the risk of development and the treatment of heart failure in obese patients

Báo cáo y học: " A comparison of olanzapine and risperidone on the risk of psychiatric hospitalization in the naturalistic treatment of patients with schizophrenia" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: " A comparison of olanzapine and risperidone on the risk of psychiatric hospitalization in the naturalistic treatment of patients with schizophrenia" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 20:23
... starting with the first month post initiation and continuing through the end of the year The mean cumulative days of hospitalization at the end of each of the 12 months post initiation indicated ... period of time in which the patient had worsening of symptoms that changed the patient's daily routines and pattern of care seeking Further, in order to address the potential impact of changes in the ... [24] The current findings are consistent with two previous randomized double-blind clinical studies of olanzapine and risperidone in the treatment of schizophrenia [12,13] Interestingly, at the...
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Báo cáo y học: " Psychiatric disorder in early adulthood and risk of premature mortality in the 1946 British Birth Cohort" pdf

Báo cáo y học: " Psychiatric disorder in early adulthood and risk of premature mortality in the 1946 British Birth Cohort" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 16:23
... more) contained all cases of co-morbid depression and anxiety (n = 37), all cases of depression alone (n = 172), and the majority of cases of anxiety alone (n = 362) The remaining third of anxiety ... undertaken to compare the effects of psychiatric disorder on adult mortality risk, first including and then excluding this missing category We identified 22 cases of schizophrenia in the sample All ... mortality, and the inclusion of all potential confounders and mediators only led to a modest reduction in the effect Sensitivity analyses which excluded the missing category from each of the confounders...
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Báo cáo y học: "The association between subchondral bone cysts and tibial cartilage volume and risk of joint replacement in people with knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal study" pptx

Báo cáo y học: "The association between subchondral bone cysts and tibial cartilage volume and risk of joint replacement in people with knee osteoarthritis: a longitudinal study" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 12:20
... exist Because of the moderate sample size of the current study, cyst progression was defined simply as an increase in score, and thus included both those who had an increase in score and incident ... were performed on the MRI slice that yielded the greatest lesion size The intensity and extent of cysts and BMLs were assessed in the medial and lateral tibiofemoral compartments and were graded ... baseline and follow-up MRI scans were scored unpaired and blinded to subject identification and timing of MRI Their results were compared If the results were within ± 20%, an average of the results...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " A phase III trial comparing an anionic phospholipid-based cream and aloe vera-based gel in the prevention of radiation dermatitis in pediatric patients" pdf

Báo cáo khoa học: " A phase III trial comparing an anionic phospholipid-based cream and aloe vera-based gel in the prevention of radiation dermatitis in pediatric patients" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 10:21
... to the affected area with the bare hand Application of the cream was accomplished with the ventral surface of the fingers using a rotary motion of the fingers with light pressure to the skin The ... administered in the same manner and on the skin of the same patient, we removed the individual effects by analyzing the difference of the two scores (i.e., gel score – cream score) rather than the ... Treatment failure Treatment failure according to the definitions of the study occurred in patients Two patients had rhabdomyosarcoma and one desmoids tumor with doses ranging from 45–50.4 Gy The two patients...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 1 potx

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 1 potx

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... comprehensive approach including vigorous preventive measures and earlier surgical interventions This book outlines the major surgical options for the treatment of heart failure and brings together a very ... the overall knowledge of the management of the heart failure patient and provides a useful and worthwhile read for every cardiac surgeon of the day Wilbert J Keon University of Ottawa Heart Institute ... opened the doors to significant improvements in cardiac function in large numbers of heart failure patients This represents yet another opportunity to prolong the lives and relieve the suffering of...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 2 pdf

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 2 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... both on the etiology of congestive heart failure and the stage of the heart failure Tlie activation of the sympathetic nervous system is accompanied by the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone ... heart and in the aging heart, also undergo apoptosis.'^ Furthermore, p5,3, a gene involved in apoptosis, is involved in the failing heart and the cytokine tumor necrosis factor-a, an inducer of apoptosis ... Myofibrils in failing hearts In heart failure the alterations in the contractile proteins appear to include an initial increase in protein synthesis in response to ventricular overload and a shift...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 3 doc

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 3 doc

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... an area of iniarction increases the number and size of the islands of viable myocytes in the area and decreases the probabilitv that the necrosis is extensive enough to result in a thin-walled ... characterize in this setting because of the unloading effect of the regurgitation into the low-pressoire left atnum For the same degree of volume overload and increase in end-diastolic volume, patients ... apparatus in tcmis of cardiac energetics and systolic mechanics in the ejecting canine heart J Clin Invest 1991; 87:247-51 37 David T\'„ I 'den DE, Strauss HD The importance of the mitral apparatus in...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 4 pot

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 4 pot

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... aroiMid the entire circumference of tlie base of the aiiemysin at tlie junction of scar and noirnal myocardiuriL The degi^ee of tigblening of this suture will detenmne the final size of the remaining ... remaining opening in the ventricle and the size of the endocardia! patch to be used The patch is usually 2-3 em in diameter and can be Daeron or perieardium The patch is sutured at the level of the purscstring ... taper of the distal septum and the stabilized septum subsequently remains as part of the wall of the left ventricular wall The technique of Dor however excludes the aneurysmal portion of the distal...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 5 pot

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 5 pot

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... patient ineligible for transplantation At the other end of the spectrum of heart failure, there is now increasing evidence that early intervention can reduce the development of heart failure ... is often the most rewarding, with the infinite relative increment in both quality and length of life (l-igure 3) Increasing availability of mechanical circulatoiy support may allow many such patients ... with the strongest risk factor being atrialfibrillationwith its yearly embolism risk as high as 18% in the presence of heart failure. '^ In 120 transplant candidates without any of these risk...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 6 potx

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 6 potx

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... demonstrates the inaiBtenance itninimosuppression in the population An increasing number of patients are being treated willi tacrolimus or mycophcnolatc mofetil, and more than 75% of patients arc ... all patients in the Registry having complete data In this analysis, the end points are - and 5-years survival rates As has been previously shown in prior Registry reports, the vast majority of risk ... and ventilator mechanical support carry the greatest risks Other risk factors include very young age, congenital heart disease, low center volume, and donor age Interestingly, recipient age risk...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 7 docx

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 7 docx

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... is then cut using a circumferential blade and removed The apical cannula is then introduced and the purse-string suture of the apical sewing ring is tied The skirt of the apical cannula is then ... is of great importance in the rehabilitation of these patients and plays an important role in their preparation for the cardiac transplant and the attendant risks of immunosupression The patients ... adjusted according to the filling status of the puinp and maintains an average stroke volume of 75cc's This mode maximizes pump output In the fixed rate mode, the operator sets the rate and volumes...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 8 pdf

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 8 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... cardiomyoplasty, and with a better understanding of ttie pathophysiology of heart failure, the concepts of the ' girdling' and 'myocardial sparing' have provided a potential explanation on how the reversal of ... pedicle which makes manipulation of the muscle relatively forgiving in terms of viability and fiinctionality Furthermore, being in close proximity to the heart, the LDM is indulgent to transthoracic ... alter then length in order to restore resting tension, iJias preserving the molecular interaction of the actm and myosm chains within tlie sarcomere itsetf (Figure 2) By studying the effect of preload...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 9 doc

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 9 doc

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... chroruc ischemia and the cardiomyopathies) ultimately resulting in death Cost of Heart Failure In terms of human suffering and death, the cost of heart failure is overwhelming In the United States ... Lives in the Balance The Ethics of using animals in biomedical research The Report of a Working Party of the Institute of Medical Ethics OUP 1991 Report on The Ethics of Xenotransplantation The ... phosphokinase remained low in the hDAF transgenic pig hearts and the rhesus hearts while rising significantly in the control pig hearts: Only the non-transgenic pig hearts showed any evidence of HAR...
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SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 10 pot

SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - PART 10 pot

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 15:20
... (i.e the rib cage) to prevent device migration and 3) eliminating the need for diaphragmatic perforation and extension of the incision into the abdominal area However, to achieve the goal of intrathoracic ... (thus reducing the potential for kinking, reducing hydraulic losses thereby improving efficiency, and minimizing the artificial blood contacting surface area); 2) providing a secuie anchoring location ... widespread basis Therefore future devices must not simply address the needs of the clinicians and engineers, but must begin to focas on the needs of the patients Hopefully the next generation of devices...
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báo cáo khoa học:"The WRITTEN-HEART study (expressive writing for heart healing): rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial of expressive writing in coronary patients referred to residential cardiac rehabilitation" docx

báo cáo khoa học:"The WRITTEN-HEART study (expressive writing for heart healing): rationale and design of a randomized controlled clinical trial of expressive writing in coronary patients referred to residential cardiac rehabilitation" docx

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 23:23
... for some clinicians and clinical researchers who, beginning in the 90s and going on until nowadays, have started to use the expressive writing procedure with their patients and to examine its effects ... Smyth and James Pennebaker [11] confirms the breath of current interest in the expressive writing paradigm and invites to look forward at the many remaining frontiers in Expressive Writing research ... entry in the CR unit and immediately after the initial medical evaluation and treatment planning (first week), patients will be approached by the research investigator for initial screening in accordance...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " Quantifying the quality of hand movement in stroke patients through three-dimensional curvature" potx

Báo cáo hóa học: " Quantifying the quality of hand movement in stroke patients through three-dimensional curvature" potx

Ngày tải lên : 19/06/2014, 08:20
... acquisition of the data and recruitment of the patients YO, MK, and ML were involved in the interpretation of the results and critical revision of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... plots the log of the MSJ ratio against FMA-UE The dashed line shows the linear fitting of the data represented by the magenta circles and blue crosses Experiment 2: Distribution of the -log() and ... that the inclusion of patients from the HANDS trial would affect, or bias, our findings To be recruited into this study, patients had to meet the following inclusion criteria: (1) the time since...
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Báo cáo y học: "Receptor for advanced glycation end products Glycine 82 Serine polymorphism and risk of cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis" potx

Báo cáo y học: "Receptor for advanced glycation end products Glycine 82 Serine polymorphism and risk of cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis" potx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 10:20
... disease risk factors, and HLA–DRB1 and RAGE Gly82→Ser genotypes The characteristics of the patients are shown in Table Of the patients studied, 94% were Caucasian The sample included nine Asian patients, ... increased in both adult and juvenile RA [17], and inhibition of the RAGE has been shown to suppress inflammation in animal models of arthritis [18] There are four polymorphisms of the RAGE, of which the ... disease Creatinine clearance (CrCl) was estimated for each patient on the basis of the serum creatinine (SCr) level, age (in years) and ideal body weight (in kg), using the Cockcroft and Gault method,...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Patient Care Teams in treatment of diabetes and chronic heart failure in primary care: an observational networks study" pptx

báo cáo khoa học: "Patient Care Teams in treatment of diabetes and chronic heart failure in primary care: an observational networks study" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 11:20
... included in the other activity-specific networks of this patient as well If the response of a health professional was missing, it was substituted by the response of the other individuals in the ... monitoring’ was mainly related to varying levels of creatinine testing, i.e., monitoring of kidney functioning Clinical research has confirmed the relevance of this in both diabetes patients and ... CHF patients In diabetes, testing for creatinine is important in identifying affected kidney functioning due to damaged blood vessels and nerves, resulting in higher risk for renal failure and...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Performance of six severity-of-illness scores in cancer patients requiring admission to the intensive care unit: a prospective observational study" pot

Báo cáo khoa học: "Performance of six severity-of-illness scores in cancer patients requiring admission to the intensive care unit: a prospective observational study" pot

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:20
... the impact of missing data on the performance of models; in the present study prothrombin time, and serum albumin and bilirubin were not obtained in all patients The differences between the predicted ... in oncology and/ or R195 intensive care, and take part in regular training of oncology and intensive care nurses The nurse/patient ratio ranges from 1.2 to 1.7 Routine clinical rounds, including ... 76% died in the hospital [33] In the present cohort about 37% of patients received MV Whether studying the entire population or the subgroup of nonscheduled surgical patients, all of the general...
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Báo cáo y học: "The outcome of extubation failure in a community hospital intensive care unit: a cohort study" pot

Báo cáo y học: "The outcome of extubation failure in a community hospital intensive care unit: a cohort study" pot

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:20
... patients were enrolled in the standardized hospital weaning protocol Of those in the source population, all patients who failed extubation were included in the study cohort Of those patients who were ... reported in postoperative vascular surgery patients [4] The purpose of the present study was to determine the impact of extubation failure on ICU and hospital mortality, LOS, and total costs in a ... medical patients; of these the gastrointestinal and vascular services were more common in the failed extubation group Study cases were reintubated a median of 24 hours after extubation Outcomes of...
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