from first episode to long term outcome

... 22 to 58 28 to 55 31 to 68 to 20 to 27 to 57 to 24 45 to 98 46 to 98 57.4 to 81.5 39.7 to 44.2 18.5 to 42.6 37.5 to 45.5 47.3 to 51.5 7.0 to 9.0 8.2 to 12.0 27.7 to 34.3 11.1 to 13.9 75.2 to ... (12.0%) 19 (9.5%) 17 (8.5%) N/A 54.2 to 68.1 41.8 to 59.6 24.2 to 37.4 14.7 to 26.2 1.1 to 6.4 4.3 to 12.1 33.1 to 45.1 5.4 to 13.9 7.8 to 17.3 5.8 to 14.4 5.0 to 13.3 N/A = not applicable It appears ... The outcome of schizophrenia is highly variable and heterogeneous Despite good treatments, the long- term outcome of schizophrenia continues to be disappointing [1] Long- term studies continue to...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Overview of long- term mortality Survival studies performed during the period 1970 to 1985 found a 4-year survival of 40% to 61% [6,10-12] Investigators (from several countries) examining long- term survival ... arrests and was an independent predictor of a poor outcome [64] Attempts to correct the dysfunction mechanically and pharmacologically may lead to improved long- term outcomes As yet, however, there ... prediction of long- term outcome N Engl J Med 1988, 318:19-24 17 Nagahara D, Hase M, Tsuchihashi K, Kokubu N, Sakurai S, Yoshioka T, Nishizato K, Fujii N, Uno K, Miura T, et al.: Long term outcome of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... status may be more accurate in predicting longterm outcome in much older patients Conclusions Our study provides information about short- and longterm outcome for a large group of much older patients ... functional status prior to admission did not influence short- and long- term prognosis in this category of frequently dependent patients Although up to 50% of patients discharged from the hospital were ... short- and long- term outcomes Intensive Care Med 2003, 29:2137-2143 27 Sjögren J, Thulin LI: Quality of life in the very elderly after cardiac surgery: a comparison of SF-36 between long- term survivors...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... secondary to body alignment and muscle tone The first factor can in fact minimise the effect of gravitational forces while the second counteracts gravity Postural tone is fine tuned, among other factors, ... general recommendation to obtain weight loss has been from 800 to 1.000 kcal/day In this light, adherence to these calorierestricted diets requires intensive and continuous monitoring of intake by ... Path (SP): the total CoP trajectory length, expressed in mm All parameters were normalized to the participant’s height (expressed in meters), according to literature [25], in order to avoid the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... suggest that a longer -term look is needed to better understand the implications of our interventions The purpose of this study was to independently evaluate the long- term clinical outcomes in patients ... problem in the total hip/knee replacement literature where long term outcomes are provided for prostheses no longer manufactured and surgical approaches no longer used Just as the first potential ... several studies have demonstrated reasonable outcomes at short to intermediate term follow-up [7,11,15,18-23] The longest follow-up published prior to the current study has been forty months and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... clinic demonstrated good long- term clinical, immunologic and virologic outcomes, good retention into care, but poor durability of the first line regimen due to high rates of toxicity Our results ... (corresponding to routine clinic visits) until end of follow-up To allow the slope to change both in time and by initial CD4 count, the second model included all terms from the first model as ... clinical, immunologic and virologic outcomes in the first year of HAART comparable to those observed in developed countries [4-14] Little is known about the longer term outcomes of these large-scale...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... evaluated the long- term outcomes of our adolescent and adult patients with pineal parenchymal gland tumors treated with radiation therapy, to identify outcome, possible prognostic factors and patterns ... 2003 patients suffered from a pineocytoma, from a PPTID and patients from a pineoblastoma, of which were recurrences 10 patients were female, among them with a pineocytoma and the patient Page ... apparent Careful histopathological classification is required in order to identify mixed- or intermediate typed pineocytomas The exact differentiation of these intermediate typed pineocytomas, formerly...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... sensitivity to long- term toxicity, separately In the present study, we tried to disclose the predictive value of both parameters in a combined form The percentage of patients developing severe late toxicity ... dose prescribed at depth of cm Doses to the breast ranged from 64.8 Gy to 81.6 Gy (mean 77.5 ± 5.7 Gy; median 81.6 Gy) Maximum point doses ranged from 62.8 to 101.7 Gy (mean 87.4 ± 8.8; median ... derived from normal tissues of cancer patients prior to radiotherapy [18,28-30] This wide variation in DNA DSB can be attributed to variation between individuals more than to variation due to technical...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... treatment Documented long- term side effects were classified according to the RTOG/EORTC Late Radiation Morbidity Scoring Scheme (Appendix IV, CTC Version 2.0) Results Response to treatment and loco-regional ... primarily inoperable advanced oro-and hypopharyngeal squamous Long- term side effects Most common long- term side effects documented were xerostomia and alterations in taste At last follow-up, 17 of ... DM, are warranted This study’s aim was to evaluate the longterm treatment outcome at our institution as well as patterns of failure and help finding ways to improve prognosis, morbidity and mortality...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... mulivariate analysis in our study failed to identify associated aortic regurgitation as a risk factor for long- term survival The fact that univarite predictors of long- term mortality were diabetes mellitus, ... relation to patients with isolated AS, was also noted in earlier reports [5,6] There is ongoing controversy with respect to the impact of perioperative AR on long- term outcome following AVR due to ... 0.038) and LVEF < 45% (beta 1.92, p = 0.049) as the only independent predictor of long- term mortality term postoperative outcome, LV function and functional capacity in patients undergoing AVR for...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... to cytogenetics and prior history of cGVHD (p = 039) The 5-year survival rates of patients with intermediate & prior history of cGVHD +, poor & prior history of cGVHD +, and poor & prior history ... reported the prognostic factors for allo-HCT in patients not in remission at allo-HCT including untreated first relapse cases [2-8] However, the factors contributing to long- term survival have not ... allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) has the potential to cure even active leukemia, it has not been determined what subgroup can receive a long- term benefit from it Several...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... services and 2) to identify the baseline measures that predict sustained favorable long- term outcome Definition of Schizophrenia Health State and Sustained Favorable Long- Term Outcome The first step ... states, which varied from “best” to “worst,” the second part of the analysis aimed to identify patients who achieved sustained favorable long- term outcome and the best baseline predictors of this favorable ... underscore the need to better understand patients’ heterogeneity to help improve patient long- term outcomes It has been suggested that the definition of outcome in schizophrenia may need to be broadened...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... http://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/85 Table 2: Longitudinal resistance analysis in newborns infected with drug resistant HIV-1 (Continued) 1999 12 2004 ZDV stop d4T ddI NFV ZDV ZDV stop stop stop stop Birth Birth M0 M1 ... in cases (11%) Among the 10 subtyped resistant viruses, (50%) belonged to subtype B, three (30%) to CRF02_AG, one to A and one to F DNA-based resistance results were available for of the 12 children ... lymphocytes would help to show whether resistance is likely to persist, with major implications for long- term treatment Our results also support current French recommendations to perform resistance...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... home' refers to a patient from a long- term care institution without a permanent tracheostomy c'Tracheostomy' refers to a nonventilated patient with a permanent tracheostomy from a long- term care ... month outcomes from our study may be more similar to longer term outcomes in hospital systems commonly used in the USA, where patients are discharged from an acute care hospital to a long- term ... Five factors were found to be independently associated with hospital mortality in very long stay patients The information required to determine whether each of these factors is applicable to a particular...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... stayed longer on the general ward (35 ± 44 days versus 17 ± 24 days; P < 0.001) Mortality analysis was separated into short -term mortality (surgical ICU and in-hospital mortality) and long- term ... independent; when evaluating outcome after intensive care, it is necessary to incorporate assessments of both quality of life and survival 10 11 Key messages 12 • We studied long- term outcomes in patients ... respiratory distress syndrome on longterm survival Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999, 160:1838-1842 Martin GS, Mannino DM, Eaton S, Moss M: The epidemiology of sepsis in the United States from 1979...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... community, we need to strive towards gathering more data concerning longterm outcome The studies mentioned above are welcome additions to critical care epidemiology in general, and to the field of ... disease requiring chronic hemodialysis may have to be considered in future discussions Naturally, we look forward to long- term studies of renal outcome on patients treated with sustained low efficiency ... Fulkerson W, Tsevat J: Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of initiating dialysis and continuing aggressive care in seriously ill hospitalized adults SUPPORT Investigators Study to Understand Prognoses...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... Discussion The present study is the first investigating the long- term course of juvenile dissociative disorder with respect not only to dissociative symptomatology but also to Axis I and II disorders ... middle -term and long- term course seems to be less positive in comparison to remission rates reported after initial treatment in childhood or adolescence However, meaningful results on the long- term course ... short -term follow-up (≤ months) vary between 44% and 97% [9,11-14,4,10,15,5,16] However, at middle -term or long- term follow up the rate of patients with dissociative symptoms or disorder ranged from...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... results Furthermore, long- term follow-ups of at least two years with parents of pre-school children are nonexistent The aims of the current investigation are to evaluate the long- term, two-year efficacy ... of no benefit to sole parents in groups with mothers from two-parent households or fail to produce outcomes in school settings is warranted Further research is urgently called for to answer these ... very grateful to the families to participate in this study and to Mrs Joswig-Gröttrup and Mrs Hamilton Kohn, Jugendamt der Stadt Braunschweig, Department of Preschools, as well as to all preschool...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... neurohumoral and cytokine activation found in patients with advanced HF, leading to higher levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and other inflammatory cytokines [41,42] TNF and inflammatory cytokines may ... measurable range of this enzymatic assay is 0.05 to 100 mg/dL, the normal ranges are 0.55 to 1.10 mg/dL (49 to 97 μmol/L) for men and 0.47 to 0.90 mg/dL (40 to 80 μmol/L) for women, the coefficient of ... during the first 24 hours of hospitalization (P = 0.003) However, comparison of time courses between BNP and NTproBNP from presentation to 48 hours (P = 0.332) or from presentation to discharge...

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