use of antioxidants in patients with congestive heart failure

báo cáo hóa học:" Short term effects of milrinone on biomarkers of necrosis, apoptosis, and inflammation in patients with severe heart failure" pot

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 15:20

... setting of more routine decompensated heart failure, and the effect milrinone in ischemic subset of patients deserves further investigation Conclusion Initiation of milrinone therapy in patients ... conclusion of study participation all patients care continued to be at the discretion of the attending physician, including inotrope administration and dosing It is well recognized that heart failure ... Mabuchi N, Sawaki M, Kinoshita M: Interleukin-6 spillover in the peripheral circulation increases with the severity of heart failure, and the high plasma level of interleukin-6 is an important...

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Báo cáo sinh học: "Increase of plasma IL-9 and decrease of plasma IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g in patients with chronic heart failure" potx

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... interleukins and 6, TNF-a, matrix metalloproteinases, neuroepinephrine, renin, galectin-3 [16-18], some of which are also important tools in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of heart failure, in the ... circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor in severe chronic heart failure N Engl J Med 1990, 323:236-236 Mann DL, Young JB: Basic mechanisms in congestive heart failure Recognizing the role of proinflammatory ... Iwasaki T: Increased circulating interleukin-18 in patients with congestive heart failure Heart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Increase of plasma IL-9 and decrease of plasma IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g in patients with chronic heart failure" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 03:20

... interleukins and 6, TNF-a, matrix metalloproteinases, neuroepinephrine, renin, galectin-3 [16-18], some of which are also important tools in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of heart failure, in the ... circulating levels of tumor necrosis factor in severe chronic heart failure N Engl J Med 1990, 323:236-236 Mann DL, Young JB: Basic mechanisms in congestive heart failure Recognizing the role of proinflammatory ... Iwasaki T: Increased circulating interleukin-18 in patients with congestive heart failure Heart 2002, 88:296-7 Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, Burnett JC Jr: Natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis...

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Báo cáo y học: "A rational use of glucocorticoids in patients with early arthritis has a minimal impact on bone mass" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 12:20

... for its use in a population of early arthritis patients In addition, we studied the impact of different factors on the evolution of mineral bone content in these patients, including GC use Materials ... most intriguing finding in our study was that the use of GCs has no relevant impact on bone mass in patients with early arthritis Earlier studies that focused on the effect of GCs on bone mass in ... Baseline 12 24 Time (months) (b) Percentage of patients 20 15 10 0 100 200 300 mg of prednisone/month Figure Use of glucocorticoids (GCs) in patients with early arthritis (a) Percentage of patients...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "Tracheostomy timing and the duration of weaning in patients with acute respiratory failure" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 20:20

... patients with acute respiratory failure Physician belief in the utility of tracheostomy, patient selection and the lack of blinding may introduce bias, leading to difficulties in comparing patients ... (63%) of the 48 trauma patients had a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as their sole injury or in addition to torso and extremity injuries The remaining patients had various surgical problems including ... number of end-points in order to minimize falsely positive associations with tracheostomy We were primarily interested in the potential influence of tracheostomy on the duration of weaning and of...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Structural ambiguity of the Chinese version of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with coronary heart disease" doc

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20

... twenty (77.9%) patients were males In terms of the clinical data, over two thirds of subjects were angina The finding of high proportions of Chinese CHD patients screening positive with anxiety ... Xi'an province of China Mandarin is spoken Due to the pictorial nature of Chinese writing, both Cantonese and Mandarin-speaking Chinese would be able to read the Chinese version of the HADS In Europe, ... artifactual of the original translation process, which may also explain inconsistencies between the underlying factor structure of the instrument between Mandarin-speaking Chinese CHD patients in the...

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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

... number of missing scores in the SF-6D; imputing a value for missing items in a SF-36 domain using the mean value for that domain This way, the amount of missing scores in the SF-6D due to incomplete ... domain scores of the SF-36 allows a certain amount of missing scores, which are imputed with the mean value of the completed items of that domain [5] We used that technique to reduce the number of ... number of missing baseline and change scores Normality of distributions was tested with Shapiro-Wilk's W test [18] The ceiling effect of each domain was assessed by computing the percentage of patients...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Mapping of the EQ-5D index from clinical outcome measures and demographic variables in patients with coronary heart disease" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20

... measures in combination in a single model to predict the EQ-5D index In this case, disease severity was taken into account using a single variable, and more implicitly from the point of view of stage ... where a model mapping clinical measures on to the EQ-5D index explained 37% of the variability in the EQ-5D index and also performed poorly in individuals with EQ-5D index values of about 0.4 or ... Page of 13 other using clinical measures to map to the EQ-5D index [13,15] This study aimed to use individual patient data to derive mapping models for the EQ-5D index in cardiac patients with...

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Báo cáo khoa học: "ffect of induction agent on vasopressor and steroid use, and outcome in patients with septic shock" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 03:21

... 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 septic shock; ... ketamine (1), and fentanyl (1) Two patients had inhalational induction of anaesthesia with sevoflurane because of coexisting acute upper airway obstruction Sixteen patients received no agent to induce ... (96%) were intubated within 24 hours of the onset of shock, an additional five were intubated within 48 hours, and in one patient tracheal intubation occurred 78 hours after the onset of sepsis...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer" doc

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Only initial TOI was a clinically meaningful predictor of follow-up TOI, with a SD increase (12.7 points) in initial TOI scores corresponding to a 6.4 point increase in follow-up TOI scores Initial ... HRQL The percent of patients with a clinically meaningful decline in EWB scores from the initial to follow-up survey was exactly the same as the percent with a clinically meaningful improvement ... more patients had a meaningful improvement than decline in TOI scores, but fewer patients had a meaningful improvement than decline in SWB scores EWB scores were the most stable, with 47.6% of patients...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Adalimumab improves health-related quality of life in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis compared with the United States general population norms: Results from a randomized, controlled Phase III study" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... symptomatology, including pain and itching, combined with concerns about the appearance of one's skin can substantially affect a patient's psychological well-being and can result in emotional distress, ... race in the data analyses Instruments used for assessment of health-related quality of life The SF-36 Health Survey (Version 1) is a 36-item general health status instrument often used in clinical ... (Version 1), which was used in the MEPS survey included in this analysis, contains 12 items from the SF-36 Health Survey, with or items measuring each of the concepts included in the SF-36 SF-12...

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báo cáo hóa học: " The longitudinal link between visual acuity and health-related quality of life in patients with diabetic retinopathy" doc

Ngày tải lên : 18/06/2014, 19:20

... trial of oncedaily ruboxistaurin for vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy The clinical findings and characteristics of this trial have been reported previously [22] A total of 684 patients ... validated in samples combining patients with a range of eye conditions including cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, or low vision from any cause [25,35] In the current ... indication of the precise areas of HRQL and functioning that may tend to change along with visual acuity in patients with diabetic retinopathy SAS statistical software version 8.2 was used for...

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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

... quality of life of patients participating in the current study seem to be in accordance with scores of patients with fibromyalgia participating in other studies For patients with fibromyalgia in the ... decreased pain tolerance and a higher level of disability Although the construct of fear of injury is also applicable in patients with fibromyalgia, the mean score on fear of injury of patients with ... hyperactivity can eventually cause chronic pain and long term false straining of the muscles eventually can result in chronification of pain In accordance with the hypothesis of Hasenbring, Van Houdenhoven...

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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

... underpin balance impairment in persons with PD That is, combining an extended battery of clinical performance tests, subjective ratings of fear of falling and laboratory assessments that investigate ... assessments of fear of falling have not previously been included in studies when investigating the effect of STN stimulation In the present study, the patients rated their fear of falling as less ... extended with three additional activities: getting in and out of bed, grooming and toileting [38] The FES(S) was originally tested in stroke patients, but the 13 item version has been used when investigating...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Quality of life in patients with psoriasis" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20

... psoriasis patients Various factors may be attributed to the lower QoL in psoriasis patients The chronic and recurring nature of this disease often brings about a feeling of hopelessness in terms of ... "Infliximab treatment results in significant improvement in the quality of life of patients with severe psoriasis: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial" (2005) [43] Intravenous infusions of ... a valid instrument for examination of social and psychic burdens of psoriasis The recording of stigmatization feeling and of quality of life determines different supplementary aspects of the illness-related...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Quality of life in patients with various Barrett''''s esophagus associated health states" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20

... and inform clinical decision making Utility assessment is a particularly appealing quality of life measure because it incorporates all aspect of health into a single number (between and 1) with ... perfect health is determined and used to derive the utility of the health state in question [22] The SG instrument was originally administered faceto-face with trained interviewers, but the more ... making them an informed and realistic patient population facing these decisions Although patients with HGD or prior HGD were excluded, patients with prior LGD were included The description of...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Physician-estimated disease severity in patients with chronic heart or lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20

... prognosis in seriously ill patients admitted to intensive care units or survival in patients with terminal illness, usually cancer [14-19] A better understanding of physicians' prognostic estimates in ... the physician's views of disease severity as part of a longitudinal study of HRQoL in a large cohort of patients with chronic cardiac or pulmonary disease Using these data, in this paper we address ... subjective income reports are consistent with more objective measures, including the fact that 43.6% of the patients reported having annual incomes below $15,000 Nearly 84% of the patients reported...

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báo cáo hóa học: " Health related quality of life in patients with anogenital warts" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 15:20

... presented in Table The results of the scales of SF-36 between the two time intervals in patients with anogenital warts and in the control group are presented in Table In this Table, the scores of the ... participated in generating and gathering the data the data and in writing the manuscript EN participated in generating the data and in writing the manuscript MH participated in the design of the study ... participated in generating and in gathering the data of the study HP participated in generating and gathering the data of the study AK participated in the design and coordination of the study All authors...

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báo cáo hóa học:" Gender associated differences in determinants of quality of life in patients with COPD: a case series study" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20

... (worse) scores in all domains of the SGRQ, than the men There were no differences in any domain for Stage III and IV patients This is an interesting finding considering that female with FEV1%

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báo cáo hóa học:" The longitudinal link between visual acuity and health-related quality of life in patients with diabetic retinopathy pot

Ngày tải lên : 20/06/2014, 16:20

... trial of oncedaily ruboxistaurin for vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy The clinical findings and characteristics of this trial have been reported previously [22] A total of 684 patients ... validated in samples combining patients with a range of eye conditions including cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, or low vision from any cause [25,35] In the current ... indication of the precise areas of HRQL and functioning that may tend to change along with visual acuity in patients with diabetic retinopathy SAS statistical software version 8.2 was used for...

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