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... implications oftheAcute Renal Failure Trial Network Study Based on the ATN Study’s design, which does not easily permit theassessmentofthe separate effects of IHD and Page of (page number ... with the results of prior studies, and provide potential explanations for the different results Finally, we discuss the implications ofthe ATN results for clinical practice Design oftheAcute ... that, from a hemodynamic point of view, a greater number of patients may have benefited from more liberal use of CRRT than that chosen for the study On theother hand, the intent-to-treat trial design...
... Acknowledgements Supported by the Cooperative Studies Program ofthe Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development and by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ... that the issue of timing of therapy has little or no impact on the generalizability ofthe study’s results The permitted provision of up to 24 hours of CRRT or one IHD session prior to randomization ... initial modality of renal replacement therapy (RRT) andthe number of switches in treatment modality It has been suggested that the application of continuous and intermittent therapies in the same protocol...
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... M: Executive summary ofthe guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment ofacuteheart failure: the Task Force on AcuteHeartFailureofthe European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 2005, 26:384-416 ... syndrome, and in most surgical settings has already been called into question [14] It now appears in light of this present study and others that the PAC is not needed in theassessmentof or the treatment ... Vernon and Phillips cardiac function index to the LVSWI and CP was observed Additionally, the cardiac function index allowed identification of patients with cardiac dysfunction in both heart failure...
... guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment ofacuteand chronic heart failure: the Task Force for the diagnosis ofAcuteand Chronic HeartFailureofthe European Society of Cardiology Eur Heart J 2008, ... is the sponsor for the study Theother authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions SDS managed day-to-day activities ofthe study and wrote the majority ofthe ... Eastaugh J, Mason J: The Euro HeartFailure survey program-a survey on the quality of care among patients with heartfailure in Europe Part patient characteristics and diagnosis Eur Heart J 2003, 24:442-463...
... participated in the design ofthe study and collected and interpreted the data KP participated in the design ofthe study, collected the data and wrote a final version ofthe manuscript SM collected the ... diagnosis ofacuteheartfailure :the ProBNP Investigation ofDyspnea in the Emergency Department (PRIDE) AcuteHeartFailure Score Am Heart J 2006, 151:48-54 19 Hanley JA, McNeil BJ: A method of comparing ... the field, and this limitation decreases the generalizability of this study to other causes ofacutedyspnea in the prehospital setting The primary aim of our study was to determine the diagnostic...
... implementation in the West and East Midlands of England, the South West of England and South Wales The sample included 4,326 firms of which 2,840 firms received support (the treatment group) and 1,486 ... our evaluationandthe findings of similar evaluation studies in other high income and developing countries Surely some programs are ineffective because of poor design and implementation But failure ... Assistance and Small Firm Development in Northern Ireland andthe Republic of Ireland,” Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol 48, No 1, pp 99-117, February (2001) OECD – Northern Ireland and Republic...
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