long term benefit and challenges of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy

... M, Eckel HE: Efficacy of intensified hyperfractionated and accelerated radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy with carboplatin and 5fluorouracil: updated results of a randomized multicentric ... resection of pulmonary metastases of head and neck cancer that a resection of a solitary pulmonary metastasis resulted in long- term survival in selected patients [29] Since treatment after diagnosis of ... 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 the 33 patients who were still...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... January 2003 and December 2003, a total of 164 patients were included in the study Sixty-six of the patients were admitted because of sepsis (severe sepsis and septic shock), and 98 of the patients ... 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 ... assessments of both quality of life and survival 10 11 Key messages 12 • We studied long- term outcomes in patients with the two most frequent admission diagnoses admitted to the surgical ICU: sepsis and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... cardiac arrest, ICU and hospital lengths of stay are often protracted and incurred health care costs are high Despite high short -term mortality and significant morbidity [7], long- term functional ... perceived quality of life in long- term survivors of out -of- hospital cardiac arrest Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007, 51:206-209 Graf J, Graf C, Janssens U: Analysis of resource use and costgenerating ... stay and higher short -term (that is, ICU and hospital) mortality in the cohort of patients with cardiac arrest; however, the health status outcomes and costs per life year saved and per QALY of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... methodology of this investigation is comparable to that of a study on the long- term course of obsessive-compulsive disorder [37] The same researchers were involved in the training and supervision of the ... the statements of patients and controls with respect to their family of origin, to friendship and social contacts as well as to partnership and sexuality Most of the patients and controls reported ... writing of the paper and are entirely responsible for the scientific content of it: TJ participated in the design and organization of the study, performed parts of the statistical analysis and drafted...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... lower limit for band detection was set by a relative intensity per lean of 0.5% of the total band intensity The presence or absence of bands in fingerprints of test systems A and B was used for ... diverse range of C12O gene and C23O gene on its root surfaces and the diversity of these bacteria can be maintained in the long term under natural conditions and under conditions of phenol contamination ... labels a, b, and c are PCR-DGGE banding patterns of 16S rRNA gene in test systems A, B, and C, respectively; d, e, and f are PCR-DGGE banding patterns of C12O gene in test systems A, B, and C, respectively;...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15

... capable of generating substantial short- and long- term effects upon subjects’ HRQoL At the early measurement, a limitation of the capability to perform usual activities (EQ-5D) and deterioration of ... study aims to: i) assess short -term (4 days after VABB) responses in terms of HRQoL after VABB, ii) evaluate long- term (18 months after VABB) responses, if any, and iii) examine whether these ... result, short -term and long- term effects of VABB (11G) on HRQoL remain an open field The particularities in VABB are worth investigating systematically, as the special features of VABB together...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... the longer term survivorship and clinical outcomes of navigated and non-navigated UKAs A larger proportion of well aligned knees had good or excellent clinical outcomes and a higher proportion of ... measurement difference of zones, two of these had severe lateral compartmental degeneration and two had subsidence of the tibial components One of these had been navigated and one non-navigated ... describe survivorship and logrank tests for 2-group survivorship comparison Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, Washington) and MedCalc statistical software (MedCalc Software bvba, Mariakerke,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... the longer term survivorship and clinical outcomes of navigated and non-navigated UKAs A larger proportion of well aligned knees had good or excellent clinical outcomes and a higher proportion of ... measurement difference of zones, two of these had severe lateral compartmental degeneration and two had subsidence of the tibial components One of these had been navigated and one non-navigated ... describe survivorship and logrank tests for 2-group survivorship comparison Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, Washington) and MedCalc statistical software (MedCalc Software bvba, Mariakerke,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... and design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript GW was involved in the conception and design of the study, acquisition and ... discharged to long- term care institutions with the expectation that these patients would require care in these long- term care institutions indefinitely Of the 14% discharged to long- term care institutions, ... requiring at least 30 days of ICU care; the approach was as follows Cutoff points for number of ICU readmissions, ICU length of stay and duration of ventilation (both in multiples of 30 days) were chosen...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... two most recent articles on long- term performance of Canadian IPOs are by Kooli, L ’Her and Suret (2003) and Jog (1997) Jog (1997) documented long- term performance of 308 IPOs listing in Toronto ... underperform II-2 Survival of IPOs Since the long- term performance of IPOs has been a topic of debate, some have attempted to investigate the IPO survival patterns of IPOs and their implications ... Given the conflicting evidence about the results on long- term performance of U.S IPOs and many unanswered questions about the long- term performance of Canadian IPOs, this thesis has the following...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 16:44

... aDepartment of Pediatrics, Skin and Allergy Hospital, bDepartment of Pediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, and cDepartment of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, ... reporting on the long- term safety of bacterial strains proven to colonize and to induce a clinical effect is warranted In this placebo-controlled study, we document safety and provide long- term follow-up ... probiotic bacteria and dietary prebiotic oligosaccharides (together termed synbiotics) increasingly are being used in infancy, but evidence of long- term safety is lacking In a randomized, placebo-controlled,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/05/2016, 10:06

... for offshore outsourcing include a scaleable business model that can be ramped up or down very quickly without incurring long- term costs such as unemployment insurance and employee benefits, and ... inefficiencies and bottlenecks and enhancing workflow using automation and other information technologies, can add additional cost savings as well as faster cycle times and other business benefits Challenges ... job security Offshore Market and Supplier Issues - Formative offshore market - Dependence on supplier-provided information - Limited understanding of suppliers’ true reputation and track record...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 07:20

... tachypacing instead of shocking) Therefore, pacing for termination may be effective and more desirable from a comfort standpoint and for preservation of the battery When this form of therapy is programmed, ... Primary prophylaxis with the implantable cardioverterdefibrillator JAMA 2005;294:958-960 Goldberger Z, Lampert R Implantable cardioverter- defibrillators expanding indications and technologies JAMA 2006;295:809-818 ... and treated with a train of pacing stimuli at a fixed cycle length, resulting in tachycardia termination and restoration of sinus rhythm B: Following tachycardia detection, therapy consists of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 01:20

... or II operations and two women who reported being sealed had no signs of closure Of the three main ethnic groups, 98% of Mandinkas, 4% of Wollofs and 32% of Fulas had signs of genital cutting ... pp 643±653 august 2001 L Morison et al Long- term consequences of FGC in The Gambia secondary level education (3% of Mandinkas, 6% of Fulas and 1% of Wollofs) During interviews with a ®eldworker ... common and how serious the short- and long- term consequences are is lacking (Obermeyer et al 1999) Hospital-based studies have catalogued types of cutting and morbidity, but give no indication of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... Put." The Review of Economics and Statistics, 84(3) (August): pp 462482 [28] Oreopoulos, Phil, von Wachter, Till and Andrew Heisz (2006) "The Short- and LongTerm Career E¤ects of Graduating in ... Conditions and Long- Term Outcomes for Economists." The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20(3) (Summer): pp 143-160 [31] Topel, Robert H and Michael P Ward (1992), "Job Mobility and the Careers of Young ... Proceedings [18] Gustman, Alan and Thomas Steinmeier (1981), "The Impact of Wages and Unemployment on Youth Enrollment and Labor Supply." The Review of Economics and Statistics 63, pp 553-560...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 03:20

... On the other hand cost of saving at home is high due to physical risk of theft, floods and grabbing hand of the husband For example, a survey on women in Kenya by Anderson and Baland’s (2002) ... (months) and amount of the deposits as determinants of interest rate offered by MDO Thus interest rate increases with amount of the deposits and duration of Term deposits account Table presents Term ... regions of ECA and NIS, Tajikistan Microfinance market is very small in terms of both absolute numbers and penetration rate Table as per attached appendix indicates that majority of microfinance...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... of no-tilling, norotation and no-culture techniques may promote the spread of superweeds in terms of diversity and quantity Shifts in weed communities and the spread of resistant weeds force farmers ... mites, and lygus bugs Besides, resistant Bt pests also appear after the long time to utilize monoculture of GM Bt crops Both of them force farmers to continue using and increasing the amount of insecticides ... between GM crops and weeds which have relation to crops The ability of plants to breed between and among species allows for the movement of genes among crops and between crops and wild relatives...

Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2014, 00:20

... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009, 7:99 Background Besides prolonging life, the objectives of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) include the reduction of symptoms and the improvement of physical ... consists of a 5-dimensional descriptive system and a visual analogue scale allowing assessment of relevant segments of HRQL: Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of ... patients with CABG and HVS (p < 0.001) with medium effect sizes of 0.60 and 0.64, respectively, and an improvement greater than the MID in 58.4% of the patients after CABG and in 60.6% of patients having...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Cash management and operational risk control • Employee and agent training and incentives • Image and branding The complexity of partnerships grows with the array of services offered, from relatively ... third of all deposits and a quarter of total credit portfolio In the late 1990s, Banco Pichincha found itself with excess liquidity and a network of 235 branches, many of them underutilized and ... of cer and the client The replication of this relationship millions of times is one of the key factors making microfinance a significant global force today Take Jesse Cabacheco, a loan of cer of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20

... operations in Namibia and Botswana, and plans to expand into Uganda and Zambia CompuScan has an Internet-based software platform Its combination of flexible technology, training programs, and focus on ... because of the number of clients covered and the number of data points per client The technology requirements and costs of such a system are significant The difference between negative and positive ... cost of handling cash, especially in countries with heavily devalued currency In the early 1990s, I talked with Polish bankers who complained of the high cost of counting and handling worn-out and...

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