evaluation of kidney function in cancer patients

... complete evaluation) regarding patients' (analgesic and non-analgesic) outcomes and vital status; a summary of treatments delivered during the period is also planned Subject population All patients, ... treatments effectiveness in cancer patients are scanty, most deriving from placebo trials, with very few comparative studies in large and well characterized cohorts of cancer patients Furthermore, it is ... Industry, Scientific Societies and Patients Associations was convened by the Mario Negri Institute on November 2003 to discuss the quality of pain management in cancer patients in Italy and, eventually,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... The KSS consists of two scores, a knee score and a functioning score, both ranging from (worst health or functioning) to 100 (best health or functioning) [25] The knee score reflects an objective ... reasons for the patients lost to follow up were not known Nevertheless, the demographic characteristics of the patients at sixmonths and two-years follow-up were comparable to those of the patients ... surgery option for severe OA patients, can substantially improve both general physical functioning (as measured by the generic SF-36) and knee-specific physical functioning, and reduce knee-related...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... autologous BMT patients, respectively These patients are considered to have the worst prognosis among cancer patients requiring intensive care, and prognosis is particularly poor when such patients ... (61.9% versus 49.3%; P = 0.013) mortality rates for medical patients were significantly greater than for emergency surgical patients Patients with haematological malignancies had higher mortality ... represents the line of ideal predicpatients tion Columns represent the number of patients in each stratum (10% of probability) APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CMM, Cancer Mortality...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... renal function in older patients Ann Clin Biochem 2003, 40:648-655 Den Hollander JG, Wulkan RW, Mantel MJ, Berghout A Is cystatin C a marker of glomerular filtration rate in thyroid dysfunction? ... Soriano MC, Manzanares J, Casasnovas P: Serum cystatin C as a marker of acute renal dysfunction in critically ill patients Crit Care 2005, 9:R139-R143 O’Riordan SE, Webb MC, Stowe HJ, Simpson DE, ... October 2005 Vol No Wulkan et al from the study ‘Nonthyroidal illness’ is common in critically ill patients This disorder typically presents with low free triiodothyronine values, generally normal...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21

... contra-lateral breast or metastases and 30 patients declined to participate in the study This left 32 patients eligible to be invited to participate in the study All of those patients were of Asian origin ... cosmesis of these patients This forms the basis of our study Long term skin complication such as fibrosis is a common late side effect of radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer patients and is ... are important for following up of PMRT patients Quantitative methods that have been used to monitor skin changes following radiation therapy include direct evaluation of the mechanical properties...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... groups: patients with structural kidney disease such as glomerulonephritis, vasculitis or acute tubular necrosis, patients with nonspecific causes of pre-renal failure, and patients with functional ... those patients at risk of acute pre-renal kidney failure, which contributes substantially to the mortality risk in critically ill cirrhotic patients [3] Cirrhotic intensive care unit (ICU) patients ... circulatory dysfunction of cirrhotic patients, termed hepato-renal syndrome (HRS) [4] Whereas the role of fluid resuscitation has been extensively investigated in non-cirrhotic patients with sepsis-associated...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... Further studies will indicate which of the Methanosarcina Fd proteins function as natural electron carriers Localization and dual function of FpoF As a prerequisite for the in vivo action of FpoF ... findings led to the hypothesis that FpoF might have a dual function First, when it is connected to the membrane integral Fpo complex, it functions as an electron input module of the Fpo Second as ... in the cytoplasmic fraction of the DfpoF mutant This observation prompted investigation into the function of FpoF in more detail The corresponding gene, mm0627, was expressed in E coli and the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 23:20

... cancer patients reported that physical functioning, mood and global quality of life did not predict survival However, the same study showed that patients with less than optimal cognitive functioning ... cancer Ringdal et al [16] 1996 253 heterogeneous sample of cancer patients Physical functioning + psychosocial variables Physical functioning was prognostic factor of survival but psychosocial covariates ... QOL and social functioning were significantly predictive of survival among solid tumor patients, metastatic site Dancey et al [19] 1997 474 heterogeneous population of cancer patients EORTC QLQ-C30...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... to functional outcome in schizophrenia support the notion that neurocognitive function predicts social and occupational function Measures of immediate memory, delayed memory, and executive function ... evidence to suggest that older patients with schizophrenia (>65) show a progressive decline in cognitive functioning compared to younger patients [30] Symptomatology and functional outcome Previous ... cognitive dysfunction and functional disability The present report documents a cross-sectional study that aimed to compare http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/6/1/19 the cognitive function...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:20

... 1660 N Patients % of patients N neutrophil/mm3 N Patients % of patients N Platelet/mm3 254 15.3%

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... Parkinson patients during free walking Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) 2001, 16:806-812 doi: 10.1186/1423-0127-17-9 Cite this article as: Chuang et al., Quantitative evaluation of motor function ... determine the in-shoe pressure distribution during normal gait in patients with PD and in healthy individuals The researchers found that patients with PD show significant changes in foot loading behaviour ... reduced in patients with PD Similar results were observed in our animal model of PD Paquet et al used an accelerometric device designed for human locomotion analysis to compare the gait of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... responses for medical inpatients bedridden with cancer or cancer patients hospitalized for a medical illness, they are less clear regarding ambulatory outpatients, and patients receiving highly ... long-term anticoagulation in cancer patients [1,16-19] However, despite the existence of these guidelines and the high-risk of VTE in cancer patients, up to 75% of cancer patients not receive appropriate ... high-risk population Prophylaxis in medical cancer inpatients There is a growing awareness of the risks of VTE in hospitalized medical patients Medical patients account for approximately 60% of all...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... this article as: Gonzalez-Gay MA, et al.: Role of carotid ultrasonography in the evaluation of cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010, 12:409 ... Llorca J: High-grade C-reactive protein elevation correlates with accelerated atherogenesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 2005, 32:1219-1223 Gonzalez-Juanatey C, Llorca J, ... MA: Carotid Page of intima-media thickness predicts the development of cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Semin Arthritis Rheum 2009, 38:366-371 Peters MJ, Symmons DP,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... population of patients with TMA [31] More recently, a study focusing on patients admitted into the ICU with severe TMA reported similar results [32] Both these studies excluded patients with ... supportive care in these patients did not differ from that in the overall population of ICU patients with ARF Further studies are needed to improve the prognosis of these patients, to determine ... nephropathy Up to 50% of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma have renal failure and up to 10% require dialysis [17]; renal failure is reversible in half of these patients (most of them...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... 92 patients died in the ICU (14.1%) and more died in the hospital after ICU discharge (total of 17 patients [18.5%]) Hospital mortality was similar in patients with and without CRIMYNE (6 patients ... two patients with CRIMYNE had single (14 patients) or multiple (12 patients) organ failures If CRIMYNE were considered an extra organ failure, it would be the most common organ failure in patients ... unit (ICU) [1], affecting 58% of patients with prolonged ICU stay, 70% to 80% of patients with sepsis, septic shock, or multi-organ failure (MOF), and 100% of patients with sepsis and coma [2]...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... the period of deficiency [days] (Ikebuchi, 2001) Evaluation of the infectious risk Pathogen and dose-response model Rotavirus is employed for the evaluation of infectious risk in the wastewater ... Figure Relative sensitivity to intestinal infectious diseases for Japanese Evaluation of the cancer risk Assumptions for the evaluation of cancer risk Trihalomethanes (THMs) consisting of chloroform, ... higher sensitivity to liver cancer This sensitivity is considered in the evaluation of cancer risk in the same manner as the evaluation of infectious risk 44 33 22 11 00 ０～４歳 0-4 5～９ 5-9 10～14 10-14...

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Ngày tải lên: 10/02/2014, 15:24

... cellular proteins but also in chromatin-bound proteins The Mcm proteins bound to chromatin probably function in DNA replication, but the role of the proteins not tightly bound to chromatin remains ... cells Annu Rev Biochem 71, 333–374 Labib, K., Tercero, J.A & Diffley, J.F (2000) Uninterrupted MCM2-7 function required for DNA replication fork progression Science 288, 1643–1647 Tanaka, T., Knapp, ... Natl Acad Sci USA 98, 54–59 14 Ishimi, Y., Komamura, Y., You, Z & Kimura, H (1998) Biochemical function of mouse minichromosome maintenance protein J Biol Chem 273, 8369–8375 15 Sato, M., Gotow,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 23:20

... the grazing period and twice daily during the fourth week Start Week CTAHR — April 1999 Product evaluation The processed broilers were distributed to cooperators for consumption An informal survey ... pen The pen cover should be se­ cured to exclude these animals as well as predatory birds Product evaluation The responses to the meat produced were very positive overall Comments describing the ... cass (including head, neck, and shank) We suggest that a product label be developed for use in the evaluation and distribution of range-fed broiler products The label could list harvest schedules...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 09:20