... (20080918/06-2008-74/76) Informed consent was obtained from each child’s parents Cytokine measurement Levels of pro- inflammatorycytokines including HMGB1, IL-1b, IL-6, interferon (IFN)-b, TNF-a, and anti -inflammatory ... brain tissue, supporting the suggestion that neuroinflammation may contribute to epileptogenesis in the developing brain In order to determine whether active inflammation, including HMGB1 and pro- inflammatory ... pro- inflammatory cytokines, occurs in children with febrile seizures and pediatric epilepsy, we analyzed cytokine profiles in the serum of child patientswith febrile seizures or epilepsy and...
... [10,28,29], in individuals with CVD [30] in individuals with risk factors for CVD [31,32] andin men with diabetes [33] HRR is positively associated with insulin sensitivity as measured with a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic ... cardiopulmonary and autonomic function should have been addressed to the improvement in insulin sensitivity, to the reduction in BMI, and to the powerful anti -inflammatory effect of training [46,47] ... testing is significantly and closely associated to inflammatory markers, i.e CRP and WBCs These findings could suggest that in women with PCOS several alterations could act in concert contributing...
... from patientswith rheumatoid arthritis Clin Rheumatol 2000;19:275-277 29 Bandt MD, Grossin M, Driss F, Pincemail J, Babin-Chevaye C, Pasquier C Vitamin E uncouples joint destruction andclinical ... related increased oxidative activity in RA patients Anti-CCP antibodies are directed against antigens containing the nonstandard amino acid citrulline, for example, citrullinated fibrin, which ... capacity inpatientswith RA, and we found positive correlations between anti-CCP antibody existence in circulation and increased oxi- http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2011, dant activity (increased...
... when dealing withpatients Researchers in both groups were subsequently trained in the procedure to be used in the study in three sessions These covered the criteria for including/excluding patients, ... year (according to clinical judgment), patients who refused to participate, homebound patientsPatients meeting criteria for inclusion and not meeting any exclusion criteria were invited to participate, ... invited to participate, and were included after accepting and signing an informed consent form Methods Visits in both groups included the usual care and individual counseling, based on the CHPE...
... including stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, neurogenic incontinence, functional incontinence or overflow incontinence [8] This study is restricted to patients ... addressed in detail: 1.) Is surgical treatment superior to pelvic floor training inpatientswith clinically proven SUI with regard to QOL? Hypothesis: Patients undergoing surgery show higher improvement ... people with urinary incontinence Journal of Clinical Nursing 2001, 10:15-24 Temml C, Haidinger G, Schmidbauer J, Schatzl G, Madersbacher S: Urinary Incontinence in Both Sexes: Prevalence Rates and...
... confidentiality, and gave informed consent to participate The patients were recruited consecutively in three German clinics, i.e Oberberg Clinics Schwarzwald, Weserbergland, and Berlin/Brandenburg The ... due to the accepting handling of my disease, I have got a better understanding to deal with the troubles in life K16 know that I have to live with my disease and have to care each and every to prevent ... 0.598) With respect to the adaptive coping styles, we found a strong correlation between "Conscious Dealing with Illness" and "Conscious and Healthy Living" (r = 0.696) andwith "Perspectives and...
... contribution in drafting the manuscript RJS has been involved in the analysis and interpretation of the data in combination with drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... inpatientswith fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, a high level of "action proneness", promoting an overactive lifestyle, may play a predisposing, initiating and/ or perpetuating role in ... based on a linear regression analysis The 111 patients participated in this study: 54 patientswith fibromyalgia, 22 patientswith CRPS and 35 patientswith CLBP Of the patientswith fibromyalgia,...
... withclinical performance tests, subjective ratings of fear of falling and posturography Materials and methods Patients Ten patients (median age 66, range 59–69 years) with PD were included in ... repeated with the individual tests in the same order Clinical performance tests The PT (MHN) assessed the patient withclinical performance tests, and the same PT assessed all patientsin all test ... size Clinical performance tests and fear of falling The advantages and benefits of using clinical tests are that they are easy to administer, inexpensive, need no sophisticated equipment and can...
... domain, imputing that value for missing items in that domain, rounding imputed values to the nearest integer, and then recalculating the SF-6D We performed parametric and non-parametric testing ... corresponding improvement in the SF-6D physical functioning domain The significant deterioration in social functioning and role limitations cancelled out the improvement in mental health, resulting in no ... differences in median values, scoring range and sensitivity to change after intervention and the low agreement show that the EQ-5D and SF6D yield incomparable scores Even within a group of patients with...
... physical health) to improve in synchrony with improvements in depressive symptoms If measuring changes in QOL does not provide additional information in studies of clinically depressed patients, it may ... research, and choosing study instruments These findings have implications for clinicians, for QOL researchers, and for investigators choosing an instrument Clinicians may expect measured QOL (and, ... Additional research in these areas should further examine causality by following clinical changes in the patients Further studies of the importance of changes in QOL in subjects withclinical depression...
... clinical guidelines [18] and emphasized a multidisciplinary approach The programme used empowerment-based principles and goal-setting involving patient collaboration in order to improve the patients ... participated in the design of the study and provided input into the main ideas of this paper All authors obtained funding for the project ESV carried out screening, randomization and examination of the patients, ... rehabilitation programme is not superior to an individual counselling programme in changing patients HRQOL and self-rated health This is interesting taking into account that the personnel resource use in...
... gastrointestinal diseases and conditions, and presence or history of other non-gastrointestinal serious diseases and conditions Patients treated with proton pump inhibitors or prokinetic drugs during ... eating and drinking, and physical and social functioning The QOLRAD questionnaire was originally developed in US English, and has subsequently been translated and culturally adapted for use in international ... 1) increased by between 1.5 points (Physical/Social functioning) and 2.5 points (Vitality), indicating a clinically relevant improvement inpatients daily functioning Discussion The primary aim...
... improvements after this diet Introduction Penile erection is a hemodynamic process involving increased arterial inflow and restricted venous outflow, coordinated with corpus cavernosum and penile arterial ... pistachio diet improved IIEF scores and PCDU parameters without any associated side effects inpatientswith ED Furthermore, the lipid parameters showed statistically significant improvements after ... grown mainly in the city of Gaziantep.[4] Pistachio nuts are rich sources of plant proteins, dietary fibers and especially antioxidant substances (for example, antioxidant vitamins), besides being...
... in better recognition of signs of approaching suicide and awareness of treatment possibilities Promoting suicide prevention in major depressive disorder thus requires improving the training and ... antidepressants in the background of declining suicide rates, the US Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning concerning the use of antidepressants in children and adolescents, and possibly in ... Kavoussi RJ: Relationship of Prolactin Response to d-Fenfluramine and Ipsapirone Challenge Correlate with Indices of Agression in Males with Personality Disorder International Clinical Psychopharmacology...
... of failure and help finding ways to improve prognosis, morbidity and mortality inpatientswith advanced HNSCC The treatment regime used in our patients was based on the prospective and multicentre ... occurred in 28 patients (62%) in addition to their DM There was no significant difference regarding OS of patientswith DM alone compared to patientswith LR and DM (1-year survival 53% and 58%, ... months withliver metastases, months with brain metastases and 15 months with skin metastases There was a significant one-year-survival difference between patientswith lung metastases (82%) and...
... those with VEs and without spinal inflammation or withand without definite radiographic damage and progression Furthermore, subgroups of VEs with signs of inflammation as well as radiographic progression ... spinal inflammation and new bone formation are both uncoupled and linked in AS since (a) the majority of syndesmophytes developed without MRI evidence of spinal inflammation at BL and (b) the proportion ... Gay S, Neidhart M: Clinicaland histopathological findings inpatientswith ankylosing spondylitis before and after surgical treatment for axis correction and erection of the spine Ann Rheum Dis...
... function, and physical component score With some exceptions, these findings are consistent withcorrelations between SF-36 variables and BMI inpatientswith schizophrenia [38] In line with Strassnig ... inclinical practice Finally, these finding represent an urging need for developing effective physical training interventions for patientswith schizophrenia 16 Competing interests The authors ... populations [16] andinpatientswith schizophrenia [14] Furthermore, to reduce the risk of CVD, the interventions are probably more dependent on improving VO2peak than increasing physical activity...
... to identify patientswith harmful alcohol use [23] It has a scoring range 0-40 with scorings ≥8 indicating problem drinking The questionnaire was administered as interview The AUDIT and SCID-1 ... organic brain pathology from the clinical examination, EEG or MRI examinations Pathological findings at clinical examination were divided into significant (related to CNS pathology) and insignificant ... examined and included the patientsand helped to draft the manuscript TS planned and supervised the EEG procedures and interpreted the EEGs KAK planned and supervised the MRI procedures and interpreted...
... clinical guidelines [18] and emphasized a multidisciplinary approach The programme used empowerment-based principles and goal-setting involving patient collaboration in order to improve the patients ... rehabilitation programme improved glycaemic control inpatientswith type diabetes compared with an individual counselling programme The intervention used an empowerment-based approach and goal setting ... sessions of individual counselling with a diabetes nurse specialist, who had a bachelor’s degree in education and was trained in motivational interviewing [19] Using the patients own stories patients...
... polymerisation of AAT in A1ATD subjects, present not just in hepatocytes but circulating andin the lung and systemic endothelium are pro- inflammatoryand inactivate the protein as an inhibitor of proteases ... levels were seen in five patientsand eight controls All patientswith A1ATD had normal liver function tests There were patientsand controls with total fasting cholesterol >6.2 mmol/l, and one patient ... architecture and vascular smooth muscle function [25-27] The association of A1AT withinflammatoryand coagulation pathways and the A1AT link to HDL and its functional properties are interesting considerations...