cardiovascular illness and hyperlipidemia in patients with schizophrenia

... domains (i.e., working memory, verbal memory, and processing speed) and discrete domains of functioning (i.e., QLS Instrumental, QLS Intrapsychic, and QLS Interpersonal) at baseline and following ... cognition, including working memory, processing speed, and verbal memory as the independent variables; 2) PANSS Neg and PANSS Pos as intermediate outcomes; and 3) of functional domains, including QLS Instrumental, ... that slowed information processing (including slowed encoding) can account for deficits in a range of higher level cognitive functions in schizophrenia including deficits in working memory, executive...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... in clinical practice Finally, these finding represent an urging need for developing effective physical training interventions for patients with schizophrenia 16 Competing interests The authors ... these findings are consistent with correlations between SF-36 variables and BMI in patients with schizophrenia [38] In line with Strassnig et al [38] we found a significant correlation with the ... changes in VO2peak after eight weeks of high aerobic intensity training in patients with schizophrenia [14] Recently, Strassnig et al [3] published measures of oxygen uptake in 117 patients with schizophrenia...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... in the therapeutic area of schizophrenia is vast and growing rapidly, and was helpful in developing a solid and definitive model Information that was not available in the literature was obtained ... comparator Quetiapine week study, inpatients with chronic or subchronic schizophrenia and acute exacerbation Ziprasidone week study, patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and acute ... reported with prolactin-elevating compounds, the clinical significance of elevated serum prolactin is unknown in asymptomatic patients [12] In an analysis by Conley and Mahmoud [31], raw clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Papanicolaou S, Kyriopoulos I: Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: a cost effectiveness ... error with the values listed for Ziprasidone and Aripiprazole in Table Ten Table Ten should therefore appear as shown in this correction (Table 1) References Geitona M, Kousoulakou H, Ollandezos ... Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating the results of biomedical researc h in...

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... condition other than schizophrenia or a DSM-IV diagnosis of substance abuse within months before screening (not including nicotine and caffeine addiction) Additional inclusion and exclusion criteria ... in the inpatient setting, they may help to identify which patients are ready for discharge As experience is gained using symptom and functioning instruments, their use in remission criteria and ... results The combined open-label, intent-to-treat sample included 1,077 patients from the 1,665 patients who enrolled in the double-blind randomized portion of the clinical trials The intent to treat...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... complex needs and improve alliances between patients and clinicians [8] The importance of involving patients in their own healthcare, and of patient-reported assessments, is increasingly recognised ... afford greater insight in describing and grading the impact of side effects associated to antipsychotic drugs [15,16] A brief instrument is preferred for use in clinical practice and in investigations ... along with its internal consistency and test-retest reliability, have been proven, thus allowing clinicians to obtain a simple and global score (ranging from to 32) with the same interpretation in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... raters were investigators in the study, with a background either as medical doctor or clinical psychologist The raters were trained in clinical interviews and assessments including video and case ... clozapine in monotherapy in subgroups of patients [27] The current study involved all psychiatric hospitals in Oslo and included both in- and outpatients The public health care service in Norway ... prescription pattern and decline in global- or daily functioning, measured with GAF [9,21] This could be due to a type II error, at least in one of the studies, since this only included inpatients [9]...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... RLAT initiation from 250 patients with schizophrenia The mean number of days spent in the hospital per patient increased from 31 in year -3 to 44 in year -2, to 90 in year -1, and to 141 in year ... days In a retrospective study at four sites in Germany using a mirror-image design [19], hospitalization rates and duration of inpatient treatment were assessed in patients with schizophrenia and ... WM was involved in the interpretation of data, and critical drafting and revising of the manuscript for important intellectual content All authors (CC, CD, CMK, RDD, LM, and WM) read and approved...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... found in this German sample of schizophrenia patients confirm the notion that MetS-prevalence is higher in patients with schizophrenia compared to the general population, with rates increasing with ... 36.0% in men and 51.6% in women (fasting cohort, N = 689); the higher risk for MetS in women was a universal finding in all age groups, races and ethnicities However, CATIE was a controlled clinical ... the vital signs and laboratory data collected at baseline revealed high blood pressure in 54.8%, increased triglycerides in 52.5% and increased blood glucose in 14.1% of the patients This remarkable...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... content JPL and NS were involved in the interpretation of data, and critical drafting and revising of the manuscript for important intellectual content All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... (white vs all other), baseline body mass index (BMI), baseline CGI and baseline PANSS Choice of the independent variables was based on clinical relevance and their inclusion in all studies Analysis ... Study RIS-USA-1 (1990)‡ RIS-INT-3 (1991) [5]; [6] N Population 160 • Patients with schizophrenia • Inpatients at the start of the study • Minimum BPRS score of 30, with a minimum score of at least...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:23

... the incidence of which increased with increasing dose Page of 10 Table provides the mean changes in weight and in several fasting glucose, lipids, and prolactin laboratory measures, along with ... fasting high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol normal at baseline to low at endpoint and fasting triglycerides normal at baseline to high at endpoint, the incidence of which increased with increasing ... T, Andersen S, Lin D, Taylor CC, McDonnell D: An 8week, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of olanzapine long-acting injection in acutely ill patients with schizophrenia J Clin...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:23

... studies examining natriuretic peptide levels and/ or inflammatory markers during inotrope administration with inconsistent results [8-11] Adding complexity to this picture is data indicating that ... all patients care continued to be at the discretion of the attending physician, including inotrope administration and dosing It is well recognized that heart failure leads to increased circulating ... competes with membrane-bound Fas for ligand binding, therefore reducing apoptotic signaling Procedures All treatments including milrinone dosing was at the discretion of the patient's attending physician,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... combined navelbine and mitoxantrone, supporting the testing of combination therapy with estramustine, mitoxantrone, and vinorelbine in patients with CRPC One study demonstrated a potential clinical benefit ... treatment with vinorelbine, mitoxantrone and estramustine yielded a response rate suggesting clinical activity in men with CRPC, and was well tolerated The combination of CRA/IFN and paclitaxel, in ... Survival in patients treated with mitoxantrone, estramustine and vinorelbine (Arm A) or 13-cis retinoic acid, interferon-alpha2b with paclitaxel (Arm B) Figure Progression Free Survival in patients...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... filgrastim Median values and interquartile range are shown *p < 0.05 compared with baseline **p < 0.01 compared with baseline Panel C: Boxes and whiskers depicting median values and interquartile range ... treated with either pegfilgrastim or daily filgrastim In both cohorts of patients, cytokine administration translated into increased percentages of DC1 and DC2 cells, albeit with a different kinetics ... filgrastim in the human setting [34] In this study, daily treatment with G-CSF for weeks was correlated with an increase of IL-10-secreting type Treg cells in the peripheral blood and with the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... beginning of the intervention), immediately post training (within one week after the last training session) and four weeks after the completion of the training (follow-up assessment) Each training ... posture and balance with increasing difficulty and complexity These included: (1) static posture control-achieving better upright position while sitting and in standing (improving upper limb and ... training was generally interesting and challenging in regards to the motor and balance demands Three patients also mentioned that the training required concentration and attention abilities in...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... computed by assigning points to "very much", points to "a lot", point to "a little", and points to "not at all" The means, standard deviations, maximum values, and minimum values are shown in Table Reliability ... frequent clinic visits and decorative cosmetics can improve QOL [6,7] Still, less attention has been given to the QOL of patients with acne in Japan than in other countries In looking for instruments ... discussions were held with the original author, and the Japanese version was finalized Since our objective was to develop a tool for measuring the QOL of acne patients, the phrase in the original "because...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... abnormalities, persistent and stable over time [6] In patients with schizophrenia, delusions and hallucinations could arise as a result of deficits in cognitive functions involving perceptual and attributional ... deficits in patients with schizophrenia [6] Srinivasan et al reported a relationship between age, duration of illness, duration in formal education and neurocognitive function in a sample of Indian patients ... of brain dysfunction, developed at PGIMER, Chandigarh, India The battery is administered in Hindi, the first language of most subjects, and has been developed and validated for use in the Hindi-speaking...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

... verified by studies performed with patients with respiratory failure, with depression being observed in 30% of patients with moderate failure and in 50% in patients with severe obstructive pulmonary ... suffocating disease status may explain the high percentage of depression in patients with COPD and BA in the study, which was higher than the percentage reported in studies performed with in- patients ... clinical experience accepts high comorbidity in pulmonary patients, studies assessing and comparing anxiety and depression levels among patients with different pulmonary diseases are lacking in...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

... (olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone)[14] Here, we report two cases in which fluvoxamine was effective in treating aripiprazole-induced akathisia in patients with schizophrenia Written informed consents ... fluvoxamine may serve as an alternative option in the treatment of antipsychoticinduced akathisia in patients with schizophrenia More detailed randomised, double-blind studies of fluvoxamine using ... clinical and rating evaluations during the follow-up periods KH conceived of the study and participated in its study and coordination All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... where fluvoxamine was effective in treating blonanserin-associated akathisia in patients with schizophrenia Case reports Table shows the characteristics of five patients with blonanserin-associated ... demonstrating that fluvoxamine is rapidly effective in the treatment of blonanserin-induced akathisia in patients with schizophrenia Very recently, we reported that fluvoxamine is also effective in ... was effective in treating aripiprazole-induced akathisia in patients with schizophrenia, suggesting that fluvoxamine would also be a potential therapeutic drug for antipsychotic-induced akathisia...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21