... the incidence of delirium associated with the combination of sertraline (or paroxetine) and benztropine are currently unclear Recent findings suggest that sigma-1 receptors might be involved in ... double-blind studies should be performed to clarify the role of sigma-1 receptors in the efficacy of fluvoxamine for delirium Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the all patientsin ... 20/30, respectively Treatment with fluvoxamine (25 mg) was initiated after dinner, and next day increased to 50 mg At days after beginning treatment with fluvoxamine, her DRS score had decreased...
... The assessments were performed at baseline (within one week before the beginning of the intervention), immediately post training (within one week after the last training session) and four weeks ... previous session, gradually progressing with intensity and complexity For example, a session could begin with a posture task in standing with the patient trying to maintain an erect upright posture; ... AK, Shukla R, Gartner M, Gaines L, Duker AP, Revilla FJ: At-home training with closed-loop augmented-reality cueing device for improving gait inpatientswith Parkinson disease J Rehabil Res Dev...
... single joints of Exercise II were then compared with the judgements of the single joints of Exercise I Inter-reader agreement for Exercise II was assessed for each reader pair for both the single ... progression and 254 (64%) as showing repair without taking into account specific features of repair Adding information on features of repair only marginally influences the discrimination between progression ... score for both the hands and feet Seventeen of these patients were judged to show repair by the experts viewing only the joint-of-interest in Exercise I; in the remaining six cases, the two independent...
... al Taking all of these considerations into account, we support the use of surrogate markers to determine the cardiovascular risk of patientswith inflammatory rheumatic diseases Competing interests ... Martin J, Gonzalez-Gay MA: Carotid intima-media thickness predicts the development of cardiovascular events inpatientswith rheumatoid arthritis Semin Arthritis Rheum 2008 [Epub ahead of print] ... declare that they have no competing interests References Veldhuijzen van Zanten JJCS, Kitas GD: Inflammation, carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis...
... organizations 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 ... a dialog box with options for treatment including check boxes for direct ordering of medications (e.g., statins) In both cases, providers have the option of checking a box indicating that the ... beginning and end of the intervention period, using analysis of variance and the F-statistic or tabulation with χ2 for inference testing We included only those IHD patients who were present in...
... organizations 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 ... a dialog box with options for treatment including check boxes for direct ordering of medications (e.g., statins) In both cases, providers have the option of checking a box indicating that the ... beginning and end of the intervention period, using analysis of variance and the F-statistic or tabulation with χ2 for inference testing We included only those IHD patients who were present in...
... scores only, rather than on individual scales, leading to indeterminate ratings for these questionnaires as well For the remaining questionnaires that were rated indeterminate, factor analysis had ... exclusively by patientsin Steinbrocker functional classes III and IV Ceiling effects of up to 31% of patients were reported for the MHAQ, 16% for the HAQ, and > 15% for the WHODAS-II For the remaining ... status instruments inpatientswith rheumatoid arthritis participating in a clinical trial Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis Trial Group J Rheumatol 1997, 24(10):1910-1915 70 Deyo RA, Inui TS:...
... electrocardiogram in the prediction of cardiac death in dialysis patients Arch Intern Med 1988; 148: 2381-2385 20 Aronow Ws Usefulness of serum creatinine as a marker for coronary events in elderly patientswith ... and mortality in CKD 3-5 patientsin Spain (31) Our study extends this finding to patientswith more preserved renal function in American population Our hypothesis that serum albumin is a significant ... chronic inflammation and malnutrition as predictors of the CVD in chronic kidney disease This multifactorial disease introduces new challenges in predicting and treating patients early in course...
... important cardiac defects before cardiac surgery/interventions (including ablations) Group Patients after cardiac surgery/interventions (including ablations) 1.1 Without remaining findings (complete ... hemodynamic findings Exercise echocardiography Cardiac function and hemodynamic findings under exertion BOX Findings after cardiac surgery and/or interventions Minor remaining findings (1.2) – ... Selected forms of exercise and games in childhood Types of exercise with a high dynamic/low static component Running, skipping, jumping, cycling, swimming, inline skating, skateboarding, running games,...
... produced using a revolving DC-motor (Escap, Geneva, Switzerland) equipped with a 3.5 g weight attachment contained within a cylindrical plastic coating with dimensions of cm in length and cm in diameter ... four patients while performing SR (EO) and by two patients when performing one leg stance None of the patients had any episodes of freezing during the timed performance tests Posturography With ... stability in subjects with Parkinson's disease J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2006, 77:322-326 Dibble LE, Lange M: Predicting falls in individuals with Parkinson disease: a reconsideration of clinical...
... angina The finding of high proportions of Chinese CHD patients screening positive with anxiety and depression using the HADS is consistent with previous studies conducted in China or in western ... 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 ... 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...
... EQ-5D ceiling effect at baseline (%)# p-value for change in PTCA* p-value for change in offpump CABG*¶ SF-6D ceiling effect at baseline (%)# p-value for change in PTCA* p-value for change in offpump ... the mean value for a SF-36 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 ... 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...
... the patients refused to take part in the investigation Subsequently, an in- depth interview was carried out with each patient, with special attention paid to baseline angina and gastrointestinal ... Survey inpatientswith cardiovascular disease requiring therapy with acetylosalicylic acid, both with and without gastrointestinal symptoms, two weeks after Coronary Care Unit discharge In their ... Peters D, Fass R: Prevalence of upper gastrointestinal tract findings inpatientswith noncardiac chest pain versus those with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related symptoms: results from...
... patientswith stable 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 ... 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 ... measures, with one Page of 13 other using clinical measures to map to the EQ-5D index [13,15] This study aimed to use individual patient data to derive mapping models for the EQ-5D index incardiac patients...
... gastrointestinal diseases and conditions, and presence or history of other non-gastrointestinal serious diseases and conditions Patients treated with proton pump inhibitors or prokinetic drugs during ... visit In the week before the visit; unknown for 0.2% of patients at visit c In the week before the visit; unknown for 0.2% of patients at visits and d In the week before the visit; unknown for ... final study protocol, including the final version of the Patient Information and Consent Forms, were approved in accordance with the WMO by an Independent Ethics Committee belonging to the Maasland...
... Undetermined Yes (marginal increase in creatinine) Not available Undetermined Renal failure Creatine kinase (U/liter) Peak Normal range Creatine kinase >10¬ULN Creatinine elevation (or urinary ... conclusions Intensive lipid-lowering therapy with 80 mg of atorvastatin per day inpatientswith stable CHD provides significant clinical benefit beyond that afforded by treatment with 10 mg of ... The new england journal of medicine original article Intensive Lipid Lowering with Atorvastatin inPatientswith Stable Coronary Disease John C LaRosa, M.D., Scott M Grundy, M.D.,...
... hypoxia–ischemia in term newborns.43 However, with a complex interplay between brain injury and abnormal brain development, brain injury may itself disturb brain development Preoperative brain injury in term ... Br ain Development in Newborns withCongenital Heart Disease The mean value for average diffusivity, averaged across all of the brain regions, was 1.35 in newborns withcongenital heart disease ... illness, were associated with higher ratios of lactate to choline, with an increase of 2% per unit increase in the SNAP–PE rating (P = 0.007) In contrast, increases in SNAP–PE ratings were not significantly...
... patientswith AS were women Most patients had well-established disease, with average disease durations of 10.2 years forpatientswith AS, 10.0 years forpatientswith RA, and 7.9 years forpatients ... baseline to week 24 in MCS (3.3 for infliximab versus 2.7 for placebo, P > 0.05) The improvement in PCS scores among patients treated with infliximab was maintained through 102 weeks in AS patients, ... observed in role physical forpatientswith RA and bodily pain forpatientswith AS However, mean scores for all scales were similar among the three diseases, with no more Improvement in quality...
... infarction (MI) or death inpatientswith CAD In particular, there is strong evidence supporting the following five therapies or maneuvers for secondary prevention inpatientswith CAD: statins ... lowering in 4444 patientswith coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) Lancet 1994, 344:1383-1389 The Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease ... evidence for using statins in all patientswith CAD (regardless of baseline cholesterol level) is more robust than the evidence for the use of ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers in all patients...
... the patients refused to take part in the investigation Subsequently, an in- depth interview was carried out with each patient, with special attention paid to baseline angina and gastrointestinal ... Survey inpatientswith cardiovascular disease requiring therapy with acetylosalicylic acid, both with and without gastrointestinal symptoms, two weeks after Coronary Care Unit discharge In their ... Peters D, Fass R: Prevalence of upper gastrointestinal tract findings inpatientswith noncardiac chest pain versus those with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)-related symptoms: results from...