Báo cáo y học: " Determinants of elevated healthcare utilization in patients with COPD" pptx

... subset of 177 patients, i ndices of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and sleep quality were obtained using trained interviewers as described in another study of our group [13,14] applying ... previously [6,20,21]. In our sample, these findings were reinforced by our findings that both congestiv e heart failure and myocardial infarc- tion were independent predictors of bei...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... difficulty they experience performing eight activ- ities (dressing, getting out of bed, lifting a cup, walking, bathing, bending, turning faucets, and getting in and out of a car), on a scale ranging from ... walking velocity, and shirt button speed in consecutive RA patients attending scheduled appointments at six rheumatology clinics, repeating these measurements after a median in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... prevalence of vitamin D deficiency of 62% in dark-skinned individuals in a cross-sectional study of HIV-positive individuals. In their study, patients on an NNRTI-based therapy had lower vitam in D ... vitamin D deficiency [2]. Cholecalciferol is metabolized into 25-dihydroxyvitamin D [25-(OH)D] in the liver and into its active form 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25-(OH ) 2 D]...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... 35% in echocardiography and angiography) underwent mitral valve surgery at our institution. Patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) were included in the study; patients with an ... cardiopulmonary bypass. In ten patients (25%) an intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) was inserted, in 9 patients intraoperatively to facilitate termination of cardiopulmonary...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... significant hourly variability and inter assay variation [7,8]. Additionally, interpretation of stimulation tests in the set- ting of the severe pre-existing stress of a burn injury is difficult, because ... are initially increased after burn injury. In our study the TC levels were surprisingly low, (8.8 ± 3.9 μg/ dL) for the degree of stress and indeed fall into the range observe...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... head injuries. Working Group for Neurosurgical Intensive Care of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med 1998, 24:1221-1225. 11. Winchell RJ, Hoyt DB: Endotracheal intubation ... Forty patients in this group died before arriving at the hospital and had a median GCS of 3 (3 - 3) and RTS of 0.0 (0.0 - 0.0). Additionally, 47 patients (16% of all intuba...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 09:56

... with atypical antipsychotic drugs. Although understanding of the pathophysiology of akathisia remains limited, it seems that a complex interplay of several neurotransmitter systems might play ... clinical profile of akathisia, it seems that a complex interplay of several neurotransmitter sys- tems (for example, dopamine, acetylcholine, norepi- nephrine, serotonin, g-aminobutyric a...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... demonstrating that fluvoxamine is rapidly effective in the treatment of blonanserin-induced akathisia in patients with schizo- phrenia. Very recently, we reported that fluvoxamine is also effective in ... the clinical profile of akathisia, it seems that a complex inter- action of several neurotransmitter systems (for example, dopamine, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... similarity in inci- dence of olanzapine LAI PDSS (0.07% of injections) to that of Hoigne's syndrome following accidental intravas- cular injection of penicillin procaine G (0.08% of injec- tions) ... timing of signs and symptoms of post-injection delirium/sedation syndrome (PDSS) occurring with olanzapine long-acting injection Clinical Symptoms of PDSS Events Grouped...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... defined as 85% in FY04 and 90% in FY05 for weight, 75% to 78% for glucose, and 70% in FY05 for lipids respectively. With a sample size of 4,066 patients with new antipsychotic starts in FY03, ... mass index among individuals with and without schizophrenia. J Clin Psy- chiatry 1999, 60(4):215-220. 3. Homel P, Casey D, Allison DB: Changes in body mass index for individuals...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20