Báo cáo y học: "Alterations in the muscle-to-capillary interface in patients with different degrees of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" pps

... medium, provided the original work is properly cited.ResearchAlterations in the muscle-to-capillary interface in patients with different degrees of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseGabriella ... in the capil-lary bed of skeletal muscle in COPD patients. Extendingthese findings the current study provides first evidence of a disturbed muscle-to-capillary interface expressed asCFPE-index ... these findings and show thatCFPE-index is also correlated to the degree of airflowobstruction as determined by spirometry and to exercisecapacity determined by the 6-min walking test. In the context...

Báo cáo y học: "Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for respiratory failure caused by exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a standard of care" ppt

... were included, which was not the case in any of the trials, it is quite easy for investigators and patients totell which group they are in. Nonetheless, the consistency of the favorable findings ... the part of care givers. The contributions of these factors and ways of addressing themcan be tested in future studies with the ultimate aim of optimizing the application and utilization of NPPV.At ... shift their focusfrom establishing the efficacy of NPPV to the refinement of selection and application techniques with the aim of minimizing the failure rate. Potential reasons for failureinclude...

Báo cáo y học: " Vascular endothelial growth factor: an angiogenic factor reflecting airway inflammation in healthy smokers and in patients with bronchitis type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?" ppsx

... suggested by acuteincrease in VEGF levels during smoking [32]. Although the increase in neutrophils by smoking may explain the increase of VEGF, it may also be the result of increasedVEGF. The lung ... support the findings of the present study, since Kanazawa and col-leagues hypothesized that vascular remodeling in the pul-monary arteries of bronchitis type of COPD could berelated to the inflammatory ... important signalling rolelinking the inflammatory milieu with changes in bron-chial epithelium and endothelium quite early in smokers'airways. It is likely that, in the progression of COPD, phe-nomena...

Báo cáo y học: "HIV-1 subtype C envelope characteristics associated with divergent rates of chronic disease progression" pot

... 671-674within the NWFDIT epitope. Interestingly, the loss of aputative N-linked glycosylation site in the progressors in the V4 region was compensated for by a gain o f an N-linked glycosylation ... 665 (within the ALDSQWN epitope) resulting in the gain of a tyrosinekinase phosphorylation (TKP) site at codons 665-667,andanNtoSmutationatcodon671resultinginthegain of a CK2 phosphorylation ... differences between the early and exit time-point intra-patient diversity foreither of the groups in any of the regions.Length polymorphisms and glycosylation patterns for the variable and constant...

Báo cáo y học: " Psychoeducation and the family burden in schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial" docx

... schizophrenia. Patients included in the study ranged in age between 18and 45 years and had a history of two or more relapsesduring the course of their illness despite getting treatment. The patients and their ... patient in the sameproperty, and who had maximum interaction with the patient or who was directly involved with the patient wasincluded in the study. Mostly these were parents, spouses,siblings ... dealt with, likely benefits of the medicine, adherence to treat-ment, the importance of follow-up and informationregarding prognosis. The intervention emphasises the role the family can playin...

Báo cáo y học: " ESPECTRA: Searching the Bipolar Spectrum in Eating Disorder patients" pps

... [29]. The participants shall be evaluated with the diagnos-tic instruments and symptoms rating scales withoutany kind of intervention.All assessors had reliability training for applying the instruments ... areconsiste nt in the literature, the expansion of the borders of the condition remains controversial [2]. The use of broader definitions results in a direct increase in the prevalence of the disorder. ... provid ed the original work is properly cited.TAC and JA contributed to the discussion on the methodology and the keypoints involved in the background of the study.Competing interestsRNC and...

Báo cáo y học: " Fibrocytes and the tissue niche in lung repair" docx

... [52-54].Fibrocytes in the lumen of the airwayAfter the fibrocytes have entered the tissue, the fibro-cytes can differentiate into other cell type s and/or con-tinue to migrate to the lumen of the airway. ... respectively)[45,46]. The tissue process starts with lympho cyte infil-tration in the submucosa and injury of the mucosa andepithelial cell layer, and that results in recruitment of ECM-producing ... accompanied by fibrocytes in the BALF. In OB, there is a correlation between the number of fibro-cytes and both vessel remodelling a nd thickening of the alveolar parenchyma. The fibrocytes can differentiateinto...

Báo cáo y học: " Construct development: The Suicide Trigger Scale (STS-2), a measure of a hypothesized suicide trigger state" pdf

... describedby Beck. Furthermore, the second principal component,while including elements akin to canonically describedhopelessness, is distinct no tonlybyvirtueofexistingwithin the context of this syndrome, ... contributed the design and completion of the data analyses. CK assisted in the drafting of the manuscript, performance of the statistical analyses, as well as the coordination of the study. MSJdesigned ... (probability of a true positive being detected) versus 1-specificity (probability of false positive) for the scale in identifyingsubjects with history of SA using incrementally decreased cut-offscores....

Báo cáo y học: " Planning and problem-solving training for patients with schizophrenia: a randomized controlled trial" doc

... randomly assigned to one of the two trainingconditions by the project coordinator, who was notinvolved in the assessments or in the training procedure.Ass essment of the primary outcome was blind ... work therapy at two timepoints, directly before the start of the intervention anddirectly after completion. The work therapist wastrained in using the rating scale prior to the study. The Rodewald ... work therapy paral lel to the study interventions. Work therapy was conducted in a building separated from the setting of the cognitiveinterventions. Patients were instructed not to revealtheir...

Báo cáo y học: " A well-being support program for patients with severe mental illness: a service evaluation" docx

... potentiallybeing criticized for lifestyle behaviors may be threateningto patients. Cons equently, these patients may deny enga-ging in these behaviors as a defense. This apparent dis-crepancy may ... program.Primary aim The primary aim of this investigation was to determine the proportion of patients that completed the WSP.Secondary aims In addition, the project reviewed the effect of the WSPon ... possibilitythat there was a lack of fidelity to the effective elements of well-being in the real world service evaluation. Cer-tainly in order to continue with the program, a dramaticimprovement in the...

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