... reported in 33% of patients with limited scleroderma and in 40% of patients with diffuse SSc [5] High-resolution computed tomography detects ILD changes in 90% to 100% of SSc patients [2,5] ILD ... months In one study, one-half of the patients received oral CYC and one-half of the patients were treated with intravenous CYC [12] We analyzed the two cohorts of patients in this study separately ... function as measured by pulmonary function tests by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials and prospective observational studies in patients with SSc treated...
... symptoms on abdominal decompression Both of these entities compress the pulmonary parenchyma which results in an increased intrapulmonary shunt fraction 1st Case presentation The 1st case we report ... (Systolic/Diastolic BP 60/40 mm Hg), elevated Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure (27 mmHg) and Central Venous Pressure (CVP 16 mmHg) with elevated Systemic - SVR: 1500 dyn × sec/cm5 and Pulmonary - PVR: 345 dyn × ... Retroperitoneal hematoma among patients in the ICU is a well-recognized but relative rare condition with an incidence of 0.1%, although has been reported at 0.6 6.6% of patients undergoing therapeutic...
... (n=47) 38 11 15 36 21 - Brazil20 (n=60) 39 - A Hadadi et al: Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients … Table 3: Radiological manifestations of patients of tuberculosis/HIV co-infection with CD4 count ... Kong including 60 TB patients, fever, night sweat and diarrhea were the most common symptoms (5) In another study, among 60 HIV/TB co-infected patients and 120 tuberculosis patients without HIV ... is why tuberculosis should always be a differential diagnosis in the HIV patients with pulmonary symptoms All the HIV/TB patients observed in our department during the study were male, which was...
... newly diagnosed patients with AML Materials and methods Sample preparation and solubilization Blast samples from bone marrow aspirates and peripheral blood were isolated from six patients with ... observed in studies with patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) In CLL, analysis allowed the identification of proteins that clearly discriminated between the patients groups with ... inhibitor-2 (PAI2) was only found in patients E and F with the subtyp FAB M0 and M4, respectively This finding is inline with data from the PAI-2 serum levels of patients with hematological malignancies,...
... monoEffect ofcells (PBMNCs) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus nuclear cells (PBMNCs) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus Freshly isolated PBMNCs from patients with systemic lupus ... of most SLE patients included in this study Disease activity (MEX-SLEDAI index) significantly diminished in 90% of patients at days 60 and 90 of Rituximab therapy (Figure 1a) In all patients, the ... depletion therapy has been recently assayed in patients with different autoimmune diseases, including SLE [22-24] In this regard, it has been found that patients with SLE that receive the mouse/human...
... definitive ifosfamide-based radiochemotherapy in patients with localized, irresectable soft tissue sarcomas Patients and Methods From 1996 to 2007 eleven patients (four males, seven females), median ... up of patients alive was 13 months Estimated local control rate after and years was 70% Four patients were still at risk after years A plateau was reached after 22 months Two of eleven patients ... subsequent days For two patients locoregional hyperthermia was added complete regimen was given in 8/11 (73%) of the patients Evaluation of skin toxicity was possible for of the patients, of which...
... multivariable analysis, and signif- Characteristics of patients and control subjects Sixteen patients were enrolled, and baseline details for all patients are given in Table There were 15 females ... 34.5% lower when patients were in remission than when they had active disease Longitudinal studies in individual patients Several different patterns were discernible In three patients (LN2, LN12 ... anti-α-actinin levels in patients with SLE [17-19] One study showed that purified anti-dsDNA antibodies from patients with SLE were more likely to cross-react with α-actinin if the patients had nephritis...
... TBIs in patients with diabetes, particularly with respect to the newer, more affordable devices Some research has explored reliability of the measurement of Toe Systolic Pressures in patients ... intra-rater reliability of the toe systolic pressure in patients with known PAOD, carotid artery disease but not history of PAOD and control patients [23] All measurements were made by a single ... arterial assessment modalities to provide better care to patients With an increase in interest and the limited usefulness of ABIs in patients with medial calcification, the measurement of the...
... Burra et al reported that, consistent with our study, male patients were more compliant to prescribed medications than female patients in 80 patients in Canada [11] On the other hand, male gender ... total days a medication was actually dispensed to patients divided by treatment period in days) These two components represent different aspects of patients' behaviours and should be separately assessed, ... Clinic, Tokyo, Japan Patients who visited one of these participating clinics for the first time between between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007 were screened Among them, outpatients were included...
... presence of BMDCs in the pulmonary vasculature of mice exposed to chronic hypoxia, as well as in the smooth muscle coat of pulmonary arteries from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ... monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension, Zhao et al [9] showed that bone marrowderived endothelial like progenitor cells protected against pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary artery muscularization ... Rodriguez-Roisin R, Barbera JA: Identification of vascular progenitor cells in pulmonary arteries of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006, 34:257-263 Voswinckel...
... higher rate of clinical failures was observed among patients with MRSA IE Among MRSA IE patients, higher rates of clinical failure were observed among patients with endocarditis caused by vancomycin ... antimicrobial treatment, surgery, embolic events and outcomes There was no research related effect for patientsPatients gave informed consent to be included in the observational protocol on endocarditis ... mortality or morbidity in oxacillin tolerant MSSA IE patients Strikingly, a non-statistically significant higher cure rate was observed in patients with IE caused by oxacillin tolerant MSSA in...
... to identify studies among populations of patients with RA that reported a comparison of infection incidence between patients treated with GC therapy and patients not exposed to GC therapy Published ... adverse events collected, reported only if occurred in or more patients 17 infections in 40 patients in GC arm, 22 infections in 41 patients in placebo arm Total 4/93 and 3/96 (Bronchitis in 3/93 ... of patients and estimated total person time, so studies with high numbers of patients but few infections would contribute more weight to the meta-analysis For example, a 2-year study of 250 patients...
... in 46 (62%) patients, and 36 (49%) patients met criteria for fatigue at least once after initially meeting readiness-to-wean criteria Pneumonia developed in 20 (27%) patients Most patients survived ... 21 patients in the ET group were demographically similar to the 53 patients in the ST group, except for the greater number of patients with TBI in the ET group (Table 2) All 21 of the ET patients ... neurosurgical patients with GCS score < are more likely to require reintubation than patients with GCS score ≥ [15] However, extubation is often possible in patients with GCS score < [16] A number of patients...
... Software Inc, San Jose, CA, USA) Results Patients' characteristics are shown in Table Materials and methods Patients This was a retrospective, single-centre study of patients with severe sepsis admitted ... products in patients with acute kidney injury requiring RRT treated with DrotAA A further comparison of the outcome parameters was made during the DrotAA infusion period between patients who ... the risk of bleeding and the lifespan of the RRT circuit in patients who continue anticoagulation while receiving DrotAA compared with patients who receive DrotAA alone is not known Therefore,...
... Houston, TX Complete clinical information was available for 541 patients Test set (n = 168) was obtained from an independent group of patients enrolled in the Danish DBCG 82 b and c breast cancer ... predictor of pCR in a group of primary tumor samples obtained by fine needle aspirations (FNA) from patients who subsequently received NST Material and Methods Tumor tissues Three sets of frozen breast ... response (pCR) following NST provides a surrogate marker for improved long-term outcome Conversely, patients with residual breast cancer after NST are at increased risk for recurrence and may have...
... subgroup of patients (sorted by percentages in the ‘All patients group) Age 6-12 years N = 583 Adverse event (AE) [preferred term] Patients with at least one AE* 13-18 years N = 239 All patients ... 0.032 [patients assessment]), global QoL (p = 0.012 [parents’ assessment]) and interests and hobbies (p = 0.023 [patients assessment]) With the exception of ‘interests and hobbies’ (patients ... data This pooled analysis evaluated data from a total of 822 patients with ADHD; 598 patients were from the LeCO study [8] and 224 patients were from the GER-CON-2 study [9,10] Relevant baseline...
... standard deviation Results Patients Among the 20 patients, one in the surfactant group died at day from severe hypoxemia Of patients with ALI/ ARDS, 30% were related to extrapulmonary sepsis The overall ... control patients, right upper and middle lobes, right lower lobe, left upper lobe and left lower lobe were analyzed separately at baseline and H39 By referring to anatomical landmarks such as pulmonary ... 18 years or less, acute bronchial asthma attack or suspected pulmonary thrombo-embolism, daily medication for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at time of admission, need for mechanical ventilation...
... in patients with pulmonary TB is Table Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics between pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients with extrapulmonary involvement and without extrapulmonary ... tuberculosis DNA in patients (Table 2) We compared the clinical characteristics and laboratory results between the 40 pulmonary TB patients with extrapulmonary involvement and the 280 patients without ... albumin levels were associated with extrapulmonary involvement in patients with pulmonary TB Patients with bilateral lung involvement were more likely to have extrapulmonary involvement, with an adjusted...
... questionnaire by mail They did not differ from patients included in the analyses The mean age of included patients was 68.7 (SD 8.9) years, 59 (67.0%) were males, patients had moderate to very severe COPD ... the minimal important difference of 1.5 generalizes to patients with other diseases Patients included in our study might, however, represent patients with advanced chronic disease because mean HADS ... informed consent HADS Patients completed the self-administered and validated German version of the HADS[19] The HADS measures depression and generalised anxiety in in- and outpatients and in community...