long term outcome of chronic dialysis in children

... the beginning of 2000 This ensured a median time on the dialysis programme equivalent to that of our main study population There was no other discrimination or disease matching in selection of patients ... patients with dialysis- dependent chronic renal disease Thus our primary objective was to examine the long- term survival of chronic dialysis patients who had survived an episode of multiple-organ ... continue Although the long- term survival rates return to that of the background population with ESRF, this study has not allowed any determination of the effect of ICU admission on quality of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... the slope of CD4 increase to change over time, the first model included the main variable of months since HAART initiation, indicator variables for baseline CD4 count, and static changepoints at ... Biometrics 1995, 51(2):524-532 Robins JM, Finkelstein DM: Correcting for noncompliance and dependent censoring in an AIDS Clinical Trial with inverse probability of censoring weighted (IPCW) log-rank ... nevirapine (NVP) Most pregnant women receive lopinavir boosted with ritanovir (LPVr) in place of EFV or NVP Second-line HAART consists of AZT, didanosine (DDI), and LPVr Clinical and laboratory (including...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... only failed in most patients with pineoblastomas, even in case of CSI Considering that also one of our patients treated for pineocytoma experienced spinal seeding, therefore suggesting a more ... differentiation of these intermediate typed pineocytomas, formerly also referred to as mixed pineocytoma-pineoblastoma, however, remains difficult [3,4] After correlation of histopathological findings and ... collective, intensification of therapy in aggressive variants of intermediate pineocytomas as well as pineoblastoma seems necessary Despite the small patient cohort, the results of this analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... improvement in long- term Page of period after plication Hence, it ensures remission of symptoms, and improves quality of life in long- term period Acknowledgements Two-year long- term follow-up results of ... the diaphragm becomes very thin, causing ruptures at the suture line and preventing the tightening of the diaphragm Pleural space was drained using single chest tube Pain control was achieved with ... crosses over internal mammary artery in anterior thoracic wall in 54% of patients and in posterior thoracic wall in 14% of patients [18] Furthermore, pericardiophrenic artery originates from internal...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... Cough was worse at night, in supine position and during exertion Cough also worsened during viral respiratory tract infections There was history of frequent vomiting of undigested food but not ... empirical therapies Interestingly, diagnosis in both cases was made by CT scan finding of dilated esophagus and then confirmed by esophagography showing the dilated, tapering and dysfunctional ... characterized by absence of normal peristalsis and failure of relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter Figure at tapering4 gastroesophageal junction Esophagogram showing diffuse dilatation of esophagus with...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... teacher ratings, quality of the delivered Triple P training moderated outcome with children of Triple P-parents showing less non-aggressive problem-solving than children of parents in the control ... mediating role of parenting for child behavior problems is well-established and has led to the development of a variety of parenting interventions Parent Training (PT), derived from social learning, ... that, in contrast to the control group, in the intervention group positive parenting Page of 14 behavior would increase, dysfunctional parenting behaviour, and internalizing and externalizing child...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... and first-contact incidence of schizophrenia in different cultures A preliminary report on the initial evaluation phase of the WHO collaborative study on determinants of outcome of severe mental ... becomes clear that the short -term course of schizophrenia is reported to be better in some developing country settings The long- term course of the disease in such settings, however, is not so clear ... continued monitoring and support to prevent further decline and to maintain the level of recovery Further studies are required to assess the causes for the low recovery rate in long- term outcome...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... therapy shortly after finishing radiation therapy is an effective option for reducing radiation-induced side effects In the question of factors influencing the incidence of DM different variables ... regarding the optimal treatment of the patients, including those with DM, are warranted This study’s aim was to evaluate the longterm treatment outcome at our institution as well as patterns of ... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... only independent predictor of long- term mortality, are in concordance with previous studies [3] The process of LV remodeling after AVR, in the sense of reduction of volumes, is most intense during ... our findnigs Despite pronounced reduction of LV volumes in AS+AR group, they were significantly higher than in AS group on both of the follow up examinations This is in accordance to findings of ... acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; have been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content; have given final approval of the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... worsening of outcome were classified as having “no sustained shift in outcome. ” Comparisons of baseline characteristics between patients with and without sustained favorable long- term outcome ... by exploring potential predictors of sustained favorable long- term outcome and by using a broadly defined outcome measure that combines symptom severity, level of functioning, and use of acute ... predict sustained favorable long- term outcome Definition of Schizophrenia Health State and Sustained Favorable Long- Term Outcome The first step in this retrospective analysis was to define each patient’s...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... head injury, or spinal injury) Sepsis was defined as clinical signs suggesting the presence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome together with definite evidence of infection Systemic inflammatory ... head injury, or spinal injury) Gastrointestinal surgery (complications of gastrointestinal surgery, emergency gastrointestinal surgery and pancreatitis) accounted for 76% of all patients in the ... was defined as injury to several physical regions or organ systems, where at least one injury or a combination of several injuries was life threatening, with the severity of injury being 16 or...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Clinical profile and outcome of conversion disorder in children in a tertiary hospital of north India J Trop Pediatr 2007, 53:213-214 Robins E, O'Neal P: Clinical features of hysteria in children, ... some of the null findings Particularly with regard to prognostic features our results remain preliminary Conclusion In contrast to a rather favourable initial treatment outcome long- term course of ... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... of variation of less than 10% at 0.035 μg/L Determination of creatinine levels was carried out with a Hitachi 917 system (Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany) and Wako Creatinine F L-Type, ... NT-proBNP in our study O’Brien and colleagues [27] examined the prognostic value of admission and pre-discharge levels of NT-proBNP in patients presenting with ADHF The main finding of this study ... studies presuming this finding - including those of Cheng and colleagues [38], who used BNP, or Bettencourt and colleagues [15], who used NT-proBNP - used combined endpoints consisting of all-cause...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... Quantity One software BioRad, Hercules, CA) Cytokine determination Serum cytokines [Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Interferon gamma (IFN-γ), Interleukin-4 (IL-4), Interluekin-10 (IL-10)] were determined by ... subject, no history of infection or vaccination Cytokines in serum Similar levels of IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-4, and IL-10 cytokines were detected in serum of vaccinated compared with non vaccinated subjects ... detection of other reports with respect to immunoglobulin anti-influenza presence However, in our studies, the levels of Ig anti-influenza antibodies over time were not determined Given the findings of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological ... quality of life as main outcome (cont.) QoL results Ref Factors related to quality of life in long- term survivors of gynecological cancer Review clinically effective and feasible to deliver in clinical ... QoL, have been introduced in clinical trials on a large scale, in addition to measures of morbidity and mortality A simple search on ‘quality of life’ on Medline at the beginning of 2009 gives...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... significant difference in 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 ... multicenter investigation with long- term follow-up evaluation Clin Orthop 1993, 286:154-159 McAlindon TE, S S, Cooper CS, Dieppe PA: “Radiographic patterns of osteoarthritis of the knee joint in the ... revisions of the manuscript; AJS conceived of the study All authors read and approved the final manuscript Page of Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... significant difference in 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 ... multicenter investigation with long- term follow-up evaluation Clin Orthop 1993, 286:154-159 McAlindon TE, S S, Cooper CS, Dieppe PA: “Radiographic patterns of osteoarthritis of the knee joint in the ... revisions of the manuscript; AJS conceived of the study All authors read and approved the final manuscript Page of Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... diversity than in the uncut area, and evenness has been the same as in the uncut area since 2000, showing the increasing dominance of the chestnut 3.2 Species richness in term of life form and ... realized In 1998, plant species richness had declined and appeared to have stabilized Thus, foresters practiced a chestnut thinning to complete the role of the clearing This thinning was realized in ... plant species richness initially increases after clear-cutting in such ecosystems [41], we sought to elucidate the long- term response of plant species diversity of an ageing chestnut coppice Moreover,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... multiplication long terme/Quercus robur L/maté/ matériel juvénile INTRODUCTION In vitro culture establishment from shoot- tip explants potentially offers kinds of advantages in cloning forest trees ... the 12 genotypes grown in the nursery In vitro culture Five-centimetre -long stem explants with swelling were cleaned in tap water containing a few drops of a commercial disinfectant (Mercryl laurylé®), ... some influence during the first steps of the cloning, in the long term, the management of the culture media, together with the clonal effects (Juncker and Favre, 1989), appeared to be the main...

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