special case patients with increased risk of crc

... patients [30] The increased levels of several MMPs in the CSF of individuals with increased risk for AD, as observed in the current study, could be explained by several Figure Scatter plot of CSF MMP-9/TIMP-1 ... individuals with CSF biomarker levels implying an increased risk of future development of AD In addition, increased CSF MMP-3 and MMP-9 levels in healthy elderly individuals correlated with the ... comparisons of these three CSF biomarkers Instead, they were used to employ correlations with other markers within each group and to define ‘individuals within the control group with increased risk...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... correlated with increased risk of postoperative delirium Other independent risk factors included increasing age, history of diabetes mellitus, longer duration of surgery, and occurrence of complications ... predictors of postoperative delirium (Table 4) Of particular note was that high serum cortisol level was associated with significantly increased risk of postoperative delirium in this risk- adjusted ... naturally aged brain might be the basis of the occurrence of delirium A history of diabetes mellitus is associated with increased incidence of almost all kinds of cerebral complications after cardiac...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... (43.4%) patients had a length of stay Fifty-seven patients were enrolled One patient was excluded from the analysis because of lack of EAA data and patients were excluded because of withdrawal of ... infections There were three cases of urosepsis, two cases of sternal wound infection or mediastinitis, three cases of cellulitis at the site of vein graft harvesting, and one case of pneumonia One patient ... prolonged length of stay of 61 days associated with multiple complications There were no statistically significant differences in length of stay for patients with EAA ≥0.40 versus patients with EAA

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... higher in patients with a clinical diagnosis of LQTS or a clinical diagnosis of HCM as compared to patients at genetic risk [23] However, to our knowledge, the role of the distinct symptoms of heart-focused ... also to be reckoned with in genetic counseling of these patients This tally also with previous research which found that perceived risk of SCD were associated with higher levels of general anxiety, ... health, and heart-focused anxiety of patients with familial LQTS were compared to the scores of patients with familial HCM, and finally, the independent influence of avoidance, attention, and fear...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... other types of death were analysed after exclusion of heroin overdoses The risk of undetermined suicide is presented in Figure There is a significant trend towards increased risk of undetermined ... in the case of suicide Fatal intoxications could be intentional, as in suicide, of unknown intent, as in the case of undetermined suicide, or probably unintentional, as is usually the case when ... number of drugs and types of death Results Type of death and contact with the Addiction Centre in Malmö Different types of death in the forensic sample were related to previous contact with the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... increased age (OR = 8.9, 95% CI = to 40; P = 0.004) The incidence of death from MOF was increased in the patients transfused RBCs of increased compared with decreased age, 11 of 47 (22%) vs of ... associated with patient age, ISS, lower GCS, and total amount of cryoprecipitate transfused (Table 4) The incidence of death from MOF was increased for patients transfused RBCs of increased compared with ... between the transfusion of old RBCs and increased risk of sepsis, MOF, and death in all types of critically ill patients [2527,32,41,42] However, a consistent criticism of some of these studies is...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... our study The basic characteristics of the cases and controls, and relative risk of smoking-related cancer deaths among smokers by comparison cases with each of the two control groups are shown ... relative risk from smoking was greater for urban males than rural males, both study groups revealed a consistent pattern of the effect of smoking on risk of cancer deaths TABLE Characteristics of cases ... cases and two control groups: Population-based case- control study of smoking on risk of cancer deaths among Chinese men 1989–1991 Characteristic Cases No of subjects 130,079 Mean age (years) 63.3...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... PTPN11 gene encoding SHP-2 increased the risk of gastric atrophy among the seropositive subjects [18] The present study examined the association of a polymorphism of Gab1 with gastric cancer and ... polymorphism was associated with the low risk of the infection independent on severe atrophy Although the Gab1 polymorphism prevented H pylori infection, it was associated with the risk of atrophy identified ... Perez-Perez GI, Kleanthous H, et al Infection with Helicobacter pylori strains possessing cagA is associated with an increased risk of developing adenocarcinoma of the stomach Cancer Res 1995; 55: 2111-5...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 15:37

... thus 27 cases with an expected number of 16.8, RR = 1.61, 95%CI 1.04-2.34) trimester with an upper confidence limit of 10.5 The authors calculate that in order to rule out a doubling of the risk, ... the registers for all known cases of hypospadias The total number of loratadineexposed infants is then 2780 and 25 had hypospadias identified (0.9%) - ten of the cases were thus ascertained from ... study a large number of “exposures” (in this case drugs) and many outcomes (in this case different types of congenital malformations) it is to be expected that a number of apparently significant...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... as a measure of bone strength BMD measurements have been shown to correlate strongly with the load bearing capacity of the hip and spine and with the risk of fracture In patients with osteoporosis, ... four fold to five fold increase in risk for fracture And for patients with osteoporosis and a history of fracture, the risk of another fracture occurring is increased twenty fold While decreased ... understand the mechanisms of uncoupled bone turnover and effects of PI therapy on HIV infected patients As the number and life expectancy of HIV-positive patients treated with HAART increases, the...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:54

... keeping with the observations of another study that both multiple- and single-NSAID reactors with a history of aspirin-induced urticaria seem at higher risk of chronic urticaria than patients with ... Interestingly, and similarly to patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), in patients with acute urticaria induced by distinct NSAIDs (both with and without chronic urticaria), ... clinical practice, the offending drug can, in most instances, be substituted with a number of equally effective but chemically distinct compounds In patients with a history of urticaria/angioedema...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... report five cases where fluvoxamine was effective in treating blonanserin-associated akathisia in patients with schizophrenia Case reports Table shows the characteristics of five patients with blonanserin-associated ... treatment of blonanserin-induced akathisia in patients with schizophrenia Very recently, we reported that fluvoxamine is also effective in the treatment of aripiprazole-induced akathisia in patients with ... favorable with haloperidol, particularly with respect to prolactin elevation and EPS frequency [16] We have experienced that treatment with blonanserin might cause akathisia in some patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... diagnosis to date of death or last followup Results Patients and treatment Data were updated October 27, 2006 Table summarizes the characteristics of patients A majority of patients (66%) had ... Page of (page number not for citation purposes) World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009, 7:14 http://www.wjso.com/content/7/1/14 Table 1: Characteristics of patients Characteristics of patients ... toxicity by patient including intraoperative toxicity (within 30 days after surgery and i.p chemotherapy) Type of complication Number of patients % of patients Post operative pain 10 21.3 Infectious...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:21

... References without C2C12 cells BMP-2 and BMP-7 co-localization with AP in bursa tissue with and without C2C12 cells Indirect immunofluorescence staining of the topical distribution of (a) bone ... from patients with various degrees of degeneration if amounts of fat tissue and disorganized connective tissue were selected as pathologic signs But with the absence from the literature of an ... expressed within the bursa and underlying tendineus tissue of samples from almost all patients (Figures and 6), possibly a sign of the ongoing transformation of tendon to cartilage The ratio of collagen...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... studied within the context of RA [10] It has been shown that IL-7 is produced at higher levels by fibroblast-like synoviocytes isolated from patients with RA and that stimulation of these cells with ... that levels of IL-7 in synovial fluid are increased in patients with RA [13] In addition, IL-7 has been shown to induce bone loss by promoting secretion of RANKL (receptor activator of nuclear ... triplicate is shown with the blue lines Negative control with no reverse transcription of RNA before real-time PCR is shown with a red line Negative control with no cDNA is shown with the black line...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... in patients with PMR was not associated with a higher risk of PAD Moreover, timing of glucocorticoid exposure and cumulative glucocorticoid dose was also not associated with a greater risk of ... rheumatica (PMR) patients and 705 non-PMR patients Discussion Results from this population-based cohort study suggest that individuals with PMR have an increased risk of PAD This increased risk may be ... sample size of patients undergoing detailed imaging studies, we were unable to determine whether there is a difference in severity of PAD in PMR patients versus non-PMR patients PMR patients with PAD,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:20

... study of patients with RA of short disease duration Materials and methods Patients As part of the EURIDISS (European Research on Incapacitating Disease and Social Support) study, a Norwegian arm of ... 1992, 238 patients aged from 20 to 70 years, with a clinical diagnosis of RA and disease duration of less than four years were included [14] The patients were assessed at baseline with blood ... six patients at two time points The patients with and without hand X-rays had similar baseline characteristics (Table 1) Treatment was given according to clinical practice The percentages of patients...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... development of distinct patterns of pathological plantar hyperkeratosis (PPH) The thickening of the stratum corneum in response to repeated high levels of load is generally acknowledged as associated with ... in high -risk category patients, for example neuropathic plantar foot ulceration in people with diabetes There are clearly a great number of assumptions in this popular clinical paradigm of foot ... physical appearance of pes planus (low medial arch profile) and those in Group displayed pes cavus (high medial arch profile) These were consistent with the Root paradigm None of the subjects displayed...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... occurrence of a shift towards a more glycolytic profile in the limb muscle of COPD patients Furthermore, the number of capillaries around a single muscle fibre (CAF) was decreased in patients with ... percentage of fibre perimeter in contact with the capillary wall (index of tortuosity (LC/PF)) which is based on the length of capillaries, the number of capillaries and the perimeter of the fibre ... I fibres in the tibialis anterior muscle of patients with COPD [10] This is in line with previous studies [3,7-9] and together with previous findings of a decrease in oxidative enzyme activities...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health 2006 Department of Health Department of Health and Social Services Northern Ireland, The Scottish Office Department of Health and Welsh Office: Report of the ... Thus, cross-sectional studies were rated out of a total of eight points and case- control and cohort studies out of a total of nine points A score of seven or more was chosen a priori to indicate ... cut of seven to indicate high methodological quality, we judged 20 of the studies to be of high quality; and the remaining 40 to be of lower quality primarily due to a combination of a lack of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22