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... comparison of groups in terms of their pre- intervention demographic characteristics was performed by simple t-test or chi-square test The effect of Qigong among the groups during the pre- intervention, ... identify the common features of qigong (Brown and Knoferl, 2001) There are three main features of qigong: postures and movement, state of mind, and breathing The aim of practicing qigong is to ... questionnaire consists of 28 questions on a five-point scale This indicated that the whole spectrum of the five-point scales was utilized in the reflection of quality of life of the participants (Leung...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... (37.7% )of the deaths: eight of the 20 children died of severe pneumonia, six of severe acute malnutrition with severe pneumonia, three of pnemocystis jiroveci pneumonia and a further three died of ... survival curves of the two arms of the supplementation trial in HIV-infected children at 12 months of follow up malaria and one child died of malaria with severe anaemia Other causes of death were ... al., Effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on survival of HIV-infected children in Uganda: a randomized, controlled trial Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010, 13:18 Page of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... progression of established OA in this patient population It provides the first proof of concept of the effectiveness of anti-MMP strategies for developing disease-modifying drugs Inhibition of the ... following the use of a subantimicrobial dose of DOX up to months in doubleblinded, placebo controlled, multicentered studies [29] These studies examined the effect, or lack of effect, of sub-antimicrobial ... evidence was present that the use of a sub-antimicrobial dose of DOX for a period of 24 months in a population of periodontally diseased osteopenic women exerted any detectible effect on the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... when P < 0.0167 (0.05/3) df, degrees of freedom; dfn, degrees of freedom of the numerator; dfd, degrees of freedom of the denominator rij is the random effect of the j-th run within the i-th drying ... Because of the variation in lumber thickness due to the use of a portable sawmill, the lumber was presurfaced on both wide faces to a thickness of 41.5 mm just prior to drying A top-load restraint of ... 3); ρk is the effect of the k-th provenance (k = 1, , 26); (τρ)ik is the effect of the interaction between the i-th drying technique and the k-th provenance; sijk is the random tree effect; it is...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:20

... of a linear accelerator, they noticed a frequency of pain relief of 69% [4] The same author group published a prospective randomized trial recently [30] comparing the effect of a total dose of ... from 3–12 Gy is effective in the vast majority of patients and the side effects are negligible However, a placebo effect cannot be excluded totally Thus, randomised trials (like the present one) ... clinical diagnosis of a painful heel spur (tenderness of the calcaneus) - limitation of the painless walking distance - duration of symptoms more than six months - radiological proof of heel spur -...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:22

... non-significant RR of 0.91 (95% CI, 0.17–1.17) Two trials examined the role of multivitamins for prevention of pre- term delivery The combined RR yielded a non-significant RR of 0.88 (95% CI, 0.73–1.06, ... informed of their serostatus; and ARV-based prevention of mother-to-child transmission Prevention of mother-to-child transmission is the most cost-effective antiretroviral method and one of the ... of nutritional programs for pregnant women may play a role in preventing other harmful pregnancy outcomes Future trials assessing the impact of effective nutrition on pregnant women living with...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20

... scheduling, would be an effective and efficient means of promoting colon cancer screening in primary care practice Primary outcomes were completion of colon cancer screening tests and cost of each additional ... the previous two years We then identified 2,788 of the 5,381 (52%) who did not have documentation of being up to date with colon cancer screening For this pilot study, we chose patients of attending ... secondary outcomes of including interest and acceptability of the intervention • Information encouraging return of all materials, particularly the Colon Cancer Health Summary, regardless of screening...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... main aim of this study will be to use the rigour of a randomised controlled trial in an evaluation comparing the effects of different approaches on policy and practice in the care of preterm babies ... participants in the BLISS cluster randomised controlled trial of the Effect of 'Active Dissemination of Information' on standards of care for premature babies in England (The BEADI Study) will be ... occlusive skin wrapping to prevent heat loss in labour ward as soon as the premature baby is born [41] Qualification and number of paediatric staff present at the delivery of a preterm infant has been...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... main aim of this study will be to use the rigour of a randomised controlled trial in an evaluation comparing the effects of different approaches on policy and practice in the care of preterm babies ... participants in the BLISS cluster randomised controlled trial of the Effect of 'Active Dissemination of Information' on standards of care for premature babies in England (The BEADI Study) will be ... occlusive skin wrapping to prevent heat loss in labour ward as soon as the premature baby is born [41] Qualification and number of paediatric staff present at the delivery of a preterm infant has been...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... scheduling, would be an effective and efficient means of promoting colon cancer screening in primary care practice Primary outcomes were completion of colon cancer screening tests and cost of each additional ... the previous two years We then identified 2,788 of the 5,381 (52%) who did not have documentation of being up to date with colon cancer screening For this pilot study, we chose patients of attending ... secondary outcomes of including interest and acceptability of the intervention • Information encouraging return of all materials, particularly the Colon Cancer Health Summary, regardless of screening...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... The secondary objectives of this study are to evaluate the effects of MBCT on: Patients’ reduction of worry symptoms post intervention at months Patients’ reduction of depressive symptoms post ... design of the study, as well as interpretation of data and analysis plan, as well as revision of the manuscript HSWM contributed to the design, as well as analysis plan and interpretation of data ... clinical trials that MBCT can reduce the likelihood of relapse in people with recurrent episodes of depression [8,9], the evidence for the effectiveness of MBCT in reducing anxiety symptoms among people...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... recorded their intake of nutrition Table Comparison of pre- race training and experience of the participants Amino acids (n = 14) Table Comparison of pre- race age and anthropometry of the participants ... acid supplementation received, on the occasion of the pre- race measurements, a pre- packed package of amino acids in the form of a commercial brand of tablets (aminologes®, Dr Loges + Co GmbH, 21423 ... hypothesized that Knechtle et al Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2011, 8:6 http://www.jissn.com/content/8/1/6 Page of Table Comparison of changes of blood variables during the race...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... five trials received supportive care at the discretion of the investigator Inclusion criteria were very similar across trials and, in brief, consisted of the following: infection, presence of at ... purposes) In this analysis of an integrated database of five clinical studies in severe sepsis, the use of DrotAA was associated with reduced mortality, regardless of the timing of treatment This suggests ... database allows the review of patient-level data This permits greater risk adjustment to account for the non-randomized nature of the study In assessing an effect of the time of treatment with DrotAA,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference: (a) the presence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (manifested by two or more of the following ... regimen and their effects to blood glucose profiles in septic shock [2,13] International guidelines not precisely indicate which treatment modality would be better [5] The hypothesis of this study ... count of more than 12,000/mm3 or less than 4,000/ mm3, respectively]), (b) documented source of infection, and (c) hypotension despite adequate fluid resuscitation (systolic blood pressure of less...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; in the preparation, review, or approval of this manuscript; or in the publication strategy of the results of this ... are initiated for MV Our findings could be the result of either a beneficial effect of DEX in the setting of sepsis, a deleterious effect of LZ in this setting, or both [27] Benzodiazepines inhibit ... detailed study protocol has been previously described [21] In this subgroup analysis, we compared the effects of DEX and LZ in patients with sepsis with the effects of these sedatives in patients...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... occurs out-ofhospital or the patient has previously participated in this study The trial will recruit a total of 912 patients from the three hospital sites Conclusion Page of 17 This trial will ... The importance of the quality of CPR has been reinforced in a series of observational studies in humans Chest compression depth[5, 6]; rate[7]; ventilation rate[8] and duration of pre- shock pauses[6, ... and team factors Quality of CPR outcomes are: quality of 2222 call; chest compression depth; chest compression rate; no-flow time; no-flow time adjusted; duration of pre- shock and post shock...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... included a relatively small number of patients Second, the strict exclusion criteria (such as >75 years, presence of severe immunosuppression, presence of shock, pre- mortem status, aspiration pneumonia ... methyl-prednisolone presenting CAP of different levels of severity, concluded that the corticoid treatment did not improve the outcome of the episodes Nevertheless, in this study the percentage of ... received intravenous antibiotic treatment consisting of g/day of ceftriaxone and 500 mg/day of levofloxacin In addition, a bolus of 200 mg of MPDN or placebo was administered, 30 minutes before...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... to study the effects of a cocktail of antioxidants in DPN The limitations of this study were the small sample size, long duration of diabetes in the subjects, and the short period of intervention, ... Q10 in the treatment of hypertension: a meta-analysis of the clinical trials Journal of human hypertension 21, 297 – 306 11 Gao, L., Mao, Q., Cao, J., et al (2012) Effects of coenzyme Q10 on vascular ... and anti-inflammatory effects It has protective effects against apoptosis of neurons [32] and may be considered an adjuvant therapy with which to treat DPN Beneficial effects of CoQ10 on DPN have...

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2016, 08:43

... in three out of four ambulance records and in nine out of ten air ambulance records Similarly, the Office of the Auditor General of Norway reviewed 14 EMCCs and found documentation of patient encounter ... terms of its usefulness for trauma research, we assessed the documentation rate of exact values and of RTS categories (0 - 4) of GCS score, RR, and SBP We found that a considerable fraction of ambulance ... one quarter of ground ambulance paper records and one tenth of air ambulance paper records could not be retrieved The organisation of the ambulance paper archives in the present study often reflected...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 09:56