... systemic inflammation is present [10-14] and associated with survival, as in COPD [2,3], while the relationship between other measures and long- termprognosis might be different [15-17] In addition, ... common in CHRF and related to prognosis, particularly under the relatively stable conditions achieved by HMV We thus evaluated the association between disease-specific HRQL and long- term survival, ... survival rates (standard error) at 1, and years were 93.1 (1.7), 84.3 (2.4), and 78.4 (3.0) %, respectively In COPD, the respective values were 85.7 (3.5), 72.4 (4.5) and 65.3 (5.3) %, and in non-COPD...
... necrosis and sepsis or septic shock Discussion This study describes the incidence and long- term mortality rates for critically ill patients with a diagnosis of sARF and the prognosis for long- term ... in terms of incidence, long- term mortality andprognosis of renal recovery in critically ill patients Furthermore, our study identifies and quantifies the risk factors for acquisition of sARF and ... factors, long- term survival or long- term renal recovery prognosis [8,9,33] Recently, the multi-centre BEST study reported an estimated prevalence for ARF of 5.7% defined by the presence of oliguria and/ or...
... German: [26]] Co-morbidity rates varied between 12% and 38% Anxiety and depressive disorders were diagnosed most frequently Thus middle -term and long- term course seems to be less positive in comparison ... improvement at the end of treatment or at short -term follow-up (≤ months) vary between 44% and 97% [9,11-14,4,10,15,5,16] However, at middle -term or long- term follow up the rate of patients with dissociative ... between the corresponding judgements and all judgements given by two investigators varied between 0.86 and 0.96 for symptoms and for the applied therapeutic interventions; corrected for inter-judge...
... baseline and at months after intervention in the interventionand comparison groups, Singapore, 1994 83 4.3 Consistent condom use for vaginal sex among sex workers at baseline and at months after intervention ... STIs and HIV among them It is important to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions, particularly their longterm effects This will help STI program planners and policy makers understand ... the interventionand comparison groups, Singapore, 1994 85 4.4 Cumulative incidence of gonorrhea among sex workers in the 5-month period before interventionand the 5-month period after intervention...
... 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; ... and C, respectively; and g, h, and i are PCR-DGGE banding patterns of C23O gene in test systems A, B, and C, respectively PCR products of C12O gene in test system C at the 1st and 2nd cycles were ... bands in PCR-DGGE banding patterns of test systems A and B in Fig were selected for analysis The lower limit for band detection was set by a relative intensity per lean of 0.5% of the total band...
... 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 ... Health-related Quality of Life in Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy: short -term effects, long- term effects and predictors Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:11 ... formation and infection were recorded after VABB The histology of the lesion was classified according to the system first proposed by Dupont and Page [14] and adopted by the recent review by Guray and...
... radiochemotherapy between 1992 and 2005 for primarily inoperable advanced oro -and hypopharyngeal squamous Long- term side effects Most common long- term side effects documented were xerostomia and alterations ... 3-, 5- and 10-year-OS was 42%, 28% and 15%, respectively) a borderline significantly longer OS compared to patients with N3 disease (median 11 months, 3-, 5- and 10-year-OS was 29%, 22% and 11%, ... study’s aim was to evaluate the longterm treatment outcome at our institution as well as patterns of failure and help finding ways to improve prognosis, morbidity and mortality in patients with...
... Long- term survival and functional capacity in cardiac surgery patients after prolonged intensive care Crit Care Med 2000, 28:3847-3853 Engoren M, Buderer NF, Zacharias A: Long- term survival and ... previous place of residence), and the remaining 14% were discharged to long- term care institutions with the expectation that these patients would require care in these long- term care institutions indefinitely ... 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...
... 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 ... First, patients with sepsis treated in the surgical ICU have higher short -term (surgical ICU and in-hospital) and long- term (posthospital) mortality than trauma patients Not surprisingly, cumulative ... (76%) were mostly admitted after major abdominal surgery and had abdominal sepsis Haraldsen and Andersson [22] retrospectively evaluated long- term outcomes in patients treated in a surgical ICU for...
... were compared using exact chi-squared, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and oneway ANOVA The relationship between organ failure and longterm survival was analysed univariately by Kaplan-Meier ... score and SOFA score at ICU admission), and ISS, with the same adjustment variables In these regressions, admission and maximum SOFA score (p < 0.001) were significantly related to long- term survival, ... patients into MOF or not enables us to identify patients at risk of both impaired longterm survival and impaired long- term functional status Functional status is one of the most important outcome...
... survivor, costs per long- term (5 years) survivor, costs per life year gained, and costs per QALY gained To obtain costs per survivor and costs per long- term survivor, total ICU, hospital, and post-hospital ... 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 ... ICU 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...
... area The 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 ... Previous studies in IPOs long- term performance are reviewed in this section Since this thesis only focuses on long- term performance, we only review literature in long- term performance aspect rather ... defined as aftermarket standard deviation of daily returns, and larger market capitalization than acquired and non-surviving IPOs Jain and Kini (1999) argued that higher firm risk and small market...
... investors and portfolio managers who are interested in securitized real estate investments and need to understand the long- termand short -term behavior of property stock prices for forecast and investment ... on the nature and extent of the relationship between property company stock prices and NAVs both in the long run and short run 2.4 The Long- term Relationship between Stock Prices and Fundamental ... Campbell and Shiller (1987) find no significant long- term relationship between stock prices and dividends series to support present value model (see also Campbell and Shiller, 1988, 1989 and Lee,...
... infancy However, long- term follow-up and safety data for administration to newborn infants are lacking This study documents safety and provides long- term follow-up data on probiotics and prebiotics ... being used in infancy, but evidence of long- term safety is lacking In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, we studied the safety and long- term effects of feeding synbiotics to ... 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...
... purpose and objectives The primary purpose of the Data for Improvement and Clinical Excellence (DICE) Long- Term Care project is to Page of assess the effects of an audit with feedback intervention ... depression, and falls) and other outcomes not included in the reports (e.g., pressure ulcers, incontinence, and social engagement) We will measure each intervention episode (delivery of reports), and ... feedback reports, and delivering a feedback intervention based on data from RAI-MDS 2.0 and RAI-HC tools; A cadre of decision makers and researchers who are well-versed in developing and using these...
... nutritional intervention in completers and drop-outs Body weight, BMI, waist and hip decreased significantly from baseline to mo, mo and mo of the intervention in both completers and drop-outs ... period Ideally, longer term randomized controlled trials are needed to assess the effectiveness of the nutritional interventions In addition, we can not draw conclusions on the long- term effectiveness ... progressive and significant and exceeds the weight loss achieved in previous longterm studies with behavioral treatment programs [23,24] In addition weight loss was also found significant and continual...
... falls and fractures in hospitals and care homes and effect of cognitive impairment: Systematic review and meta-analyses BMJ 2007;334:82–7 26 Winter H, Watt K, Peel NM Falls prevention interventions ... van den Heuvel WJ, de Witte LP, et al Effectiveness and implementation aspects of interventions for preventing falls in elderly people in long- term care facilities: A systematic review of RCTs ... McKeith IG, et al Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: Randomised controlled trial BMJ...
... show that the incidence of long- term unemployment is key to understanding the true pressures on prices, and that high long- term unemployment is associated with the long- term unemployed having little ... leading to long- term unemployment, its effects, and possible solutions.3 The objective of this paper is to study the implications of long- term unemployment in the determination of prices and wages ... unemployment and how they translate into short -term and long- term unemployment 34 ECB Working Paper Series No 441 February 2005 References [1] Acemoglu, Daron (1995) "Public Policy in a Model of Long- Term...
... first, to our knowledge, to describe the longterm persistence of IgE anti-Influenza virus antibodies in serum of IgE positive and negative vaccinated pediatric and adult subjects, approaching two ... Interluekin-10 (IL-10)] were determined by sandwich ELISA (Biosource, Camarillo, CA) according to the manufacturer’s protocol Statistical Analysis Cytokine determinations from vaccinated and non vaccinated ... present studies are the first to describe the long- term persistence of IgE anti-Influenza virus antibodies in vaccinated children and adults, with normal and elevated levels of serum IgE, approaching...
... 125- and 20- bp bands (lanes 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9) and CYP3A5*1/*3 genotype gives 168-, 148-, 125- and 20- bp (lanes 4, 5, and 10) CYP3A5*3/*3 genotype is not seen in this picture The 20- bp band ... CYP3A5*1/*1 genotype gives 148-, 125- and 20- bp bands, CYP3A5*3/*3 genotype gives 168- and 125-bp bands and CYP3A5*1/*3 genotype gives 168-, 148-, 125- and 20- bp [19] Statistical analysis Tacrolimus ... England Biolabs) 25 μL PCR product was incubated for hours at 37οC with 2μl SspI 5Units/μl and 3μl 10xBuffer A 3.5% agarose/Tris-borate EDTA gel with ethidium bromide staining was used and bands...