assessment of malnutrition in cancer patients

... patients (including 82 lung cancer) SDS The single measure of symptom distress was a significant predictor of survival in lung cancer Ringdal et al [16] 1996 253 heterogeneous sample of cancer patients ... 27% increase in the rate -of- dying hazard [27] Similarly, Efficace et al found that a 10-point worsening in the pain and dysphagia scores in a sample of 391 advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients ... of Cancer Therapy-General module; FACT-L: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung module; FLI-C: Functional Living Index -Cancer; IADL: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; KPS: Karnofsky...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... average pain score of ≥ points (pain intensity difference, PID, >/= 2) at week (day 28 from inclusion) over baseline As to the assessment of the quality of analgesic care, the adequacy of pain management ... reporting on the results of the "epidemiological" part of the study, including a description of patients' characteristics in terms of baseline socio-demographic and clinical variables, pattern of ... 20 21 Cherny N: The management of cancer pain Cancer J Clin 2000, 50:70-116 Hearn J, Higginson IJ: Cancer pain epidemiology: a systematic review In Cancer Pain, Assessment and Management Edited...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... guided internal jugular vein catheterization Patients with neutropenia 254 of 1660 Patients with low platelet count 116 of 1660 N Patients % of patients N neutrophil/mm3 N Patients % of patients ... insertion in patients with cancer Background Central venous access is essential in patients with cancer, and the need for intravenous access devices for the administration of cancer therapy has increased ... is a main risk factor in initiating thrombosis However the lack of venographic assessment of catheter-related thrombosis in our study is a limit to the determination of the real frequency of this...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... unfractionated heparin *For definitions of major bleeding see original studies † Included non -cancer patients for routine thromboprophylaxis in medical cancer patients [1,16-19] However, in the Fundamental ... therefore, LMWHs offer considerable advantages over warfarin in cancer patients in terms of practicality of use as well as in efficacy Cost comparisons The costs involved in managing VTE in general ... development, which offer potential benefits over existing therapies in cancer patients [108,109] For instance, as cancer patients are at an increased risk both of VTE and bleeding [30,31], cancer patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... physicians in discussions of prognosis and in clinical decision making to improve allocation of resources in intensive care [12] Stratification of patients for clinical research and assessment of quality ... in oncology and/or R195 intensive care, and take part in regular training of oncology and intensive care nurses The nurse/patient ratio ranges from 1.2 to 1.7 Routine clinical rounds, including ... mix of patients (e.g type of tumour, number of BMT patients, disease status and extent, and level of ICU support) In particular, the prognosis for cancer patients receiving MV is very poor In...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... develops in 20% to 40% of BMT recipients [47] Amphotericin during conditioning Acyclovir during conditioning Vancomycin during conditioning The main site of liver damage in this setting is the ... Intern Med 1990, 150:1693-1695 Available online http://ccforum.com/content/10/2/211 20 Ying WZ, Sanders PW: Mapping the binding domain of immunoglobulin light chains for Tamm-Horsfall protein ... uricolytic treatment in patients with a high risk of acute TLS, prevention of contrast nephropathy, elimination of nephrotoxic drugs in high-risk patients, and monitoring of serum methotrexate...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... digoxin in Japanese patients The serum levels of Cys-C and Cr in the patients were higher than those in the healthy elderly subjects, but the increase of Cys-C was more predominant in the patients, ... Limitations of creatinine as a filtration marker in glomerulopathic patients Kidney Int 1985; 28(5):830–838 Perrone RD, Madias NE, Levey AS Serum creatinine as an index of renal function: new insights into ... Factors influencing the prediction of steady state concentrations of digoxin Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24(4):403–408 22 Cockcroft DW, Gault MH Prediction of creatinine clearance from serum creatinine...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:08

... president of the National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... systematic study of ignition and spreading of fires involving an oxygen source such as a jet formed by a leak or initiation of an internal reaction involving failure of an inert coating needs to ... supported approximately 70 investigators in FY 2001 Of these NASA investigators, are members of the National Academy of Engineering, 10 are fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20

... cancer and independently associated with the increased risk of colorectal cancer in men [14], and overall cancer risk [15] Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been used for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer ... Identifying Immune Oscillatory Cycles in Advanced Cancer using L-CRP Single measurements of CRP or L-CRP have previously been used to correlate with the risk of certain cancers, prognosis or cancer ... Timing of Vaccinations with the CRP cycle in a patient with advanced melanoma Timing of Vaccinations with the CRP cycle in a patient with advanced melanoma Multiple fortnightly doses of vaccine...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... J: Validating PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) as a Measure of Suffering in Chronic Non -Cancer Pain Patients J Pain 2008 in press Büchi S, Buddeberg C, Klaghofer R, ... amount of suffering These differences in distribution also argue in favour of measuring suffering with a visual and indirect method such as the PRISM-RII The PRISM has been proven useful in measuring ... representation of illness: A novel method of measuring patients' perception of the impact of illness Psychother Psychosom 1998, 67:222-5 Pincus T, Morley S: Cognitive-processing bias in chronic pain: a...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... importance of one cue increases, the relative importance of at least one of the other four cues must diminish One of the major challenges in interpreting the results of this study is that 81% of the patients ... Schedule for Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL) [7] may prove useful in determining the impact of response shift on the assessment of treatment effects in clinical trials The present ... and in response to changing circumstances [4] Individualised measures of QoL (IQoL) increase respondents' discretion in selecting the domains most important to their QoL and, in determining the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: a quality -of- life instrument for use in international clinical trials in oncology J Natl Cancer Inst 1993, 85(5):365-76 17 Cella DF, et al: The Functional Assessment of Cancer ... years software development for electronic patient-reported outcome assessment including CAT administration has been given increasing attention within the EORTC Quality of Life group and software ... evaluation in women with breast cancer Oncol Nurs Forum 1998, 25(4):677-84 15 Mendoza TR, et al: The rapid assessment of fatigue severity in cancer patients: use of the Brief Fatigue Inventory Cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... J: Validating PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) as a Measure of Suffering in Chronic Non -Cancer Pain Patients J Pain 2008 in press Büchi S, Buddeberg C, Klaghofer R, ... amount of suffering These differences in distribution also argue in favour of measuring suffering with a visual and indirect method such as the PRISM-RII The PRISM has been proven useful in measuring ... representation of illness: A novel method of measuring patients' perception of the impact of illness Psychother Psychosom 1998, 67:222-5 Pincus T, Morley S: Cognitive-processing bias in chronic pain: a...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... in the population, and is independent from pain level Finally, acceptance of pain predicts better adjustment on measures of patient functioning than perceived pain intensity does, which continues ... of Spanish version of CPAQ AE = Activity Engagement subscale of Spanish version of CPAQ PW = Pain Willingness subscale of Spanish version of CPAQ one part of a contextual model of chronic pain ... The final study sample consisted of 205 patients attending the Pain Clinic (Santander, Spain) and Fibromyalgia Unit (Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza) during the year 2009 To be included in the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... Scores on the Binge Eating Scale (BES) were in a range suggestive of binge eating in over one fourth of subjects, while over 10% of patients had BES scores indicative of binge eating disorder Mean ... [21] The Binge Eating Scale was used to detect binging [22]; values in the range 17-26 were considered suspect of binge eating, whereas values ≥ 27 were taken as predictive of Binge Eating Disorder ... validation and norming J Clin Epidemiol 1998, 51(11):1025-1036 18 Dupuy HJ: The psychological general well-being (PGWB) inventory In Assessment of Quality of Life in Clinical Trials of Cardiovascular...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... Assignments Specification of single locations of field allotments based on GPS readings of first point of entry of the cultivation area referred herein as field For estimating minimum distance between ... http://www.enveurope.com/content/23/1/9 Page of 10 Model Scenario 4: single GM field in the centre of the study area Modeling simulation with a single GM field located in the centre of the investigated region (circled) Each of the ... The regulation of mandatory labelling of GMOs is inactive and there is no provision for GMO labelling in terms of consumer preference [16] Owing to the aforementioned complexities of seed use or...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 05:20

... added into microwells and incubated at room temperature for 30 min, followed by three PBS washes Blocking for non-specific binding was performed by adding 100 lL of 3% bovine serum albumin (BSA) ... albumin (BSA) and incubating for 60 at room temperature, followed by three PBS washes Binding was performed by adding 100 lL of diluted antiserum into microwells and incubating for h at room ... examination CARS microscopy was performed with a time constant of ms, a scanning area of 300 300 lm, a step size of lm, 300 300 pixels, a scanning velocity of lm/ms, and a sampling rate of 80...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 00:20

... suggesting that the elevation of IL-4 production during an ongoing immune response to tumor can down-regulate Th1 cytokine production Therefore, in gastrointestinal cancer patients, the initial ... lymphocytes in patients with gastrointestinal cancer, there is no corresponding decrease in the frequency of Th1 cells Impaired host immunity or excessive stress after major surgery often increases ... Casciani CU: Distribution in Th1 and Th2 subsets of CD4+T cells in peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients and involvement in cancer establishment and progression Cancer Immunol Immunother...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... the detection of this antibody [14] In the present report we screened for anti-fibrillarin by ALBIA using purified recombinant fibrillarin protein, yielding an autoantibody frequency of 14% All ... Targoff IN, Trieu EP, Miller FW: Reaction of anti-OJ autoantibodies with components of the multi-enzyme complex of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in addition to isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase J Clin Invest ... O'Brien CA, Frank MB, Targoff IN: Molecular analysis of a major antigenic region of the 240-kD protein of Mi-2 autoantigen J Clin Invest 1995, 96:1730-1737 Page 13 of 13 (page number not for...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... reported in the individual studies This pattern included a clear increase in risks of lung cancer and lymphoma, both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin, and a potential decrease in risks of colorectal cancer ... solid tumors or colorectal cancer Franklin and colleagues [8,9] observed no increase in overall malignancy excluding non-melanoma skin cancer but saw an increase in lymphoma in their early RA population ... colorectal, and breast cancer) in patients with RA in the recent published literature In particular, this review focused on observational studies comparing the incidence of malignancy in patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23