... divorce, are closely related to relapses and aggravations of respiratory disease, especially in men, pointing to a link between psychological factors and chronic pulmonary disease [19] Patientswith ... with somatic disease Additionally, it may hinder adaptation to chronic disease conditions and it is known that adaptation is a crucial survival factor inchronic diseases [22] Conclusion Patients ... Detection and management of these mental disorders may ameliorate prognosis of the pulmonary disease and improve adaptation and quality of life of these patients Competing interests The authors declare...
... medical center has research collaborations with Varian Medical Systems (Palo Alto, CA) and GE Healthcare (Waukesha, WI) in the field of 4DCT scanning and respiration-gated radiotherapy Page of (page ... F.L analysed all study data and prepared the final manuscript B.S was involved in study design and drafting of the manuscript A. V performed statistical analysis of the study data and drafting of ... is intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) A planning study comparing IMRT and 3D conformal radiotherapy in 41 patientswith locally-advanced stage NSCLC reported a median reduction in V20 of...
... analysis Protein determination Since high concentration of urea and detergents interfere with any available protein assay system, we adapted a turbidimetric assay especially for samples prepared ... Forms a complex with α- and β-Catenin to Cadherins, that are involved in the formation and maintenance of the histo-architecture Plasmonogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) Involved in the regulation ... regulation and inhibition of binding between urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor, involved in physiological and pathological proteolysis and extracellular matrix degradation Proteasome...
... safety This may have definite implications for daily practice, since discontinuation oftherapy at certain intervals, such as after or years of therapy, may become a standard approach Payers and ... XB: Preparation of data analysis, preparation of the manuscript, study coordination JL: Data analysis, statistical evaluation JB: Monitoring and investigation of the patients, study coordination ... Overall, it seems that patients who may be candidates for R442 ation of infliximab treatment Kaplan-Meier analysis of time to relapse in AS patients after discontinuation of infliximab treatment...
... dextrose-saline), and intravenous antibiotics using a combination of ceftazidime and metronidazole The gastro-intestinal tract was decompressed by passing a naso-gastric tube for continuous drainage A ... in clinical management of patient and gave approval for final write up All authors read and approved the final manuscript Consent hormonal ablation is initiated as in the case presented It may ... levels AAP initiated the concept, literature search and write up of the manuscript KAO involved in case summary MDA contributed in clinical management of patient and gave approval for final write...
... of all databases using the search terms ‘epidermal inclusion cysts complicating male circumcision’, ‘epidermal inclusion cysts as acomplicationof neonatal circumcision’, ‘complications of male ... histology was reported as an ‘epidermal inclusion cyst’ Since then, the patient has remained well Discussion Ina systematic review of the prevalence of complications of circumcision in anglophone Africa, ... was curative and he has remained healthy with no recurrence for 15 years Conclusions Epidermal inclusion cyst complicating male neonatal circumcision is extremely rare The diagnosis is easy and...
... Shulman ST, Bums JC, Falace DA, Newburger JW, Pallasch TJ, Takahashi M, Taubert KA: Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare ... obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal Competing interests ... The authors declare that they have no competing interests Embolism may occur in 22% to 50% ofpatientswith endocarditis, usually resulting in arterial occlusion rather than aneurysm formation;...
... generously witha 0.9% saline and Betadine mixture Microbiological analysis of the pus revealed Escherichia coli and anaerobes but not Chlamydia or Candida spp A postoperative Gastrografin enema did ... salpingotomy with saline irrigation, image-guided aspiration and/or drainage [8,9] to salpingectomy The latter should be considered as last resort in premenopausal females Repeat laparoscopy of ... shown that transvaginal sonographic drainage with intravenous antibiotics produces a faster resolution of symptoms than intravenous antibiotics alone; hospital stay and need for surgery were also...
... Edinb 1996, 41(1):7-13 Yamagishi Y, Akiba Y, Izumiya M, Higuchi H, Iizuka H, Takaishi H, Nagata H, Hibi T: [A case of advanced gastric cancer with lymphangitis carcinomatosa after operation of ... Kumaran M: Lymphangitis carcinomatosa as an unusual presentation of renal cell carcinoma: a case report J Med Case Reports 2008, 2:19 Yang SP, Lin CC: [Pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis] Taiwan ... Pulmonary Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis may also occur rarely inpatientswith oral cancers as seen in our patient and its prognosis is very poor even with treatment with chemotherapy Babu et al...
... et al (33) demonstrated that hypoalbuminemia was a strong predictor of mortality in dialysis patients Kalantar-Zadeh et al (34) also showed higher mortality in dialysis patientswith lower albumin ... black and mean age was 57 years The majority ofpatients (79%) had HTN and 27% had DM CVD was prevalent in 35% ofpatientsA total of 62% were on angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i), ... increased catabolism by inflammatory cytokines (38) Cai and colleagues have implied serum albumin as potential scavenger of free radicals Decrease in serum albumin level would lead to decrease antioxidant...
... hypertriglyceridaemia, as well as aggressive control of inflammatory disease activity with available means, including judicious usage of GCs Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing ... Ilanne-Parikka P, Eriksson JG, Lindström J, Hämäläinen H, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Laakso M, Louheranta A, Mannelin M, Rastas M, Salminen V, Aunola S, Sundvall J, Valle T, Lahtela J, Uusitupa ... DWJ, Hackett MV, Paramore LC, Faeman KH, Bala MV: Cardiovascular disease and risk factors inpatientswith rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis J Rheumatol 2006,...
... β Baseline characteristics of subjects in placebo and active-drug arms ofa trial of interferon-β- 1a inpatientswith rheumatoid arthritis Characteristic Mean age (range) Women (%) Placebo (n ... [10,11] Patientsin the IFN-β- 1a treatment arm and the placebo arm were well matched for baseline characteristics (Table 1), with the exception ofa statistically significant larger percentage ofpatients ... placebo and interferon groups were analyzed using Fisher’s exact test The primary analysis of efficacy end points was based on an intention-to-treat (ITT) approach All patients were analyzed according...
... La Santa Creu I Sant Pau); Eduardo Loza Cortina (Hospital de Navarra); Ma Victoria Irigoyen Oyarzabal, Inmaculada Ure a Garnica, Virginia Coret Cagigal (Hospital General Carlos Haya); Paloma ... etanercept in April 2003 and adalimumab in September 2003 (some patients actually started on adalimumab before general availability, as part ofa clinical study, and their data were entered in ... Granados Duran (Hospital Mutua Terrassa); Jose Luis Cuadra, F Javier Paulino Tevar, Marcos Paulino Huertas (Hospital Nuestra Señora del Carmen); Olga Maiz, Estibaliz Barastay, Manuel Figueroa*...
... hypertriglyceridaemia, as well as aggressive control of inflammatory disease activity with available means, including judicious usage of GCs Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing ... Ilanne-Parikka P, Eriksson JG, Lindström J, Hämäläinen H, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Laakso M, Louheranta A, Mannelin M, Rastas M, Salminen V, Aunola S, Sundvall J, Valle T, Lahtela J, Uusitupa ... DWJ, Hackett MV, Paramore LC, Faeman KH, Bala MV: Cardiovascular disease and risk factors inpatientswith rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis J Rheumatol 2006,...
... elevated alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase times above the normal reference values All subjects had signed an informed consent allowing additional investigation for research ... statistical analyses were performed with STATA and R software Pre-HAART data was summarized using counts and percentages, means and standard deviations for normally distributed data, and median (interquartile ... Cheng AK: Efficacy and safety of tenofovir DF vs stavudine in combination therapyin antiretroviral-naive patients: a 3year randomized trial JAMA 2004, 292:191-201 Amorosa V, Tebas P: Bone disease...
... effectiveness of combinations of characteristics Because one way that individuals can navigate uncertainty is through relationships, interconnections may be particularly important with increasing uncertainty ... each characteristic, are summarized in Table An example of an intervention felt to include all four CAS characteristics included the addition ofa nurse practitioner-led clinic (changing the interconnections ... jointly abstracted in Page of 10 detail by teams of two investigators Disagreements were resolved by consensus of the group of investigators Assessment of leveraging of characteristics of CAS...
... Saito K, Nakamura Y, Aoyagi M, Waga K, Yamamoto K, Aoyagi A, Inoue F, Arai Y, Tadokoro J, Handa T et al: Low-dose cytarabine and aclarubicin in combination with granulocyte 18 colony-stimulating ... (pirarubicin plus cytarabine/homoharringtonine plus cytarabine); 3: DA/HA/IA (daunorubicin plus cytarabine/ homoharringtonine plus cytarabine/idarubicin plus cytarabine); 4: DAH/MAE (daunorubicin ... Data source The databases of PubMed, Wanfang Data, as well as American Society of Hematology (ASH) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting abstracts were searched for articles...