organ* Miliary involvement Lymph node Intestine Larynx Soft ... organ involvement in patients with pulmonary TB was more common in patients with bilateral lung involvement but without cavity formation or low levels of serum albumin Clinicians should keep in mind ... presence of cavities in patients with pulmonary TB is Table Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics between pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients with extrapulmonary involvement and without...
- 5
- 380
- 0
integrated treatment of psychiatric disorders
Ngày tải lên :
11/04/2014, 09:48
... vomiting and binge eating Patients treated with medication and either psychological treatment had less depression and binge eating than patients receiving psychological treatment and placebo CBT with ... presence of the somatoform and factitious disorders, as well as recommendations about their treatment Treatment of all psychiatric disorders is always evolving, based on new findings and clinical ... xiv INTEGRATED TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Foreword Jerald Kay, M.D Integrated or combined treatment is the simultaneous use of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of patients...
- 198
- 213
- 0
Báo cáo sinh học: "Association between neuroserpin and molecular markers of brain damage in patients with acute ischemic stroke" pot
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 19:20
... basal and 24 hours neuroserpin levels was defined as neuroserpin decrease All determinations were carried out in a laboratory blind to the clinical outcome and neuroimaging findings Endpoints ... Neuroserpin was used as a continuous variable since there was a linearity of the odds ratios for outcome The influence of neuroserpin decrease at 24 h on serum levels of molecular markers of brain injury ... therefore, a total of 129 patients were finally included in the study This research was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association (2000) and approved...
- 7
- 541
- 0
báo cáo hóa học:" Association between neuroserpin and molecular markers of brain damage in patients with acute ischemic stroke" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 03:20
... basal and 24 hours neuroserpin levels was defined as neuroserpin decrease All determinations were carried out in a laboratory blind to the clinical outcome and neuroimaging findings Endpoints ... Neuroserpin was used as a continuous variable since there was a linearity of the odds ratios for outcome The influence of neuroserpin decrease at 24 h on serum levels of molecular markers of brain injury ... therefore, a total of 129 patients were finally included in the study This research was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association (2000) and approved...
- 7
- 404
- 0
báo cáo hóa học: " Responsiveness of EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-CR38 and FACT-C quality of life questionnaires in patients with colorectal cancer" pptx
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... therapeutic intervention [13,14] In a clinical trial, the knowledge of instrument’s responsiveness helps in the selection of measures, in setting the correct sample size and assists in prioritising the ... Exploration of the value of healthrelated quality -of- life information from clinical research and into clinical practice Mayo Clin Proc 2007, 82:1229-1239 Garratt A, Schmidt L, Mackintosh A, Fitzpatrick ... statistics included the Standardized Response Mean (SRM) and the Effect Size (ES) It is based on the comparison of signal (mean change in clinically changed patients) to noise (SD of change in stable patients) ...
- 10
- 716
- 1
Báo cáo y học: " Review of the use of Topiramate for treatment of psychiatric disorders" pptx
Ngày tải lên :
08/08/2014, 21:20
... monitoring, routine blood chemical and haematological tests including fasting glucose, insulin and lipids, electrocardiogram and urinalysis Monitoring of medication dose and compliance (review of patients' ... trial, 61 outpatients (53 women and men) with a body mass index of 30 or more, and a diagnosis of binge eating disorder according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV were randomly assigned ... eating episodes) Patient weight and BMI at beginning of treatment and at end point were recorded and statistically correlated Nine patients displayed a moderate or marked response of binge eating...
- 14
- 412
- 0
Báo cáo khoa học: "Relationship of cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia in remission to disability: a cross-sectional study in an Indian sample" pps
Ngày tải lên :
08/08/2014, 23:20
... investigator (RK) and confirmed by senior psychiatrists (AN and RRP) The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made at clinical interview and augmented by discussion with relatives and a review of clinical ... manuscript including extensive revision of interpretation and discussion of the results AN and RRP reviewed the methodology, contributed to recruiting patients, confirming the diagnosis and interpretation ... is part of the PGI battery of brain dysfunction, developed at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India The battery is administered in Hindi, the first language of most subjects, and has been developed and validated...
- 8
- 397
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren''''s syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate" pptx
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 01:23
... cytokine a prime candidate also in the pathogenesis of SS Increased serum levels and salivary gland expression of IL18 in patients with SS is in keeping with an active role for this cytokine in ... level was detected in all SS patients studied, but interestingly only in a minority of patients with chronic sialoadenitis No staining for IL-18 was found in acinar cells, indicating that IL-18 production ... syndrome (SS) in salivary gland of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) Paraffinembedded sections were double-stained for CD3 (brown) and CD20 (purple) (a–c) and single-stained with CD21 (d) Inflammatory...
- 10
- 668
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Anti-Sa antibodies and antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide are not equivalent as predictors of severe outcomes in patients with recent-onset polyarthritis" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 06:22
... (77.9%) of patients was still being actively treated with DMARDs at 30 months Interestingly, despite blinding of their treating physicians, the patients with anti-Sa and anti-CCP were treated as intensively ... the single serological marker independently predictive of poor outcomes and, together with the presence of joint erosions at inclusion and with increasing age, characterized a subgroup of patients ... coordinating nurses and treating physicians remained blinded to the patients' HLA-DR, anti-CCP and anti-Sa status Serum and DNA materials were coded to ensure confidentiality and blinding of investigators...
- 12
- 683
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Magnetic resonance imaging changes of sacroiliac joints in patients with recent-onset inflammatory back pain: inter-reader reliability and prevalence of abnormalities" potx
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 07:20
... for inflammation of the joint capsule of the left SI joint, which was present in only three patients Table summarizes the concordant findings of both readers with respect to inflammation and ... assessment of patients with early inflammatory back pain It is the amount of variation in the outcome of interest (inflammation and/ or structural changes) rather than the number of patients under ... used in clinical studies and trials will be subject of interest in an ongoing ASAS-OMERACT working group [13] Conclusion 10 MRI can reliably detect inflammation and structural changes in SI joints...
- 6
- 400
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "Utility of the Framingham risk score to predict the presence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" pps
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 08:23
... gender, and race with patients with RA (early and long-standing disease combined) These patients and control subjects are part of an ongoing cohort study to identify cardiovascular risk factors in ... differences in the Framingham risk score in patients and controls, and the majority of the SLE patients with coronary calcification had a low 10-year risk according to the Framingham calculations [12] In ... stratification [12,19] Smoking and hypertension, two of the components of the Framingham risk score, differed among patients with early RA, patients with long-standing RA, and control subjects There...
- 7
- 411
- 0
Báo cáo khoa học: "Prognostic significance of IDH-1 and MGMT in patients with glioblastoma: One step forward, and one step back" pot
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 09:21
... mg in only 22%) as well as in the maintenance phase (no adjuvant treatment in 79 % and a mean of cycles in 21% of patients) However, inspite of this difference, outcome between the two dosing ... 80 % of diffusely infiltrating gliomas of the WHO grades II and III and in secondary GBM but only in around % of primary GBM (11;18-22) In our series we identified in of 140 patients (3 %) IDH-1 ... analyzing different chemotherapeutic combinations, substances such as cisplatinum might inactivate or attenuate MGMT-status thus influencing the clinical outcome when combined with alkylating chemotherapies...
- 18
- 365
- 0
Báo cáo y học: "The human anti-IL-1β monoclonal antibody ACZ885 is effective in joint inflammation models in mice and in a proof-of-concept study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" doc
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 10:23
... inflammation and cartilage degradation were inhibited by blocking IL-1β but not IL-1α In RA patients, IL-1β is overexpressed in inflamed synovial tissue, in particular in the lining layer and in sublining ... The main elicitor of inflammatory responses in preclinical animal models appears to be IL-1β and not IL-1α In murine collagen-induced arthritis [6] and antigen-induced arthritis [7,8], inflammation ... (IL-1Ra; anakinra), which binds to the IL-1 receptor without eliciting a signal and therefore competes with the binding of the two natural ligands, namely IL-1α and IL-1β As compared with TNF-α inhibitors,...
- 9
- 385
- 0