lithium s clinical use in bipolar disorders

Báo cáo y học: "Excessive substance use in bipolar disorder is associated with impaired functioning rather than clinical characteristics, a descriptive study" pdf

Báo cáo y học: "Excessive substance use in bipolar disorder is associated with impaired functioning rather than clinical characteristics, a descriptive study" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 16:22
... a minimum of years were considered excessive, and substance use according to these definitions is subsequently termed excessive use Structured interviews about substance use during the past months ... when addressing and assessing harmful substance use in BD Our findings may also have important implications for treatment of BD patients with excessive substance use Because of the increased functional ... during intoxication [92,93] and increase the risk of psychotic disorders [94,95] The lack of association between psychosis and excessive use of these psychosis inducing substances found in the present...
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Báo cáo y học: "Lithium alters brain activation in bipolar disorder in a task- and state-dependent manner: an fMRI study" ppt

Báo cáo y học: "Lithium alters brain activation in bipolar disorder in a task- and state-dependent manner: an fMRI study" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 21:20
... series of ten single letters randomly chosen from the alphabet were displayed at 4-second intervals During the display of a single letter, subjects responded by thinking of as many words as possible ... groups was carried out using twotailed Student 's t-tests Statistical significance levels of p < 0.05 were used throughout Results Subjects A total of depressed bipolar patients and euthymic bipolar ... identical design matrices As part of this analysis three more pre-processing steps were performed using SPM99 First the data was high passed filtered to remove low-frequency drifts in the signal In addition,...
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Báo cáo y học: "ncreased serum HO-1 in hemophagocytic syndrome and adult-onset Still''''s disease: use in the differential diagnosis of hyperferritinemia" docx

Báo cáo y học: "ncreased serum HO-1 in hemophagocytic syndrome and adult-onset Still''''s disease: use in the differential diagnosis of hyperferritinemia" docx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 06:22
... regression analyses were used to test for differences P values less than 0.05 were considered significant Values are reported as means ± standard deviations Results Increased serum HO-1 levels in ... hyperferritinemia Besides being found in patients with HPS and ASD, hyperferritinemia is also found in patients with liver diseases and in recipients of frequent blood transfusions Because ferritin synthesis ... elevation in serum ferritin level in subjects with liver disease and frequent transfusions Sources of circulating HO-1 in patients with HPS and ASD remain undetermined These diseases are recognized as...
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CLINICAL USE OF PLATELET-RICH PLASMA IN ORTHOPAEDICS

CLINICAL USE OF PLATELET-RICH PLASMA IN ORTHOPAEDICS

Ngày tải lên : 23/10/2013, 21:15
... platelets Platelets are responsible for revascularization of injured area (new blood vessels in injured area), construction of new tissue, and hemostasis (stops bleeding) According to an article in ... bone They are susceptible to overuse injuries resulting in micro tears of the tissue These types of injuries are difficult to heal and are a risk for re-injury A recent study published in the American ... initial use after the injection rather than nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs block the inflammatory process The inflammatory process is necessary...
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A study on the use of language activities to enhance 11th grade student's speaking skill in pham hong thai school, hung nguyen district, nghe an province

A study on the use of language activities to enhance 11th grade student's speaking skill in pham hong thai school, hung nguyen district, nghe an province

Ngày tải lên : 18/12/2013, 10:03
... with specific instructions The students interest in speaking tasks Students evaluation of the effectiveness of speaking tasks at school Students desire for several types of speaking tasks 3.3.2.2 ... teach speaking skill to grade-10 students in HFLSS Firstly, she investigated the real situation of teachers using eliciting techniques to teach grade-10 students in HFLSS in Hanoi Then, outstanding ... freshmen in speaking class Moreover, it is sure that she feel interested when she does what she likes, so the question How you feel in the speaking activities and how is your class atmosphere in speaking...
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Coaching Standardized Patients For Use in the Assessment of Clinical Competence pot

Coaching Standardized Patients For Use in the Assessment of Clinical Competence pot

Ngày tải lên : 08/03/2014, 16:20
... Training Session Four: First Dress Rehearsal (Clinician Verification of SPs’ Authenticity) The Goal of Training Session Four The Training Setting Summary of the Training Activities Reminders Session ... Training Session Two The Training Setting Summary of the Training Activities Reminders Session Two Training Activities (Estimated Time: Hours) Preparation of the SPs for Training Session Three ... effectively use various training methods, techniques, and procedures to assist the SPs in accomplishing these goals As professionals, SP coaches must have both the commitment and the coaching skills that...
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Clinical Findings in Pediatric Respiratory Disorders Kei Lutalo PhD, NRCP docx

Clinical Findings in Pediatric Respiratory Disorders Kei Lutalo PhD, NRCP docx

Ngày tải lên : 29/03/2014, 11:21
... Distress Syndrome Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the neonate has had many synonyms, among them hyaline membrane disease, infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), surfactant deficiency syndrome, ... findings Patient identification Primarily occurs in infants of less than 34 weeks gestational age Chief complaint Respiratory distress History of present illness Rapid onset of respiratory distress ... Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that affects the exocrine glands It is also referred to as mucoviscidosis and fibrocystic disease of the pancreas The primary areas of the...
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biomimetic nanoceramics in clinical use. from materials to applications,

biomimetic nanoceramics in clinical use. from materials to applications,

Ngày tải lên : 04/06/2014, 15:18
... performed, such as hydrolysis, polymerisation, drying and densification This process is known as sol-gel because differential viscosity increases at a given instant during the process sequence A sudden increase ... precursor liquid phase Synthesis of solids from condensation of reactants in gaseous phase gives rise usually to solids in the form of thin films deposited onto adequate substrates Obviously, several ... structure, since vesicles not have internal crosslinks in their membranes In fact, vesicle space is very different from cytoplasmatic space, which usually includes crossed-fibre structures As a consequence,...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Parental attitudes and opinions on the use of psychotropic medication in mental disorders of childhood" docx

Báo cáo khoa học: "Parental attitudes and opinions on the use of psychotropic medication in mental disorders of childhood" docx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 23:20
... efficacy? What is your opinion about the use of psychotropic medication? Excessive use Normal use Low use I don't know Do you believe that psychiatrists unnecessarily use high doses of psychotropic ... needs of each case Finally, the case is presented in the weekly case conference, where all members of the multidisciplinary team are present (child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, speech, ... educational therapists) The final diagnosis, according to ICD-10 instructions [16] recorded in the patient 's file, is a product of the team 's consensus Statistical analysis Frequency tables were created...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical use of a modified release methylphenidate in the treatment of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" pps

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical use of a modified release methylphenidate in the treatment of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" pps

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 01:21
... his symptoms was requested following increasing concerns regarding his behaviour at home and at school The assessments consisted of a diagnostic interview by clinicians and a screening of the information ... deciding treatment options for children with ADHD COMACS also showed that parents and teachers assess symptoms differently, highlighting the need for comprehensive assessment measures [37] It should ... further specialist assessment for ADHD The referral pathway varies in different parts of the country, with paediatricians carrying out the diagnostic assessment in some areas and child psychiatrists...
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Báo cáo y học: "Developments in the scientific and clinical understanding of autoinflammatory disorders" doc

Báo cáo y học: "Developments in the scientific and clinical understanding of autoinflammatory disorders" doc

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 01:22
... factors Continuous Sustained modest acutephase response Acute-phase response during attacks Varying but marked acutephase response most of the time Varying but marked acutephase response most of ... missense substitutions affecting highly conserved cysteine residues that disrupt structurally important cysteine-cysteine disulphide bonds in the extracellular domain Under normal circumstances, ... of statin drugs that are widely used to inhibit cholesterol synthesis Whilst various effects of statins on caspase-1 activation and IL-1 secretion have been postulated, a clinical study of simvastatin...
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Báo cáo y học: "Role of regulatory T cells in experimental arthritis and implications for clinical use" potx

Báo cáo y học: "Role of regulatory T cells in experimental arthritis and implications for clinical use" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 06:23
... Treg However, in humans there are obvious restrictions because access to the inflamed tissues or regional lymph nodes is often impracticable The present study also indicates that, despite the localized ... Thus, despite the presence of an increased number of CD4+CD25+ Treg with a powerful suppressor activity, RA is not suppressed but the disease is instead very active The authors provided a startling ... [14–17] In all these studies CD4+CD25+ Treg were detected in the joints or synovial fluid of the patients In these reports it was also shown that the identified CD4+CD25+ Treg had a suppressive...
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Báo cáo y học: "DAS28 best reflects the physician''''s clinical judgment of response to infliximab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients: validation of the DAS28 score in patients under infliximab treatment" potx

Báo cáo y học: "DAS28 best reflects the physician''''s clinical judgment of response to infliximab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients: validation of the DAS28 score in patients under infliximab treatment" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 06:23
... measurements of remaining/momentary disease activity, represented by the DAS28 does not reduce the value of the response scores such as ACR response or DAS response scores Indeed, those scores ... analogue scale (VAS); 0–100 mm), patient 's global assessment of disease activity (VAS 0– 100 mm), patient 's assessment of pain (VAS 0–100 mm), patient 's assessment of fatigue (VAS 0–100 mm) and all subscales ... by the use of a random train and test set Missing values were handled by pairwise complete case analysis This means that a case with no missing values for a group of variables is included in the...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Determinants of research use in clinical decision making among physical therapists providing services post-stroke: a cross-sectional study" potx

báo cáo khoa học: "Determinants of research use in clinical decision making among physical therapists providing services post-stroke: a cross-sectional study" potx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 10:23
... facility support was independently associated with three EBP behaviors: searching, reading [21], and, in this study, using research findings in clinical decision making, but did not remain significant ... odds of research use 6+ times compared to to time or to times A non-significant score test result verifies the proportional odds assumption [34] In ordinal regression, the c-statistic is used as ... services to people with stroke Results indicate that a third of physical therapists use research findings in clinical decision making rarely or not at all, and only 13.3% of therapists integrate research...
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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 1 pps

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 1 pps

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 16:23
... Chagas’ disease Increasing attention is being paid to the risks of ‘emerging’ agents and newly recognized infectious risks of transfusion such as West Nile virus, babesiosis and vCJD Steps that should ... Bayliss, fell into disrepute because it was found to be stored in the tissues Human serum albumin has been widely used as a plasma substitute since the Second World War Characteristics of albumin ... system in ammatory response syndrome sheep red blood cells sequence-specific oligonucleotides sequence-specific primers serological test for syphilis transfusion-associated AIDS transfusion-associated...
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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 2 ppt

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 2 ppt

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 16:23
... versus-host disease (GvHD) following transfusion in newborn infants in whom a previous intra-uterine transfusion had apparently induced tolerance is described in Chapter 15 Subjects with thalassaemia ... of clearance is very much less if C3b is also bound (see Chapter 10) Most of the foregoing interactions have been used as the basis for cellular bioassays to assess the clinical signicance of ... Alloantibody responses in multiply transfused sickle cell patients Tissue Antigens 30: 161166 Renkonen KO (1948) Studies on hemagglutinins in seeds of some representatives of the family of Leguminosae Ann...
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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 3 pdf

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 3 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 16:23
... domain contains 15 cysteine residues, suggesting that this part of the molecule is highly folded, consistent with its sensitivity to reducing agents One of these residues (Cys72) forms a disulphide ... serological investigation involving LW Vox Sang 13: 406 Goldfinger D, McGinniss MH (1971) Rh-incompatible platelet transfusions: risks and consequences of sensitizing immunosuppressed patients ... antibodies (characteristic of the secondary response) was achieved by two mechanisms First, by an increase in the number of point mutations in the same genes used by the IgM antibodies, resulting in...
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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 4 pot

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 4 pot

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 16:23
... as those used in red cell suspensions may be used as a substitute for azide but corresponding antibodies are sometimes present in human sera (see Chapter 7) and then produce anomalous results ... agglutinin is therefore preferable to the previously used albumin agglutinin Fatty acid-dependent agglutinins may cause false-positive reactions in slide tests in which blood grouping reagents containing ... 6GalNAc1-o-serine/threonine) is also present in Tn cells (Kjeldsen et al 1989) This disaccharide is absent in normal glycophorins and therefore the responsible transferase must be induced in Tn cells...
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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 5 docx

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 5 docx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 16:23
... transfusion in sickle cell disease will be discussed Exchange transfusion in sickle cell disease Exchange transfusion is used in HbSC and SD diseases and in sickle β-thalassaemia as well as in SS ... subjects In subjects with a previously stable blood volume, rapid transfusion produces a transient rise in venous pressure, but venous pressure falls to normal as soon as the transfusion is stopped, ... less spontaneous lysis than did unmixed units (Dern et al 1970) Red cells stored in SAGM solution (see above) showed less spontaneous lysis and shed fewer microvesicles if the suspension was...
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Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 6 pptx

Mollison’s Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine - part 6 pptx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 16:23
... reactions is discussed in Chapter 15 Symptoms and signs associated with intravascular haemolysis The symptoms and signs associated with the transfusion of ABO-incompatible red cells were vividly described ... be disregarded Similarly, crosstransfusion experiments in cats, some of which developed agglutinins and some lysins, demonstrated absolute correspondence between lysis in vitro and lysis in vivo ... bank nurse transfusionists administer almost all blood that is transfused to patients in their rooms, and monitor all transfusions administered in operating theatres (Taswell et al 1981, supplemented...
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