management short term follow up and prognosis

... surgical treatment group and the pelvic floor training group at baseline In the pelvic floor trainnig group differences in anxiety and depression between baseline and 8-weeksfollow -up were not signficant, ... group regarding the I-QOL-scales Table 3: Group, time and interaction effects from the general linear model for repeated measures for anxiety and depression (HADS) and quality of life (FACT- G and ... differences between the surgical treatment group and the pelvic floor training group regarding the assessed sociodemographic and clinical data Differences in age and the frequency of episiotomy just failed...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... air, and apply it to a cross-sectional study of NSCLC and COPD patients, and healthy control smokers and non-smokers, and a short- term follow- up study of patients undergoing surgery for NSCLC Methods ... NSCLC and COPD patients, and asymptomatic control smokers and non-smokers A subsequent nested short- term follow- up study of the NSCLC patients was carried out with repeat VOC sampling and analysis ... between groups and between repeated measurements in the same individuals The aim of this study was to set up a new method for identifying and quantifying selected VOCs in exhaled air, and apply...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... decreased and painful range of motion in neck and shoulder(s); (3) tenderness to palpation along the horizontal portion of the upper trapezius muscle; and (4) greater than 50% of reduction of pain and ... of the Spinal accessory nerve; results and longterm follow- up in 30 consecutive cases of refractory chronic whiplash syndrome Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2010, 5:7 ... treatment may provide lasting relief Continued research using randomized and controlled study designs will further advance the understanding and extrapolability of the present findings No of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... reduction has been performed worldwide in adults and has been shown to improve LV function in mid -term follow- up studies However, long -term followup after the SAVE procedure [12], especially in ... increased and LV volume index had not changed between months after (16.6% and 180.6 ml/m2, respectively) and years after (36.5% and 173.7 ml/m2, respectively) the SAVE procedure Although single and ... cardiac catheterization, and the LVEF was 11.0% at this time Serum BNP was elevated at 2217.5 pg/ml Decreased up- takes of 201Tl and 123I-MIBG were detected in the anterior IVS and anterior LV wall...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... and 50 women) with a median age of 61 (range 40-88)Were identified between January 2001 and January 2009 All patients presented with signs and symptoms of upper airway obstruction including shortness ... intraoperative and peri-operative deaths Procedure complications were relatively minor and manageable and included granulation tissue formation that required recurrent laser treatments (N = 30), and tracheoesophegial ... to Ischemic damage and fibrotic healing process On the other hand, BTS following tracheostomy often involves apart from granulation tissue formation also cartilage damage and malacia This difference...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... manuscript MQ supervised the writing of the manuscript URL and HFH performed the operation HFH, URL and TL supervised the general management and follow- up of the patient All authors have read and approved ... report’s conception and design They also performed the literature research, prepared the manuscript and reviewed it for publication URL, TL and MQ were involved in the literature review and helped draft ... diphosphonate) and I-123-MIBG (123 I-metaiodobenzylguanidine) scintigraphy was performed 10 and 21 days postoperatively An increased uptake in the first lumbar vertebra was noted and MRI showed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... the differences between pre-treatment and each follow- up time point (pot-treatment and 3- and 12-month follow- ups) on the eight domainscores of the SF-36 and the symptomatological measures of ... symptoms and QoL through the treatment and follow- ups The outcomes of the CBT program for the patients with SAD were qualified using paired t-tests between pretreatment and each follow- up time ... post-treatment and these improvements were maintained for up to 12 months of follow- up, with an effect size of 0.44 (small effect), of 0.29 (small effect), and of 0.32 (small effect) at 12-month follow- up, ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... clinicians and decision makers in determining the value of APC and will also be helpful in designing evaluations of future therapies in the management of sepsis Future phase III follow- up studies ... effects on long -term HRQoL and resource utilization compared with standard care are largely unknown • Study results from 100 matched nonrandomized patients (64 standard care and 36 APC) using ... the patient and next of kin was obtained To avoid an imbalance between APC and standard care patients from each site, each participating site enrolled in blocks of three APC and six standard care...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... on long term electrophysiological outcome and its impact on the QoL in a large patient group Study cohort: The number of patients lost in long term follow up is consistent with long -term surveys ... arrhythmias can arise in the long term (1, 2, 7) Data on QoL in short term follow- up after RF ablation of SVT is available from a few studies of smaller patient groups, but despite of the large number ... expressed as number, mean, standard dehttp://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2009, viation (SDA) and extreme (minimum and maximum), quartile (25 and 75 percentile) and median The distribution of...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:44

... constituted the study group (93% follow- up) There were 31 females and 21 males The average follow- up was 50.6 months (27 – 84 months) The average age was similar between the two groups [arthroscopic ... Surgery and Research 2007, 2:24 http://www.josr-online.com/content/2/1/24 Table 2: Pre-operative and follow- up values for shoulder pain, active and passive glenohumeral motion Category Pain Short ... simple stitch and all knots were tied with four alternating half hitches The arm was internally and externally rotated to inspect the repair and the deltoid and skin closed in an interrupted fashion...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... tendency for previous unoperated cases to have ankle pain at long -term follow- up, even though there had been no pain of short- term follow- up In a previous report, ankle pain after the surgical procedure ... to 11.5 years old) Average postoperative follow- up term was 11.7 years (ranging from 4.9 to 19.6 years), and the average patient age at final follow- up was 19.3 years old (ranging from 8.1 years ... 7.4 years old, and casting healed the fracture Conclusion In conclusion, the overall long -term follow- up results of VFG were excellent However, residual limb-length discrepancy and ankle pain...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... incidence and a variable presentation, which complicates grouping of data In addition, surgical procedures and standards have changed over time and have different periods of follow- up observations ... ventricular dysfunction and suboptimal results The expected better systemic ventricular function was the reason for the pursuit of anatomic repair [13] In the short- and midterm follow- up of the double ... group) progressively, resulting in 10 patients (six in the nonRastelli group, four in the Rastelli group) with moderate to severe failure In of these 14 patients (two in the nonRastelli group and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... series and providing the longest follow- up data in the litterature on this topic The data and results obtained from the study are in accordance with other sequential LITA bypass studies [1,2,15] and ... intravenous nitroglycerine and diltiazem infusions and continue for two days, then the patient is followed with diltiazem for three months to attenuate LITA vasospasm risk As in our group, many other authors ... root and the coronary sinus which was repeated every 20 minutes First, the saphenous vein distal anastomoses were performed and followed by LAD arteriotomy between the estimated proximal and mid-stenosis...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript AV and AF have made the final treatment and the clinical follow- up of case, besides substantial ... maxillofacial surgeons, radiologists and pathologists integrate all relevant and available information to come up with a correct diagnosis and appropriate disease management We demonstrated that conservative ... fibroma complex type (or WHO type) This variant shows abundant islands and strands of apparently inactive odontogenic epithelium and spindle or stellate fibroblasts Their parenchyma is composed...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... period and antibiotics Dent Traumatol.; 20:203-11, 2004 36 Andreasen, F M.; Andreasen, J O & Cvek, M Root fractures In: Andreasen, J O.; Andreasen, F M & Andersson, L (editors) Textbook and Color ... 17:218–21, 2001 Andreasen, F M & Andreasen, J O Resorption and mineralization processes following root fracture of permanent incisors Endod Dent Traumatol., 4: 202-14, 1988 Andreasen, F M.; Andresen, ... 1997), (ii) gingivectomy and osteotomy/ osteoplasty (Andreasen & Andreasen, 1991), (iii) intentional replantation (Grossman, 1966), and (iv) extraction In terms of aesthetic and fracture resistance,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... group As Anaesthetists and operated pre-admission clinics on alternate weeks, allocation of study participants to either the CFNC and supplemental PCA group or the PCA only group was not randomised, ... for both groups within the sample with a mean of 70 ± 8.6 years for the CFNC group and 70 ± 7.3 years for the PCA only group, as was body mass index, (29 ± 5.5 for the CFNC group and 30 ± 3.9 ... that a CFNC was associated with important short term pain management benefits whilst insitu, in terms of significantly less supplemental narcotic use, and a lower number of narcotic PCA dose increases...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... group As Anaesthetists and operated pre-admission clinics on alternate weeks, allocation of study participants to either the CFNC and supplemental PCA group or the PCA only group was not randomised, ... for both groups within the sample with a mean of 70 ± 8.6 years for the CFNC group and 70 ± 7.3 years for the PCA only group, as was body mass index, (29 ± 5.5 for the CFNC group and 30 ± 3.9 ... that a CFNC was associated with important short term pain management benefits whilst insitu, in terms of significantly less supplemental narcotic use, and a lower number of narcotic PCA dose increases...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... model analysis with an unstructured covariance matrix with random intercept and random slope [14] Measurements from weeks 0, 6, 14, and 22 and the last clinical evaluation were included, as were ... VAS, CRP, and HAQ scores prior to infliximab withdrawal; and actual therapy at year All patients had long-standing, active, refractory RA After an induction regimen of mg/kg at weeks 0, 2, and 6, ... longstanding refractory RA over a 4-year period, (b) document the reasons for discontinuation, (c) describe the long -term course of disease activity, and (d)evaluate early predictors of longterm...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... would say a short walk is about 30 minutes, an hour And I not have trouble with that, because it does not tire me.” Follow- up: not at all; “No, not really A short walk is about 10 minutes and I manage ... designed the study and wrote the research proposal EFTB and MAK conducted the interviews, and coded and analyzed all data The codes and subsequent analyses were discussed with FJvZ and MAGS EFTB wrote ... criteria and data collection procedure were employed in both studies The baseline and follow- up interviews were administered in both studies, extended with transition questions (study 1) and thentest...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21