measuring incidence and intensity of catastrophic payments

... 6-MWT, VO2 and HR were noted every 30 s The reliability and intensity of the 6-MWT were assessed using the mean ˙ VO2 and HR values recorded during the last minute of the walking test Before and after ... cri˙ teria of VO2max were reached (11) Because of a possible influence of the familiarization test, only the results of the second exercise test were analyzed 170 Official Journal of the American ... The mean CV and SD, respectively, reached 4.0% and 5.0 beats·minϪ1 (Table 3) On the other hand, no HR difference was noted between tests and performed in the morning and tests 2, 4, and performed...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... study of patients presenting to the ED of a teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia with severe sepsis or septic shock and who met clinical criteria for EGDT [1] We measured the incidence of candidacy ... provide further proof of the need to assess more broadly the generalizability of the EGDT approach Finally, the reported advantages of EGDT might not reflect the style of fluid and haemodynamic ... candidacy for EGDT and mortality rates in such patients We found that approximately 1.0% of patients with a diagnosis of infection were candidates for EGDT In the absence of EGDT, hospital mortality...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... between intensity and duration of contacts) from the numbers of observations for each possible combination of duration and intensity Hence, a positive value means that there were more observations of ... influence of contact intensity Figure reveals how contact duration and contact intensity are interrelated, thereby allowing an interpretation of how the consideration of the contact intensity ... formulation of an exponential relation between exposure and the risk of infection, we extrapolate the actual exposure from information about the duration and intensity of a contact between an infector and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... calculate reliable incidence High quality data and standardized classification of childhood cancers made it possible for description and comparison of incidence between countries and over time The ... (Parkin et al., 1988b) Trends of incidence for childhood cancers Time trends of incidence helped researchers to understand the mechanism of childhood cancers and the impact of the improvement in diagnostic ... studies on trends of incidence and survival rates for childhood cancers have been conducted In this study, we will describe the incidence, trends of incidence rates, and trends of survival rates...

Ngày tải lên: 09/10/2015, 11:24

... of factor terms to parameterize biases can lead to underfitting of some bias sources and overfitting of others While it seems natural to model intensity- dependent relationships as functions of ... of dye, site, and array to analyze 7,622 −6 14 Average of group means Figures and are analogous to Figure for the prostate data It can be seen that the intensity- dependent trends, including intensity- dependent ... major contribution is the formulation of the two-channel microarray experiment in terms of the fANOVA model and the consideration of estimation in the absence of its functional arguments reports...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 14:20

... values of stress intensity factor (KI) increased with the increase in crack size The path of crack propagation in case of root crack is longer than that in cases of toe and cold-lab cracks Values of ... Biermann, H and Hübner, P.: A Finite Element Calculation of Stress Intensity Factors of Cruciform and Butt Welded Joints for Some Geometrical Parameters Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial ... cases of toe and cold-lab cracks 35 Journal of American Science 2014;10(1) http://www.jofamericanscience.org Motarjemi, K., Kokabi, A H., Ziaie, A A., Manteghi, S and Burdekin, F M.: Comparison of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/05/2014, 20:40

... design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and the writing of this manuscript MAW participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and the writing of this manuscript ... recently-described novel tumor suppressor role of secreting IGFBPs in melanoma However, data not support the clinical utility of measuring levels of IGFBP-3 and -4 in sera of melanoma patients Abbreviations ... the IMCG and assisted in the conception of this study MTB performed ELISA assays and assisted in the writing of this manuscript LFL assisted in the conception, design, and coordination of this...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... health professional and reported by the participant), the site(s) of OA, and the following validated measures: • The Perceived Impact of Problem Profile (PIPP) [18] consists of 23 items, measuring ... C, Jordan K, Croft P: Measuring the population impact of knee pain and disability with the Western Ontario and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... Misajon R, Bennett E, Manderson L: Measuring the impact and distress of health problems from the individual's perspective: development of the Perceived Impact of Problem Profile (PIPP) Health Qual...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... conception and design of the study, the analysis and the drafting and revision of the manuscript MJ participated in the conception and design of the study and the drafting and revision of the manuscript ... has been the standard method of item analysis and has been a valuable tool over many years [20] However, CTT depends on the nature and size of the sample and the nature and number of items as well ... Measurement of patient outcome in arthritis Arthritis and Rheumatism 1980, 23:137-145 Lequesne MG, Mery C, Samson M, Gerard P: Indexes of severity of Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee Scandinavian...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... age range of children and adolescents from to 18 years of age The development, refinement and validation of the original instrument and linguistic validation to a number of European and other ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:14 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/14 Page of 12 Table Intercorrelations of subscales of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ Generic Core Scales and ... Hygiene and Infection Control Services, Bartók Béla út 2-26 Debrecen 4043, Hungary 4Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, College of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... between 65 and 84 and group C, those above the age of 85 The type of surgery and post operative care determined by the type of fracture, age, co-morbid medical status and general level of mobility ... number of patients developing a hip fracture in the elderly A previous meta-analysis of 16 case series has demonstrated that in females between the ages of 50 and 60, and in men over the age of 70, ... Outcomes of Hip Fractures: A Prospective Cohort Study of 1177 patients Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011 6:5 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... design of the study and statistical analyses and wrote the final manuscript AG performed the statistical analyses and wrote the first draft of the paper GW and PV participated in the design and ... purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004, http://www.hqlo.com/content/2/1/23 Table 4: The most important psychological and social diagnoses of the total study population and of the population ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2004, However, the use of this instrument in the field of mental health is relatively modest The psychometric properties of the MHI-5 are very similar to those of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... a Cronbach's alpha of 0.90 (Table 6) Prevalence, extent, intensity and causes of OIDP A total of 43.2% and 44.5% had impact scores of zero (floor effect) using the OIDP ADD and the OIDP-total ... different settings, and distinction between disability and handicap A critique of papers on the application of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps Int Disabil ... measurement of "ultimate" oral impacts, thus covering the fields of disability and handicap [4,5] It consists of items that assess the impact of oral conditions on basic activities and behaviours...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... between boys and girls and therefore gives further evidence for the validity of PedsQL™ as a sensitive measure of the emotional functioning of children and adolescents [24] The result of the factor ... methods and areas of application of Quality of Life research in children) Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr 1995, 44:391-399 Eiser C, Morse R: The measurement of quality of life in children: Past and ... adolescents and 23 parents to test the interpretation and understanding of items and response ratings Cognitive interview techniques [15] were used to obtain feedback about the interpretation and understanding...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... drafting of the manuscript KL, NX, XY contributed the acquisition of data SZ and XMX contributed to the conception and design of the study, and revised of the manuscript All authors read and approved ... the HRQOL of children with cancer living in mainland China The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of the PedsQL ... reliability and validity of the Chinese mandarin version of PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the Cancer Module Further studies should focus on testing responsiveness of the Chinese mandarin version...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... of low-risk HPV (6, 11, 34, 40, 42, 43, 44, 54, 55, 61, 62, 72, and 81), and nine other types of HPV (7, 10, 27, 30, 32, 57, 83, 84, and 91)][15] The detection of one or more of these types of ... probes of 40 types of HPV [14 types of high-risk HPV (16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 68, and 82), seven types of moderate or probably high-risk HPV (26, 53, 66, 69, 70, and 73), ... According to a retrospective review of the medical charts of these patients, 36 of them had malignancy The incidence of carcinoma was analyzed according to the type of carcinoma The clinical factors...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:20

... (NTCP/V10) and the incidence of SARP for 94 patients; the incidences of SARP in the group with NTCP > 4.2% and NTCP ≤ 4.2% were 43.5% and 1.4%, respectively (p < 0.01); the incidences of SARP in ... NTCP and MLD SARP occurred in 45% and 37% of patients with MLD of more than 15 Gy and NTCP of 50% or more, respectively, whereas it occurred in 0% of patients with a MLD of 10 Gy or less and NTCP ... actuarial incidences of SARP in the group with V5 42% were 3% and 38%, respectively (p = 0.001) Schallenkamp suggested V10 and V13 to be the predictors of radiation pneumonitis risk The incidences...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... lower incidence of medication for diarrhea (grade 2) among patients treated with IMRT Diarrhea is a very uncomfortable symptom and can cause dehydration and malabsorption of vitamins, lactose, and ... of the IMRT technique to treat pelvic tumors reduced the frequency and severity of GI symptoms and the need of medication for diarrhea in comparison to the CRT technique, but did not reduce incidence ... distribution and RT goal are equally balanced in both groups The crude incidence of grade acute GI (medication for diarrhea) was more frequent in the CRT group (65,2% Vs 38,5%; p < 0.001) and absence of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... cystic carcinomas of the head and neck are a unique kind of tumour deriving from cells of the major and minor salivary glands, they account for 25% of all malignant salivary gland tumours in different ... coverage of the target volume Initial results using IMRT show an improvement of local tumour control rates and toxicity profiles in patients with tumours of the head and neck [4-6] The aim of this ... Stereotactic intensity modulated radiation therapy and inverse treatment planning for tumors of the head and neck region: clinical implementation of the step and shoot approach and first clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... the incidence of osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee in members of the Fallon Community Health Plan, 1991 to 1992, by age and sex Reproduced from [56] with permission The epidemiology of ... Carbone and coworkers [95] determined the incidence and prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis first diagnosed between 1935 and 1989 among residents of Rochester The overall age- and sex-adjusted incidence ... Aho K, Heliovaara M: Incidence and prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in Finland J Rheumatol 1997, 24:496-499 97 Bakland G, Nossent HC, Gran JT: Incidence and prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis...

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