... idea ofthe high prevalenceof edema in the more advanced grades of cellulite The lack of specific clinical and laboratory studies hinders research on cyclic edema and the dissemination of information ... early in the morning and swelling ofthe legs at the end ofthe day Participants were asked to weigh themselves using the same weighing scales at around a.m and p.m for three consecutive days They ... patients and the other (28%) required other types of treatments Aminaphtone was the first drug of choice but when treatment failed ginkgo biloba was prescribed For the patients treated with the ginkgo...
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... usage This may be because ofthe close level of monitoring of therapeutic anticoagulation in dedicated anticoagulation clinics in the hospital, and of wider awareness ofthe potential for drug interactions ... conceived the idea for the study; AB and DM designed the study and the data collection proforma; TFC assisted with collation ofthe data; AB, DM, AAK and SE actively collected the data from the departmental ... [10] In the current climate of bed shortages, emergency department gridlock and admission avoidance schemes, the presence of a, ED pharmacist would be of potential benefit to the process of identification...
... were conducted at the Physiology Laboratory ofthe Exercise and Sport Research Center ofthe Universidade Federal Paraná The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee ofthe Universidade ... Windows Results Theprevalenceof T2D in the sample was 16% Tables and show the results ofthe univariate logistic regression analysis, demonstrating the isolated association of each independent ... ratio of 2.28 When analyzing the association of central adiposity with T2D, the results indicated that only 6.6% of women in the lowest WC quartile reported having T2D, whereas theprevalence of...
... constituted 9.6% of all the referrals to the psychiatric services These findings have several policy and practice implications There is need for an increased awareness oftheprevalenceof psychiatric ... 1, the ages ofthe patients ranged from 18 to 92 years (mean age = 34.2 years) and more than half ofthe patients (52.4%) were aged 30 years or less Overall, 46.3% ofthe patients were male The ... using the BDI A score of ≥ 46 (severe depression) was recorded for 30.4% ofthe patients with tuberculosis (TB) and 0.3% of those with orthopaedic/soft tissue injury LSAD Between 30 and 40% of the...
... studies of Asian migrants to the western world might help determine whether Asians retain a lower prevalenceof rheumatoid arthritis, or whether their rate after migration rises to that ofthe surrounding ... assessment oftheprevalenceof these genetic abnormalities in persons of Han ancestry might be of interest In summary, Zeng and colleagues have comprehensively summarized theprevalenceof different ... a prevalenceof ankylosing spondylitis that is similar in China to reported estimates from the western world In general, theprevalenceof HLA-B27 in the community determines its prevalence of...
... years and were of both sexes The with either the Angus Society of Australia, the Red Angus registered subjects Society of Australia, the Galloway Cattle Society of Australia or the Murray Grey ... reduction in theprevalenceof heterozygotes in bull-producing herds and, in the long term, a very low prevalenceofthe disease In Angus, Red Angus and Murray Grey herds, culling of heterozygotes ... Galloways in Victoria The high prevalenceof heterozygotes the limited gene pool available to breeders of Galloways in Australia Examination of pedigrees suggests that the gene was recently introduced...
... symptoms in the general adult population The main purpose ofthe present study was to evaluate the association between the dietary intake of different fish species, the dietary intake of PUFAs (omega-3 ... = 0.5 The validity of PUFA estimated by means ofthe FFQ was r = 0.5 in comparison to adipose tissue composition [26] As part ofthe FFQ, the participants reported how often, on average, they ... outside ofthe Nordic countries than women in the low level symptoms group of psychotic-like symptoms The RR comparing growing up outside ofthe Nordic countries for the middle group and the high...
... proportion ofthe interviews and contributed to the article submitted JH assisted in the design ofthe study NG and LH contributed to the article submitted RR assisted with the planning ofthe analysis ... prevalence between the UK and the US cohorts are similar Alcohol abuse was the most common diagnosis in the two studies (12.6% in the US versus 18.0% in the UK) Theprevalenceof major depressive ... (UK)) Theprevalenceof other anxiety disorders was lower in the US when compared to the UK (2.0% and 3.8% respectively), whereas the preva- lence of PTSD in our UK sample was 4.8% and 2.4% in the...
... of them were positive for HCMV by pp65 antigenemia assay Ofthe seventy six donors, eleven (14.47%) of them were positive for HCMV by real time PCR while one (1.3%) of them was positive for the ... presence of antigenemia in 32/33 patients The HCMV infection observed among twenty six recipients of sub-group II is probably due to the reactivation ofthe latent virus present in them or other ... during the second month and could not be followed up further Among the seven patients in group IV, one of them was turned positive with 246 copies of HCMV/ml Overall a significant number of (66.6%)...
... this study to differentiate the third heart sound from splitting ofthe second heart sound was the effect of high heart rate on the third heart sound Splitting ofthe second heart sound usually ... to hear these two sounds in some clinically normal cattle [6] However, care must be taken to differentiate these sounds and the splitting ofthe first and second heart sounds One ofthe criteria ... http://www.actavetscand.com/content/49/1/12 Table 1: The mean heart rate and prevalenceof third and fourth heart sounds Age groups (month) The mean of HR (mean ± SE) S3 (%) S4 (%) 1–12 (n = 55) 13–24...
... notice Nevertheless, the catalogs serve as a reflection ofthe program as a whole and serve to provide the outward face ofthe program to the public This study focused on the use ofthe term subluxation ... philosophical basis of chiropractic is another topic of considerable importance At the root ofthe chiropractic philosophical system and the connection to subluxation is the nervous system One ofthe colleges’ ... controversial nature ofthe subluxation construct knowledge about theprevalenceof usage ofthe term in educational institutions is valuable in developing profession wide policy concerning the subluxation...
... Besides these, there are two other levels of control that affect the amount of tryptophan synthesis within the cell The first of these is feed-back inhibition which influences the activity ofthe ... or all ofthe other genes involved in amino acid biosynthesis Therefore axenic cultures of some of these marine organisms are eagerly awaited Conserved non-trp flanking genes Another way of examining ... result, when the genes are transcribed together, an excess of some enzymes is likely to occur However, the amount of mRNA and polypeptide synthesis is only one aspect ofthe control ofthe tryptophan...
... manifestation of EPTB It can adversely affect the quality of life of people by threatening vision Ofthe 103 pulmonary TB patients in the study, seven (6.8%) showed signs of ocular inflammation There ... However, the absence of a single manifestation of POTB further compounds the difficulty in recognizing the disease In our study, as with other reports [14], posterior segment lesions were the predominant ... necessary in the lungs to produce EPTB has not yet been quantified TB affects other sites ofthe body other than the lungs and eyes One recently published study found that among the total of 2,161...
... high prevalence ( 60%) of Core+1 antibodies in patient sera as compared with the cutoff value, defined as the average ofthe negative controls plus two standard deviations The presence of antibodies ... spectroscopy was therefore used to evaluate the solvent accessibility of these residues As all tryptophans are simultaneously excited, the emission spectrum results from the sum ofthe signals of individual ... number of overlapping peaks, impeding the accurate counting of peaks In contrast, the HSQC spectrum of HCV-1b Core+1/S allows the counting of a number of peaks consistent with that expected from the...
... to both the drugs In other words, 32 % ofthe patients had resistance to either one or both of these potent drugs At the Madras Center (The Institute of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases), the IDR ... Tuberculosis Chemotherapy Centre (Subbammal, 1975) We thank the Director of Medical Education, Tamilnadu, Smt K Rukmani, Stenotypist and the staff ofthe Laboratory ofthe Institute of Tuberculosis ... Total PREVALENCEOF INITIAL DRUG RESISTANCE AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING CLINICS IN MADRAS 167 therefore give good indication ofthe prevalent The salient findings in the present study arc: practice of...
... mutation in the GJB2 gene with either recessive or unclear pathogenicity, despite direct sequencing ofthe entire coding region ofthe gene [12-14] The ratio of a 309-kb deletion involving the GJB6 ... only one allele ofthe coding region ofthe GJB2 gene [41] It is also lower than the value of 4.6% among Brazilian patients with one pathogenic GJB2 mutation [42] The percentage ofthe IVS1+1G>A ... pathogenic mutation in the GJB2 gene may have another as yet unidentified pathogenic mutation in the promoter region or other noncoding regions of GJB2 To evaluate the impact ofthe IVS1+1G>A splice-site...
... 2005, regardless ofthe reason for the stay The number of days was calculated by taking the sum of all covered Medicare FFS days of care chargeable to Medicare in 2005 The number of visits (i.e., ... aspects ofthe study design, analysis, accuracy and interpretation ofthe data The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views or policies ofthe U.S Department of Health ... dividing the odds of those beneficiaries having an inpatient stay, by the odds of beneficiaries with none ofthe six conditions having an inpatient stay during the year The identification of this...
... one ofthe drivers of good vision at a population level Competing interests However, the causality ofthe association between theprevalenceof visual impairment in relation to the number of ophthalmologists ... and 155 of them (7.5%) refused to participate The three most frequent reasons for refusal were lack of time (22.7%), the non-compulsory character ofthe INSEE survey (10.7%), and lack of staff ... ofthe healthcare system, there is some evidences to justify including a minimum level of equity in plans to reorganise eye-care services For example, theprevalenceof visual impairment in the...
... settings of Tanzania This necessitated reestablishment ofthe psychometrical properties and a further evaluation ofthe validity ofthe OIDP scale When used in personal interviews, the Kiswahili ... (range 0–72) For the purpose of cross-tabulation and logistic regression analyses, the OIDP-total scores were dichotomized using a score of or more as cut-off The distribution ofthe OIDP-total ... 2) The overall intensity of oral impacts for a person follows the same classification and refers to the most severe impact on any ofthe performances or the highest performance score Finally, the...