defibrillators icds in patients with congestive heart failure nonbiventricular

... of the attending physician, including inotrope administration and dosing It is well recognized that heart failure 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 in patients with congestive heart failure 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 in patients with worsening congestive heart failure: improvement...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... Iwasaki T: Increased circulating interleukin-18 in patients with congestive heart failure Heart 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 patients In fact, patients with longer disease...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Iwasaki T: Increased circulating interleukin-18 in patients with congestive heart failure Heart 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 patients In fact, patients with longer disease...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 03:20

... 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 patients in the current ... Cantonesespeaking Chinese CHD patients in 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... 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 in patients with ... patient actually having an infarction [37] Other investigators found that in predicting return to work in patients with coronary disease, both physicians' and patients' estimates had independent prognostic ... prognosis in seriously ill patients admitted to intensive care units or survival in patients with terminal illness, usually cancer [14-19] A better understanding of physicians' prognostic estimates in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... 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 in patients ranging from early disease managed medically to end-stage heart failure and are described briefly in Table Measurements in the different studies were divided into...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... 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 patients with 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...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... for treating patients with IHD and called for lowering LDL-c to 100 mg/dL or less in patients with 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...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... for treating patients with IHD and called for lowering LDL-c to 100 mg/dL or less in patients with 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...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... elderly heart failure patients have often been excluded from sleep studies Such studies are not representative of the everyday clinical spectrum of heart failure patients, including the increasing ... population of patients with heart failure 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 heart failure Circulation 1999, 99:1435-1440 Hanly PJ, Zuberi-Khokhar NS: Increased mortality associated with Cheyne-Stokes respiration in patients with congestive heart failure...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... 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 In patients with resolving respiratory failure, most studies ... patients with 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...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... the determinants of mortality and fluid balance in patients with ARF, we divided the patients into two groups according to urine output and treatment with RRT In oliguric patients and in patients ... rates were higher in patients with ARF than in those without ARF, particularly in patients with 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)...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... exchange in ALI/ARDS patients with increased IAP compared with patients with normal IAP [7] More recently, in a study including mainly extrapulmonary ALI/ARDS patients, a strategy titrating PEEP ... hemodynamics in ALI/ARDS patients with normal IAP or IAH However, PEEP significantly increased EVLWI in patients with normal IAP but not in patients with IAH IAH, within the limits of IAP measured in the ... that since in ALI/ARDS increased PEEP improved Estat, CW in patients with IAH, thus reducing pleural pressures, this was associated with better hemodynamics as compared with those patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... 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 in patients with Congestive heart failure ... admission in patients with cardiac aetiology of respiratory failure (adjudicated final diagnosis of heart failure; P = 0.008) and patients with 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...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... pattern of interactions, including non-verbal communication, among agents • Introducing new agents into the system • Letters to patients • Nurse-led heart failure group clinic • Clinical reminders ... Mancini DM, Hopton LA, Orav EJ, Loh E, WHARF Investigators: Randomized trial of a daily electronic home monitoring system in patients with advanced heart failure: the Weight Monitoring in Heart Failure ... 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,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... 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 patients with congestive heart failure and caregivers Patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Journal of Medicine CORRECTION Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Heart Failure, or Both Sudden Death in Patients with Myocardial Infarction and ... higher, since only unexpected deaths were categorized as sudden, thereby excluding patients with 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...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 00:20

... 45 50 0.8 Group A includes patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe left heart failure with additional severe ... FiO2 (%) Group A includes patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe left heart failure with additional severe ... SatHbO2 (%) Group A includes patients with severe left heart failure without additional severe sepsis/septic shock, and group B includes patients with severe left heart failure with additional severe...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20