... Pressures inpatientswithdiabetes and varying stages of PAOD with intra-class correlations (ICCs) ranging from 0.77 to 0.99 in intrarater reliability [28-31] and 0.85 to 0.93 in inter-rater ... pressure in the clinical setting [33] The role of the observer in recording the systolic pressure is eliminated and replaced with a digital device programmed to take readings at specific intervals In ... beginning to emerge as part of common practice on patientswith diabetes, so it is likely that clinicians would be considered to have minimal experience with the measurements using a PPG unit Finally,...
... Researchers in the experimental group received training in the PRECEDE model before patients were included in the study This specific training involved two steps: first they were instructed about ... subsequently trained in the procedure to be used in the study in three sessions These covered the criteria for including/excluding patients, collecting variables, collecting biochemical/ Salinero-Fort ... mmHg), indicating that our results cannot be compared However, on comparing the increase in the proportion of patientswith metabolic control in the PRECEDE model obtained in our study with those...
... combination of metformin and a glitazone, or with a combination of metformin and a sulphonylurea Patients were not eligible if they had been treated with insulin in the past, were taking part in ... failing monotherapy compared with addition of gliclazide or metformin inpatientswith type diabetes Diabetologia 2005, 48:1093-1104 Chelliah A, Burke MR: Hypoglycemia in elderly patientswithdiabetes ... HFS-II The final study population thus comprised 392 patients, of whom 268 patients were treated with metformin and a sulphonylurea, and 107 patientswith metformin and a glitazone For 17 patients...
... 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 ... 0.01; *** p < 0.001 Insulin naïve (n = 146) Mean (SD) Insulin signifies failure with pre-insulin therapy Insulin signifies diabetes has worsened Insulin will improve prognosis Insulin will make others ... striking Yet, still 36% of the insulin-treated patients agree to the item that injecting insulin is painful, compared to 43% in the insulin-naïve group This suggests that despite improved injection...
... participated in four one-hour sessions of individual counselling with a diabetes nurse specialist, who had a bachelor’s degree in education and was trained in motivational interviewing [19] Using the patients ... of 30 minutes of daily exercise Over the same time period, patients participated in three individual counselling sessions with a dietician who was also trained in motivational interviewing [18] ... approximately point in both groups after the interventions A study by Bjørner et al interpreted score differences in the SF-36 vitality scale inpatientswith chronic conditions [29] Patients suffering from...
... 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 ... 0.01; *** p < 0.001 Insulin naïve (n = 146) Mean (SD) Insulin signifies failure with pre-insulin therapy Insulin signifies diabetes has worsened Insulin will improve prognosis Insulin will make others ... striking Yet, still 36% of the insulin-treated patients agree to the item that injecting insulin is painful, compared to 43% in the insulin-naïve group This suggests that despite improved injection...
... combination of metformin and a glitazone, or with a combination of metformin and a sulphonylurea Patients were not eligible if they had been treated with insulin in the past, were taking part in ... failing monotherapy compared with addition of gliclazide or metformin inpatientswith type diabetes Diabetologia 2005, 48:1093-1104 Chelliah A, Burke MR: Hypoglycemia in elderly patientswithdiabetes ... HFS-II The final study population thus comprised 392 patients, of whom 268 patients were treated with metformin and a sulphonylurea, and 107 patientswith metformin and a glitazone For 17 patients...
... complaints and suggestions to ascertain general learning points which are shared with the team); Med (A medication review is recorded in the notes in the preceding 15 months for all patients being ... specialisation within the clinicians) http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/22 Data relating to individual staff's perceptions of the clinical care of their patientswith type diabetes, ... currently conducting a cluster RCT of a QI intervention targeting general practitioners (GPs) caring for patientswithdiabetesin Newcastle We have also conducted research in organizational...
... by a decrease in hedonistic thoughts and an increase in sleeping problems, and to a lesser extent by an increase in feelings of panic and the feeling that things have been getting on top of oneself ... indiabetespatients [21-25] Since it is important that reliable and validated screening tools of depressive symptoms are available for use inpatientswith DM2, the aim of this study is to investigate ... (solid lines) and males (dashed lines) depression The latent cutoff points are indicated by the vertical lines in Figures and Inspection of the individual item contributions to the total information...
... complaints and suggestions to ascertain general learning points which are shared with the team); Med (A medication review is recorded in the notes in the preceding 15 months for all patients being ... specialisation within the clinicians) http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/22 Data relating to individual staff's perceptions of the clinical care of their patientswith type diabetes, ... currently conducting a cluster RCT of a QI intervention targeting general practitioners (GPs) caring for patientswithdiabetesin Newcastle We have also conducted research in organizational...
... participated in four one-hour sessions of individual counselling with a diabetes nurse specialist, who had a bachelor’s degree in education and was trained in motivational interviewing [19] Using the patients ... following diabetes selfmanagement training Diabetes Educ 2008;34:815-23 Van der Does FE, De Neeling JN, Snoek FJ, et al Symptoms and well-being in relation to glycemic control in type II diabetesDiabetes ... 0.40 points within the rehabilitation group (p=0.01) and 0.34 points within the individual counselling group (p
... Mecca TE, Wilson CA: Less hypoglycemia with insulin glargine in intensive insulin therapy for type diabetes US Study Group of Insulin Glargine in Type DiabetesDiabetes care 2000, 23(5):639 36 Hagenmeyer ... long acting insulin analog isnulin glargine (HOE901) in comparison with those of NPH insulin anf placebo Diabetes Care 2000, 23:644-649 Monami M, Marchionni N, Mannucci E: Long-acting insulin analogues ... was achieved by applying short-acting and intermediate-acting human insulin [1] Throughout the 1990s insulin pumps with a programmable insulin secretion profile became increasingly available As...
... diabetes and those without it Insulin may protect through anti -in ammatory effects [15] given that in the intensive insulin therapy era, many patients without diabetes are receiving insulin Also, a higher ... preexisting diabetes since this is often undiagnosed at the time of an event leading to hospital admission Various mechanisms are proposed to explain the similar outcomes of patientswithdiabetes ... 15 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests 16 Published: March 2010 References Vincent J, Preiser J, Sprung C, Moreno R, Sakr Y: Insulin-treated diabetes...
... negative influence on respiratory and metabolic parameters inpatients not intubated Another recent study also indicated that delaying ALS in critically injured patients until arrival in the trauma ... hospital Indeed, the transport times were shorter inpatients intubated in the ED Additionally, their mean GCS and RTS were higher than in the patients intubated pre-hospital Hence, the combination ... severity of injury or illness index (NACA) [16] Score Definition No injury or disease Injuries/diseases without any need for acute physician care Injuries/diseases requiring examination and therapy...
... increase in urine Cu levels inpatients suffering from myocardial infarction (MI) (15) Reunanen et al (1996) found increased levels of serum Cu inpatientswith CAD (14) In contrast, in our study, ... values for retinol were significantly lower inpatientswith CAD compared to the control group Other investigators have also reported decreased retinol levels inpatientswith CAD (31,32) In other ... tended to be lower inpatientswith CAD Epidemiological investigations that associate body Fe stores with CAD risk have produced conflicting results; these may in part be explained by the use of...
... CABG In the 11 patientswith vessel disease a stenosis > 50% was found in the circumflex artery inpatients and in the right coronary artery inpatients Complete revascularizationin the patients ... exclude segments in which the tracking failed (feasibility 71%) One could also criticize the intra-individual comparison instead of considering a control group In our opinion, as the infarct is a ... circumferential strain and strain rate by 2DST in normo-, hypo-, akinetic and dyskinetic segments of post-infarct patients 8-13, 30-37, which were not reliably accessible by TDI Radial strain also allowed...
... related increased oxidative activity in RA patients Anti-CCP antibodies are directed against antigens containing the nonstandard amino acid citrulline, for example, citrullinated fibrin, which ... from patientswith rheumatoid arthritis Clin Rheumatol 2000;19:275-277 29 Bandt MD, Grossin M, Driss F, Pincemail J, Babin-Chevaye C, Pasquier C Vitamin E uncouples joint destruction and clinical ... found in the rheumatoid joint [21] The citrulline moiety, which is the essential part of the antigenic determinant in these antigens, is post-translationally generated by peptidyl arginine deiminases...
... gastrointestinal tract inpatientswith iron deficiency anemia N Engl J Med 1993; 329: 1691–5 29 Bini EJ, Micale PL, Weinshel EH Evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract in premenopausal women with ... associated with GI lesions in all patientsIn addition, we determine the yield of endoscopy evaluations in pre-menopausal and age < 50 women with iron deficiency anemia but without any clinically ... deficiency patients could be fully investigated And, in 20% of patientswith IDA a routine upper and lower GI endoscopy may not ascertain GI cause during hospital admission [18] Cancer was diagnosed in...
... disinfection with popidone iodine, bed rest, and administration of ritodrine and an ulinastatin vaginal suppository were continued as a new follow-up modality for pregnant patients who received RT Finally, ... artificial intrauterine insemination She was admitted to our hospital with a diagnosis of threatened abortion at 17 weeks of gestation In spite of bed rest, disinfection therapy, and the administration ... discussed Patients and methods In the period from January 2003 through December 2009, a total of 20 women with early-stage invasive uterine cancer underwent vaginal RT with lymphadenectomy in Sapporo...
... their written informed consent Handedness was determined using a Chinese translation of the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory 29 Such an inventory has been used in two previous Chinese studies 30,31 ... were found in our study Discussion In the present study, patients scored higher on Neuroticism-Anxiety (with GAD patients scoring highest) and on depression (with TRD patients scoring highest) ... in our GAD patients was due to the severity of anxiety itself merits further investigation In our TRD patients, the depression score was correlated negatively with Magnitude This finding is in...