... stenting was introduced and developed in the unit during the study period andin the future may reduce the need for emergency surgical intervention and stoma formation inpatients presenting with ... (9/17) in the emergency setting The operative mortality inpatients undergoing elective resection was 14% (4/28) patientsand 18% (3/17) inpatients having an emergency resection No difference in ... The management of patientswith stage IV CRC with unresectable secondary disease remains challenging Individual treatment needs to be tailored to optimise QoL and survival taking into account the...
... ritonavirboosted lopinavir, and over the next couple weeks made significant clinical improvements, regaining continence, becoming increasingly lucid, and improving in gait and balance By the fourth ... PC and SW participated in the research, writing, and editing of the manuscript TF, SC, EK, and RK participated in the writing and editing of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... limitations between assays and know which test their institution uses Clinicians need to have a high index of suspicion inpatientswithrisk factors for HIV-2 to appropriately diagnose and treat the disease...
... Wuhan, China for MPO) Histologic evaluation Lung tissues were fixed in formalin for 24 h, embedded in paraffin and cut into µm sections The slides were stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and ... experimental and clinical studies in animal models and human beings are needed to understand molecular elements, ligand and receptors, involved in the mode of action of ozone and HBO Finally, according ... therapeutic approach increasing oxygen concentration in all tissues; improving blood flow to compromised organs; stimulating angiogenesis; increasing antioxidant enzyme expression; and aiding in the suppression...
... trials in stroke in the pre-computed tomography (CT) era in the 1960 s and 1970 s were discouraging due to haemorrhages and increased mortality In the post-CT era in the 1980 s, increasing optimism ... facilitator for shortening the in- hospital delay (including time to CT as well as time to treatmentwith fibrinolysis and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)) In AMI, the introduction of the ... arrival Internal Medicine 2006, 45(7):447-451 68 Mandelzweig L, Goldbourt U, Boyko V, Tanne D: Perceptual, social, and behavioral factors associated with delays in seeking medical care inpatients with...
... The cumulative incidence of stroke inpatientswith single antiplatelet treatment was higher than that inpatients receiving the combination of antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy (log-rank ... was significantly more effective than low-intensity warfarin (INR under 3.0) with or without low-dose aspirin, or treatmentwith aspirin alone, in preventing further thrombotic events Crowther [7] ... randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of two different intensities of warfarin treatment on the prevention of recurrent thrombotic events inpatientswith APS The high- intensity warfarin...
... lack of increase in LV dyssynchrony during dobutamine stress inpatientswith wide QRS duration (20) In contrast, Kurita et al reported on an increased mechanical dyssynchrony during pacing–induced ... an angiotensinconverting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker, and 19 a diuretic Inpatientswith conduction disturbance, 13 of 17 patients were receiving a beta-blocking agent, 15 ... exercise-related increase in EDVI and the corresponding LDT values were found in both IDCM subgroups Results Systolic and diastolic time intervals The clinical characteristics and time interval details...
... adopted by Andersen and Bollerslev (1997) of ignoring the first return in the day, and then concatenating the data Trading intensity NSE has one of the highest trading intensities in the world In this ... issues in analysing intra-data of returns as well as liquidity In Section focusses on developments in the VR methodology since Nelson and Plosser (1982), and the method of inference we employ in ... width of the interval is too high, then information about the temporal pattern in the returns may be lost On the other hand, a thin interval may lead to high incidence of “non–trading” which is...
... analyzing the data, and writing the article RC contributed to analyzing the data and the interpretation of the results RS contributed to analyzing and collecting the data All authors have read and ... dead = and perfect health = to indicate their preferences for different outcomes The utility score is incorporated into quality-adjusted life-year (QALYs) which combine, in a single index, gains ... Regression and correlation In Statistics in medicine Little, Brown and Company; 1974:307-310 Matza LS, Boye KS, Yurgin KS: Validation of two generic patientreported outcome measures inpatients with...
... associated with a lower quality of life in all domains of the SF-36 [26,27] Interestingly in our study patientswith hypertension and diabetes achieved higher scores than patientswith only diabetes ... [5,6] With increasing age QoL depends more and more on the individual health status and resulting impairments [7-9] In general practice it is "the rule rather than the exception" to see patientswith ... significance after adjusting for relevant variables These findings are in accordance with previous studies, describing similar quality of life scales of patientswith hypertension and those without any chronic...
... (in Chinese with English abstract) [50] Zhang H.B., Forests in Fujian, China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1993 (in Chinese) [51] Zhang W.R., Forest soil in China, Science Press, Beijing, ... Lignin is an interfering factor in the degradation of cellulose and other carbohydrates, as well as proteins, and thus high initial levels of lignin may slow decomposition rates [5, 13, 35, 38] Initial ... significantly higher than those in Chinese fir and F hodginsii (P < 0.05) C kawakamii in the CK actually returned the highest amount of K and Chinese fir the lowest (Tab VI) Litterfall, nutrient return and...
... RAST and skin test results for five venoms in 60 patientswith histories of stinging-insect allergy; 48 patientswith positive skin test results showed an 88% correlation of RAST and skin test ... Anaphylaxis with hypotension and shock necessitating resuscitation Time (months) between the clinical reaction and the skin testing and RAST (done at the time of skin testing) Skin test results after intradermal ... Symptoms, Skin Tests, and Radioallergosorbent Tests in Venom Allergy — Warrington Figure Three-dimensional plot of skin test, RAST, and clinical severity scores of 36 patientswith stinging-venom...
... position in life in the context of the culture and value system in which they live andin relation to their goals, standards, and concerns" [5] In general, HRQL can be influenced directly and indirectly ... indicated by numbers pointing to '0' andhigh quality is characterized by numbers pointing to '100' A certified translation of the questionnaire from English into Arabic language including a backward ... (table 3) Finally, analysis of covariance was carried out for each single domain of QOL separate for patientswith hypertension plus stroke andwith hypertension only (tables and 5) In these separate...
... Stefanick ML: Influence of a diet very highin vegetables, fruit, and fiber and low in fat on prognosis following treatment for breast cancer: the Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) randomized ... recurrence within 2.5 years (P\0.001) [32] In the BIG 1-98 trial, significant predictors of early recurrence in multivariate analysis also included tumor size and grade and node positivity [33] andin ... fruits, and fiber and low in total fat did not reduce recurrence or mortality [37] A growing body of evidence suggests that patientswith higher body mass index (BMI) have been found to have a higher...
... achieved and maintained with a standard infliximab dosage of mg/kg and that dosage increases were transient in a majority of patients The higher percentage of patients who need a dosage increase in ... patientswith RA [4] After an induction scheme with intravenous infliximab infusions given at weeks 0, 2, and 6, infliximab is typically administered at a dosage of mg/kg every weeks in combination ... from patients who entered the Belgium expanded access program and received infliximab mg/kg in combination with MTX Patientsin this program could receive infliximab therapy (provided by Schering-Plough,...
... on these cytokines We chose to follow changes in BAFF and APRIL serum levels after rituximab therapy in 10 patientswith SLE and nine patientswith RA In all patients, BAFF levels increased significantly ... presented in two other studies of rituximab-induced B-cell depletion in rheumatic patients, one by Cambridge and colleagues [19] inpatientswith RA and the other by Seror and colleagues [20] inpatients ... to demonstrate both an increase in BAFF levels inpatientswith SLE and a differential effect on APRIL inpatientswith SLE and RA treated with the B-cell-depleting Page of 10 (page number not...
... nodes remains uncertain and is being examined in a randomized clinical trial” Many surgeons and radiation oncologist are not recommending PMRT to 1-3 axillary lymph node positive patientswith a ... presented with or followed LRR Clinical characteristics of patientswith LRR are shown in Table LRRs’ histologic types were invasive ductal carcinoma for patientsand invasive lobular carcinoma Cosar ... question whether with current standards of surgery and systemic adjuvant chemotherapy in this particular subset of intermediate riskpatients (N1-3 positive and pT2) with additional risk factors,...
... concentrations and s-creatinine, this could in part be explained by an impaired renal function in elderly patients, which is in line with previous findings demonstrating an association between increased ... Tumourassociated trypsin inhibitor, carcinoembryonic antigen and acute-phase reactant proteins CRP and alpha1-antitrypsin inpatientswith gastrointestinal malignancies Clin Biochem 2004, 37:56-60 ... serine proteinases associated with coagulation and tumour invasion Biochem J 1988, 254:911-914 Stenman UH: Tumour-associated trypsin inhibitor and tumour-associated trypsin Scand J Clin Lab Invest...
... involved in bone remodeling However, compared with the cytokine combination present in SM, the SFs from patientswith RA are more efficient at activating neutrophils to express RANK, indicating ... 13 pg/ml RANK-L and no OPG (n = 13) SF neutrophils obtained from patientswith RA and incubated for up to days in CM (as described in Materials and methods and Figure 2a) or in SM (data not shown) ... four patientswith RA were solubilized in SDS sample buffer and subjected to SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions (lanes to 5) Protein loading values in lanes 2, 3, 4, and were 123, 163, 135, and...
... fraction) in intermediate and high- risk prostate cancer patients The increasingly higher doses also intensifies toxicities to the organs at risk (OARs) which can be partially overcome by using advanced ... calculated and expected doses in conjunction with 3DCRT four-field pelvic radiation In this paper, we attempt to incorporate hypofractionation, dose escalation, and nodal basin irradiation within a single-phase ... the overall treatment time is significantly less will need to be defined in current and future clinical trials In Canada, a clinical trial is underway evaluating linac based IMRT and helical...