transcranial doppler and cerebrovascular risk stratification in patients with internal carotid artery atherosclerosis
Báo cáo y học: "Copeptin and risk stratification in patients with acute dyspnea" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
14/08/2014, 07:21
... Written informed consent was obtained from all participating patients Clinical evaluation and follow-up Patients underwent an initial clinical assessment including clinical history, physical examination, ... walking up a slight incline’, III as ‘dyspnea while walking on level ground’ and IV as ‘dyspnea at rest’ Two independent internists blinded to Copeptin reviewed all medical records including ... disease in 57 (20%) patients, pneumonia in 32 (11%) patients, acute pulmonary embolism in (3%) patients, acute complications of malignancy in (2%) patients, hyperventilation in (2%) patients, and...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Relationship between oxygen supply and cerebral blood flow assessed by transcranial Doppler and near – infrared spectroscopy in healthy subjects during breath – holding" doc
Ngày tải lên :
19/06/2014, 10:20
... following: • to derive baseline conditions, the subjects were allowed to rest for about 10 minutes in a dimmed and quiet room, laying comfortably in a supine position with eyes closed and breathing ... Study With NearInfrared Spectroscopy and Transcranial Doppler Sonography Stroke 2000, 31:924-929 Silvestrini M, et al.: Basilar and middle cerebral arteries reactivity in patients with migraine ... This index is expressed in %/s From the TCD data, we also calculated the Gosling's pulsatility index (PI) of the MCA in baseline conditions and in correspondence of the maximum CBFV increase during...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Prognosticators and Risk Grouping in Patients with Lung Metastasis from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A more accurate and appropriate assessment of prognosis" doc
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 09:21
... risk subset included the patients with 0-2 independent prognostic factors (score 0-2), the intermediate -risk subset included the patients with 3-4 independent prognostic factors (score 3-4) and ... the patients were non-keratinising or undifferentiated carcinoma (WHO type II or III) The distribution of patients within the T classifications were 83 T1-T2 patients (41.9%) and 115 T3-T4 patients ... methods, including verifying the clinical attendance records and with direct telecommunication with the patient or their family Statistical Analysis Disease-free interval (DFI) was defined as the interval...
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Báo cáo y học: " New horizons: NT-proBNP for risk stratification of patients with shock in the intensive care unit" pps
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 23:23
... filling pressures and hemodynamics First, lipopolysaccharide [15] and proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1β [16] and cardiotrophin-1 [17] up-regulate transcription of the gene encoding ... N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with severe sepsis Circulation 2005, 112:527-534 Chua G and Kang-Hoe: Marked elevations in N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide levels in septic ... the findings reported by Jannuzzi and coworkers in the present issue of Critical Care [1], previous investigators reported that lower levels of NT-BNP identified patients with lower risk and better...
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Báo cáo y học: "Midregional pro-Adrenomedullin in addition to b-type natriuretic peptides in the risk stratification of patients with acute dyspnea: an observational study" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 18:22
... the intermediate -risk group instead of the low -risk group More strikingly, if NT-proBNP was high and MRproADM was low, patients were classified as intermediate risk instead of high risk Accordingly, ... helps in creating an intermediate layer in the risk stratification when combined with NT-proBNP levels in acutely dyspneic patients However, an additive effect to risk stratify acutely dyspneic patients ... conducted with two separate models, one including NTproBNP and the other including BNP In the model with NTproBNP, only MR-proADM, NT-proBNP, and age remained significant predictors with the highest...
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Báo cáo y học: "Relationship between Anti-CCP Antibodies and Oxidant and Anti-Oxidant Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthrit"
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25/10/2012, 11:15
... 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 ... from patients with 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 and clinical ... blood, serum and synovial fluid oxidant and anti-oxidant capacity in patients with RA Methods RA patients with anti-CCP (+) (n=25) and anti-CCP (-) (n=24) were recruited into the study All patients...
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Effectiveness of PRECEDE model for health education on changes and level of control of HbA1c, blood pressure, lipids, and body mass index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus docx
Ngày tải lên :
05/03/2014, 22:21
... 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 ... Researchers in the experimental group received training in the PRECEDE model before patients were included in the study This specific training involved two steps: first they were instructed about ... subsequently trained in the procedure to be used in the study in three sessions These covered the criteria for including/excluding patients, collecting variables, collecting biochemical/ Salinero-Fort...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Improvement of quality of life, anxiety and depression after surgery in patients with stress urinary incontinence: Results of a longitudinal short-term follow-up" docx
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 19:20
... including stress urinary incontinence (SUI), urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, neurogenic incontinence, functional incontinence or overflow incontinence [8] This study is restricted to patients ... the domains of physical well-being, social well-being, emotional well-being and functional well-being Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument (I-QOL) The Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument ... 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...
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báo cáo hóa học: "Emotional and rational disease acceptance in patients with depression and alcohol addiction" doc
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 22:20
... disease with handling of feelings of anger, guilt or escape and integration of the disease as a permanent 'note' into the self-concept, is of out-standing importance In fact, in outpatients with schizophrenia, ... 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...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Disability and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia" doc
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 22:20
... explain disability in chronic pain Hasenbring hypothesized that, in addition to patients using avoidance strategies as a coping mechanism, other patients with pain will have the tendency to cope with ... based on a linear regression analysis The 111 patients participated in this study: 54 patients with fibromyalgia, 22 patients with CRPS and 35 patients with CLBP Of the patients with fibromyalgia, ... ratio In addition, although all patients had a chronic pain condition, patients with fibromyalgia and CLBP had pain for a longer period in comparison with CRPS patients However, differences in pain...
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báo cáo hóa học: " The effects of high frequency subthalamic stimulation on balance performance and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson''''s disease" docx
Ngày tải lên :
19/06/2014, 08:20
... NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009, 6:13 Background Postural instability is one of the cardinal symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), and persons with PD run an increased risk of falling [1,2] ... with clinical 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 ... criteria: concomitant diseases interfering with balance testing, an inability to cooperate or an inability to stand for two minutes without support One patient declined participation Page of 10...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Comparison of the SF-6D and the EQ-5D in patients with coronary heart disease" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... 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 ... 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 ... further point of interest may be the difference in methodology applied in deriving a utility score, which could imply that utilities with different "meaning" are obtained, thus resulting in confusion...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Assessment of psychosocial functioning and its risk factors in children with pectus excavatum" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... the patients and parents gave the same answer, at least that information could be included All of the interviews were conducted by authors They had been trained in interviewing and administering ... of strategies in both clinical practice and public health that seek to prevent further psychosocial problems associated with PE patients Clinicians involved in care for patients with PE should ... with PE We believe that a better understanding of the features associated with psychosocial problems might improve assessment of emotional risk and assist in the development of intervention and...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life and self-related health in patients with type 2 diabetes: Effects of group-based rehabilitation versus individual counselling" pot
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomised within three weeks stratified by gender and age A person not participating in the study created a randomisation list The investigator randomised and ... 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 ... too low HbA1c Main reasons for missing data after randomisation and during the intervention period were dropout due to time constraints and disappointment with randomisation and lost questionnaires...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Psychometric validation of the Dutch translation of the quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 16:20
... 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 ... 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 ... translation of the gastrointestinal symptom-rating scale and quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia questionnaire in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Clin Drug Invest 2004, 24:205-215...
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Pistachio Diet Improves Erectile Function Parameters and Serum Lipid Profiles in Patients with ED ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
29/07/2014, 02:21
... process involving increased arterial inflow and restricted venous outflow, coordinated with corpus cavernosum and penile arterial smooth muscle relaxation Any problem in this mechanism results in ... reasons predominate in the etiology of ED and it frequently appears along with atherosclerosis It is known that atherosclerotic lesions prevent blood flow into cavernosal tissues resulting in ED Pistachio ... Central and West Asia and distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin In Turkey, the pistachio is grown mainly in the city of Gaziantep.[4] Pistachio nuts are rich sources of plant proteins,...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Prediction and prevention of suicide in patients with unipolar depression and anxiety" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
08/08/2014, 23:20
... 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 ... suicide risk factor in cases of current major depressive patients [6,8] and there is also evidence of familial aggregation of suicide pointing to genetic factors, a finding also confirmed by twin and ... treated with antidepressants) among patients having suicidal ideation at baseline, the decline in suicidal ideation was predicted by preceding declines in the levels of both depressive symptoms and...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Long-term outcome and patterns of failure in patients with advanced head and neck cancer" pps
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 09:20
... 14 months in patients with multiple locations, 13 months with metastases to the skeletal system, 21 months with liver metastases, months with brain metastases and 15 months with skin metastases ... occurred in 28 patients (62%) in addition to their DM There was no significant difference regarding OS of patients with DM alone compared to patients with LR and DM (1-year survival 53% and 58%, ... at our institution as well as patterns of failure and help finding ways to improve prognosis, morbidity and mortality in patients with advanced HNSCC The treatment regime used in our patients...
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Báo cáo y học: "The relationship between inflammation and new bone formation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis" docx
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 13:21
... subgroups such as those with VEs and without spinal inflammation or with and without definite radiographic damage and progression Furthermore, subgroups of VEs with signs of inflammation as well ... that 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) ... S, Neidhart M: Clinical and histopathological findings in patients with ankylosing spondylitis before and after surgical treatment for axis correction and erection of the spine Ann Rheum Dis...
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Báo cáo y học: " Reduced peak oxygen uptake and implications for cardiovascular health and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 16:21
... in clinical practice Finally, these finding represent an urging need for developing effective physical training interventions for patients with schizophrenia 16 Competing interests The authors ... minute walking or running on the treadmill at an intensity corresponding to 60-70% HRpeak The test started from warm-up speed (with minimum 5% inclination) after which the speed or the inclination ... active people with a clustering of cardiovascular risk factors appears to have comparable risk of premature death as inactive individuals without risk factors [9] In the same cohort men with VO2peak...
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