... TNF-α-blocking agents has dramatically changed the therapeutic approach to rheumatic diseases in recent years. TNF-α-blocking therapy has had a remarkable effect on disease activity in an increas- ing ... trials, including urticaria, rash, and stomatitis (during infliximab ther- apy) [8]; rash and injection-site reactions (during adalimumab therapy) [3,9]; and injection-site reactions (...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22
... not receiving glucocorticoids when Rituximab administration was started. The clinical response to Rituximab was evaluated by routine laboratory tests, and clinical examination at days 30, 60 and 90. ... sig- nificant clinical manifestations associated with the administra- tion of intravenous biological agents was registered. In all cases, informed consent was obtained, and the local Unive...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22
Báo cáo y học: "Expert agreement confirms that negative changes in hand and foot radiographs are a surrogate for repair in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" pot
... able to accurately recognize a single feature or a combination of features that was interpreted as repair in many cases. Assign- ment of the correct sequence was significantly greater than by chance ... by chance alone when these cases were omitted from the analy- sis. The analysis that included all the cases more closely reflects reality in clinical studies since there will always be...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: " Effects of cyclophosphamide on pulmonary function in patients with scleroderma and interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational prospective cohort studies" ppt
... ELM participated in the study design, data acquisition and analysis, and in manuscript preparation. PJE participated in data acquisition and in manuscript preparation. All authors read and approved ... hemorrhagic cystitis [17] and several cases of hema- turia – one case in Valentini and colleagues [18], two cases in Hoyles and colleagues [10] and nine cases in Tashkin and col...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22
Báo cáo y học: " Management of HIV-1 associated hepatitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: role of a successful control of viral replication" ppsx
... pre- dominantly within the normal ranges, with only small increases due to occasional alcohol in take. On Septem- ber 2006, during a rescue treatment with atazanavir/ ritonavir, lamivudine and tenofovir, ... Plasma viral load has remained on undetectable levels and CD4 + Tlym- phocytes have now reached 430 cells/cu.mm., with LFTs always within the normal ranges (Figure 1). Case 2...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:22
Báo cáo y học: "Persistence and compliance to antidepressant treatment in patients with depression: A chart review" doc
... chart review was conducted at 3 outpatient clinics: (a) Department of Psychiatry, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, (b) Asakadai Mental Clinic, Saitama, Japan, and (c) Ohizumi Mental ... Fatodu H: Physician conformity and patient adher- ence to ACE inhibitors and ARBs in patients with diabetes, with and without renal disease and hypertension, in a medic- aid managed care org...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo y học: " Relationships among neurocognition, symptoms and functioning in patients with schizophrenia: a path-analytic approach for associations at baseline and following 24 weeks of antipsychotic drug therapy" ppt
... from Astra-Zeneca and Eli Lilly, and NIMH. He has also served as a consultant and on advisory boards for various pharmaceutical companies as follows: Abbott Pharmaceuticals (advisory board), Acadia (consultant), ... PROC CALIS. Results Patient Characteristics The baseline values for all measures included in this anal- ysis can be found in Table 1. The majority of patients were male wit...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo y học: " Greater risk of incident asthma cases in adults with Allergic Rhinitis and Effect of Allergen Immunotherapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study" ppt
... inflamma- tory changes in the bronchial airways of subjects with allergic rhinitis, that may advance to clinical asthma. Another significant finding of the present study is that treatment with allergen ... Wael K Al-Delaimy 2 , Cristina Russo 1 , Giovita Piccillo 1 and Maria Sarvà 1 Address: 1 Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, University of Catania, Catania, Italy and...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo y học: " Cervicocephalic kinesthetic sensibility and postural balance in patients with nontraumatic chronic neck pain – a pilot study" pps
... both numerically and graphically. Accompanying software (Finsole Orthothic Analyzing Suite, HUR, Balance Software 1.23, Tampere, Finland) provided easy data acquisition and immediate analysis of results. Postural ... (HRA and CSP), a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to quantify participant pain at the time of investigation. All partici- pants completed a VAS questionnaire regarding in...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo y học: " Pulse-pressure variation and hemodynamic response in patients with elevated pulmonary artery pressure: a clinical study" ppt
... Fujita Y, Yamamoto T, Sano I, Yoshioka N, Hinenoya H: A comparison of changes in cardiac preload variables during graded hypovolemia and hypervolemia in mechanically ventilated dogs. Anesth Analg ... or a history of right ventricular myocardial infarction or right heart failure, and a clinical indication for a pulmonary artery catheter periopera- tively, as judged by the patien...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22