investigating high risk individuals in prospective ultrasound studies

... HIV, HCV infected IDUs was the highest in 30-39 age group HIV infected FSWs was the highest in 20-29 age group and HCV infection was the highest in 30-39 age group HBV infected HDPs was highest ... HBV/HCV co-infection was significantly upward tendency in duration of drug injecting - The rate of HIV/HBV co-infection also was increased in duration of drug injecting The highest rate of infection ... the injecting drug user, according to us, may be associated with complicated and high risk of the injecting drug user They infected HCV by many transmittable modes, as shared needles and syringes,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 14:07

... insufficient This in itself could lead to an improvement in care Second, for some medical studies, enrollment of highrisk patients in clinical trials may provide the highest likelihood for finding ... necessary in the future if data from the model is to be used to support decision-making in individual cases Also, the influence of providing prognostic information of this kind to individual ... the accuracy of that tree in predicting the outcomes in this 10th subset This process is repeated for each of the remaining nine sets to assess the performance, resulting in ten error estimates...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Vol 10 No Lobo et al ing at a better cardiovascular function anticipating the increase in oxygen demand during surgery The main objective is to maintain tissue perfusion to minimize the hepatosplanchnic ... patients randomized to the dobutamine group received the first fluid cycle during 60–90 minutes followed by increasing doses of dobutamine, beginning with µg/kg/minute, until the goal was reached ... postoperatively due to a cardiac index lower than 2.5 l/minute/m2 according to the treatment algorithm Dobutamine was discontinued in five patients in the dobutamine group in the postoperative period...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... only) Infectious Intraabdominal infection * Catheter-related bloodstream inf * Urinary tract infection 13 Wound infection/dehiscence Decubital inf Cardiovascular Arrhythmias (non-life threatening) ... Control group Obtaining baseline physiologic variables Insertion of arterial catheter before induction of anesthesia, Setting the Vigileo/FloTrac machine Baseline blood samples, Induction, mandatory ... maintaining higher diuresis during the study period in the Vigileo group (1.13 (0.76 to 1.85) ml/ kg/hr vs 0.896 (0.56 to 1.43) ml/kg/hr in the Control group; P = 0.068) Lower incidence of intraoperative...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... successful IVF in women with renal transplants, but specialists were becoming increasingly reluctant to advise women with transplants against trying for a baby, as medical care for high risk pregnancies ... right deep vein thrombosis, affecting the femoral and external iliac veins, and anti-coagulation with heparin and warfarin was required Spontaneous rupture of the membranes, leading to premature ... gestation; the twins were delivered vaginally and in good condition three hours later The twin girls were small for dates (at 1.48 and 1.19 kg) but were otherwise well, requiring only minimal resuscitation...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 08:20

... Defending Economic and Social Rights in Cambodia A High- Risk Activity b) International Framework The Government of Cambodia acceded to the main international human rights treaties in 1992, including ... expressed concern regarding the possible broad interpretation of “clear information”, and have urged alternative wording such as “convincing evidence” that would be more in line with international standards ... land grabbing It also outlines concerns regarding the intimidation of journalists who critically reported about incidents of land grabbing in the country Finally, it addresses the concerning trend...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 19:20

... Business in Conflict-Affected and High- risk Areas: A Resource for Companies and Investors” aims to assist companies in implementing responsible business practices in conflict-affected and high- risk ... operational, and financial risks for companies and investors Engagement with companies operating in conflict-affected and high- risk areas can increase investors’ understanding of highly complex ... http://www.humanrightsbusiness.org/files/11111/file/doing_business _in_ highrisk_human_rights_environments 180210.pdf 41 Engineers Against Poverty http://www.engineersagainstpoverty.org/ See, especially:...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 19:20

... 11 patients, high risk transitional cancer was the first episode while in the remaining patients high risk episode was recurrent (range, 2-11 resections; average 2.8 resections) In all patients, ... urothelial carcinoma in situ with hexaminolevulinate fluorescence cystoscopy J Urol 2004, 171(1):135-8 Algaba F, Amin M, et al: Tumours of the urinary system: non invasive urothelial neoplasias In WHO ... precursors of CIS may play an important role in preventing disease progression In our opinion, HAL cystoscopy should be recommended in the early follow-up of high risk patients Author details Department...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... three different risk groups: low (absence of any risk factor), intermediate (DSI ≥ 10 mm, LVSI), and high risk (LN metastases, parametrial invasion, or vaginal margin invasion) [9-14] Prospective ... measurements at 10-minute interval in the first five patients Following our institution's guidelines, surgical treatment was a type II or III RH with PLND Patients with two or more intermediate risk factors ... < 0.82 was evaluated according to prognostic factors Two main risk groups were established The high- risk group that was defined as having at least one of the following prognostic factors: LVSI,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:22

... be defined in current and future clinical trials In Canada, a clinical trial is underway evaluating linac based IMRT and helical tomotherapy, clinically assessing a dose regimen of 68 Gy in 25 ... targeting and conformal normal tissue avoidance presented here Clinical investigations into the appropriate definition of the nodal targets are also under evaluation For instance, studies into ... for detection of sentinel lymph nodes in various clinical trials [43-45] Anatomic nodal information derived from these studies may better define the regions at risk within the pelvis to iden-...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... using relative risks for the randomized control trials representing the risk of an adverse event occurring in the CYC group compared with in the non-CYC group Two of the three randomized clinical ... comparing CYC treatment with control treatments Using a test of interaction, we performed a subgroup analysis of the change in FVC and DLCO values from baseline to 12 months in studies using oral ... baseline In these DLCO studies, the single-breath diffusing capacity was assessed by a carbon monoxide/helium gas mixture and was corrected for hemoglobin The FVC was measured by spirometry using...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... to ritonavirboosted lopinavir, and over the next couple weeks made significant clinical improvements, regaining continence, becoming increasingly lucid, and improving in gait and balance By the ... mental status change were normal including electrolytes, B12, TSH, and a urine drug screen Serum tests looking for an infectious etiology were also negative, including an RPR, fluorescent treponemal ... infection As sometimes clinical history is not available in patients with a high- suspicion for HIV infection and negative or indeterminate serology for HIV-1, additional testing should be performed...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... from the inflammatory response induced by open heart surgery This may explain the more pronounced protective effect of statins in our high risk cohort Statins have also been shown in clinical trials ... contribution of statins to operative risk However the absence of statin treatment was associated with an increase in mortality in the subset of high risk patients with an estimated risk of mortality ... heparinization (300 mg/kg heparin sulfate) to maintain an activated clotting time (ACT) >450 seconds Off pump cardiac surgery utilized 100 mg/kg loading dose of heparin with a goal to maintain...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... possible, to inform the development of semistructured interviews about each intervention When informants answered questions and provided information during interviews, the interviewer followed up in order ... than one informant was interviewed for the CCR for influenza and standing orders interventions [Standing orders (for this project): a protocol or a limited general order for influenza vaccine.] ... arose during the project Table 2: Overview of interventions Implementation Intervention Directed at Reminder letters and information Patients with SCI&D CCR for influenza vaccine Standing orders...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... possible, to inform the development of semistructured interviews about each intervention When informants answered questions and provided information during interviews, the interviewer followed up in order ... than one informant was interviewed for the CCR for influenza and standing orders interventions [Standing orders (for this project): a protocol or a limited general order for influenza vaccine.] ... arose during the project Table 2: Overview of interventions Implementation Intervention Directed at Reminder letters and information Patients with SCI&D CCR for influenza vaccine Standing orders...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... of writing was obtained using the following algorithm: (Day × 3) + (Day × 1) - (Day × 1) - (Day × 3), with higher scores indicating an increase in cognitive words over the course of writing [15] ... 3:34 about their writing, but participants could seek assistance from counsellors if they became distressed Individuals were informed about the 'diary writing study', investigating the relationship ... reflecting flexibility in the way people think about interrelationships among themselves, others and events This study explored the effectiveness and acceptability of expressive writing in high- risk...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... client in confidence, probing for high- risk practices and specially maintaining an unbiased attitude throughout the interview A verbal consent was taken from each client before starting the interview ... IDUs in Karachi have very high rates of hepatitis C (94%) which has also been documented in other studies [9,10] Shooting drugs in group sharing syringes is also very high (79.5%) An alarming ... study finished in December 2003 The surveillance of Sindh (Provincial) AIDS Control Program is continuous In a similar study in Lahore [10] IDUs did not have insight into disease transmission In...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... hence far more changes in injecting partners [56] Syringe exchange machines were found to be very effective in increasing access to sterile injecting equipment in prisons in Switzerland and Germany ... syringe vending machines in Berlin Sozial und Praventivmedizin 1994, 39(4):209-216 Leicht A: Characteristics and HIV-infection of users of syringe vending-machines and exchanging programs in ... syringe vending machines as a component of needle syringe programmes in community settings International Journal of Drug Policy (in press) 2007 Burrows D: Starting and managing needle and syringe...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... demonstrated only in overexpression systems, therefore, whether it also occurs in natural settings is not known We also notice that in vitro [18,19] and clinic studies [20] reveal that chromosomal instability ... transformed cells strong growth advantages [21] Testing the hypothesis In order to determine whether high- risk HPV E5induced cell fusion is important for initial transformation, we can compare the likelihood ... mechanism In this article, we propose that high- risk HPV E5-induced cell fusion is an important event in the early stage of HPV-associated cervical cancer This viewpoint will change our understanding...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... prevalence found in our study In contrast to our findings, a higher percentage (15.4% and 29.4%) of concurrent HPV infection between clinically normal oral mucosa and genital region, by using Southern ... result of surface contamination that might occur in these infants during childbirth rather than HPV infection per se [33] This finding was reconfirmed by a recent study in which all the HPV-DNA ... Papillomavirus DNA: key risk factors for cervical cancer in Spain J Natl Cancer Inst 1996, 88:1060-1067 14 Mammas IN, Sourvinos G, Spandidos DA: Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection in children and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20