... then supervised and supported in using the mhGAP-IG in assessing and managing people with mental, neurological andsubstanceusedisorders Introduction It is not the intention of the mhGAP-IG ... slower learning than other children of same age in activities such as: smiling, sitting, standing, walking, talking/communicating and other areas of development, such as reading and writing O Abnormalities ... promote the social inclusion of people with mental, neurological andsubstanceusedisorders by fostering strong links with the employment, education, social (including housing) and other relevant...
... metastasis after ofpatients treated withpatients treated with beads with liver dominant hepatic metastasis after ingDisease Free Survival failing standardSurvival ofIrinotecan drug elutingIrinotecan ... drug eluting beads with liver dominant faila) standard a) Disease Free Survival ofpatients treated with Irinotecan drug eluting beads with liver dominant hepatic metastasis after failing standard ... discretion and was used in 72% ofpatients 21 Other Age (years) Twenty-eight patients had previously been treated with hepatic surgery, 54 with prior systemic chemotherapy, including FOLFOX in 35 patients, ...
... bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity Am J Clin Nutr 2000, 72:690-693 Page of 38 Bischoff-Ferrari H: Health effects of vitamin D Dermatol Ther 2010, 23:23-30 39 Glare PA: Pain inpatientswithHIV infection: ... Therefore, clinicians taking care ofHIVpatients should be aware of the risk of vitamin D deficiency associated withHIVand HAART and the benefits of its supplementation Conclusions In conclusion, ... [37] and a slower increase of vitamin D concentration in response to UVB irradiation In non -HIV infected individuals, this has been explained by an altered release of vitamin D from the skin into...
... early initiation ofsubstance use, and (4) educational factors were studied as correlates ofalcoholand other substanceusedisordersin young adulthood As substanceuseand the incidence of SUDs ... was used previously in an epidemiologic study of psychotic disordersin Finland [50] Information on the lifetime prevalence ofalcoholand other substanceusedisorders among young adults in Finland ... fit well with the known profile ofsubstanceusein the Nordic countries, characterized by a high level of drinking to intoxication and a fairly low level ofuseof substances other than alcohol...
... findings of poorer treatment outcomes for patientswith co-occurring disorders [41] and is in line with the other findings of this paper, that is, that these patients have greater morbidity and receive ... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/11/93 the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo TR is a psychiatrist, professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, and Head of the Department of Research and Development ... problematic useofalcohol and/ or drugs By combining these measures, however, we were able to identify all patients that were scored as having a clinically significant useofalcohol and/ or other substances...
... months (excluding nicotine and caffeine); a positive urine drug screen for any substances of abuse; andtreatmentwith a monoamine oxidase inhibitor within 14 days prior to baseline Concomitant ... regions of both hemispheres of the brain are associated with the central executive functions of coordinating, processing and storage, controlling flow of information through working memory, and attentional ... total of (7.1%) patientsof the 56 randomized to the trial discontinued due to adverse events, which included nausea, mood swings, and abdominal pain Adverse events occurring in at least 5% of all...
... diabetes, patients involved in clinical trials, patientswith life expectancy less than year (according to clinical judgment), patients who refused to participate, homebound patientsPatients meeting ... criteria for inclusion and not meeting any exclusion criteria were invited to participate, and were included after accepting and signing an informed consent form Methods Visits in both groups included ... 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...
... and the o role of information technology in improving awareness, training, and treatment, especially in rural settings; expanding the useof high-quality, community-based care, and the training ... financial allocations from governments to support clinician training and purchase of diagnostic equipment and treatments greatly hinders initiating and maintaining quality treatment Building off ... (Institute of Medicine) 2010 Mental, Neurological, andSubstanceUseDisordersin Sub-Saharan Africa: Reducing the Treatment Gap, Improving Quality of Care: Summary of a Joint Workshop Washington,...
... are different types of UI including stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, neurogenic incontinence, functional incontinence or overflow incontinence [8] This study ... understanding and clinical results of tension-free vaginal tape for stress urinary incontinence Der Urologe 2001, 40:269-273 Lin S, Dougherty M: Incontinence impact, symptom distress and treatment- seeking ... laughing, sneezing, lifting of heavy loads or using stairs) causes involuntary urinary leakage without contraction of the bladder muscles [2,9,10] SUI often occurs when this is combined with...
... acceptance of disease with handling of feelings of anger, guilt or escape and integration of the disease as a permanent 'note' into the self-concept, is of out-standing importance In fact, in outpatients ... patient mindfully learns to recognize his functional and dysfunctional emotional coping strategies and their origins These origins are most often a combination of current conflicts and imprints of ... Contentedness and Well-Being Conscious Dealing with Illness Rejection of an Irrational Dealing with Disease Disease Acceptance Conscious Dealing with Illness Rejection of an Irrational Dealing with Disease...
... subunit and gonadoliberin type expression levels in blood of cancer patients may allow distinguishing patientswith tumor cells circulating in their blood and indicate the metastatic spread of these ... synthesis and secretion of gonadotropins [33-35] In this study the presence of cells expressing CGB and GNRH1 in tumor tissue and blood of gynecological cancer patients was confirmed with real ... identifying four and two individuals, respectively as cancer patients having tumor cell circulating in the blood flow High CGB activity was found in blood of three patientswith ovarian carcinoma...
... and determined the number of missing baseline and change scores Normality of distributions was tested with Shapiro-Wilk's W test [18] The ceiling effect of each domain was assessed by computing ... domain, imputing that value for missing items in that domain, rounding imputed values to the nearest integer, and then recalculating the SF-6D We performed parametric and non-parametric testing of ... differences in median values, scoring range and sensitivity to change after intervention and the low agreement show that the EQ-5D and SF6D yield incomparable scores Even within a group ofpatients with...
... design of the study and provided input into the main ideas of this paper All authors obtained funding for the project ESV carried out screening, randomization and examination of the patients, and ... out at the time of randomisation and refused to fill in the questionnaires and therefore we not have any baseline values of these patients Because the majority of results obtained in both groups ... too low HbA1c Main reasons for missing data after randomisation and during the intervention period were dropout due to time constraints and disappointment with randomisation and lost questionnaires...
... validation of the Italian translation of the gastrointestinal symptom-rating scale and quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia questionnaire inpatientswith gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Clin Drug ... weeks of acute treatmentwith esomeprazole 40 mg), and visit (after months of maintenance treatment) [13] The study was performed in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of ... [Psychometric validation of translation to Spanish of the gastrointestinal symptoms rating scale (GSRS) and quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia (QOLRAD) inpatientswith gastroesophageal reflux...
... analysis of continuous variables The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare continuous data between patientswith RA andpatientswith UA or, within the RA group, between patientswith or without ... analysis Continuous data are presented as medians with interquartile ranges In spite of the high number ofpatientsand because of the uneven frequency of early RA and UA data, we used nonparametric ... polymorphism Our findings show that baseline serum markers of B-cell activation are higher inpatientswith early RA than inpatientswith undifferentiated arthritis (UA) In addition, their increase is...
... 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 ... these cutoff points This information can be used to determine which items are the main indicators for distinguishing between mildly and severely depressed respondents Practitioners working with the ... of item bias) Significant differences in fit indicate gender bias for the study items and are inspected for clinical relevance To investigate the presence of DIF and to understand what kind of...
... consists of ten items designed to identify patientswith harmful alcoholuse [23] It has a scoring range 0-40 with scorings ≥8 indicating problem drinking The questionnaire was administered as interview ... epilepsy and three for other indications Three patients used lamotrigine, one used valproate, while three used carbamazepine Six patientsin the AUDS group and three patientsin the MDE group used ... differences in seizures in clinical history and EEG pathology, and a significant difference with regard to number ofpatients fulfilling clinical criteria for epilepsy Out of the five patients fulfilling...
... provided input into the main ideas of this paper All authors obtained funding for the project ESV carried out screening, randomization and examination of the patients, and performed part of the ... 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 own stories patients ... of vitality tended to increase within the rehabilitation group (by 5.2 points, p=0.12) and increased significantly within the individual group (by 5.6 points, p=0.03) In all other items the increases...
... in collecting and managing the database, analysing statistics with JF and MV, and participating in drafting of the manuscript TG performed and analysed physiological investigations with TJ, and ... similar findings in a nested case-control study, where SLE patientswith CVD were compared to those without CVD andwith controls [34], andin this study, low anti-PC IgM was reported in line with ... antiHuman IgG, Invitrogen, Sweden) Insulin resistance was assessed by calculating the homeostasis model assessmentof insulin resistance (HOMA_IR) using the formula fasting insulin (μU/ml) *fasting glucose...
... beginning of CVVH (T0) and at the following times, according to the kinetics of PCT and to the lowest degree of clotting formation on the dialyzer membrane during these intervals of sampling: ... nonrenal indication and to adjunctive treatmentof CVVH in sepsis, leading to more interest in cytokine removal [10] Little is known about PCT inpatients treated with CVVH This protein of molecular ... online http://ccforum.com/content/7/6/R160 Introduction Procalcitonin (PCT) is induced in the plasma ofpatientswith sepsis and septic shock, and is a very useful marker to monitor treatment in...