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... variable indiabetes health services research, and that even relatively small differences in scores can be clinically meaningful to patients Conclusion The methodological approach suggested in this study ... and excessive cost] a change in the patient 's management" [22 ] As even very small absolute differences in patient-related outcomes such as HFS-II can become statistically significant given large ... Reduced fear of hypoglycemia in successful islet transplantation Diabetes Care 20 04, 27 : 624 -25 Jaeschke R, Singer J, Guyatt DH: Measurement of health status: ascertaining the minimal clinically...
... variable indiabetes health services research, and that even relatively small differences in scores can be clinically meaningful to patients Conclusion The methodological approach suggested in this study ... and excessive cost] a change in the patient 's management" [22 ] As even very small absolute differences in patient-related outcomes such as HFS-II can become statistically significant given large ... Reduced fear of hypoglycemia in successful islet transplantation Diabetes Care 20 04, 27 : 624 -25 Jaeschke R, Singer J, Guyatt DH: Measurement of health status: ascertaining the minimal clinically...
... [26 ,27 ] Interestingly in our study patientswith hypertension anddiabetes achieved higher scores than patientswith only diabetes However, these differences did not reach statistical significance ... [6] Sprangers et al describe a mechanism of accommodation to a chronic illness with changes in internal standards and values – the so called "response shift" [ 12] It is important to keep in mind ... for patientswithtypediabetes [ 32 ] This has to be taken into account as an additional and important risk factor, both from patientsand from physicians [28 ] Regarding osteoarthritis as comorbidity...
... Essential Facts Scotia Pharmaceuticals Ltd; 1997 Franklin GM, Kahn LB, Baxter J, Marshall JA, Hamman RF: Sensory neuropathy in non-insulin-dependent diabetesmellitus The San Luis Valley Diabetes Study ... Weinstein S: Fifty years of somatosensory research: from the Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments to the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test J Hand Ther 19 93, 6:11 -22 Bell-Krotoski J, Weinstein S, Weinstein ... Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 20 08, 1:9 'a condition in which patientswithdiabetes experience symptoms such as pain, burning, hyperaesthesia, or are found to have signs of nerve damage...
... final model [24 ], which was the basis for the final appraisal in the Technical Appraisal Guidance by NICE [ 32 ] The modelling studies were conducted in health care systems such as Canada [21 ,22 ], ... glargine (HOE901) in comparison with those of NPH insulin anf placebo Diabetes Care 20 00, 23 :644-649 Monami M, Marchionni N, Mannucci E: Long-acting insulin analogues vs NPH human insulin intype ... Economic Evaluation Database, NHS-HTA = National Health Service Health Technology Assessment Database, NPH = Neutral Protamine Hagedorn insulin power assessing the cost-effectiveness of long-acting...
... preferences for health outcomes in evaluation of public health and healthcare interventions such as cost-utility analyses (CUA) [1 ,2] In CUA, a utility score is assigned to the health state on the cardinal ... mass index (an indicator of obesity), HbA 1c level, number of diabetic complications, CES-D scores, and VAS scores using Spearman 's rho correlation coefficients The sociodemographic and clinical ... convergent and known-groups validity than both UK and US schemes in this Thai sample These results may reflect the fact that Thailand is an Asian country whose culture is closer to Japan than to both...
... Assessment Baseline weeks Assessment Figure Changes 2in anxiety and depression (HADS) Changes in anxiety and depression (HADS) Avoidance, Psychosocial-Impact, Social Embarrassment and Total-Score ... different types of UI including stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, neurogenic incontinence, functional incontinence or overflow incontinence [8] This study is ... Thus the results from the I-QOL scales and the FACT-G scales are concordant since decreased social withdrawal and avoidance, reduced psychosocial impact and less embarrassment are accompanied...
... 149 African Americans that found that despite improvement in clinical outcomes in T2DM, there was no change in SF -36 domains A possible explanation was that the effect of exercise on health status ... Conclusions Both aerobic and progressive resistance training improved general health and vitality subscales in SF -36 , as well as the mental component summary score Although there was no significant ... algorithm in our local population [15], and standardised to a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10 Page of Statistical Analyses Intention-to-treat analysis was undertaken Baseline values of the scores...
... patientswith case of complications andwith complex insulin therapy schemes - Clinician education and coaching a postgraduate educational sessions on: The authors declare that they have no competing ... increased their awareness of shortcomings in their case management habits Case coaching was identified as an important innovation in improving 'knowledge on the spot', especially in initiating and ... education; Benchmarking feedback Case coaching; Timely data collection Increased contact and communication with peers in other disciplines Participation in team meetings Attitude change on the...
... interpreted as gliosis of ischemic origin The final patient had a megacisterna magna anda somewhat uncommon appearance of vermis cerebelli including intense suicidal ideations, lasting less than one hour ... duration of the depressive episodes A psychiatric clinical evaluation at admittance based on these clinical aspects could enable the clinician to detect patientswith increased possibility of having ... brain pathology from the clinical examination, EEG or MRI examinations Pathological findings at clinical examination were divided into significant (related to CNS pathology) and insignificant...
... present study has shown that microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function were not associated with each other inpatientswith RA, suggesting that these assessments cannot be used interchangeably ... of cardiovascular events, detailed longitudinal assessments are necessary and should include assessment of both the microvasculature and the macrovasculature Conclusions In summary, the present ... the vascular assessments, conducted data analysis and drafted the manuscript DC, GK and JVVZ participated in the design of the study and helped with data analysis and drafting the manuscript All...
... in accordance with current standards Failure of organs was evaluated using the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scale on admission and during the subsequent clinical course [18] Worsening ... influence mortality rates inpatientswith sepsis Polymorphisms in these genes may determine the concentrations of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and may influence whether patients ... First, although a protocol following current recommendations for treatment of sepsis and septic shock was used (intravenous corticosteroids, continuous infusion of insulin and mechanical ventilation...
... develop AKI were exposed to intravenous contrast (CT scans) One of the patients who were classified as Failure was exposed on day in parallel with increasing plasma creatinine concentration, andpatients ... urinary output, and the need for renal replacement therapy The earliest available plasma creatinine concentration measurement was used as the baseline Plasma creatinine concentrations from the ... RIFLE criteria and not having a true baseline plasma creatinine concentration taken The initially low concentrations in plasma, however, should be of the same magnitude among burn patients as a group,...
... Humphreys [25 ] for use inpatientswith non-specific neck pain This self-assessment questionnaire contains separate pre- and post-treatment sections It uses 11-point numerical rating scales for pain, ... participant to make an informed decision about participating Further, the instrument has a mechanical, surgical appearance and the 'clicking' noise may have added to this concern Also, patients' ... fibromyalgia treated with milnacipran Pain 20 10, 149 :37 3 -37 8 46 Salaffi F, Stancati A, Sivestri CA, Ciapetti A, Grassi W: Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity...
... 133 : 429 - 435 Andreasen NC, Flaum M, Arndt S: The Comprehensive Assessment of Symptoms and History (CASH) An instrument for assending diagnosis and psychopathology Arch Gen Psychiatr 19 92, 49:615- 6 23 Oldfield ... Complejo asistencial de Zamora, Valladolid; J Calvo, Hospital Santa Maria, Tarragona; M Camacho, CSM Macarena Sevilla; S Campanera, CSM de Lleida, Lleida; S Campanera, Hospital Santa Mar a, Tarragona; ... YMRS, the HAMD, the Clinical Global Impression inventory (CGI-G) [36 ], the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Schedule (SOFASEEASL) [37 ], and the SCIP Participants were randomly assigned...
... Safety:Usedforship-to-shipsafetymessages and searchmessages and forships and aircraftofthe CoastGuard 09 Boater Calling: theFCChasestablishedthischannelas a supplementarycallingchannelforrecreationalboaters in ordertorelievecongestiononVHFChannel16 ... Tomeettheneedsoftheboatingpublic,theNationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration s NationalOceanService(NOS)produces a NN N varietyofnauticalcharts and relatedproducts Nauticalchartscanvary in scale and format Chartscalerefersto a measurementofanarea,notthe ... skill and knowledgetoovercomethem Standing in a smallboatraisesthecenterofgravity and riskscapsizing theboat Standingforanyreason,evenchangingseatingposition, canbedangerous,asissittingonthegunwalesorseatbacks,orona...
... Nicolson M, Hickish T, Nicolson V, Nash A, Sacks N, Ford H, Carter R, Hill A: A phase II study in advanced gastro-esophageal cancer using epirubicin and cisplatin in combination with continuous infusion ... indicating increased OS, while other independent factors, such as performance status, disease status and histology metastatic sites, did not affect survival Second-line chemotherapy also didn't ... Lagarde C: 5-Fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and mitomycin (FAM) combination chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer Ann Intern Med 1980, 93: 533 - 536 Findlay M, Cunningham D, Norman A, Mansi J, Nicolson...
... disease patients Phosphorylation status of signal transducer and activator of transduction The phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transduction (Stat4) and total Stat4 in IL- 12- stimulated ... anti-CD56-fluorescein isothiocyanate, anti-CD69-phycoerythrin-cyanin 5.1, and anti-CD3-allophycocyanin (Beckman-Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA) Fluorescent cell staining was detected by a FACSCalibur® flow cytometer ... classified as active (aBD) in 10 cases and inactive (iBD) in 37 cases at the time of blood sampling Active disease was defined as flare of characteristic BD symptoms, including severe skin, mucosal, and/ or...