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... effects of IFN-β1a in the treatment of RA The decision to consider the use of this therapy in RA was predicated on the wellknown safety profile of the agent when used in the treatment of multiple ... events The majority of patients Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/6/1/R73 Table β Baseline characteristics of subjects in placebo and active-drug arms of a trial of interferon-β-1a ... study of the use of IFN-β-1a (Avonex®) in patients with RA The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the safety of its weekly administration Secondary objectives included the evaluation of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... contains an oral preparation of a minimum of 1000 million of lactobacillus acidophilus viv Lyophilisat and minimum of 1000 million of bifidobacterium bifidum viv Lyophilisat Patients were stratified ... 1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand and 3Department of ... DW, Silverstein FE Philadelphia, PA: JB Lippencott; 2002:2605-16 Denton A, Bond S, Matthews S, Bentzen S, Maher EJ: National audit of the management and outcome of carcinoma of the cervix treated...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... associated to failure of vaccination in previously reports, were the degree of immunosuppression and clinical markers of advanced HIV disease like CD4 count at vaccination and history of an AIDS-defining ... Because of the small size, the power to determine differences between the two dosages of vaccine is low resulting in the possibility of a type II error We found that the CD4 nadir (

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... are not aware of other ongoing randomized trials of pay for performance directed at physicians and provider groups [11] Design of trial Because our goal was to evaluate the impact of financial ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/6/1/114 Page of 12 Table Characteristics of physicians and non-physician primary care personnel enrolled at the start of the intervention Characteristic* Primary care physicians (n = 83) Non-physician ... recruitment goal of seven physicians per site (see Power and sample size section) We enrolled a total of 83 physicians from 12 VA hospitals At two sites, more than seven eligible physicians Page of 12 consented...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... characteristics of study sample Baseline characteristics of the physicians Physicians were enrolled between January 2002 and January 2003 We contacted 133 physicians, of whom 110 responded; 23 physicians ... comparability of physician groups after randomization will be determined based on physician sociodemographic data as well as pre-intervention measures of training and self-efficacy regarding management of ... probability of type I error of 0.05 (two-sided) We also assumed that the nesting of patients within physicians would introduce some within physician correlation that would decrease the efficiency of our...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... Washington, DC: U.S Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; 1997 Payne AA, Gottfredson DC, Gottfredson GD: School predictors of the intensity of implementation of school-based prevention ... at the time of the WD trial The Board of School Commissioners (the school board) had the legal authority to oversee all operations of the school district The chief executive Page of 11 (page ... Multilevel Structure of a School System Page of 11 (page number not for citation purposes) Implementation Science 2009, 4:56 Professional development to teachers As part of the WD trial, we addressed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... agents Reporting of adverse events AEs will be reported starting with the first trial related procedure They will be reported until intake of the last dose of trial medication or last trial- related ... overnight fast of at least hours), cholesterol, methylmaleonic acid, albumin, Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), serum calcium, phosphate, vitamin ... Scales of Intelligence (WASI), Autobiographical Memory Interview-Short Form (AMI-SF), The Mini-Mental State (MMS) Assessment of trait-like characteristics The Temperament Evaluation of Memphis,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... (pO2) of less than 60 mmHg on an arterial blood gas; partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) of more than 60 mmHg or a pH of less than 7.3 on arterial blood gas (ABG); loss of pharyngeal of laryngeal ... neurological examination did not improve with time, a trial of extubation was performed at the discretion of the attending physician to avoid the mandate of tracheostomy placement Extubation was considered ... not improve after several assessments a trial of extubation could still be considered at the discretion of the attending physician to avoid the necessity of placing a tracheostomy Morbidity was...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... [11] We conducted a randomized trial evaluating the efficacy of spinal manipulation and comparing two doses of intervention provided by a chiropractor for the care of cervicogenic headache [11,13] ... group received five minutes of moist heat followed by five minutes of light massage Light massage consisted of gentle effleurage (gliding) and gentle pétrissage (kneading) of the neck and shoulder ... chance of achieving different levels of improvement and form realistic expectations of treatment outcomes The graphs are also easier to interpret than a table of means and standard deviations The...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... ultrasonography performed by consultants and status of emergency physician-performed ultrasonography Ann Emerg Med 2006, 47:147-153 Ballard RB, Rozycki GS, Knudson MM, Pennington SD: The surgeon's use of ... perceived waiting time, numbers of treatments in the ED, provider-patient interactions and the adequacy of information provided, age, triage status and explanation of causes of problem and tests [13-15] ... randomized, controlled trial of routine early abdominal computed tomography in patients presenting with non-specific acute abdominal pain Clin Radiol 2007, 62:961-9 Barnett SB, Kossoff G, Edwards MJ:...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:21

... placebo-controlled trial of ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block (IINB) Patient allocation schematic for randomized, placebo-controlled trial of ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block (IINB) Page of (page ... acetaminophen, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, or selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and patient-controlled analgesia morphine offer advantages over morphine alone? Meta-analyses of randomized ... (ASIS) and cm cephalad toward a reference line connecting umbilicus and ASIS [5] The blunt portion of the needle permitted identification of fascia and served to push away peripheral nerves present...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... end of infusion The 15 patients in the mannitol group had a total of 53 episodes of increased ICP exceeding 20 mmHg requiring infusion of study medication (3.5 treatments/patient) For 49 of these ... a combination of hemorrhagic shock and head trauma demonstrated a significant reduction of ICP, an improvement of CPP and/or a reduction of brain edema [34-36,40,41] The efficacy of hypertonic ... effects of the two solutions are the result of a selective permeability of the BBB and/or the different reflection coefficients A disrupted BBB would have to be the result of an accumulation of both...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... evidence of infection In a prospective study of 300 hospital patients with fever (>38.0°C), Bossink and colleagues [5] were able to demonstrate that at least two SIRS criteria were present in 95% of ... impairment of the human organism [17] Standard laboratory variables such as CRP have a slow kinetic profile rendering it an inappropriate marker for a fast evaluation of the dynamics of an infection ... levels are not indicators of infections or sepsis, although they correlate well with the degree of severity of inflammation [7] Sepsis continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and in its...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... Daghofer F: Psychometric validation of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Page of 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Questionnaire-Endometrial ... outcomes such as perceived quality of information provision, quality of care, quality of life and health care use remains unknown As such, prospective evaluations of these strategies need to be conducted ... Quality of Life Group and the Quality of Life Unit An international field study of the reliability and validity of a disease-specific questionnaire module (the QLQ-OV28) in assessing the quality of...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... duration of first stage of labor; amniotomy in relation to the time of hospital admission and cervical dilation; color of amniotic fluid; use of oxytocin in relation to cervical dilation; time of analgesia ... influence of the attitudes and behavior of professional health workers [9] Further studies are required to investigate the influence of pain on satisfaction [3,9] The finding of a lower occurrence of ... feelings of dependency and benevolence and a halo effect are common This effect describes a lack of criticism due to social ability and/or fear of reprisals, or because of a sensation of relief...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20

... identify the common features of qigong (Brown and Knoferl, 2001) There are three main features of qigong: postures and movement, state of mind, and breathing The aim of practicing qigong is to ... questionnaire consists of 28 questions on a five-point scale This indicated that the whole spectrum of the five-point scales was utilized in the reflection of quality of life of the participants (Leung ... Manager/CHS & SRS of Haven of Hope Nursing Home; and Mr Alvin Wong, research assistant of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, for their professional input and assistance leading to completion of this...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland, and evidence of progressive metastatic disease within weeks of study entry Patients with an elevated serum alkaline phosphatase or PSA level as the only evidence of ... A patients on day of cycles 2, 4, and as well as completion of treatment; for Arm B patients, on day 22 of cycle and day of cycles and and completion of treatment In the case of missing responses ... Boston MA, USA 3Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA 4Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA 5Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... Intention-to-treat analysis of the effect of post-training supIntention-to-treat analysis of the effect of post-training supports on adequate or recommended treatment IMCI = Integrated Management of Childhood ... the main focus of the project, nor of data collection; therefore the importance of pneumonia within IMCI courses might have been inadvertently deemphasized; with the small number of pneumonia cases, ... health workers, we felt that the results of the intention-to-treat analysis did not capture the full results of the trial To further evaluate the effectiveness of IMCI training and the posttraining...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20