... orthoses on the gait of patients with rheumatoid arthritis The Foot 1999, 9:128-33 Rojas-Villarraga A, Bayona J, Zuluaga N, Mejia S, Hincapie M-E, Anaya JM: The impact of rheumatoid foot on disability ... Questionnaire, Foot Function Index and Visual Analogue Scale The Foot 2008, 18(1):15-19 Garrow AP, Papageorgiou AC, Silman AJ, Thomas E, Jayson MI, Macfarlane GJ: Development and validation ofa ... progression from a health condition to impairments and disability [55] and not take account of the bi-directional implications of environmental or personal factors, leading to an over-simplistic appraisal...
... regression analysis based on six genetic variants entered as categorical variables The frequency of the population at high- risk is defined as the proportion of individuals with predicted risks equal ... highrisk was smaller than disease risk We show that in addition to a smaller size of the highrisk group and high OR for the risk factors, ahigh AUC is needed to obtain ahigh PPV In a recent ... Figure S3 A file showing the distribution of predicted risks in individuals with and without AMD Abbreviations AMD: age-related macular degeneration; AUC: area under the receiver operating characteristic...
... cover a greater geographic area and can more readily accommodate changes in local conditions A van of this sort generally follows a relatively consistent route, and parks at a predictable location ... Norway Rotterdam, the Netherlands Milan, Italy Sydney, Australia Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany New South Wales, Australia Perth and Adelaide, Australia Hindelbank, Switzerland Realta, Switzerland ... Oslo, Norway Sofia, Bulgaria Vancouver, Canada Madrid, Valencia and some other places of Spain Vilnius, Lithuania New Heaven, CT, USA Melbourne, Australia Yes Reached high- risk and/or hidden...
... interaction with professionals In the literature, there is a major focuson the fact that professionals need to acquire educational skills and that the greatest effects of patient education are achieved ... Education 1.4.1 Patient health education Patient health education is about achieving health promotional change by way of patients’ actions These actions are implemented on the basis of patients’ ... coherence and integration in a multifaceted intervention so that individual parts interact To establish an overall educational approach and uniformity in all parts of patient education, also by way of...
... lights all day have decreased mental capabilities, agitated physical behavior, and fatigue 18 Daylight also produces ultraviolet radiation Dr Ott claims, “trace amounts of certain wavelengths of ... short- and long-range views allows the eye to refocus (Franta and Anstead 1994) Stress reduction and attentional focus can also be increased by the presence of natural vegetation in the workspace ... light…can have a staggering affect on your health” (Liberman 1991) Ott also said that the trace amounts of UV light, measured as parts per trillion, are important because “we need a basic amount [of...
... problems with understanding and/or implementation of international and/or national guidelines The SouthAfrica study, mentioned above, looked at national guidelines Also areviewon India and diabetes, ... investigate further the link between lack of information and feelings of professional isolation and general dissatisfaction among rural health workers How important is lack of information as a contributing ... association between availability of health care information (or lack of it) and knowledge or quality of health care: • "We have shown that appropriate investigations are strongly associated with...
... National Health Research Database, and all the Cochrane Library The abstract databases of all International AIDS Society Conferences (up to Cape Town, July 2009), all Conferences on Retroviruses and ... for HAART delivery in sub-Saharan Africa That study found that nurse-managed ART was non-inferior to doctor-managed ART in urban clinics in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa: both treatment ... Chazel E, Jeannin A, Szumilin E, Kamoto K, Harries A: Nurses and medical assistants taking charge: task-shifting HIV care and HAART initiation in resource-constrained and rural Malawi Oral Abstract...
... intra aortic balloon pump (IABP) Shahian [15] reported that the gender was the most strongly related variable to morbidity associated with intra aortic balloon pump A univariate analysis ofa group ... helped with the collection of the data and the construction of the manuscript, BA assist in data analysis, and also the development of the manuscript and advised on valuable amendments The authors ... percutaneous insertion and conventional surgical insertion of intraaortic balloon pumps in 151 patients Am J Med 1983, 75:24 McCabe JC, Abel RM, Subramanian VA, et al: Complications of intra-aortic...
... dissemination encompasses the planned facilitation and acceleration of diffusion of innovations, transfer and utilization of knowledge, and implementation of the resulting adaptations in local circumstances ... innovation at different levels (local, state, national, international); Identify the barriers and facilitators of the innovation in the international context; and Conduct research and evaluation ... encouraging grant applicants to adopt a theoretically-informed approach to their research dissemination Such an approach could be made a conditional part of any grant application process; an organising...
... result ofahigh probability of perioperative myocardial ischaemia This usually accounts for between 10% and 20% of the total population of high- risk patients Ideally, this form of management ... Vigna C, et al.: The effect of bisoprolol on perioperative mortality and myocardial infarction in high- risk patients undergoing vascular surgery Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation Applying ... cardiac output monitoring Practical approach to perioperative care for the high- risk patient A practical approach to perioperative care for the high- risk patient The first step in the care of such...
... Beta-agonists are associated witha greater incidence of tachycardia and tachyarrhythmia Administration ofa vasoconstrictor is often required with PDIs • Recommendation (level C) Catecholamines ... Slow induction of milrinone after coronary artery bypass grafting Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001, 7:23-27 78 Yamaura K, Okamoto H, Akiyoshi K, Irita K, Taniyama T, Takahashi S: Effect of low-dose ... 80 Yamada T, Takeda J, Katori N, Tsuzaki K, Ochiai R: Hemodynamic effects of milrinone during weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass: comparison of patients witha low and high prebypass cardiac index...
... http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/R169 Page of 22 Materials and methods Systematicreviewof ICU management of pulmonary vascular and RV dysfunction Figure Calculation of pulmonary vascular resistance Normal range, 155-255 dynes/sec/cm5 ... search terms, and the electronic database of the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health (PubMed) After initial identification, abstracts were reviewed for relevance, and ... peptide (BNP) are useful in monitoring chronic PAH [68], in risk- stratifying Table Local factors increasing pulmonary vascular tone Factors increasing pulmonary vascular tone Additional contributors...
... The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: AAGBI safety guideline: Pre-hospital Anaesthesia London: AAGBI; 2009 Berlac P, Hyldmo PK, Kongstad P, Kurola J, Nakstad AR, Sandberg ... survival in hypovolemic trauma patients: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank J Trauma 2005, 59:1140-1145 Di Bartolomeo S, Sanson G, Nardi G, Michelutto V, Scian F: Inadequate ventilation of ... advanced airway management in the field, identified by an international expert group Data variable name Data variable categories or values Definition of data variable Population Number Population count...
... use of, or reliance on the publication or the information and data provided via the publication The publication and information and data contained within it are provided on an "as is" basis i Literature ... moisture Acrylates are derivatives of acrylic acid, characterised by an unsaturated carbonyl group (“acrylic group”), containing a carbon-carbon double bond and a carbonoxygen double bond, separated ... vinyl acetate aside from a small number of studies on rats Vinyl acetate can cause nasal tumours in rats upon inhalation at concentrations of 200 ppm (Bogdanffy et al 1997) and causes tumours and...
... Canadian Cancer Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada: Canadian Cancer Statistics 2006 Toronto, Canada 2006 Lukka H, Warde P, Pickles T, Morton G, Brundage M, Souhami L, Canadian GU Radiation ... Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy; Targeting = Conformal Pelvic Vessel Targeting; Avoidance = Conformal Normal Tissue Avoidance; ANOVA = Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance Table 5: ... comparison of different strategies A standardized class solution witha fan beam width of 11 mm, a pitch of 0.5, modulation factor of and a dose calculation grid of approximately × × mm3 was used...
... Gakkai Zasshi Report of cases Abe Y [50] 1998 Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 1 One case of MALToma diagnosed with flow cytometer analysis, monoclonal gammopathy and Southern blot analysis of the heavy ... lymphoma Helv Chir Acta 1980, 47(1-2):37-40 38 Kuroishi S, Nakano Y, Ono T, Shirai m, Hayakawa H, Murakami M, Suda T, Chida K, Nakamura H, Kobashi Y: A case of primary pulmonary MALT lymphoma as a ... Hayashi A, Yasufuku K, Oiwa T, Kurosu K, Mikata A: Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 1998, 36(4):403-7 51 Umino T, Ohdama S, Sawada M, Tachibana S, Takano S, Miyake S, Aoki N, Yamamoto N, Matsubara O, Masuda...
... JW and DET critically revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Posterior approach A video demonstration of the posterior approach ... Foot Ankle Int 2003, 24:780 Sarrafian S: Anatomy of the foot and ankle: descriptive, topographic, functional 2nd edition Philadelphia: Lippincott; 1993 Agur A, Dalley A: Grant's atlas of anatomy ... studies are available for each category, representation was based on the most recent work with the largest sample size Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Foot and Ankle Research...
... Pearse R, Dawson D, Fawcett J, Rhodes A, Grounds M, Bennett D: Early goal-directed therapy after major surgery reduces complications and duration of hospital stay A randomised, controlled trial ... surgery Arch Surg 1995, 130:423-429 Sinclair S, James S, Singer M: Intraoperative intravascular volume optimisation and length of hospital stay after repair of proximal femoral fracture: randomised ... towards the target value of 600 ml/min/m2, initially with intravenous colloid and then with the addition of dopexamine at a dose no higher than µg/kg/min The target value is not reached in a minority...
... population without performing validation ona separate validation set [16-18] Identification of high- riskgroupsof patients may be important for several reasons First, as already mentioned, it focuses ... (9.5%) had arisk higher than 85% and 484 patients (10.6%) had arisk higher than 70% Performance of classification tree compared with original SAPS II and recalibrated SAPS II models Overall performance ... acquisition of the data, and helped draft the manuscript AA-H was involved in the acquisition of the data and was responsible for the statistical analysis ML helped draft the manuscript All authors contributed...
... third of scores was used as the cut-off for low positive parenting and low parental control Acculturation An adapted version of the Psychological Acculturation Scale (PAS) was used to measure ... 8901545 Abstract Background Childhood offenders are at an increased risk for developing mental health, social and educational problems later in life An early onset of offending is a strong predictor ... used Health care consumption Parents were asked by means ofa structured questionnaire to provide information about health care consumption related to their son’s behaviour For example, parents...