... Internal consistency ofthe scale was evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha Asfor validity analysis, the diagnostic assessment of depression and anxiety by the psychiatrist was used as standard reference ... (AYMH) scale asascreening tool for CMDs among Arabic-speaking youth The AYMH scale was developed as part ofa large community-based participatory intervention to improve the mental health of ... region The validation revealed that the AYMH scale has reasonably good construct validity and internal consistency However, the scale has moderate discriminatory capabilities asa diagnostic tool for...
... clinically important as an additional tool for establishing aetiology and localization – oral, pharyngeal, or oesophageal – of causes for dysphagia or odynophagia Each stage has its mean normal duration ... Perlman AL: Electromyography and the study of oropharyngeal swallowing Dysphagia 19 93, 8 :35 1 -35 5 Palmer JB: Electromyography ofthe muscles of oropharyngeal swallowing: basic concepts Dysphagia ... application As it was mentioned above, the act of swallowing is described as consisting of four stages, asthe oral stage was divided into oral initial (for solids – oral preparation stage) and...
... of pharmacist consultations in primary care Fam Pract 2000, 17(6):480 -3 Hassell K, Rogers A, Noyce P: Community pharmacy asa primary health and self-care resource: a framework for understanding ... professionals [21,22] as extending pharmacists’ role in primary care may affect the autonomy and control ofthe medical professionals [ 23] , particularly the private western medicine practitioners who also ... Bradshaw SJ, Doucette WR: Community pharmacists as patient advocates: physician attitudes J Am Pharm Assoc 1998, 38 (5):598-602 23 Edmunds J, Calnan MW: The reprofessionalisation of community...
... As good as it could be As bad as it could be Lastly how would you rate your general feeling of wellbeing during the last week? As good as it could be As bad as it could be How long have you ... [7], and more recently chiropractic management of patellar tendinopathy [8] In the past the Short Form 36 (SF -36 ) has been the principal outcome measure for overall health in primary care There are ... health practitioners with an alternative that is more easily incorporated into the practice setting because of its brevity A comparative study of MYMOP and the SF -36 has been conducted [1] MYMOP...
... the drafting ofthe manuscript MD had responsibility for data management and forthe analysis ofthe data, and participated in drafting the manuscript SEB contributed to the development ofthe ... counts and viral loads at the time ofthe study and the third had an established, clinically-based HIV reporting system that had been in place and integrated with AIDS surveillance for 10 years Therefore, ... would speak to the importance of having population-based measures of clinical outcomes rather than relying on data collected by cohorts based solely in metropolitan areas in the United States Other...
... right forearm fracture after falling out ofa tree His neurovasculature was intact Radiography showed a fracture ofthe proximal ulnar metaphysis with marked varus angulation and dislocation ofthe ... proximal fragment were used asa joystick to partially reduce the ulnar bowing, which was further reduced by passing the K-wires distally A third K-wire was then added asa jam fit, as is done in the ... the radial head both anteriorly and laterally (Figure 1), a combined Bado [2] types I and III Monteggia fracture dislocation There was no associated distal fracture A closed reduction was attempted...
... 82:9 43- 949 Do you have a case to share? Submit your case report today • Rapid peer review • Fast publication • PubMed indexing • Inclusion in Cases Database Any patient, any case, can teach us ... Santa Clara, CA, USA) was used to moor the catheter to the stent through a side strut (Figure 2) and further advanced the wire to the peripheral portion ofthe graft After a new channel was created ... ostium was performed Unfortunately, the engagement was unsuccessful and the procedure was aborted Another conservative approach was proposed and a PCI ofthe native left main and left circumflex artery...
... composed of fiberglass and bamboo yarns incorporated into a proprietary weave It has been cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration for external and internal use and has been granted ... Administration (USFDA) for external and internal use and has been granted over -the- counter status making it available without a prescription Although Stasilon® has been cleared for up to 30 days of ... plans for subsequent laparotomy and suture ligation, aggressive correction of associated coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia, sequential attempts at cotton-based packing, visceral angiography, and...
... analyses For example, abbreviating the measure in a meaningful way could serve asascreening instrument, increase rater reliability of assessment in research settings as well as offer an objective approach ... Fayers P, Hays R, eds Assessing Quality of Life in Clinical Trials, (2nd ed.) New York 2005 19 Ramsay JO: TESTGRAF A computer program for nonparametric analysis of testing data Unpublished manuscript, ... AK participated in the development ofthe concept forthe study, design ofthe study, performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript CL assisted with the statistical analysis and...
... was negative and the ADA level was normal (21 UI/L) The patient gave no history of TB contact and a TST was negative (0 mm) Culture ofthe pleural fluid for bacteria on blood agar and for mycobacteria ... IFN gamma is a potent inductor of intracellular ADA [7] and the low level of ADA activity found in the pleural liquid just after theuseof nandrolone decanoate could have been caused by the inhibitor ... ofthe manuscript IRO was involved in the laboratory diagnosis, in the literature review and drafting ofthe manuscript JW was involved in drafting the manuscript and in overall supervision All...
... laser and transpupillary thermotherapy However, because of previously reduced vision with laser photocoagulation the patient declined further laser therapy Treatment with intravitreal bevacizumab ... presentation, post laser laser Fundal Photo – Six years after presentation, post argon laser therapy; note the pigmentation at the site ofthe laser Discussion Treatment with intravitreal bevacizumab ... injections in a patient with VHL and a peripapillary retinal haemangioblastoma Treatment with ranibizumab in patients early in the course of their disease, who have no systemic tumours, could yield better...
... than the cotton rat [19], constitutes a more practical model due to the availability ofa larger number of immunological and molecular reagents as well asthe availability of transgenic animals ... vivo and cellular assays and analysis and interpretation of data, EJM, MW and CL participated in the design ofthe study and analysis and interpretation of data HB conceived ofthe study, participated ... phosphorylation of respiratory syncytial virus phosphoprotein P is essential forthe transcription elongation activity ofthe viral polymerase; phosphorylation by casein kinase occurs mainly at Ser(215)...
... Evaluation score Statistics are based on one-way analysis of variance The influence of baseline characteristics on the timing of treatment was explored by using univariate analyses As demonstrated ... The percentage 28-day survivals are shown parenthetically in the key Kaplan-Meier survival curves are displayed for therapy groups (namely DrotAA and placebo), as well asfor time-to-treatment groups ... that earlier administration of DrotAA to appropriate patients may have greater benefit than later therapy fits into this paradigm As sepsis progresses, the pathophysiologic profile may change and...
... ultrasonography ofthe optic nerve sheath Acad Emerg Med 20 03, 10 :37 6 -38 1 Geeraerts T, Duranteau J, Benhamou D: Ocular sonography in patients with raised intracranial pressure: the papilloedema ... failure by ultrasound Transplantation 2000, 70 :39 2 -39 5 Geeraerts T, Launey Y, Martin L, Pottecher J, Vigue B, Duranteau J, Benhamou D: Ultrasonography ofthe optic nerve sheath may be useful for detecting ... correlates with invasive ICP An ONSD above 5.82 mm is associated with a 90% probability of significant intracranial hypertension, whereas the probability of not having significant intracranial hypertension...
... collected daily and analysed at the hospital clinical chemistry laboratory Enteral nutrition was started and increased according to the department's protocol The amount of enteral formula given and the ... that approach to be safe, because it was recently found that enteral administration ofa mixture of six strains of probiotics (none of them L plantarum) was associated with increased mortality ... after the oral care procedure, some ofthe bacteria must have reached the GI tract, where they probably had a positive influence on the microflora A combination of enteral and oral treatments would...
... on the average ofthe intensity across the array set was then obtained A ratio greater than indicates that there was hybridization to a specific gene 2-fold above the background intensity across ... sensitivity by titration Genomic DNA of infected cells was isolated and HHV-6 viral copy number was determined by a TaqMan assay [68], as described in Materials and Methods The DNA was then serially ... on the array, the geometric mean ofthe measured fluorescence intensities was calculated for both the experimental and control and the ratio of these was used asa scaling factor to adjust the...
... We gratefully acknowledge the efforts ofthe members ofthe data collection teams as well as Sourou Gbangbade and Rachel Waxman for their technical assistance We also thank Debi Fry for her assistance ... treated, signal functions performed, maternal deaths and FP utilization at each facility To assess the level of care that each facility was providing on the day ofthe assessment, data for each ... available for emergency use if they were present in the treatment room or facility pharmacy and were unexpired General infrastructure was assessed in terms ofthe availability of power and water...
... Is it able to reliably detect changes in cardiac output in the hemodynamically unstable patient? Crit Care 2011, 15:106 Hadian M, Kim HK, Severyn DA, Pinsky MR: Cross-comparison of cardiac output ... algorithms around for modeling peripheral circulatory changes, so why are they not being used? Abbreviations CCO, continuous cardiac output; CO, cardiac output; COtd, bolus thermodilution cardiac output; ... to a paper by de Wilde and colleagues [4], which has a particularly interesting figure and Table that compares five pulse contour algorithms to COtd The two best performers are model flow and the...