... renal function in older patients Ann Clin Biochem 2003, 40:648-655 Den Hollander JG, Wulkan RW, Mantel MJ, Berghout A Is cystatin C a marker of glomerular filtration rate in thyroid dysfunction? ... Jiménez M, Soriano MC, Manzanares J, Casasnovas P: Serum cystatin C as a marker of acute renal dysfunction in critically ill patients Crit Care 2005, 9:R139-R143 O’Riordan SE, Webb MC, Stowe HJ,...
... to functional outcome in schizophrenia support the notion that neurocognitive function predicts social and occupational function Measures of immediate memory, delayed memory, and executive function ... function have been found to predict functional outcome with small to medium effect size [10] Moreover, cognitive function has been found to be a better predictor of functional outcome than symptom ... cognitive dysfunction and functional disability The present report documents a cross-sectional study that aimed to compare http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/6/1/19 the cognitive function...
... item is a logistic function of the relative distance between the item location parameter (the difficulty of the item) and the respondent (the ability of the patient), and only a function of that ... ranging from 0.61 to 0.78 Only two items of the mental health and functionality domain did not comply with the requirements for adequate functioning of rating scale categories Specifically, the category ... indicate high levels of mental health disease and dysfunction, whereas negative values indicate low levels of mental health disease and dysfunction The person separation index (2.5) and the item...
... Page of The QLICP-CE consisted of 40 items covering domains of QOL: physical function, psychological function, social function, common symptoms and sideeffects, and specific concerns of cervical ... individuals [50] The EORTC QLQ-C30 consisted of 30 items and included functional domain scales, such as physical, role, emotional and social functions, along with disease-specific symptoms, a financial ... social functioning, vitality, and general health perceptions [38] The internal consistency for the overall scale was 0.95 [38] The test-retest correlations were more than 0.8 in the physical function...
... with nephrotoxic drugs Absence of gastrointestinal fluid losses (repeated vomiting or intense diarrhoea) or renal fluid losses (weight loss more than 500 g per day for several days in patients ... hyperdynamic circulatory dysfunction by adding a hypovolaemic or obstructive component Several studies focused on the prevention of post-paracentesis circulatory dysfunction [6-8] or on the prevention ... patients with nonspecific causes of pre-renal failure, and patients with functional renal failure specific to the circulatory dysfunction of cirrhotic patients, termed hepato-renal syndrome (HRS) [4]...
... treated with unconjugated G-CSF In vitro DC phenotype and function It has been previously shown that filgrastim indirectly affects DC number and function, skewing in vitro DC Bonanno et al Journal ... affect WBC number and function For instance, a direct comparison of lenograstim (nonglycosylated G-CSF) and filgrastim or pegfilgrastim with regard to neutrophil phenotype and function indicated ... human data, filgrastim recruited functional TGF-bexpressing Treg cells to the pancreatic lymph nodes of NOD mice, with the likely aim to restrain the proliferation and function of diabetogenic T cells...
... endothelial function, assessed noninvasively by high resolution ultrasound, is impaired in patients with BD [6-9] Although inflammation is a well described modulator of endothelial function [10] ... corticosteroid treatment on endothelial function in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases Interestingly, administration of corticosteroids improves endothelial function in patients with giant cell ... and corticosteroid treatment on endothelial function There were no significant differences in cardiovascular risk factors known to affect endothelial function between healthy control individuals...
... improving, lung function and survival [1] Retrospective studies, pilot studies, and open-label clinical trials support the effectiveness of CYC therapy in preventing a decline in lung function and ... CYC as management for SSc-related ILD, we examined the benefit of CYC on lung function as measured by pulmonary function tests by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized ... patients [2,5] ILD is associated with increased mortality in patients who have SSc The greatest loss of lung volume occurs within the first years of the disease, and pulmonary-related deaths occur...
... Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) measures the degree of functional limitation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis BASFI scores range from to 10, with a lower score indicating less functional ... of treatment on symptoms, functioning, and well-being outcomes PRO measures are necessary tools, given the impact of AS on HRQOL domains, especially pain, physical function, fatigue, and psychological ... been somewhat limited [9,16,20,21] These measures have demonstrated HRQOL impairment and loss of physical functioning for patients with AS, compared with the general population Using median SF-36...
... cognitive function, such as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) The longitudinal effects of PWV to verbal learning, delayed recall, non verbal learning [17] and global cognitive function ... indicators of arterial structure and function The present study is considered as the report to obtain a comparative data between the ABI and ba-PWV as markers of cognitive function in a community-dwelling ... mechanism leading to the association between ABI and cognitive function still remains unclear However, because ABI is a marker of structural and functional changes in the arterial vessels, several mechanisms...
... EQ5D, HAQ), there is a generally linear loss of health status over the next 60 years However, the rate of loss is only slightly increased compared with the loss of health status that is associated ... data are available for the HAQ, but its pattern of loss is similar to that of PCS and EQ-5D These data can be summed up as follows: on average, loss of health status occurs immediately, at the ... of loss of health status over time Mental health generally improves slightly over time, and hardly differs from population values While the three PCS, EQ-5D, and HAQ graphs show substantial loss...
... at baseline and after the 12-week intervention Primary outcome Perceived physical function Perceived physical function was assessed using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) total score ... questionnaire that measures aspects of physical functioning in patients with FM [15] The FIQ is scored so that higher scores are indicative of poorer functioning Test-retest reliability ranged from ... that small study LPA did not produce significant benefits on pain, fatigue, or perceived physical function compared to controls As part of an ongoing randomized trial designed to investigate the...
... novel genes adapted to these newer functions However, although gene gains constitute an intuitive mechanism for the development of novel biological functions, gene losses have also been important ... dietary proteins should be further characterized The loss of stomach function in prototherians is unique among vertebrates, because this organ has been functional for more than 400 million years, from ... that the loss of the stomach function and gastric genes in monotremes occurred before the platypus-echidna split, more than 21 MYA [10] However, it is difficult to determine whether the loss of...
... 3-5 patients in Spain (31) Our study extends this finding to patients with more preserved renal function in American population Our hypothesis that serum albumin is a significant risk factor for ... reflection of CVD (39) Our study concludes that this is true even in patients with less severe kidney dysfunction So serum albumin can be a helpful predictor of CVD at early stage of CKD and this patient ... Astor BC, Greene T, Eknoyan G, Levey AS Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survery Am...
... development and functioning of the reproductive systems Octopus and cuttlefish females are functionally mature at the end of stage IV (stages V and VI occur at spawning) Female squid are usually functionally ... through physiological maturation, the gonad and accessory glands function asynchronously At physiological maturity these two organs function synchronously Preliminary activity in accessory glands ... (Littorina) the male sexual system functions similarly to that of female squid, i.e sperm accululate in the enlarged part of the spermduct In higher prosobranchs (Ptenoglossa), spermatozoa are formed...
... extrapulmonary organ involvement as observed in this study could be explained by probable immune dysfunction against tuberculous bacilli and matches previous reports showing lower albumin levels in...
... only few reports have focused on the localization of the GR protein in tissues [17] Significant functions of GSH in spermatogenesis and the reproductive process have been reported [13] However, ... expression of GR in cooperation with glutathione S-transferase could facilitate the detoxification function of aldose reductase by catalyzing the formation of glutathione conjugates The enzymatic ... J.S & Fishel, S (1989) Generation of reactive oxygen species, lipid peroxidation, and human sperm function Biol Reprod 41, 183–197 Aitken, R.J (2000) Possible redox regulation of sperm motility...
... inappropriate audit opinion when the financial statements are materially misstated Audit risk is a function of the risks of material misstatement and detection risk (d) Auditor – The person or persons ... considerations in obtaining sufficient appropriate audit evidence Audit Risk A32 Audit risk is a function of the risks of material misstatement and detection risk The assessment of risks is based ... term related to the process of auditing; it does not refer to the auditor’s business risks such as loss from litigation, adverse publicity, or other events arising in connection with the audit of...
... Biology Journal compilation ª 2008 FEBS 6297 Functional characterization of Rv1364c genome rearrangements, fix in a population because they have a novel function that is advantageous to the organism ... ª 2008 FEBS 6299 Functional characterization of Rv1364c P Sachdeva et al A B Fig Comparison of mycobacterial MursiF WKD sequences (A) and mycobacterial UsfX sequences (B) with functionally characterized ... ª 2008 FEBS P Sachdeva et al Functional characterization of Rv1364c aforementioned deletions and mutations, the ability of MursiF WKD and UsfX protein to act as functional kinases in the SigF...
... diagnosed in those patients who worsened or more points on NIHSS score within the first 48 hours Functional outcome was evaluated at months using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), considering a ... C, Keyt B, Strickland S, Tsirka SE: Activation of microglia reveals a non-proteolytic cytokine function for tissue plasminogen activator in the central nervous system J Cell Sci 1999, 112:4007-4016 ... 41:148-155 32 Opdenakker G, Van den Steen PE, Van Damme J: Gelatinase b: A tuner and amplifier of immune functions Trends Immunol 2001, 22:571-579 33 Clark AW, Krekoski CA, Bou SS, Chapman KR, Edwards...