... [h] OSAS – patientswith untreated OSAS; Severe OSAS – patientswith AHI ≥ 30; CPAP-OSAS – patientswith OSAS treated successfully at a first attempt with CPAP, controls – subjects without OSAS; ... – Epworth sleepiness score; TST – total sleep time; AHI (apnea/ hypopnea index) – the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep; ODI (oxygen desaturation index) – the number of desaturations ... the appearance of pCL; OSAS – patientswith the untreated OSAS; Severe OSAS – patientswith AHI ≥ 30; CPAP-OSAS – patientswith OSAS treated successfully after a first attempt with CPAP, controls...
... Shepard JW Jr: Successful treatment ofobstructivesleepapneawith use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in three patientswith mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity Mayo Clin Proc ... Schwartz AR, Smith PL: Adult obstructivesleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis Chest 2007, 132:325-337 Sher AE: Obstructivesleepapnea syndrome: a complex disorder of the upper airway Otolaryngol ... associated with OSAS have been reported Kimura et al [12] presented three cases ofpatientswith OSAS due to mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity, which were successfully treated with the use of CPAP...
... Shepard JW Jr: Successful treatment ofobstructivesleepapneawith use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in three patientswith mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity Mayo Clin Proc ... Schwartz AR, Smith PL: Adult obstructivesleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis Chest 2007, 132:325-337 Sher AE: Obstructivesleepapnea syndrome: a complex disorder of the upper airway Otolaryngol ... associated with OSAS have been reported Kimura et al [12] presented three cases ofpatientswith OSAS due to mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity, which were successfully treated with the use of CPAP...
... snoring patientswith and without obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1995, 20:159-162 Lowe A, Santamaria J, Fleetham J, et al.: Facial morphology and obstructivesleepapnea ... cephalometric variables in patientswithobstructivesleepapnea Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161(2 Pt 1):347-352 Pae EK, Ferguson KA: Cephalometric characteristics of nonobese patientswith severe OSA ... Boutault F: Craniofacial differences according to the body mass index ofpatientswithobstructivesleep apnoea syndrome: cephalometric study in 85 patients British J Oral Maxillofacial Surg 2001,...
... Darcey V, Kuna ST: Obstructivesleepapnea among obese patientswith type diabetes Diabetes Care 2009, 32(6):1017-1019 25 Pamidi S, Aronsohn RS, Tasali E: Obstructivesleep apnea: role in the ... ofobstructivesleepapnea in type diabetics improves glycemic control during sleep J Clin Sleep Med 2008, 4(6):538-542 28 Pallayova M, Donic V, Tomori Z: Beneficial effects of severe sleepapnea ... sleep apnea- hypopnea syndrome Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001, 163(2):344-348 16 Rauscher H, Formanek D, Popp W, Zwick H: Nasal CPAP and weight loss in hypertensive patientswithobstructive sleep...
... improve the pharmaceutical careofpatientswith cancer Thus, a key issue exists – can the pharmaceutical careofpatientswith cancer be enhanced by leveraging on the role of pharmacoinformatics ... usefulness of pharmacoinformatics tools in oncology practice The application of pharmacoinformatics can definitely enhance the pharmaceutical careofpatientswith cancer, through the reduction of DRPs, ... .39 2.2 Healthcare professionals’ sources of anticancer drug interaction information 40 2.3 Sources of drug interaction information based on the practice settings of healthcare professionals...
... patient'sobstructivesleep apnoea syndrome (apnoea and hypopnoea index at 61.4/h and desaturation index of 42.1/h) A severe condition ofobstructivesleep apnoea syndrome was observed with and without ... lack of excessive daytime sleepiness, a trial of positive airway pressure (automatic mode) was proposed, with the minimal pressure of cmH20 and maximum pressure of 15 cmH2O General measures ofsleep ... reduction of the size of the nasopharynx and a paresis of the left aryepiglotic fold with hypertrophy of the right one (Figure 7A) were noted Extended periods of vibration of the walls of the oropharynx...
... the prone position on patientswith hydrostatic pulmonary edema compared withpatientswith acute respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary fibrosis Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161:360-368 ... 40–49 31–40 0–31 Quartiles of SAPS II Proning may benefit the most seriously ill subset ofpatientswith acute respiratory distress syndrome Those in the quartile with the highest Simplified ... Effect of prone positioning on the survival ofpatientswith acute respiratory failure N Engl J Med 2001, 345:568-573 The ARDS Network: Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional...
... fluid [7], and was associated with a lower incidence of MOF [8] However, the measurement of proinflammatory cytokines does not address the issue of maintenance of alveolar–epithelial barrier ... the development of MOF [6] In a randomized controlled trial conducted in 44 patients, Ranieri and coworkers demonstrated that a lung protective strategy attenuated the levels of proinflammatory ... Critical Care June 2004 Vol No dos Santos and Slutsky that this is associated with apoptosis of cells in distal organs (kidney, villi of colon) and end-organ dysfunction...
... developed with the intention of creating a care path with rapid pre-operative attention, increased continuity and an accelerated training programme without disturbing the flow ofpatientswith other ... to facilitate a healthy transition process In contrast to the careof younger patients, the careof elderly patients is more complex with more factors involved (such as health status, co-morbidities, ... studies of ICPs in patientswith hip fractures have been conducted using this method [13-16] The results of the present study are largely consistent with those reported in similar studies of ICPs...
... years of age of whom the GPs consider themselves to be the physician taking careof the treatment of this condition in the patient We expect eight to ten patients per practice [18,19] Patients ... detect a difference of 0.3 points with a standard deviation of (a relatively small effect), with alpha = 0.05 and beta = 0.20, ICC = 0.05, a total of 51 practices with 10 patients each would ... Evidence of change will be assessed by studying the effects of the intervention on patientswith CHF registered with the participating GPs As in the pilot [10], GPs will include all CHF patients...
... related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality ofcare for patientswith diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying ... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality ofcare for patientswith diabetes ... 25% ofcare provided is not needed or potentially harmful [7,8] A review of quality ofcare studies (including diabetes) from UK primary care concluded that 'in almost all studies the process of...
... related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality ofcare for patientswith diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying ... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality ofcare for patientswith diabetes ... 25% ofcare provided is not needed or potentially harmful [7,8] A review of quality ofcare studies (including diabetes) from UK primary care concluded that 'in almost all studies the process of...
... Obstructivesleepapnea Figure effective1CPAP in patients without obstructivesleep apnea, OSA patients without treatment and OSA patientswith Late lumen losstherapy Late lumen loss in patients without ... similar in patientswith or without sleep apnea, in both groups most of the patients were men (see Table 1) There was a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors The proportion ofpatientswith ... group of 35 patientswith coronary artery disease They suggested, that nocturnal hypoxemia may be associated with coronary restenosis Nevertheless, confirmation of the diagnosis ofsleepapnea syndrome...
... conducted to assess the offset times of the pharmacodynamic effects of prolonged remifentanil infusions in ICU patientswith varying degrees of renal impairment, including patientswith severe renal ... those of remifentanil in patientswith moderate/severe renal impairment Offset of the pharmacodynamic effects of remifentanil The primary objective of the study was to confirm that accumulation of ... of mechanically ventilated patientswith varying degrees of renal impairment • Overall, the µ opioid effects of remifentanil were not prolonged in patientswith renal impairment The time to offset...
... (11%) (5%) Number (%) ofpatientswith a serious adverse event (5%) (5%) (5%) Number (%) ofpatientswith a drug-related serious adverse event (1%) 0 Number (%) ofpatientswith any adverse event ... effects of remifentanil compared with those of alfentanil [8] and fentanyl [9] are similar; remifentanil also has a safety profile similar to that of other opioids [8-10] The predictable offset of ... analysed by using an analysis of variance with baseline entered as a covariate The proportion ofpatientswith the most common adverse events (defined as 5% or more ofpatients experiencing the adverse...
... cardiac output in patientswith various types of shock in the ICU [1,14] In agreement with the findings reported by Jannuzzi and coworkers in the present issue of Critical Care [1], previous ... testing for the evaluation Page of (page number not for citation purposes) of critically ill patientswith shock in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study Crit Care 2006, 10:R37 Maisel ... spectrum of critically ill patients Further clinical trials should lead to the establishment of treatment protocols for the use of PAC in this patient population The additional measurement of NT-proBNP...
... include patientswith severe acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring a PEEP of 20 cm H2O in our protocol Page of (page number not for citation purposes) because a pressure limitation of the ... all patients had abdominal sepsis In the latter group, three out of the 10 patients had an open abdomen after decompression for intra-abdominal hypertension; the remainder of the patientswith ... mechanically ventilated patientswith and without acute respiratory failure, measured EELV was markedly reduced in comparison with the predicted sitting FRC Only in patientswith secondary lung disorders...
... in Norway The range ofpatients observed for each clinician was 2-119 with a median of 30 in Denmark and 20 in Norway Number of maintenance carepatients The range of MC patients per chiropractor ... the remaining patients were MC patients and 542 non-MC patients The range of clinicians per student was 1-4 and the range ofpatients per student was 15-119 The median number ofpatients observed ... proportion ofpatients on MC care in general chiropractic practice? Are there specific patterns of intervals between treatments for patients and, if so, how they differ between MC patients and non-MC patients? ...
... risk class I, five patients (not admitted to ICU) died within three days of ED presentation The risk class I patients accounted for 2510 of 4593 (54.6%) and 1099 of 1967 (55.9%) patients, respectively, ... prospective cohorts ofpatientswith CAP, we derived and validated the REA-ICU index to predict ICU referral within the first three days of hospital admission in patients without overt circulatory ... derivation and validation cohorts, with 27 out of 2510 (1.1%) and 14 out of 1099 (1.3%) of these patients admitted to the ICU, respectively Among these 41 patients, 10 were classified as high-risk...