... of the attending physician, including inotrope administration and dosing It is well recognized that heartfailure leads to increased circulating levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as ... peripheral circulation increases with the severity of heart failure, and the high plasma level of interleukin-6 is an important prognostic predictor inpatientswithcongestiveheartfailure J Am Coll ... Lavoie J, Guertin MC, Racine N, He Y, Yao G, Rouleau JL, Schiffrin EL, Touyz RM: Increased systemic inflammation and oxidative stress inpatientswith worsening congestiveheart failure: improvement...
... Iwasaki T: Increased circulating interleukin-18 inpatientswithcongestiveheartfailureHeart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis ... interleukins and 6, TNF-a, matrix metalloproteinases, neuroepinephrine, renin, galectin-3 [16-18], some of which are also important tools in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of heart failure, in the ... plasma levels in both ICM and NIDCM groups vs controls Interestingly, IL-5 plasma levels inversely correlated with disease duration in NYHA III/IV ICM patientsIn fact, patientswith longer disease...
... Iwasaki T: Increased circulating interleukin-18 inpatientswithcongestiveheartfailureHeart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis ... interleukins and 6, TNF-a, matrix metalloproteinases, neuroepinephrine, renin, galectin-3 [16-18], some of which are also important tools in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of heart failure, in the ... plasma levels in both ICM and NIDCM groups vs controls Interestingly, IL-5 plasma levels inversely correlated with disease duration in NYHA III/IV ICM patientsIn fact, patientswith longer disease...
... twenty (77.9%) patients were males In terms of the clinical data, over two thirds of subjects were angina The finding of high proportions of Chinese CHD patients screening positive with anxiety ... of the original translation process, which may also explain inconsistencies between the underlying factor structure of the instrument between Mandarin-speaking Chinese CHD patientsin the current ... Cantonesespeaking Chinese CHD patientsin Hong Kong has also furnished compelling evidence for the tri-dimensionality of the HADS Hong Kong Chinese invariably speak Cantonese whereas in the Xi'an province...
... the difference in methodology applied in deriving a utility score, which could imply that utilities with different "meaning" are obtained, thus resulting in confusion when interpreting results from ... domain, imputing that value for missing items in that domain, rounding imputed values to the nearest integer, and then recalculating the SF-6D We performed parametric and non-parametric testing ... improvement in the SF-6D physical functioning domain The significant deterioration in social functioning and role limitations cancelled out the improvement in mental health, resulting in no change in...
... terminally ill cancer patients [14-19] One study found that physician estimates had an independent effect beyond models incorporating other risk factors in predicting survival inpatientswith ... patient actually having an infarction [37] Other investigators found that in predicting return to work inpatientswith coronary disease, both physicians' and patients' estimates had independent prognostic ... prognosis in seriously ill patients admitted to intensive care units or survival inpatientswith terminal illness, usually cancer [14-19] A better understanding of physicians' prognostic estimates in...
... EQ-5D index In the current study, the aim was to take these clinical measures in combination in a single model to predict the EQ-5D index In this case, disease severity was taken into account using ... angina, where a model mapping clinical measures on to the EQ-5D index explained 37% of the variability in the EQ-5D index and also performed poorly in individuals with EQ-5D index values of about ... and interventions inpatients ranging from early disease managed medically to end-stage heartfailure and are described briefly in Table Measurements in the different studies were divided into...
... NFT = nasogastric feeding tube; AMI = acute myocardial infection; GI = gastrointestinal; CWI = cervical wound infection, RP = Rupture of the pexy control was obtained in 7/8 patients (87%) (Table ... with partial laryngectomies Surgical salvage treatment with SCPL is possible in selected patients who seek medical care, presenting a similar clinical status to the initial condition and/or with ... event, subsequent patientswith the same complication have been treated only with steroids, leading to better results Another complication was infection of the tracheostomy in two patients who were...
... medication completely according to the guideline; having received influenza vaccination in the winter season 2010-2011; having received professionally guided physical activity training; and the number ... identifying barriers and tailoring intervention to these barriers may improve clinical practice compared to no intervention and to guideline dissemination In their meta analysis including eight ... receive relevant information in line with the multidisciplinary guideline All materials are offered paper based in a binder We will also present all materials on a website and examine the possibilities...
... for treating patientswith IHD and called for lowering LDL-c to 100 mg/dL or less inpatientswith known IHD [8-10] However, research has indicated that veterans receiving primary care in VHA may ... multi-faceted intervention In the planned intervention, we would have tested, in part, the effectiveness of implementing clinical reminders with and without the type of facilitation we describe in this ... quasi-experimental study using a hospital level intervention to implement electronic clinical reminders with the goal of improving hyperlipidemia management in VA IHD patients Intervention hospitals included three...
... for treating patientswith IHD and called for lowering LDL-c to 100 mg/dL or less inpatientswith known IHD [8-10] However, research has indicated that veterans receiving primary care in VHA may ... multi-faceted intervention In the planned intervention, we would have tested, in part, the effectiveness of implementing clinical reminders with and without the type of facilitation we describe in this ... quasi-experimental study using a hospital level intervention to implement electronic clinical reminders with the goal of improving hyperlipidemia management in VA IHD patients Intervention hospitals included three...
... elderly heartfailurepatients have often been excluded from sleep studies Such studies are not representative of the everyday clinical spectrum of heartfailure patients, including the increasing ... population of patientswithheartfailure Many other studies suffer from the disadvantages of a selection bias by excluding older patients, including only men or including only patients specifically ... respiration in chronic heartfailure Circulation 1999, 99:1435-1440 Hanly PJ, Zuberi-Khokhar NS: Increased mortality associated with Cheyne-Stokes respiration inpatientswithcongestiveheart failure...
... trauma patients had a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as their sole injury or in addition to torso and extremity injuries The remaining patients had various surgical problems including intra-abdominal ... Nonetheless, the findings of our study provide the basis for re-examining whether the timing of tracheostomy may impact clinical outcomes Inpatientswith resolving respiratory failure, most studies ... patientswith acute respiratory failure Physician belief in the utility of tracheostomy, patient selection and the lack of blinding may introduce bias, leading to difficulties in comparing patients...
... the determinants of mortality and fluid balance inpatientswith ARF, we divided the patients into two groups according to urine output and treatment with RRT In oliguric patients and inpatients ... rates were higher inpatientswith ARF than in those without ARF, particularly inpatientswith oliguria and those treated with RRT Cox regression showed that age, SAPS II, heart failure, liver ... Figure findings, with late RRT (defined as being initiated more than days after ICU admission) being associated with greater crude and covariate-adjusted mortality compared with early (within days)...
... exchange in ALI/ARDS patientswith increased IAP compared withpatientswith normal IAP [7] More recently, in a study including mainly extrapulmonary ALI/ARDS patients, a strategy titrating PEEP ... hemodynamics in ALI/ARDS patientswith normal IAP or IAH However, PEEP significantly increased EVLWI inpatientswith normal IAP but not inpatientswith IAH IAH, within the limits of IAP measured in the ... that since in ALI/ARDS increased PEEP improved Estat, CW inpatientswith IAH, thus reducing pleural pressures, this was associated with better hemodynamics as compared with those patients with...
... Jourdain P, Fauveau E, Galinier M, Jegou A, Bauer F, Trochu JN, Bouzamondo A, Tanguy ML, Lechat P: B-CONVINCED: Beta-blocker CONtinuation Vs INterruption inpatientswithCongestiveheartfailure ... admission inpatientswith cardiac aetiology of respiratory failure (adjudicated final diagnosis of heart failure; P = 0.008) and patientswith non-cardiac aetiology of respiratory failure (adjudicated ... co-morbidities found in our patients including history of CAD in 38%, history of CHF in 27%, arterial hypertension in 53% and COPD in 39% and the positive effect of betablocker therapy in these different...
... pattern of interactions, including non-verbal communication, among agents • Introducing new agents into the system • Letters to patients • Nurse-led heartfailure group clinic • Clinical reminders ... Mancini DM, Hopton LA, Orav EJ, Loh E, WHARF Investigators: Randomized trial of a daily electronic home monitoring system inpatientswith advanced heart failure: the Weight Monitoring inHeartFailure ... approach disseminating research findings into routine care The CAS framework suggests that local contexts and local interactions between individuals are critical considerations in designing interventions,...
... is a 50-point scale that was applied to quantify impairment in activities of daily living such as grooming, walking, transferring, hygiene and voiding (50 points meaning completely independent ... fewer patients (24%) reported problems washing or dressing themselves [16] This finding indicates that CHF patients still possess a feeling of independence despite significant impairment in daily ... outcome in stroke studies Conclusions The impact of stroke on individuals’ quality of life is significantly greater in comparison to patientswithcongestiveheartfailure and caregivers Patients with...
... Journal of Medicine CORRECTION Sudden Death inPatientswith Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both Sudden Death inPatientswith Myocardial Infarction and ... higher, since only unexpected deaths were categorized as sudden, thereby excluding patientswith fatal arrhythmia in the setting of myocardial infarction or pump failure Alternatively, DINAMIT, with ... back in the operating room, a heart was beating in a body with no future The recovery was routine — and yet extraordinary An army of coordinators had been on the telephone for hours to bring together...
... 45 50 0.8 Group A includes patientswith severe left heartfailure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patientswith severe left heartfailurewith additional severe ... FiO2 (%) Group A includes patientswith severe left heartfailure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patientswith severe left heartfailurewith additional severe ... SatHbO2 (%) Group A includes patientswith severe left heartfailure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patientswith severe left heartfailurewith additional severe...