use of contrast agents in children with chronic kidney disease

... the beginning of 2000 This ensured a median time on the dialysis programme equivalent to that of our main study population There was no other discrimination or disease matching in selection of patients ... associated with an increased mortality This report did not use the same definition of multiple-organ failure as used for enrolment in our study The cohort of ESRF patients in the study by Uchino and ... of patients in our study compared with these general ICU populations As with previous studies we have demonstrated the importance of early death in producing increased mortality rates following...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... suppression was defined as achieving viral load below 400 copies per ml Initial virologic success was defined as achieving a viral suppression within six months of HAART initiation in patients with a viral ... (95% CI 8.5-10.3%) within one year of initial suppression, 16.8% (95% CI 15.5-18.2) within years, and 20.6% (95% CI 18.9-22.4) within years of initial suppression (Figure 3) Using a more conservative ... Biometrics 1995, 51(2):524-532 Robins JM, Finkelstein DM: Correcting for noncompliance and dependent censoring in an AIDS Clinical Trial with inverse probability of censoring weighted (IPCW) log-rank...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... stem cell rescue [23] of 16 enrolled patients had pineal PNETs, of them with high-risk disease defined as metastatic disease in the brain or spine, or presence of residual disease >1.5 cm2 Patients ... only failed in most patients with pineoblastomas, even in case of CSI Considering that also one of our patients treated for pineocytoma experienced spinal seeding, therefore suggesting a more ... radiotherapy to the spinal axis with a TD of 39.6 Gy She died 28 months later due to progressive disease The patient with pineocytoma with intermediate differentiation has remained free of disease for...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... becomes very thin, causing ruptures at the suture line and preventing the tightening of the diaphragm Pleural space was drained using single chest tube Pain control was achieved with a thoracic ... Student’s paired t-test touching and feeling Following the incision of the diaphragm and the examination of the underlying organs, the suturing procedure becomes easier with a tightened diaphragm ... 2006 in Thoracic Surgery Department of the Siyami Ersek Cardiothoracic Training Hospital were included in the study Patients with an upper motor neuron disease, malignant etiology, severe chronic...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... diagnosis of achalasia and demonstrated the presence of megaesophagus with tapering and marked narrowing at the gastroesophageal junction causing functional obstruction with significant delay of contrast ... Figure fluid levelof CT scan1 chest showing dilatation of esophagus with airCT scan of chest showing dilatation of esophagus with air-fluid level Dilated esophagus is compressing the trachea anteriorly ... in supine position and during exertion Cough also worsened during viral respiratory tract infections There was history of frequent vomiting of undigested food but not necessarily associated with...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... teacher ratings, quality of the delivered Triple P training moderated outcome with children of Triple P-parents showing less non-aggressive problem-solving than children of parents in the control ... that, in contrast to the control group, in the intervention group positive parenting Page of 14 behavior would increase, dysfunctional parenting behaviour, and internalizing and externalizing child ... mediating role of parenting for child behavior problems is well-established and has led to the development of a variety of parenting interventions Parent Training (PT), derived from social learning,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... follow-up rate of 56.8% reported in patients with schizophrenia comorbid with substance abuse in North America [53] Independent living does indicate the individual's capacity for managing his/her ... travelling time, long distances, working families, nuclear families, lack of social security, loneliness, unemployment, temporary job status and burden of caregiving interfere with accessing available ... aim of the present work is to study a 10-year outcome status of patients suffering from schizophrenia with special reference to clinical symptoms and social functioning in the city of Mumbai, India...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... cause of death was tumor dependent in 69 patients (73%) In patients (4%) the cause of death was another carcinoma and in one patient each (1%) cardiac insufficiency and pulmonary embolism In 19 ... the initial diagnosis of the oro- or hypopharyngeal carcinoma In general the salvage rates for distant failure were poor Spector et al reported a curing rate of 16% in pyriform carcinoma with ... finishing radiation therapy is an effective option for reducing radiation-induced side effects In the question of factors influencing the incidence of DM different variables as tumor stage, histological...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... presence of hemodinamically Page of significant AR in patients with AS has no influence on long-term postoperative survival This is a very controversial issue, since only one paper is in according with ... acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; have been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual content; have given final approval of the ... findings of Waszyrowski with associates [15] Obviously LV readaptation following AVR, in patients with isolated AS and AS with concomitant AR, has different time course [6,21] In the majority of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... Frequency of doing things with friends or doing something with another person that you planned ahead of time in the past weeks Substance abuse SCAP-HQ Frequency of having at least a little to drink ... Frequency of doing things with friends, doing something with another person that you planned ahead of time, or spending time with someone more than a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse in the ... patients with schizophrenia treated in usual care settings in the US This analysis incorporated its definition of patients’ health state, severity of symptoms level of functioning, and use of acute...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... head injury, or spinal injury) Sepsis was defined as clinical signs suggesting the presence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome together with definite evidence of infection Systemic inflammatory ... one injury or a combination of several injuries was life threatening, with the severity of injury being 16 or greater on the Injury Severity Score [9] Multiple trauma was defined as physical insults ... quality of life, because the price of their survival was a deterioration in their HR-QOL as a result of the injuries sustained On the other hand, patients with sepsis are usually more chronically...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... BD: Clinical profile and outcome of conversion disorder in children in a tertiary hospital of north India J Trop Pediatr 2007, 53:213-214 Robins E, O'Neal P: Clinical features of hysteria in children, ... some of the null findings Particularly with regard to prognostic features our results remain preliminary Conclusion In contrast to a rather favourable initial treatment outcome long-term course of ... emotional independence from the parents was found only in 72% of the patients as compared to 94% of controls (p < 0.05) In line with this rating more patients than controls reported to still be living...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... presuming this finding - including those of Cheng and colleagues [38], who used BNP, or Bettencourt and colleagues [15], who used NT-proBNP - used combined endpoints consisting of all-cause mortality ... coefficient of variation of less than 10% at 0.035 μg/L Determination of creatinine levels was carried out with a Hitachi 917 system (Boehringer Ingelheim, Ingelheim, Germany) and Wako Creatinine F ... NT-proBNP in our study O’Brien and colleagues [27] examined the prognostic value of admission and pre-discharge levels of NT-proBNP in patients presenting with ADHF The main finding of this study...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... elevated in adults and children vaccinated with Influenza virus Children with no history of either Influenza virus infection or vaccination had serum IgE levels which were low (Table 1) Anti-Influenza ... subject, no history of infection or vaccination Cytokines in serum Similar levels of IL-2, IFN-γ, IL-4, and IL-10 cytokines were detected in serum of vaccinated compared with non vaccinated subjects ... subjects Vaccine description All adults were vaccinated with Influenza Virus Vaccine Fluzone® (inactivated Influenza Virus Vaccine, 2009-2010 Formula; Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Swiftwater, PA) and children...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... , or participate in high-intensity strength-training programs [82] , report significantly better QoL These findings demonstrate the importance of integrating training programs into gynecological ... affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript This includes ... significantly associated with a shift in the immune system [83] This finding is in line with studies within ‘positive psychology’ and ‘positive health’ factors that seem to increase longevity and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... comparison Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, Washington) and MedCalc statistical software (MedCalc Software bvba, Mariakerke, Belgium) were used for the analysis Results Of the original 30 knees ... survival curve of the whole cohort (navigated and non-navigated knees) showing 86.7% survival at years with 95% confidence interval (CI) and the number of knees at risk at the beginning of each year ... service [21] However the use of UKA has been declining [9] in recent years and this may be due to technically challenging surgery and difficulties in the accurate placement of the implants, which...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... comparison Microsoft Excel (Microsoft, Redmond, Washington) and MedCalc statistical software (MedCalc Software bvba, Mariakerke, Belgium) were used for the analysis Results Of the original 30 knees ... survival curve of the whole cohort (navigated and non-navigated knees) showing 86.7% survival at years with 95% confidence interval (CI) and the number of knees at risk at the beginning of each year ... service [21] However the use of UKA has been declining [9] in recent years and this may be due to technically challenging surgery and difficulties in the accurate placement of the implants, which...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... diversity than in the uncut area, and evenness has been the same as in the uncut area since 2000, showing the increasing dominance of the chestnut 3.2 Species richness in term of life form and ... realized In 1998, plant species richness had declined and appeared to have stabilized Thus, foresters practiced a chestnut thinning to complete the role of the clearing This thinning was realized in ... time of clear-cutting during the winter of 1992–1993 Before clear-cutting, the basal area of chestnuts was about 30 m2 ha–1 with 000 shoot ha–1 (ONF, pers comm.) We chose this site because it...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... with swelling were cleaned in tap water containing a few drops of a commercial disinfectant (Mercryl laurylé®), and then dipped into ethanol 60% for 10 sec Shoot-tip explants consisting of ... these indications needed to be considered with care because of possible interference of clonal effects (Juncker and Favre, 1989) The information obtained from the 3-year-old seedling was more instructive ... necrotic within weeks of culture, whatever the type of source-plant On BM Cyt, the reactivity was better Shoot-tip explants enlarged within the first weeks of culture During the third week, the 1-2 initial...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21