... assessed thepatients for participation in the study and included them after informed consent A total of 800 patients were enrolled for the study After inclusion, thepatients were examined by the ... surgery withthe use of surgeon-performed US at the bedside when a patient presents with abdominal pain [7-10] The results shown in this study seem to support routine use ofthe method in the ED ... that the data on hospital care and the short-term follow-up by the blinded nurse are correct The strengths of this study are the randomization procedure and the large number of comparable patients...
... supportive ofthe construct validity ofthe PIPP, given the expected relationship amongthe various aspects assessed None ofthe correlations were so high as to indicate redundancy, withthe highest of ... Methods The study was conducted in urban, rural and remote areas of Khon Kaen Province in the Northeast Region (Isaan), the setting ofthe Thai arm ofthe RESILIENCE study The Isaan region, with ... Discussion The aim of this study was to validate the use ofthe PIPP among people with a disability in Thailand The PIPP was initially developed as a multidimensional generic measure ofthe impact...
... supportive ofthe construct validity ofthe PIPP, given the expected relationship amongthe various aspects assessed None ofthe correlations were so high as to indicate redundancy, withthe highest of ... Methods The study was conducted in urban, rural and remote areas of Khon Kaen Province in the Northeast Region (Isaan), the setting ofthe Thai arm ofthe RESILIENCE study The Isaan region, with ... Discussion The aim of this study was to validate the use ofthe PIPP among people with a disability in Thailand The PIPP was initially developed as a multidimensional generic measure ofthe impact...
... hypertension, two ofthe components ofthe Framingham risk score, differed amongpatientswith early RA, patientswith long-standing RA, and control subjects There were more smokers amongpatientswith early ... gender withthe entire group of RA patients and thus predictably did not exactly match with either the early or late RA groups Minor differences between the groups were dealt with by the use of multivariable ... women, the utility ofthe Framingham risk score in this patient population is of interest, particularly considering that in patientswith SLE, the Framingham risk score does not differ among patients...
... meta-analysis [10,16,19] There have been a number of hypothesized explanations for the differences in the risk of certain malignancies in patientswith RA compared withpatients without the disease Possible ... identification of populations Other limitations include the possibility of misclassification and the wide variation in follow-up There may have been misclassification ofthe inclusion ofpatients into the ... conclusions about the risk associated with anti-TNFs withthe currently available data [26] It has been suggested that a minority of RA patients (those withthe worst disease) carry much ofthe increased...
... not been developed for SLE Withthe exception ofthe live attenuated vaccines, other vaccinations should be kept up-to-date in patientswith SLE Caring for patientswith SLE includes commonsense ... high risk patients Based on an estimated prevalence of 29% for serious infections amongpatientswith SLE and the findings of Ruiz-Irastorza and colleagues, the number needed to treat with an anti-malarial ... adverse effects of anti-malarial drug therapy in SLE concludes that hydroxychloroquine should be given to most patientswith SLE during the whole course ofthe disease, irrespective of severity,...
... (1.7) Other Asian (1.5) (1.3) Half ofthe observed relapses occurred during the first months ofthe study The cumulative probability of relapse was 10.6% (95% CI: 8.2% to 13.6%) by the end ofthe ... ofthe follow-up period, the patient withdrew from the study, or the patient was lost to follow-up An exploratory analysis was conducted to evaluate the impact of RLAT discontinuation amongpatients ... if they deemed it necessary for their patients After enrollment, however, specific clinical interventions were not mandated other than the initiation of RLAT at the beginning ofthe study; therefore,...
... GonzalezGay MA: Increased prevalence of severe subclinical atherosclerotic findings in long-term treated rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinically evident atherosclerotic disease Medicine (Baltimore) ... correlates with accelerated atherogenesis in patientswith rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 2005, 32:1219-1223 Gonzalez-Juanatey C, Llorca J, Martin J, Gonzalez-Gay MA: Carotid Page of intima-media ... management in patientswith rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of inflammatory arthritis Ann Rheum Dis 2010, 69:325-331 doi:10.1186/ar3186 Cite this article as: Gonzalez-Gay MA, et al.: Role of carotid...
... abnormalities ofthe upper respiratory tract, and/or (2) if patients were using prescribed or over the counter anti-tussive medications within 24-hours ofthe start ofthe study The protocol was ... was housed within the recorder unit Patients were invited to wear the LS system for a maximum of 24 hours Video surveillance Patients spent the testing period in an assigned room where the video ... output from algorithm The shaded bar contains the cough event Cough is indicated by a single solid line at the end ofthe breath that contains the cough Note the change in the posture from supine...
... than the controls but the number of years of education was slightly higher in the control group The mean duration of illness was 11.3 ± 5.8 years, ranging from to 20 years A total of 24% ofthepatients ... Subject characteristics There were a greater proportion of females in theschizophrenia group compared to the control group, but the difference was not statistically significant The mean age ofthe ... function [15] The findings ofthe present study show that cognitive deficits are persistent even during periods of remission, suggesting the 'trait' nature ofthe deficits The similarity of cognitive...
... how important the actual monitoring of vital signs and blood values is in patientswith schizophrenia, as seemingly, a large proportion of these patients were neither aware of their somatic health ... 7) Table shows the proportions ofpatients (FAS) with blood test values out ofthe reference range at baseline Within the Prev-AP cohorts, the percentages for PrevNone were at the lower end for ... circumference the properties ofthe respective substance and thepatients individual risk factors The prevalence of MetS in the FAS of 42.8% (AHA/ NHLB definition) at baseline was comparable to the findings...
... assessment ofthe content ofthe items on the scales, we hypothesized that (1) the Bodily Page of pain (BP) scale ofthe SF-36 and the Pain scale ofthe WOMAC would represent similar constructs as the ... correlations ofthe BPI function interference index with BP and PF scales, as hypothesized, but low correlation withthe RP scale Further, the correlations ofthe BPI function interference index withthe ... proportion ofthe respondents grade themselves at the minimum score and a ceiling effect when a high proportion ofthe respondents score at the maximum ofthe instrument Because thepatients ...
... year at the time patients were included into the study No more medical details on the course ofthe disease in the previous year, on the type of brain lesion of stroke or the severity ofthe CVD ... low level of education were significantly associated with worse scores of quality of life in primary care patientswith obesity [31] Limitations ofthe study The duration of treatment of hypertension ... clinic visits During the period ofthe study no one ofthe controls developed a stroke These patientswith a diagnosis of hypertension received health care follow-up because of anti-hypertensive...
... improve the performance of a clinical system to be most effective, they must take into account not only the nature ofthe system, but also the nature ofthe disease The purpose of this paper is twofold ... presence of CAS characteristics and effectiveness of interventions were also assessed, and the association between the two was performed with Fisher’s exact test, with and without studies with unit of ... characteristicsofthe organization be considered, but so must thecharacteristicsofthe disease and its treatment Interventions must be appropriately matched to the level of complexity of not only the...
... chart ofpatients included in the analysis Page of 13 Table 1: Baseline characteristicsofpatientsPatientswith prior malignancy Biologic n Female n (%) Age (mean, SD) Control Patients without ... cancer), and the one patient under treatment with anakinra (lung cancer) died All other patientswith recurrences were still alive at the time ofthe analysis Incidence of tumors in patients without ... 14 out ofthe 15 recurrences the observed malignancies were true recurrences ofthe prior tumor withthe same type and site Only in one of our patientswith pulmonary and bone metastases the origin...
... explanation ofthe purpose ofthe study, the respondents were offered the option of either selfadministration or interview as mode of questionnaire completion, thus allowing the inclusion of respondents ... properties among Thai patientswith DM is still lacking Based on the aforementioned gaps, the main objective ofthe current thesis is to explore the feasibility of improving the management of T2DM in Thailand ... knowledge of DM compare the level of DM knowledge amongthe residents in Bangkok (the capital and the largest city in Thailand) and that ofthe residents in other central provinces The second...
... comparison of KaplanMeier curves with Gehan's generalization ofthe Wilcoxon test [22], whose weighting scheme reduces the relative contribution ofpatientswith prolonged LOS due to other (non-VAP) ... covariates In the subset ofpatientswith P aeruginosa at baseline, this pathogen was eradicated or presumed eradicated from 16 (67%) of 24 patients in the doripenem group and from 10 (42%) of 24 patients ... Authors' contributions MK had full access to all ofthe data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity ofthe data and the accuracy ofthe data analysis MK contributed to study concept...
... Validation ofthe PROFAD-SSI among Sjogren's syndrome patients in the United States The data provided represent the statistical validation ofthe PROFAD-SSI among Sjogren's syndrome patients in the ... well-being, the dominant unique predictor of quality of life was depression, accounting on its own for 25% ofthe variance in the index amongthe PhysR-PSS patientsThe contributions of both depression ... quality of life in 42 Swedish women with PSS[5] All scales ofthe SF-36 were significantly decreased and the percentage ofpatients not working due to disability was similar amongpatients with...
... compared the results ofthe present sample ofpatientswith type diabetes with data ofthe general population extracted out ofthe German National Health Interview and Examination Survey [16] Therefore, ... The revealed high burden ofpatientswith osteoarthritis is in accordance with other studies and congruent withthe clinical experience of primary care physicians [33-36] Major problems for patients ... in the number ofpatients suffering from diabetes from 135 to 300 million patients until the year 2025 [1] Most diabetes patients suffer from type diabetes Quality of life (QoL) in patients with...
... and table 2) When the total number of nerve ending densities were compared between patientswith arthrosis and those without arthrosis, the mechanoreceptors ofthe cadavers without arthrosis ... fine and without any set pattern In the case ofthepatientswith arthrosis, there was a significant reduction of Golgi corpuscles (0.008/mm2) when compared with Pacini corpuscles (0.013/mm2) ... the tissue was removed and the degree of arthrosis examined on the basis of Bombelli’s classification [21] This study was approved by Ethics Committee No 007.06.01 ofthe Federal University of...