in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death

... lack of consensus as to who is responsible for initiating treatment; lack of awareness by patients and physicians of the treatment guidelines and efficacy of medications for osteoporosis following ... of risk of bias in included studies We used The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias on six standard criteria: adequate sequence generation, concealment of allocation, blinded ... [46,49,51,53] Risk of bias in included studies The risk of bias in included studies is reported in Table Six trials reported adequate sequence generation, four reported adequate concealment of allocation,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... disruptions in the dopaminergic system, becoming elevated or reduced depending on the level of dopamine in the brain Studies with rats show that administration of dopamine agonists such as Damphetamine ... studied in both healthy and clinical samples seems to have received relatively little attention from researchers working with at- risk populations: Latent Inhibition What is Latent Inhibition? Latent ... functioning of at- risk individuals Neurocognitive dysfunction is an established feature of schizophrenia, with many studies finding that patients with schizophrenia show deficits in a wide array of...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 14:23

... interpreting signs and symptoms for the individuals at risk [11,12] In addition, information of being at risk of a possible life-threatening cardiac disorder and experiencing sudden cardiac death ... example, in the present sample 28% of the patients had experienced a sudden cardiac death in a first or second degree relative Patients with this experience and patients uncertain whether other relatives ... prediction of risk, information of treatment strategies and preventive measures is well established in the genetic counseling method This finding might therefore be of particularly clinical interest since...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... was administered in patients who underwent invasive procedures, such as inserting of central venous catheter, and in all patients with moderate, or in some with continuous, mucous bleeding Antithrombin ... seen in the broad range of the coagulation index from -22 to 20 (normal range -3 to +3) in our patients In one of the two patients with moderate bleeding complications who received heparin in addition ... bleeding Antithrombin (AT) was administered continuously when MARS coagulated in spite of anticoagulation with unfractioned heparin at low plasma AT levels Materials and methods Patients Data were retrospectively...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... ensure a patient–professional partnership, patients should be offered individually tailored information, including information about sources of support (including local and national organisations) ... Recommendations for information provision Standard written information for all women • Risk information about population level and family history levels of risk, including a definition of family ... 1389–99 In the original guideline (CG014), raised risk was referred to as moderate risk The definition of raised and moderate risk is the same in both guidelines NICE clinical guideline 41 –...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20

... use condoms less at first sexual intercourse The findings of this study address the gap in knowledge by providing the information on condom use at first sexual intercourse that could assist programme ... studies [18,23,24] The finding of this study was also consistent with that of other literature: that later sexual intercourse has also been associated with increased use of condoms [25-27] Many ... programme managers of government agencies and nongovernmental organizations and the Government of Nepal in designing appropriate and timely educationbased interventions in institutions of secondary...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... HIV infection The rate of testing for at- risk patients ranged from a low of 8% in primary care clinics to a high of 47% in substance abuse clinics The low testing rates and large number of at- risk ... that indicates the cumulative proportion of patients with identified HIV risk factors who had ever been tested Achievement of 100% on the Y axis would indicate that all at- risk patients were offered ... means of resolving the HIV Testing Clinical Reminder) increased 3–5 fold In contrast, no change in HIV testing rates was seen in the control stations As compared to at- risk patients seen at the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... HIV infection The rate of testing for at- risk patients ranged from a low of 8% in primary care clinics to a high of 47% in substance abuse clinics The low testing rates and large number of at- risk ... that indicates the cumulative proportion of patients with identified HIV risk factors who had ever been tested Achievement of 100% on the Y axis would indicate that all at- risk patients were offered ... means of resolving the HIV Testing Clinical Reminder) increased 3–5 fold In contrast, no change in HIV testing rates was seen in the control stations As compared to at- risk patients seen at the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... 1-4 SUMMARY OF CLINICAL TRIALS EVALUATING THE ROLE OF PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION IN THE TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS 34 TABLE 1-5 SUMMARY OF CLINICAL TRIALS EVALUATING THE ROLE OF PROBIOTIC ... maintaining the integrity of the intestinal barrier In addition, Yan et al reported the increase survival of intestinal cells in the presence of L rhamnosus GG through the prevention of cytokine-induced ... colitis in this murine model [103] Subcutaneous injection of L salivarius 118 can also interestingly reduce the production of pro-inflammatory Th1 cytokines in intestinal inflammation murine models,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 21:39

... (prodromes) - Khởi phát (onset) - Ngưng tim (cardiac arrest) - Chết sinh học (biological death) TL : Myerburg RJ, Castellanos A Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death In Braunwald’s Heart Disease ; ed ... without endpoint Mean follow-up 1.22 years100 3% risk reduction 356 353 265 259 80 73 12 18 months Numbers at risk Intention-to-treat (ITT) population 90 6% risk reduction 80 In the ITT population, ... Bisoprolol-first vs enalapril-first: versus 16 sudden deaths; HR 0.50; 95% CI 0.21-1.16; P=0.107 1.6% ARR % sudden death Enalapril-first Bisoprolol-first N at risk 505 505 488 493 467 476 454 460 444...

Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 02:19

... circulating in a woman’s body, the greater the risk of developing breast cancer For example, it is well known that the greater number of menstrual cycles a woman goes through in her life, the greater ... drink to 14 units a week (one unit is a glass of wine, half a pint of beer or a measure of spirits)35 A recent collaborative survey, looking at over 50 separate studies, also suggests that drinking ... have been published which investigate the timing and nature of exposure to oestrogen-mimicking chemicals and provide invaluable insight into the complicated origins of breast cancer I) THE COCKTAIL...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... sphenoid sinus in 4, the ethmoidal sinus in patients, and the nasal cavity in 16 patients, respectively All patients were staged according to the 2002 TNM classification system [21] Five patients ... T3 and 30 patients with T4 tumors, respectively Six patients (13%) presented with intracranial invasion of the tumor; in 11 patients (24%) the orbit was infiltrated Six out of 46 patients (13%) ... calculated from the initiation of IMRT (A) Survival Survival calculated from the initiation of IMRT (A) Local progression-free survival calculated from the initiation of IMRT (B) For patients treated...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... double-blinded, placebo and active treatments were identical in all respects Though two patients on active treatment did complain of fish-smelling burping that might compromise blinding in these patients, ... they may in fact be one of the main life-threatening risks of the disease Because of these risks inherent in the analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, decreasing drug use, especially of NSAIDs, ... replacement of previous treatment or as new-onset treatment In our patients, usual treatment was pursued The fact that our patients were treated with analgesics and NSAIDs at baseline may also explain...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... osteoarthritis index pain score) of multiple administrations of a selected dose of AMG 108 versus placebo given SC to patients with active OA of the knee (Part B) Materials and methods Patients Eligible patients ... both groups No patients in Part A of the study were taking NSAIDs at baseline; however, the majority (63%) of patients in Part B were taking NSAIDs prior to enrollment in the study Patients were ... symptomatic hip OA ipsilateral to the index knee, isolated OA of the femoral-patellar joint, inflammatory arthropathy, or diagnosis of a condition other than knee OA that the investigator thought...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:22

... DuBois JM: Increasing rates of organ donation: exploring the institute of medicine’s boldest recommendation J Clin Ethics 2009, 20:13-22 10 Wall SP, Dubler NN, Goldfrank LR: Translating the IOM’s ... after death During resuscitation, Emergency Medical Service rescuers must focus completely on their task of restarting the heart to achieve the return of spontaneous circulation in a patient in cardiac ... Barrientos A: Victims of cardiac arrest occurring outside the hospital: a source of transplantable kidneys Ann Intern Med 2006, 145:157-164 Controversies in the Determination of Death: A White Paper...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... musclelongitudinal propagation of Electrical circuit of the 20 × 10 model (20 parallel chains of 10 cells each) of a cardiac muscle bundle used for determining the cross-sectional profile of longitudinal ... analysis of the cross-sectional profile of longitudinal propagation velocities of simulated APs through a small-diameter bundle of cardiac muscle fibers indicates that velocity is lower in the ... and 10 of each of the 20 parallel chains of the cardiac bundle Figure Action potential (AP) traces recorded intracellularly in cells 1, 5, and 10 of each of the 20 parallel chains of the cardiac...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... life- sustaining therapies to cause death [7] The guidelines, however, state that heparin should only be used in patients with low bleeding risks, and phentolamine should only be used in patients ... principle of the ‘rule of double effect’ provides moral justification for the provision of certain forms of care at the end of life that result in death [11] A practical example of this principle ... donors are individuals with neurological injury, and heparin poses more than a theoretical risk of precipitating or exacerbating intracranial haemorrhage and hastening death Phentolamine, a potent...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... hazards of tobacco use on smoking-related cancer deaths in Chinese adult men We also offer specific suggestions that we believe are useful in choosing controls within the framework of the study principles ... used in this study, as in clinical trials,7–10 to evaluate the equivalence of the two case-control studies in assessing the risk of cancer deaths due to smoking We first defined a range of equivalence ... shows that tobacco smoking is associated with a moderate, but highly significant, increase in the risk of death from various cancers The consistency in results was observed in the analyses using...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... explored factors indicating significant danger of death or life-threatening injury in intimate violence situations A collaboration of Chicago medical, public health and criminal justice agencies, ... efficacy of practical interventions Under what circumstances is a woman at risk if she terminates an abusive relationship? In what situations does arrest increase or decrease the risk of death? How ... Risk Study (CWHRS) was to examine risk factors that would place a physically abused woman or her partner in immediate danger of death or life-threatening injury Immediate was defined as within...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 23:20