... coating on the implant [9] In addition, increased torsional resistance has been observed with increased diaphyseal contact length and contact area ina cadaveric femur study using porouscoated ... stability against torsional loads due to the increase in contact area of the porous coating The 18 mm diameter stem demonstrated a wide variability in torsional stability at the minimal cm diaphyseal ... inadequate against the peak in vivo torsional loads experienced during activities such as walking and stair climbing Ina report onin vivo torsional loads via a telemeterized total hip component,...
... understanding and/or implementation of international and/or national guidelines The South Africa study, mentioned above, looked at national guidelines Also areviewon India and diabetes, stated: ... qualitative research Such an approach would probably include database searching and interviews with experienced information researchers It might also be valuable to organize an international seminar ... Agrawal A, et al.: Information and communication technology in cardiovascular disease prevention in developing countries: hype and hope Report of the International Collaboration on Information...
... primary total hiparthroplasty and one patient had contractures following a revision from a bipolar to a total hiparthroplasty The patients had a mean age of 48 years (range, 19 to 66 years) The ... underlying diagnosis for the total hiparthroplasty was osteonecrosis in two hips, and osteoarthritis in all remaining cases Twelve hips were treated with metalon-metal total hip resurfacing arthroplasty, ... clinical outcome Patients were also evaluated using the Harris hip score rating system [22] Statistical Analysis Data was subjected to averaging and analysis using Sigma Stat software (version...
... during the operation All operations were carried out under intubation anesthesia A Cell Saver was used in all cases intraoperatively and to remove blood from the operated area via Redon drainage ... minimal-invasive approaches Conclusions Thus it can be concluded that the minimally invasive posterior approach has a demonstrable advantage over the standard posterior approach during the implantation ... surgical approach and the radiological assessments blinded for the two assessing authors (A. M and M.S.) Reliability for the radiographic examinations was high, with an intra-assessor, intra-class...
... Soballe K: Reduced hospital stay and narcotic consumption, and improved mobilization with local and intraarticular infiltration after hip arthroplasty: a randomized clinical trial of an intraarticular ... dichotomized at to sit comfortably in any chair against other answer categories Step one in the multivariate analysis was a univariate analysis of all variables Any variable that had a P-value of ... placed ina separate part of the ward One nurse was in charge of a team of healthcare professionals who were trained to initiate mobilization activities aggressively Patients were asked to wear...
... bike, aerobic dance/exercises, stair steppers, brisk walking, hiking/treadmill, racket sports, and other Assessment of pain Annually since 1987, pain was assessed using a visual analog scale (VAS) ... relationship held as well when study completers only were evaluated ticipated in study design, statistical analyses, interpretation of data, and drafting of the manuscript All authors have read and ... noted that pain was a larger contributor to measurement of overall health status than physical disability and among both older male and female individuals Leveille and colleagues [23] evaluated...
... groin pain after total hip arthroplasty: a case report Praveen Konala1, Thomas K Schaefer2, Farhad Iranpour1, Niklaus F Friederich2, Michael T Hirschmann1,2* Abstract Introduction: Arthroplasty ... Metastatic carcinoma as an unusual cause of knee pain after total knee arthroplasty: a case report J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009, 91:693-695 10 Jemal A, Tiwari RC, Murray T, Ghafoor A, Samuels A, Ward ... diagnosis inahiparthroplasty Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2002, 122:532-534 Prasad PS, Latham JB, Tucker JK, Ball RY: Disseminated osteosarcoma arising in the pelvis after total hip arthroplasty...
... Orthop Reparatrice Appar Met 1988, 74:585-587 Karanikas I, Lazandes M, Arvanitis D, Papayanopoulos G, Exarchou E, Dayantas J: Iatrogenic arterial trauma associated with hip fracture surgery Acta Chir ... reports that lacerations of the common femoral artery and its branches commonly occur after hip fractures are repaired The arterial damage occurs as a result of a tear from an avulsed bone fragment ... location in the medial thigh It is possible that the vessel was avulsed when the hip was manipulated during operation, since the hip was flexed and forced into internal rotation and adduction...
... Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA), CARE, IntraHealth International, Inc., the Meridian Group International, Inc., and the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa The ACQUIRE ... fistula is mentioned once, in the context of “Examination of the genital area, anus and rectum” for rape survivors, where it states: “If indicated, a recto-vaginal examination and inspect the rectal ... (GBV) that has increasingly been used as a weapon of war in armed conflicts in Africa (RHRC, 2004) GBV refers to any harm that is perpetrated against a person’s will that exploits distinctions between...
... task The challenges in this area are thus: To create coherence and integration ina multifaceted intervention so that individual parts interact To establish an overall educational approach and ... top-down approaches and a diseaseoriented healthcare concept is very long-standing and is therefore difficult to change Professionals trained to regard clinician-patient relations ina certain way have ... Participation and motivation 4.1 Defining the problem This chapter addresses the interrelationship between motivation and participation by patients in patient education In brief, patients’ active participation...
... impact of age and vaccine response We controlled for every factor for which we could obtain data that may have had an impact on vaccine response, including living situation (institutionalized or ... responses to in uenza vaccination in the elderly using an immunostimulant patch Vaccine 2005;23(7):946– 50 [42] Hara M, Tanaka K, Hirota Y Immune response to in uenza vaccine in healthy adults and ... substantially elevated dosage (Table 2) High pre-vaccination titre was associated with a reduced seroconversion rate and an increased seroprotection rate Previous vaccination was also associated with...
... discussion 283–294 Kayongo M, Rubardt M, Butera J, Abdullah M, Mboninyibuka D, Madili M: Making EmOC a reality – CARE's experiences in areas of high maternal mortality in Africa International Journal ... Addr essed aspects Hospital-based morbidity and mortality Acceptability, patients’ satisfaction Caesarean rates, case fatality rates Services utilisation rates Health Perinatal mortality and morbidity ... confirm that HR qualifications alone not guarantee competence As shown ina skill and knowledge evaluation in Benin, Ecuador, Jamaica and Rwanda, EmOC professionals scored only 50% in the required...
... and motivation during training Information on adherence to the biofeedback-based training program was collected by extracting participation rates and information on drop-outs • Selection procedures ... results The initial, inter-rater agreement for the reviewers was 76% in assessing external validity and 89% in assessing internal and statistical validity This resulted ina total Cohen’s Kappa score ... Sway during standing, varying vision and base of support & weightshifting during standing BBS, activity level Continuous visual feedback of COP vs Tai Chi chuan training vs Educational sessions...
... vehicle injection TNF injection Intracerebral IL-18 concentrations in mice, as determined by ELISA in murine brain homogenates (n = 10 animals per group) Figure Intracerebral IL-18 concentrations in ... Yoshinaga M, Ohkawara S, Nariuchi H, McCracken Jr, G.H.: Tumor necrosis factor alpha / cachectin and interleukin beta initiate meningeal inflammation J Exp Med 1990, 172:497-507 Saukkonen K, Sande ... TNF-dependent regulation of IL18 in the injured brain has not yet been investigated We sought to determine the interrelationship between intracranial TNF and IL-18 levels inaclinical study on patients...
... various pharmaceutical companies regarding their clinical trials and patient reported outcomes Jean-François Baladi and Paula Jones work for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, USA Authors' contributions ... Hoffbrand AV, Sheikh-Taha M, Koussa S, Khoriaty AI, Taher A: Comparison between desferrioxamine and combined therapy with desferrioxamine and deferiprone in iron overloaded thalassaemia patients ... Eleftheriou A: Impact of thalassemia major on patients and their families Acta Haematologica 2002, 107:150-157 Rebulla P: Transfusion reac tions in thalassemia A survey from the Cooleycare programme...
... Resolution of ketosis As shown in Table two adult studies showed paradoxical worsening of ketonemia, including a slower decline in ketonemia in the first hour of bicarbonate infusion ina RCT [13], and ... slower rate of decline in blood lactate and lactate to pyruvate ratio in the bicarbonate treatment arm, compared with saline control, in the first hour of treatment in DKA [13] A slow decline in blood ... oxygenation used in studies Therefore, there remains to be insufficient evidence that additional bicarbonate administration affects tissue oxygenation adversely Page 10 of 12 Bicarbonate therapy in...
... resources and databases, such as national suicide databases [29], and regional self-harm and attempted suicide databases [30] Such databases may allow an estimate of the risk of suicidal behaviour among ... rehabilitation of Deaf adolescents Selected proceedings of the second national conference on the habilitation and rehabilitation of Deaf Adolescents Edited by: Anderson GB, Watson D Arkansas: American ... who are deaf, especially if linked with general population databases [31,32] Use of these databases would depend on whether baseline information on hearing status was available We might also...
... expected that examining the available literature in this area would be helpful in providing information about intellectual functioning in AN, investigating how comparable neuropsychological studies ... National Institute for Clinical Excellence: National Clinical Practice Guideline: Eating Disorders: Core interventions in the treatment and management of Lopez et al Annals of General Psychiatry ... PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration PLoS Med 2009, 6: e1000100 Nelson HE: National Adult...
... sentinel nodes in the paraaortic area, 11% in the common iliac, 71% in the external iliac, and 9% in the parametrial area ina study including stage IA-IIA cases [36] Martinez Palones found in ... cases, 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, while the rest are melanoma, adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and sarcoma [7] Nodal metastasis in vulva cancer is the main prognostic factor, irrespective ... examination using antibodies against cytokeratins AE-1 and CAM 5.2 in early stage cervical cancer with negative nodes [79] Of the patients with micrometastases, 75% had lymph-vascular space invasion...
... months Pain VAS for pain at rest, on walking, and main complaint Pain subscale on HRQOL (SF36) questionnaire Hip function Walking-speed parameters HRQOL (SF-36) subscales of physical function ... before and after intervention, then follow-up at 1, 3, and months Pain VAS for pain related to motion and loading, ache during day, ache during night Self-reported function Disability Rating Index ... years) • OA hip diagnosed by general practitioner with x-rays and pain consistent with OA • Baseline median pain level during loading was 37, 55, and 56/100 within groups • Hydrotherapy vs control...