... incidence of mechanical complications after the prosthesis reimplantation at the site of a hip spacer implantation Hence, the aim of the present retrospective study was to register and define complications ... available about the systemic antibiotics used in the particular cases nor the causes of the renal failure or of the allergic reactions, respectively In the latest evaluation of the PROSTALAC experience, ... aware of these complications and their treatment options and concentrate on the early diagnosis for prevention of further complications Between stages, an interdisciplinary cooperation with other...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53
... only used for the first two months of therapy resulted in higher rates of tuberculosis treatment failure and relapse 5, The sub-optimal performance of the regimen of two months of rifampin (with ... Despite the complexity of these drug interactions, the key role of the rifamycins in the success of tuberculosis treatment mandates that the drug-drug interactions between the rifamycins and antiretroviral ... availability of the drug, limit the use of rifabutin in the treatment of HIV-related tuberculosis Rifabutin and Protease Inhibitors Rifabutin has little, if any effect on the serum concentrations of protease-inhibitors...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo y học: "Special considerations in the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder and medical co-morbidities"
... deleted from the risk:benefit analysis In some cases a medication with greater side effects or medical risk may be the preferred treatment because of the documented efficacy of the agent either in ... renal disease are on the rise [65] As more of our patients develop renal disease, psychiatrists must be aware of the effects of psychotropics on the kidneys, as well the effects of decreased renal ... mortality [6-9] The authors concluded that the prevalence of obesity in this study of outpatients was related to the use of antipsychotics, but less so lithium or anticonvulsants Of those persons...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51
Báo cáo y học: "Technical Considerations in Decompressive Craniectomy in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury"
... angles of the dural opening The most significant step involves constructing small supporting pillars on the bilateral sides of the vessels as they pass the edge of the dural window (the pillars ... patient populations are small, these experiences are valuable At present, in the absence of definite proof of the efficacy of decompressive craniectomy in the treatment of TBI, such as from multicenter, ... because of the limited space.15 The procedure of subtemporal craniectomy, which was introduced by Cushing,11 involves removing the part of the skull beneath the temporal muscle by opening the dura...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40
Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic Facet Debridement for the treatment of facet arthritic pain – a novel new technique
... 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13 months for the facet injection group None of the lumbar ... that the direct visualization of the joint allows better de-innervation of the joint and removal of the entire end-plate receptors that adhere to the bone and capsular tissue Limitations of the ... improvement from the radiofrequency procedure, the length of improvement varied from months to 16 months Again, no one in the radiofrequency group developed permanent relief of their pain Thus, the endoscopic...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32
Báo cáo y học: "Godoy & Godoy technique in the treatment of lymphedema for under-privileged populations."
... device, the RAGodoy® apparatus 4-7 was developed for the treatment of the lower extremities by producing dorsoflexion of the foot and allows treatment sessions of hours or more daily with losses of ... factors such as, for example, the weight and the fitness of the patient and the duration of exercises Compression mechanism One of the most important weapons in the treatment of lymphedema is compression ... depends on the results of treatment and so to achieve these objectives adaptation and the development of new forms of treatment are necessary This team is composed of the lymphologist or professional...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39
Báo cáo y học: " Safety and efficacy of undenatured type II collagen in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a clinical trial"
... other types of pain) or is unwilling to stop taking other medications for the treatment of OA Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would adversely affect the subject's ... in the morning and two in the evening for a daily dose of 1500 mg glucosamine and 1200 mg chondroitin Removal of Patients from Therapy or Assessment The criteria for removal of patients from the ... withdrawn from the study (without penalty) if, in the opinion of the treating physician, it was not in the patient’s best interest to continue For instance, if during the course of the study a patient...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48
Báo cáo y học: " Vacuum-assisted closure in the treatment of early hip joint infection"
... components of the immune system to the infected area is facilitated, which leads to a significant reduction of the bacterial count The efficacy of the V.A.C therapy has been 245 proven in the treatment ... reduction, the V.A.C.-system is not often used in the treatment of prosthesis – related infections Currently, there exist only four reports about the use of the V.A.C – system in the infection ... necroses, then the V.A.C.-therapy should not be used for infection management of the underlying implant Moreover, the virulence of the causative pathogens, the severity of infection and the host response...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53
Báo cáo y học: " Two-stage procedure in the treatment of late chronic hip infections spacer"
... 10% of the weight of the cement in order to avoid fracture of the cement spacer [27] The implantation of an ALC spacer shortens the duration of systemic antibiotic therapy which lessens the likelihood ... impairment of patients’ normal daily activities during the prolonged course of treatment Another drawback of the static spacer is bone loss attributed to migration of the block spacer On the other ... Beauchamp [38] first described the successful use of PROSTALAC for the 2-stage revision of infected THA The cement of the femoral head articulated with the bone of the acetabular bed causing bone...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53
Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic thoracic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatment of thoracic radiculopathy: report of 12 case"
... follow-up Results The author acknowledges that there are no conflicts of interest or financial benefits with the results of the study All twelve patients (10 males, females) completed the surgery without ... fluoroscopy, the entry site was then determined and a 3/4-inch incision was made at a 30-degree angle to the vertebrae Through this incision, a guide wire was inserted down to the lamina of the stenotic ... and kerrisons were then used to remove bulk tissues and bone to open up the spinal canal A standard burr with a 6mm bit was used to remove bone and smooth the bony edges of the opening A holmium...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57
Báo cáo y học: "Usefulness of vitrectomy in the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis"
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:01
Báo cáo y học: "Update on the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis"
... to classical therapy was proposed as an alternative therapy in the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis The efficacy of the drug was reported in cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients The dosage ... appears in the presence of an allergy to sulfadiazine Atovaquone therapy is used as second line treatment of toxoplasmosis Atovaquone tablets 750mg QID have been given for the treatment of Toxoplasma ... 2009, presence of interactions with the metabolism of folic acid Folinic acid therapy is given three times a week to avoid leukopenia Discontinuation of the therapy is recommended if the leukocytes...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:01
Behavior of Nitrite Oxidizers in the Nitrification/Denitrification Process for the Treatment of Simulated Coke-Oven Wastewater
... with ethanol at a final concentration of 10%, then transported to the laboratory of UT at 4oCstored Then, each of the samples were divided into two One of them was for DNA extraction and was washed ... general, the higher concentration of primers can lead to the formation of primer dimers Also, the cost of the chemicals should be minimized if the same quantitativeness can be achieved The results ... have affected the activities of nitrite oxidizing bacteria - 31 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol.5, No.1, 2007 Figure Behavior of nitrate and nitrite at the end of the aerobic...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Contact-Adsorption-Regeneration-Stabilization Process for the Treatment of Municipal Wastewater
... with the increased HRT of the adsorption tank From an engineering application point of view, the appropriate operational parameters of the recycle ratio, HRT of the regeneration tank, HRT of the ... technical feasibility of this process was demonstrated The effects of recycle ratio, HRT of the regeneration tank, HRT of the adsorption tank and SRT of the system were evaluated The removal efficiency ... with a change of the HRT of the adsorption tank The NH4+-N removal increased with an increase in the HRT The HRT had a similar sensitivity to the PO43 P removal (Fig 4) An increase in the HRT led...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Hypothalamic malonyl-CoA and CPT1c in the treatment of obesity pptx
... in the short-term [27] Aside from the public health aspects of the affects of fructose on food intake, these findings lend further support to the mechanism by which malonyl-CoA participates in the ... ª 2010 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2010 FEBS 555 Signaling mediators in the treatment of obesity M J Wolfgang and M D Lane One of the biggest challenges to the field is the lack of experimental ... [13,23,28,30–33] The genetic evidence for the role of AMPK in the hypothalamus is less clear because the loss of the AMPKa2 subunit in specific hypothalamic cell types resulted in the opposite phenotype...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20
Tài liệu Bevacizumab and cetuximab for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer docx
... from data in the RCT The survival of patients receiving ASC/BSC was calculated from the survival of the patients in the cetuximab monotherapy arm of the RCT The data from the monotherapy arm NICE ... exist according to the stage of disease at diagnosis 2.2 Metastatic colorectal cancer, where the tumour has spread beyond the confines of the lymph nodes to other parts of the body, is generally ... patients, the side effects NICE technology appraisal guidance 118 20 of the drugs were tolerated willingly because of the perceived benefit, whereas for others the side-effect profile may be more of...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20
Hydroxyurea for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease docx
... hydroxyurea treatment of hematologic diseases, the toxicity of hydroxyurea in the treatment of any disease, and the barriers to the treatment of sickle cell disease with hydroxyurea or other agents ... reviewer reconciled the results of the first two reviewers in the case of the randomized trials 29 For the other study designs, the results of the two reviewers were averaged The quality assessment ... regarding the use of hydroxyurea and to clarify its role in the treatment of patients with sickle cell disease the Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) at the National Institutes of Health...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Adipocyte hyperplasia and RMI1 in the treatment of obesity doc
... cell-cycle regulation The mode of action of RMI1 in the regulation of energy homeostasis might be based on the regulation of adipocyte hyperplasia Studies have shown that siRNA knockdown of RMI1 resulted ... mass In addition, the mutants were also resistant to obesity induced by the Ay gene Of particular note is the fact that the deficient mice showed a rate of weight gain and amount of food intake equivalent ... roles in the control of energy metabolism, leading to body weight reduction Further investigations to clarify the each contribution of adipocyte and central effects on the regulation of energy...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20
Role of Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Tuberculosis: An Evidence-based Update potx
... evaluated the role of corticosteroids in TB pericarditis; one of them was exclusively for HIV coinfected patients 16 A meta-analysis of these trials found that corticosteroids decreased the risk of ... constrictive) irrespective of the HIV serostatus42 (Table) However, these recommendations are likely to change with the availability of more clinical evidence in the future On the other hand, although ... More evidence is required on the efficacy of corticosteroids in other forms of extrapulmonary TB Further, the biological mechanisms underlying the clinical benefit of corticosteroids in TB need...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20
The Treatment of Uncertainty in EPA’s Analysis of Air Pollution Rules: A Status Report pot
... identifies The NRC report also noted that “Because of the lack of consideration of other sources of uncertainty, the results of the primary analysis often appear more certain than they actually ... judgment on the relative plausibility of the various scenarios, leaving to the reader the task of integrating the information from the sensitivity analyses on the various sources of uncertainty ... to the first of these concerns by presenting the basic results from EPA’s sensitivity analysis in the body of the benefits chapter However, in other respects, EPA’s approach to and treatment of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20