findings from a systematic review

... Maharashtra, India and Liefooghe et al assessed the performance of the TB program in a mission hospital in Sialkot, Pakistan (Uplekar et al 1998; Liefooghe et al 1999) All of the studies evaluated ... were from Singapore, India and Pakistan One of these was conducted within a government treatment program (Chee et al 2000) Uplekar et al reviewed adherence among patients of private physicians ... (Jaiswal et al 2003; Balasubramanian et al 2004; Kaona et al 2004) In 2006, the Stop TB Partnership launched the Global Plan to Stop TB 2006–2015 at the World Economic Forum in Davos This plan calls...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... studies from 14 sub-Saharan African countries, namely Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe One ... Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Uganda and Zimbabwe Ten studies were in rural settings, two in urban settings, and three combined both rural and ... and savings interventions and two were of savings schemes alone They include evaluations of microfinance programmes within Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... chronic diseases diabetes, COPD, asthma, arthritis, and heart failure We synthesized the data in a narrative way and used absolute numbers and proportions to summarize the data quantitatively using ... between data driven approaches (e.g use of statistical criteria using for example factor analysis), patient approach (e.g estimation of frequency or importance of the items), and an expert approach ... Studies that translated an original instrument into a different language or adapted it to another population The review was conducted in two parts First, a systematic literature search was conducted...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... chronic diseases diabetes, COPD, asthma, arthritis, and heart failure We synthesized the data in a narrative way and used absolute numbers and proportions to summarize the data quantitatively using ... between data driven approaches (e.g use of statistical criteria using for example factor analysis), patient approach (e.g estimation of frequency or importance of the items), and an expert approach ... Studies that translated an original instrument into a different language or adapted it to another population The review was conducted in two parts First, a systematic literature search was conducted...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... GAG degradation n-3 dose-dependently decreased the IL1-induced aggrecanase activity and basal aggrecanase and collagenase activity, whereas, in contrast, n-6 stimulated the basal aggrecanase and ... decreasing the activities of arylsulfatase A and arysulfatase B, an N-acetylgalactosaminidase-4-sulfatase, but increasing the activity of acid phosphatase in normal and OA chondrocytes [66] Ascorbic ... tipi tea (Petiveria alliacea), a tea used as an antirheumatic medicine, on knee and hip OA was evaluated in a small 1-week crossover double-blind RCT against a placebo tea [119] No significant differences...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... data acquisition and analysis, and in manuscript preparation EG and AZ participated in data acquisition and in manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript 14 15 References ... patients switched to adalimumab had an ACR20 response and 33% had an ACR50 response; 76% had a moderate and 23% had a good EULAR response In addition, 12% achieved a DAS28 of less than 2.6 and ... efficacy in switching from anti-TNFα to new targeted therapies (rituximab, abatacept, and tocilizumab) The data available suggest that many of the clinical considerations and decisions that we adopt...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... seizures, ataxia, and neuromuscular blockade The last of these usually produces a myasthenia-like clinical syndrome, as well as respiratory failure or apnea due to respiratory muscle paralysis [33] Paresthesias ... No Falagas and Kasiakou Koyama Y, Kurosasa A, Tsuchiya A, Takakuta K: A new antibiotic "colistin" produced by spore-forming soil bacteria J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1950, 3:457-458 Brown JM, Dorman DC, ... pts had an increase in plasma creatinine levels Perioral paresthesia, numbness in the hands, weakness, ataxia, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, apnea 6/23 pts renal impairment; 7/23 pts albuminuria...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... proprioception associated with ageing may add to the alterations caused by the neck pain Overall, the lack of data available, no conclusions can be drawn regarding a possible relationship between postural ... this article as: Ruhe et al.: Altered postural sway in patients suffering from non-specific neck pain and whiplash associated disorder - A systematic review of the literature Chiropractic & Manual ... Western Australia, Australia Authors’ contributions AR and Tino Bos (TB) carried out the literature search and both participated in the selection of the included papers AR drafted the manuscript and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... malignancy, and planning conservative management for an adnexal mass that is probably benign versus surgical treatment during pregnancy for an adnexal mass that has malignant characteristics [43,44] Ovarian ... Carbohydrate antigen 15-3 Breast cancer Glandular epithelia Uncertain (maternal mammary gland epithelium? placenta?) 290 kDa Squamous cell carcinoma antigen Cervical squamous cell cancer Squamous epithelia ... also known as WFDC2) is a new marker for epithelial ovarian carcinoma [46] HE4 was first proposed as a serum tumor marker for ovarian cancer in 2003 [47] So far, its value as an additional marker...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... considerations (such as sparse data, etc.) according to the GRADE approach 5.3 DA TA EX TRAC TIO N Reviewers extracted data from the studies included using a standard form Not all articles were extracted ... Primary outcomes: Health behaviours such as the type of care plan agreed, and adherence to care plans (medication, dietary advice etc.) Health care outcomes as assessed by a variety of measures ... statistical guidance; to Meetali Kakad and Elizabeth Paulsen for their assistance regarding inclusion assessments; and to the staff at the Cochrane EPOC Review Group base for their valuable feedback...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... M, Natsukawa S, Shaura K, Koizumi Y, Kasuga Y, Hanaoka T, Tsugane S Association of Helicobacter pylori infection and environmental factors in non-cardia gastric cancer in Japan Gastric Cancer ... population: a 6-year survey Jpn J Cancer Res 1992; 83: 568-575 Inoue M, Tajima K, Kobayashi S, Suzuki T, Matsuura A, Nakamura T, Shirai M, Nakamura S, Inuzuka K, Tominaga S Protective factor against ... progression from atrophic gastritis to gastric cancer data from a cohort study in Japan Int J Cancer 1996; 66: 309-314 Ito LS, Inoue M, Tajima K, Yamamura Y, Kodera Y, Hirose K, Takezaki T, Hamajima N,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... Centre Canadian Council on Learning Canadian Labour Congress Canadian Medical Association Canadian Nurses Association Canadian Public Health Association City of Ottawa D-Code Inc Parliamentary Centre ... a common record as part of daily joint practice and management Case Management None Case managers and linkage staff (e.g an MD on the case management team) Teams or “super” case managers manage ... Federal Government Departments, Agencies and Commissions Elections Canada Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Health Canada Health Council of Canada Human Resources and Social Development Canada...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... occupational therapy, physiotherapy, radiography and nursing participated In all groups, habitual action and critical reflection (the least and most analytical levels, respectively) were least ... & Evaluation in Higher Education n=1 Educational Psychology n=1 Journal of Allied Health n=1 UK n=9 Brazil n=5 Finland Location n=3 USA n=3 Hong Kong n=3 Australia n=1 Canada n=1 New Zealand ... practice; and, nursing input into a clinical situation It appeared that the organizational hierarchy of the ward, specifically the 123 608 K Mann et al authority of the medical staff, portrayed...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 22:20

... surfaces, ability to phagocytize bacteria, and intracellular bactericidal processes [70] Boelaert and colleagues [71] have also proposed an alternative explanation for the impaired ability of macrophages ... quantity Association between smoking and death from TB for both rural and urban participants Association between smoking and death from TB Findings Tobacco and Biomass Smoke and TB January 2007 ... all the relevant information that was already available worldwide Therefore they carried out a systematic review A systematic review involves setting out the research question that is being asked...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 20:20

... Johnson (2001) Hay-Smith (2002) A A = available in English only as abstract; a = According to Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Hierarchy of Evidence (1998); b = Mean age (SD) ... appraised the selected papers, reviewed the manuscript KAG participated in drafting the manuscript and co-ordinated the project All authors read and approved the final manuscript Abrams P, Cardozo ... text if sufficient data was available in the abstract to assess and fulfil all the eligibility criteria, to critically appraise and to provide point measures on at least one measure of outcome Inclusion...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable paper Unobtainable ... Carbohydrates Total amino acids, total essential amino acids, alanine, β-alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartate, aspartic acid, cysteine, cystine, glutamate, glutamine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, ... compounds satisfactory quality data: Flavonoids all available data: Flavonoids satisfactory quality data: 23 statistically higher in organic crops no difference statistically higher in organic crops...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:20

... Zhang DY Intracranial tuberculoma in a liver transplant patient: first reported case and review of the literature Am J Transplant 2003;3:88-93 Al-Moamary MS, Al-Baz S, Alothman A, Memish Z, AlJahdali ... 2):66 7A 59 D’Antiga L, Dhawan A, Portmann B, Francavilla R, Rela M, Heaton N, Mieli-Vergani G Late cellular rejection in paediatric liver transplantation: aetiology and outcome Transplantation ... Lu W, Wai CT, Da Costa M, Tambyah PA, Prabhakaran K, Lee KH Tuberculosis post-liver transplantation: a rare but complicated disease Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34:213-215 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION.DOI...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... pulmonary tuberculosis from 1981-83 in a rural area under an active health care programme in south India Tuberc Lung Dis 76: 190–195 142 Radhakrishna S, Frieden TR, Subramani R, Santha T, Narayanan ... studies one arrives at a 5-year case fatality of 58% and a 10-year case fatality of 73% for open (smearpositive) tuberculosis Taking an average weighted by sample size these numbers are 55% and 72% ... (‘open’/‘closed’, bacillary/abacillary, smear-positive/smear-negative), etc., we did not a formal meta-analysis Additional heterogeneity among studies may also exist in patient selection and diagnostic...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... Chambliss et al., 1992 Author, Year Inpatient Prenatal-inpatient Prenatal-inpatient Prenatal-inpatient Prenatal-inpatient Prenatal-inpatient Prenatal-inpatient Inpatient Inpatient High High High ... created for each APRN group Information extracted from the eligible studies was rechecked against the original articles for accuracy If there was a discrepancy between the data abstracted and ... disagreed, and then consensus was reached A score of ≥5 was considered high quality, and a score of ≤4 was considered low quality Data synthesis and analysis A set of detailed evidence tables was...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 05:21