... patients treated withpatients treated with beads with liver dominant hepatic metastasis after ingDisease Free Survival failing standardSurvival ofIrinotecan drug elutingIrinotecan drug eluting ... Y: Biodegradable mitomycin C microspheres given intra-arterially for inoperable hepatic cancer With particular reference to a comparison with continuous infusion of mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil ... hemoglobin, and platelet count), and clinical chemistry (ALT, AST, total bilirubin, prothrombin time, and alkaline phosphatase) All toxicities were carefully monitored Clinicopathologic data along with...
... combination of numerous clinical data concerning the individual patient, particularly information relating to biomarkers However, translational integration of this large amount of information into ... time In Table the patients are divided into the three groups with clear prognostic assignment according to their individual ISIR-score, i.e survival ≤ 12, between Figure Immunohistological staining ... (1-specificity) rates of the introduced formula applied topatientswith non-small cell lung carcinoma: theoretical reference line of no discrimination, thin continuous; ROCs using T-, N-, M-status,...
... finding inpatientswith isolated TBI and suggested that alcohol intoxication is associated with a lower incidence of coagulopathy as compared to non-intoxicated patients [28] Early hemostatic monitoring, ... monitoring, including point-of-care thromboelastography or thromboelastometry, may contribute to early diagnosis of coagulation disorders inpatientswith isolated head injury Although data regarding ... INR: international normalized ratio; IQR: interquartile range; ISS: injury severity score; PAI-1: plasminogen activator inhibitor; OR: odds ratio; PT: prothrombin time; TBI: traumatic brain injury...
... (95% CI) Endpoint, soluble protein, and time point Median ratio to baseline Median time to event, weeks Patientswith ≤ median ratio to baseline† Patientswith > median ratio to baseline† TTP VEGF-A ... points inpatientswith high VEGF-C concentrations at baseline, with little change inpatientswith low baseline VEGF-C This finding is consistent with the positive associations between clinical ... multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with antiangiogenic activity in vivo, has been investigated in advanced HCC within several phase II trials [13-15], and a phase III trial comparing sunitinib with sorafenib...
... (95% CI) Endpoint, soluble protein, and time point Median ratio to baseline Median time to event, weeks Patientswith ≤ median ratio to baseline† Patientswith > median ratio to baseline† TTP VEGF-A ... points inpatientswith high VEGF-C concentrations at baseline, with little change inpatientswith low baseline VEGF-C This finding is consistent with the positive associations between clinical ... multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor with antiangiogenic activity in vivo, has been investigated in advanced HCC within several phase II trials [13-15], and a phase III trial comparing sunitinib with sorafenib...
... cross-link proteins (e.g pentosidine, which links a lysine to an arginine on separate proteins) Hemoglobin-AGE (HbA1c) is the best studied glycated protein [4] and has been shown to correlate with ... cross-links that form in cartilage due to pentosidine, which cause the typical yellowing [12], are thought to contribute directly to the joint pathology and increases in urinary AGE detected inpatients ... tenderness or swelling in each of the joints examined Sacroiliitis was defined on the basis of having a history of persistent inflammatory low back or buttock pain in conjunction with tenderness...
... from choosing MeV In and individuals, 12 MeV were necessary to cover the pre-pectoral region adequately In the prostate cancer patients, MeV was appropriate in cases, MeV in cases, 12 MeV in cases ... depending on the anatomical situation, left-sided PMRT might lead to a certain exposure of the heart to ionizing radiation Typically, single electron beams with a sharp dose gradient are used, having ... ventricle with the CT protocols used in these patientsIn general, the highest doses to the heart were seen in the anterior part of the left ventricle and the interventricular septum (Figure 3) Up to...
... clinical presentation, but leukocytosis There were more patientswith leukocytosis in lung abscess group There were 21 (96%) patientswith leukocytosis in the abscess group Only 150 (63%) patients ... complication (n = 4, 1.5%) Two patients were converted to mini-thoracotomy (2 of 259, 0.77%) In abscess group, there were nineteen phase II patients and three phase III patientsIn non-abscess group, ... due to respiratory failure or unstable vital signs In abscess group, there was only one patient cared in intensive care unit In non-abscess group, there were 13 patients cared in intensive care...
... depression in the clinical outpatient setting Porer compliance to medications inpatientswith depression than in those with schizophrenia or epilepsy points to a necessity of targeting the medication ... compliance to antidepressant drugs in outpatients with a major depressive disorder in psychiatric clinics in Tokyo, Japan We also tried toassess the effects of demographic and clinical characteristics ... the first study that investigates persistence and compliance to antidepressants inpatientswith a major depressive disorder in the clinical outpatient setting Notwithstanding the limitations...
... altered in COPD patients [8,9,13] This finding can be explained by a reduction in fibre area as previously shown in COPD patients [10] This is also in line with a previous study [9] indicating a ... fibres in the tibialis anterior muscle of patientswith COPD [10] This is in line with previous studies [3,7-9] and together with previous findings of a decrease in oxidative enzyme activities in ... to our findings may be a reduced mitochondrial volume of the muscle fibre This explanation would be in line with a recent study showing a decrease in mitochondrial volume inpatientswith COPD...
... analyzed from lowest to highest baseline pain tertile, differences in pain score change from baseline increased from -17.0 to -65.0 to -109.5 with AMG 108, while with placebo, it remained at approximately ... additional endpoints included the PK of AMG 108 In Part B, the primary endpoint was the clinical efficacy of AMG 108 (change from baseline to week in the WOMAC pain score); additional endpoints included ... endpoint included all Part B randomized patients who participated in the WOMAC study (n=145) The primary endpoint was the change in the WOMAC pain score from day to week inpatients administered...
... or pan-inspiratory crackles, with or without clubbing; the absence of clinical, radiological or laboratory evidence of any other ILD; no exposure to agents that are known to be able to induce ... reports In order to determine the specificity and diversity of autoantibodies inpatientswith CFA, we used western blots Patients sera were applied to blots derived from cell lines that had originated ... immunoglobulin-binding protein (IGBP1) gene, which has sequence similarity to the yeast protein (TAP42) primary research Molecular cloning of antigens associated with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis...
... (recorded in 36% of patients) , followed by soft tissue infection (17%), intra-abdominal infection (12%), urinary tract infection (11%) and others (11%); sepsis of undetermined source was recorded in ... Missing data for continuous variables were estimated with simple imputations using the median nonmissing value In total, estimation procedures were performed in 2.6% (14 simple records) of baseline ... et al Table Cutoff points on continuous variables for changes in the probability of death according to locally weighted regression Variable Cutoff points Respiratory rate (breaths/min)
... flow coincides with the beginning of the inspiratory flow In (c) the respiratory rate has been increased excessively and causes intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure: the inspiratory flow ... expiratory flow ends 0.5 s before the inspiratory flow In (b) the respiratory rate has been increased without generating intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure: the end of the expiratory flow ... carina and incorporating an internal side port opening in the internal lumen cm above the distal tip [16,29] A flow sensor connected to the inspiratory limb of the ventilator gives the signal to...
... CI is not due to insufficient fluid loading Conclusion Inpatientswith spontaneous respiratory movements, ∆PP and inspiratory variations in RAP failed to predict the response to volume expansion ... variation and inspiratory variation in RAP failed to predict the response to fluid challenge inpatientswith spontaneous respiratory movements • In the absence of a clear cut off value allowing reliable ... are the following Which indices can be used to predict fluid responsiveness inpatientswith respiratory movements [9]? In particular, can dynamic indexes of preload be useful in this context?...
... is not influenced by induction agent • Outcome related to pre-existing risk is not different if etomidate is used for induction • Outcome is not improved if steroids are administered topatients ... (20 to 180) mg; thiopental, 200 (75 to 450) mg; and midazolam, (2 to 3) mg Eighty-four patients were intubated in the ICU and 75 were intubated in areas outside the ICU, mostly in an operating ... department One hundred forty-nine (94%) patients were intubated within six hours of ICU admission and eight others were intubated within 24 hours of admission All 159 patients were intubated because of...
... treatment with a potent COX-2 inhibitor, etodolac, increased the cough threshold to inhaled capsaicin in stable patientswith sinobronchial syndrome No difference could be found in the baseline pulmonary ... treatment with a potent COX-2 inhibitor, etodolac, attenuated cough reflex sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin inpatientswith sinobronchial syndrome This is the first report indicating the modulating ... can be induced by various stimuli, including inflammatory cytokines, resulting in further production of inflammatory substances such as prostanoids [6,7] Previous study suggested that the induction...
... To analyze further the determinants of mortality and fluid balance inpatientswith ARF, we divided the patients into two groups according to urine output and treatment with RRT In oliguric patients ... demonstrated that mean fluid balance was an independent determinant of ICU outcomeinpatientswith acute lung injury/adult respiratory distress syndrome Inpatientswith sepsis, the relation between a ... compared with Another interesting finding in the present study is that outcome among patients treated with RRT was better when RRT was started early in the course of the ICU stay Although in the...
... Polymorphisms in innate immune receptors and in both proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines have been extensively studied in relation to SIRS and sepsis (reviewed in [5]) In the present ... levels tended to increase when moving from patientswith only SIRS topatientswith sepsis of increasing severity, although only reaching a near-significant level (P = Table Patient baseline characteristics ... become apparent in disease settings The finding of lower HMGB1 levels inpatientswith a higher risk of mortality during their early disease course was surprising, but is in line with reports where...
... Participating patients Consecutive patients who sought care for LBP with or without pain radiating into the leg, who were new to the clinic or had not received chiropractic treatment within the ... only at base-line (drop-outs) Outcome at the 4th visit was dichotomized into "good outcome" (definitely better) and "not good outcome" (all other options including missing answer) Outcome at months ... base-line in relation tooutcome at the 4th visit The same base-line variables were used as predictor variables in relation tooutcome at months with the addition of two variables obtained at...