2017 patient. Medical search. Frequent questions

A summary of the trial data, gleaned from follow-up information gathered on a total of 129 patients since it began in 2010, is scheduled for presentation April 3 at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017 (abstract #CT077). (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Chicago, IL (UroToday.com) At the prostate cancer oral abstract session at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting, Dr. Hussain and colleagues provided results of the NCI 9012 trial for men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) randomized to abiraterone + prednisone +/- the PARP inhibitor veliparib. (urotoday.com)

This study elucidates whether the GOLD 2017 classification is associated with different future exacerbation risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared with the previous GOLD categorization. (archbronconeumol.org)

We strive for system-wide collaboration and stronger partnerships to improve patient health and safety and improve population health outcomes. (wisconsinnurses.org)
10. Nair P, Lee P, Reynolds C et al (2013) Significant perturbation of vitamin D-parathyroid-calcium axis and adverse clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. (vitamindwiki.com)
How impactful is a positive point of care experience on patient outcomes? (clarivate.com)
This User's Guide is intended to support the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and quality evaluation of registries created to increase understanding of patient outcomes. (nih.gov)
For the purposes of this guide, a patient registry is an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition, or exposure, and that serves one or more predetermined scientific, clinical, or policy purposes. (nih.gov)
Using patient portals to improve patient outcomes: systematic review. (medlineplus.gov)
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is poor in patients with persistent diabetic foot ulcers and poor HRQoL predicts worse outcomes in these patients. (lu.se)
Bergqvist J, Iderberg H, Mesterton J, Bengtsson N, Wettermark B, Henriksson R. Healthcare resource use, comorbidity, treatment and clinical outcomes for patients with primary intracranial tumors: a Swedish population-based register study. (janusinfo.se)
Evans M, Carrero JJ, Bellocco R, Barany P, Qureshi AR, Seeberger A, Jacobson SH, Hylander-Rössner B, Rotnitzky A, Sjölander A. Initiation of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and outcomes: a nationwide observational cohort study in anaemic chronic kidney disease patients. (janusinfo.se)
Time in Therapeutic Range and Outcomes After Warfarin Initiation in Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation Patients With Renal Dysfunction. (janusinfo.se)

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Patient experiences in Australia by small geographic areas in 2017-18 , AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 November 2023. (aihw.gov.au)

Click the link and then enter name and email address to view the webinar)Please join us for a webinar on July 20, 2017 about what hepatitis C patients are experiencing in 2017. (nvhr.org)
The webinar will feature three individuals who work with hepatitis C patients every day. (nvhr.org)

AU - Cutolo,M, AU - Cimmino,M A, AU - Perez-Ruiz,F, PY - 2017/10/14/entrez PY - 2017/10/14/pubmed PY - 2018/7/17/medline SP - 4186 EP - 4195 JF - European review for medical and pharmacological sciences JO - Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci VL - 21 IS - 18 N2 - OBJECTIVE: Hyperuricemia leading to urate crystal formation in tissues represents the pathophysiological mechanism of gout. (unboundmedicine.com)

Of 2,013 permit applications for patient companions in July 2017, 47.2% were approved, 3.1% were denied and 49.7% were delayed, with their application stil pending by the time of the patient's hospital appointment date. (who.int)

A new federal rule mandates that all patients have electronic access to the clinical notes from their doctors' visits by April 2021. (cancer.gov)
Doctors, nurses, and other health care providers create these notes for patients' electronic medical records to document important information, including conversations with patients. (cancer.gov)

The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. (ama-assn.org)
however, many patients seek wages can compel patients and their families affected care elsewhere, which is costly. (cdc.gov)
The purpose of the Admitted patient care National Minimum Data Set (APC NMDS) is to collect information about care provided to admitted patients in Australian hospitals. (aihw.gov.au)
The scope of the APC NMDS is episodes of care for admitted patients in all public and private acute and psychiatric hospitals, free standing day hospital facilities and alcohol and drug treatment centres in Australia. (aihw.gov.au)
Only supplied for specialised mental health care patients. (aihw.gov.au)
Only required to be reported for episodes of care for patients with a care type of newborn care. (aihw.gov.au)
This data element is only required to be reported for episodes of care where the admitted patient spent time on continuous ventilatory support. (aihw.gov.au)
WNA is pleased to release two foundational and complementary documents to improve the prevention, detection, and management of hypertension in Wisconsin using patient-centered team-based care. (wisconsinnurses.org)
Call to Wisconsin health systems and interprofessional patient health care teams to improve in hypertension prevention and control using patient-centered team-based care approaches. (wisconsinnurses.org)
Practical because the recommendations were developed by experienced frontline clinicians who possess an expert understanding of both health care systems and patient care. (wisconsinnurses.org)
4. Quraishi SA, Bittner EA, Blum L, McCarthy C, Bhan I, Camargo CA Jr (2014) Prospective study of vitamin D status at initiation of care in critically ill surgical patients and risk of 90-day mortality. (vitamindwiki.com)
5. Jeng L, Yamshchikov AV, Judd SE et al (2009) Alterations in vitamin D status and anti-microbial peptide levels in patients in the intensive care unit with sepsis. (vitamindwiki.com)
Oncologists and other care providers agree that patient access to these open notes is important, although their views tend to differ somewhat from those of patients, according to survey results. (cancer.gov)
In recent years, a growing number of hospitals and health care systems have granted patients access to these notes, which are known as "open notes" once they have been made available to a patient. (cancer.gov)
But many patients believe that being able to review clinical notes can help them to better understand their care, according to the researchers. (cancer.gov)
Patients who have read their notes have told researchers that they had a better understanding of their health and medical conditions, were better prepared for their visits, took better care of themselves , and were more likely to take their medications as prescribed . (cancer.gov)
Critics complain dialysis clinics are often short-staffed, leading to poor patient care and infections. (nbcsandiego.com)
Of his other concern, the requirement to increase staffing, he says, "It becomes illegal to care for dialysis patients unless arbitrary staffing ratios are met. (nbcsandiego.com)
How to support physicians for improved point of care patient experience? (clarivate.com)
Caregivers play a pivotal role in patient-centred care because they counteract the deficit of professional nurses in many countries. (biomedcentral.com)
Although there are strong family traditions and an understood filial responsibility to provide care in China, family members who act as caregivers are limited in the time they can spend caring for patients outside of work. (biomedcentral.com)
Over a 20 year career at Baystate and Tufts he created quality improvement, patient safety and population health improvement tools, and co-founded the Center for Quality of Care Research and TechSpring, the Health IT innovation center. (harvard.edu)
Patients who express ethnic, racial, sex, age or other forms of discrimination can present a dilemma for physicians: how to care for patients while also caring for themselves. (ama-assn.org)
A patient portal is a website for your personal health care. (medlineplus.gov)
Care of the poisoned patient. (medlineplus.gov)
Health care providers should educate patients about the many steps they can take to prevent exposure to hazardous substances in the home, other non-work and workplace settings [Association of Reproductive Health Professionals 2010]. (cdc.gov)
It is important for health care providers to know about exposures to potentially hazardous materials their patients have had throughout their life. (cdc.gov)
Physicians should also provide patient self-care advice, clinical follow-up instructions, and fully address patient questions using appropriate risk communication messaging techniques. (cdc.gov)
Advise patients to take extra care to avoid exposure if they are pregnant or planning pregnancy because standard personal protective equipment may not be sufficient to guard from exposure to reproductive toxicants. (cdc.gov)
ATSDR has developed "Patient Education and Care Instruction Sheets" that can help educate and facilitate clinical follow up. (cdc.gov)
Patient Perceptions of Telehealth Primary Care Video Visits. (bvsalud.org)
Our objective is to describe patient experiences with video visits performed with their established primary care clinicians. (bvsalud.org)
We constructed semistructured, in-depth qualitative interviews with adult patients following video visits with their primary care clinicians at a single academic medical center . (bvsalud.org)
Schmidt-Mende K, Andersen M, Wettermark B, Hasselström J. Educational intervention on medication reviews aiming to reduce acute healthcare consumption in elderly patients with potentially inappropriate medicines -A pragmatic open-label cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care. (janusinfo.se)

Patients were also much more likely than clinicians to report that access to their clinical notes could have important benefits, such as helping them be more prepared for their appointments, the researchers found. (cancer.gov)
Of 1,847 patient applications for a permit to exit Gaza through Erez checkpoint for hospital appointments in July 2017, 1,060 (57.4%) were approved, 45 (2.4%) were denied, and 742 (40.2%) were delayed with no response by the time of the patient's hospital appointment. (who.int)

Patient portals and patient engagement: a state of the science review. (medlineplus.gov)

Clinicians and researchers are eagerly searching for factors that can help identify patients that are most likely to have good responses . (cancer.gov)
In an analysis of more than 500 patients, researchers found that older people with melanoma appeared to respond better to checkpoint inhibitor treatment than younger people. (cancer.gov)
For every decade of age, the probability that a patient was resistant to pembrolizumab treatment dropped by 13%, the researchers observed. (cancer.gov)
The findings suggest that cytotoxic T cell activity is suppressed by regulatory T cells in melanoma tumors of younger patients, the researchers wrote, limiting the effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors. (cancer.gov)
To explore this question, the researchers analyzed data from two online surveys of clinicians and patients at three health systems-in Boston, Seattle, and rural Pennsylvania-in which notes from clinicians across all outpatient specialties had been shared for at least 4 years. (cancer.gov)

Thus far, Brahmer and the team of physicians who conducted the trial have not been able to identify specific genes or proteins shared by the 16 patients that could be linked to long-term survival. (hopkinsmedicine.org)

However, most patients seek healthcare PMDT are free of cost to the patient ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
Consumer healthcare information plays a critical \ role in informing patients who participate in or make healthcare \ decisions for themselves without direct supervision of a healthcare \ professional. (aisnet.org)
The difference in views of some of the clinicians and the patients with cancer is not surprising," said Gurvaneet Randhawa, M.D., M.P.H., of the Healthcare Delivery Research Program in NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), who was not involved in the study. (cancer.gov)
The problem is real, claim critics of the industry, which include relatives of patients, some clinic nurses and social workers, as well as the 93,000-member United Healthcare Workers West. (nbcsandiego.com)
Sean Wherley, United Healthcare spokesperson, says "an average of 13 patients assigned to each dialysis clinic in California died every year between 2011 and 2014. (nbcsandiego.com)
How digitally engaged are MS patients and what challenges do they anticipate facing with the healthcare system over the next few years? (clarivate.com)
Dr Benjamin teaches healthcare quality, patient safety, and principles of reliability at the medical school and at the school of public health. (harvard.edu)
The interactive clinical algorithm allows healthcare providers to receive recommendations tailored to their pregnant patients with possible Zika exposure. (cdc.gov)
Healthcare providers can answer questions about pregnant patients and, based on the responses, receive information regarding the type of testing indicated as well as clinical management recommendations. (cdc.gov)

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Six patients at a sweltering Hollywood nursing home died in Hurricane Irma's aftermath as people confronted a multitude of new hazards in the storm's wake. (nbcdfw.com)
A total of 115 patients were evacuated from the nursing home. (nbcdfw.com)

Patients with diabetes mellitus are at high risk of cardiovascular events because of abnormal lipid levels status. (heraldopenaccess.us)
Dyslipidemia is common in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. (heraldopenaccess.us)
It has been estimated that there are about 366 million diabetes patients worldwide and the majority of them are suffering from diabetes type 2 [4]. (heraldopenaccess.us)
Patients with diabetes should not take chromium supplements unless use is supervised by a diabetes specialist. (msdmanuals.com)

And in an analysis of melanoma tumor samples from a separate group of more than 200 patients, the tumors of younger patients also had more regulatory T cells and fewer cytotoxic T cells than those of older patients. (cancer.gov)

Of the 40 MDR TB Group of The International Union against Tuberculo- patients, the 16 who were admitted during the study sis and Lung Disease, Paris, France. (cdc.gov)
Patients in the study received nivolumab once every two weeks for up to two years. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
For this study, patients had a biopsy of their metastatic disease, which was subsequently tested via immunohistochemistry and stratified by ETS status. (urotoday.com)
Patients were then randomized 1:1 to abiraterone + prednisone (Arm A) or abiraterone + prednisone + veliparib (Arm B). The primary end point of the study was PSA response rate (RR ≥ 50% decline), and was powered to detect a 20% PSA RR improvement assuming a 5% 1-sided type I error and 80% power (n=148). (urotoday.com)
The strength of this study was the ability to accrue patients to their target inclusion sample size, and the ability to integrate molecular analysis into this therapeutic trial. (urotoday.com)
7. Lucidarme O, Messai E, Mazzoni T, Arcade M, du Cheyron D (2010) Incidence and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency in critically ill patients: results from a prospective observational study. (vitamindwiki.com)
The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and patterns of dyslipidemia in patients with T2DM in Mukalla city, Yemen, in 2017. (heraldopenaccess.us)
A Cross-sectional study was conducted in a randomly selected eligible patients from the diabetic registry of the AL Noor Charity Center (ACC), Mukalla city in eastern Yemen during the period from May-July 2017. (heraldopenaccess.us)
About half of the studied T2DM patients have high serum cholesterol level (52.5%), while 22.5% had low serum HDL- C levels and 39.2% had high serum triglyceride level, most of patients had serum LDL-C levels above normal range (67.5%), so the common patterns of dyslipidemia in this study were LDL-C followed by cholesterol. (heraldopenaccess.us)
DESIGN: We performed a controlled, single blind study of patients with IBS (Rome III criteria) randomised to a low (n=20) or high (n=20) FODMAP diet for 3 weeks. (medscape.com)
The nearly unanimous approval by the patients with cancer surveyed is consistent with the views of other patients in prior surveys, according to study investigator Liz Salmi of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (cancer.gov)
Not all patients will read their notes, but they like having the option," said Salmi, who, along with several other members of the study team, is part of the OpenNotes project. (cancer.gov)
The aim of this study was to assess the vision-related quality of life and satisfaction of patients who underwent corneal transplantation and to evaluate the effects of corneal transplantation on the health related quality of life of patient's. (amrita.edu)
Method A descriptive study conducted to determine the vision-related quality of life among corneal transplanted patients. (amrita.edu)
This study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, involved 150 patients in Britain who had had schizophrenia for around 20 years and who had been experiencing persistent and distressing auditory hallucinations for more than a year. (asianage.com)
First patient recruited into study for elderly cancer patients unable to undergo chemotherapy. (cardiff.ac.uk)
The aim of this study was to investigate caregiving burden and depression in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients. (biomedcentral.com)
Methods: In the cohort of the multicenter, prospective, observational Eurodiale study, we determined difference in change of HRQoL measured by EQ-5D between patients with a diabetic foot ulcers that healed after conservative treatment (n = 676) and after minor amputation (n = 145). (lu.se)
In one study, 1 in 5 patients said that they would refuse to undergo the procedure again without anesthesia. (medscape.com)
This was a cross sectional study of adult patients with HIV/AIDS attending outpatient clinic at the S.S. Wali Virology Centre of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital who gave informed consent. (who.int)
Forslund T, Wettermark B, Andersen M, Hjemdahl P. Stroke and bleeding with NOAC or warfarin treatment in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: a population based cohort study. (janusinfo.se)

How to increase utilization of pharma patient support services? (clarivate.com)

Among 80 patients that underwent metastatic tissue genome sequencing, 53% were ETS positive, 25% had DNA repair gene deficiencies, 59% had AR amplification/copy gain, 40% had PTEN mutation, 41% had TP53 mutation, and 46% had PIK3CA activation. (urotoday.com)
In patients who healed 6 to 12 months after the first visit, HRQoL on the anxiety/depression subscale even appeared to improve more in those who underwent minor amputation. (lu.se)

Key Council reports on this topic have addressed patient-centered medical homes, precision medicine, APMs, telemedicine, and retail and store-based health clinics. (ama-assn.org)
A small subset of nonsmall cell lung cancer patients appear to respond to nivolumab and have beaten the odds that most patients with this cancer face," says Julie Brahmer , M.D., program leader at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center campus. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Medical experts along with patients who have been treated with immunotherapy will discuss how research and patient participation in clinical trials is helping us get closer to cures for all types of cancer. (cancerresearch.org)
We model \ a strategic patient making this decision taking into account the \ limited medical information and convenience factors that affect \ the patient's decision. (aisnet.org)
The project, which was started by health professionals at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in 2010, promotes patient access to clinical notes and conducts research on the effects of sharing these notes on communication among patients, families, and clinicians. (cancer.gov)
Our goals are to share stories, cultivate strong community, provide the latest medical findings, connect people and pioneer production of patient worthy information. (patientworthy.com)
The beds] rotate patients so [nurses] don't have to roll and turn them as frequently," says Dr. Donna McRitchie, vice president of medical and academic affairs at the hospital. (dotmed.com)
On Friday, Dec. 8, after a brief but tense public meeting followed by an executive session, the Texas Medical Board accepted the Sept. 15 ruling of Administrative Law Judge Hunter Burkhalter that Lakeway neurologist Dr. Robert Van Boven had not committed inappropriate or unprofessional behavior during the treatment of three patients at Lakeway Regional Medical Center in 2014 and 2015. (austinchronicle.com)
The board's decision withdraws a "temporary restriction" on Van Boven's medical practice that had effectively prevented him from treating patients for more than two years, and in principle allows him to begin rebuilding his reputation. (austinchronicle.com)
therefore, they are a group of vulnerable people or "invisible patients" who need attention or interventions from medical staff and social workers. (biomedcentral.com)
For example, product registries include patients who have been exposed to biopharmaceutical products or medical devices. (nih.gov)
Patients aged 18years and above who had been on ARV drugs for at least one year were included, while those who had a medical emergency and needed immediate attention were excluded. (who.int)
WARNER, John H. Reconstructing Clinical Activities: Patient Records in Medical History. (bvsalud.org)

All patients reported overall satisfaction with video visits, with the majority interested in continuing to use video visits as an alternative to in- person visits. (bvsalud.org)
Some patients felt more comfortable with video visits than office visits and expressed a preference for receiving future serious news via video visit, because they could be in their own supportive environment . (bvsalud.org)
Patients identified convenience, efficiency , communication , privacy , and comfort as domains that are potentially important to consider when assessing video visits vs in- person encounters. (bvsalud.org)
Future studies should explore which patients and conditions are best suited for video visits. (bvsalud.org)

The recommendations were developed by the Interprofessional Clinical Hypertension Expert Panel October 2016 - May 2017. (wisconsinnurses.org)

CDC Health Advisory on Seasonal Influenza A(H3N2) Activity and Antiviral Treatment of Patients with Influenza . (cdc.gov)
Opt-in and join Patient Worthy's panel for paid opportunities such as surveys, market research, patient advisory panels and more. (patientworthy.com)

U.S. adults were asked their opinion on how big of an influence patients and consumers have on the U.S. pharma industry. (statista.com)

Seattle, Washington, is going to bustle with the top minds in clinical research and clinical trials arena at the ACRP 2017 expo & meet , the coming weekend on April 28 until May 2, 2017. (trialx.com)

Brahmer says that defining which patients need continued therapy and which don't not only would get the best treatments to each patient more quickly, but also present an opportunity for cost savings for patients who won't benefit from the expensive drug, which can cost more than $100,000 per year. (hopkinsmedicine.org)

Clinicians should be aware that a negative RIDT result does not exclude a diagnosis of influenza in a patient with suspected influenza when there is influenza activity in the community. (cdc.gov)
We believe rare disease patients are people, not a diagnosis. (patientworthy.com)
Disease or condition registries are defined by patients having the same diagnosis, such as cystic fibrosis or heart failure. (nih.gov)
The diagnosis is best made by a psychiatrist who has throughly evaluated the patient, including historical episodes and corroborating information from family and friends. (medscape.com)
Patients need to understand that unless an exposure history is pursued by the clinician, the etiologic diagnosis might be missed, treatment may be inappropriate, and exposure can continue. (cdc.gov)

In a new analysis of data from several Web-based surveys of clinicians and patients, 70% of the clinicians who treat cancer thought that giving patients access to clinical notes was a good idea, while 98% of the patients with cancer held this view . (cancer.gov)
As a result, one might expect that some clinicians would be less enthusiastic about sharing their notes with the patients. (cancer.gov)
Previous studies have shown differences in the attitudes of patients and clinicians overall after open notes have been implemented, but little has been known about the views of patients with cancer and their clinicians specifically. (cancer.gov)

And beginning in April 2021, a new federal rule will help to increase patients' access to their clinical notes . (cancer.gov)

How likely are MS patients to consult digital resources before seeing physicians and how should brands message to them in those moments? (clarivate.com)
Patients should be advised to consult their physician if they or their children develop signs or symptoms that may indicate exposure related adverse health effects. (cdc.gov)

What the findings call for, said Dr. Sharon, "is more translational research to understand the differences between patients that respond or fail to respond" to checkpoint inhibitor treatment. (cancer.gov)

Dr. Eaton's story is a live example to show the importance of patient participation in clinical research , and provides insight into clinical trials from both the researcher and the patient perspectives. (trialx.com)

Critics of the current dialysis system in California are calling for legislation to increase staffing and state inspections as well as require a mandated time period between patients to reduce the risk of infections. (nbcsandiego.com)

Our 2017 Cancer Research Institute Immunotherapy Patient Summit series kicks off in San Francisco on July 8, 2017. (cancerresearch.org)
This conference is going to be the hubspot of all the latest developments in the field of patient recruitment in clinical trials , patient-centricity, mobile in clinical research , current clinical research regulations by the FDA and more. (trialx.com)
Since social media has become an indispensable tool in advertisement and recruitment in clinical trials , there will be practical talks on use of social media in clinical trials recruitment and patient advocacy by Christina Talley, Program Director Houston Methodist Research Institute and by Jerome Chiaro , VP of Clinical Site Operations & Matt Miller , VP Global Patient Recruitment & Feasibility, StudyKIK. (trialx.com)
The conference will also showcase an exhibition of latest products and service offerings in the clinical research enterprise in the ACRP 2017 Expo Hall, where, more than 100 industry-leading companies and organizations will be showcasing innovative products, services, and solutions of the sorts of Patient Recruitment Services, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), IRB services, CRO Services and more. (trialx.com)
From launching the first clinical trials app on Google Health in 2008, to powering online patient recruitment and research data collection for space missions, TrialX is empowering clinical research here on earth and beyond. (trialx.com)
This combination treatment approach "might have great benefit in young patients," the investigators wrote June 13 in Clinical Cancer Research . (cancer.gov)
His conducts his own research in patient safety and health quality measurement and innovation. (harvard.edu)
Patient registries for home oxygen research and evaluation. (nih.gov)
Furthermore, while some research suggests that PD patients are at higher risk for prolactin elevation and testosterone deficiency, heterogeneity of the data limits extrapolation. (nature.com)

Download PDFs of council reports that advocate policies on emerging delivery systems that protect and foster the patient/physician relationship. (ama-assn.org)
Physician communication coaching effects on patient experience. (harvard.edu)

Proper interpretation of influenza testing results is important to guide optimal management of influenza patients. (cdc.gov)
According to results of the data analysis of the 129 patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer treated at more than 11 hospitals nationwide, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 16 survived at least 58 months (nearly five years). (hopkinsmedicine.org)
This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in February 2017. (statista.com)
Results: Baseline HRQoL was not significantly different between patients treated conservatively and undergoing minor amputation. (lu.se)

[ 4 ] Once patients had undergone extraction of their sixth needle-core biopsy, many of them reported pain. (medscape.com)
Although some providers continued to assert that prostate biopsy was a painless procedure, up to 96% of patients disagreed. (medscape.com)
Experienced providers may attest that less effort is required to obtain patient acceptance for an initial prostate biopsy than for a repeat procedure. (medscape.com)
Published data has suggested that nearly one-third of patients refuse to undergo a repeat biopsy because of the pain experienced previously. (medscape.com)
Over 45 studies have now validated PPNB as an effective technique to improve patient comfort during biopsy. (medscape.com)
As with any procedure in which a patient may feel vulnerable, comfort measures during TRUS biopsy are essential. (medscape.com)

99,000 new cases MDR TB patients, when referred to PMDT centers, of MDR TB occur in India each year ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)

Brahmer and her colleagues published some of the first data among this group of 129 patients in the Journal of Clinical Oncology in 2015. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
When we have presented to audiences of patients, they have been very positive about the idea of having access to more information in their records, but oncologists as a group have expressed more hesitation," Salmi said. (cancer.gov)
Patient Group Directions (PGDs) are medico-legal documents in the U.K. National Health Service that permit the supply of prescription-only medicines to groups of patients, without individual prescriptions. (wikipedia.org)

15 years forms of medicine, often preferring self-medication of age) with MDR TB who were registered under and consulting quacks over visiting the PMDT cen- PMDT during August 2016-April 2017. (cdc.gov)
Applying their analysis more broadly, Brahmer and her colleagues estimate that 16 percent of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer who receive nivolumab will survive beyond five years. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Typically, says Brahmer, only 1 to 4 percent of patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer survive five years, a form of lung cancer that strikes an estimated 222,500 Americans each year and accounts for 85 percent of all lung cancers in the United States. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
In recent years, more than 250 health systems in the United States have begun to share clinical notes with patients, according to the OpenNotes database . (cancer.gov)
Handford has worked with dialysis patients for 17 years as a traveling nurse working at different clinics in different cities. (nbcsandiego.com)
The patients that present to the ICU are very different than those of 20 years ago. (dotmed.com)
If you have a child under age 18 years, you may be given access to your child's patient portal, too. (medlineplus.gov)

An independent patient safety and quality improvement conference now in its fourth year. (weahsn.net)
This 3-year project aims to support the creation of an innovative "Kobe Model" for the early detection and management of dementia, to minimize societal impact, by using data from the Kihon Checklist (KCL) conducted by Kobe City on lifestyles of the elderly as well as data from the Frailty Check-up program started by Kobe City in 2017. (who.int)

Irrespective of treatment arm, patients with DNA repair gene deficiencies had higher PSA and ORR (≥87%), higher PSA decline rate of ≥90%, and longer median PFS compared to the wild type genotype (14.5 vs 8.0 months, p=0.02). (urotoday.com)
The prevalence of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetic patients was 85%, prevalence of dyslipidemia in males was 86% while in females was 84% but the difference was not significant (P-value 0.4). (heraldopenaccess.us)
Patient positioning is influenced by the type of ultrasound probe used. (medscape.com)

Data are collected at each hospital from patient administrative and clinical record systems. (aihw.gov.au)
This data element cluster is to be reported for patients on waiting lists for elective surgery, which are managed by public acute hospitals and have a category 1 or 2 assigned for the reason for removal from the elective surgery waiting list. (aihw.gov.au)
A well structured questionnaire and blood investigation for lipid profile and blood sugar were the tools of data collection from 120 randomly selected T2DM patients registered in the ACC. (heraldopenaccess.us)
Additionally, data related to pharmacologic optimization of the HPG axis in this patient population is similarly limited. (nature.com)

Mandating staffing levels would force clinics to limit patients' access to needed services," he says. (nbcsandiego.com)
Ask if patients have access to and are using appropriate protective gear. (cdc.gov)

Can Patient Age Affect Response to Checkpoint Inhibitors? (cancer.gov)

Kathy Fairbanks of the Protect Dialysis Patients Coalition doesn't dispute the figures but says Wherley presents a distorted picture of conditions inside of California clinics. (nbcsandiego.com)

Now, we need to figure out how to make more patients responsive to immunotherapy by exploring combinations of immunotherapy drugs and other treatment agents. (hopkinsmedicine.org)
Dialysis is a life-saving treatment for patients with kidney failure. (nbcsandiego.com)
He argues that a smaller number of patients would be able to receive the life-saving treatment in a day, putting at risk other patients who might not receive the dialysis treatment they need. (nbcsandiego.com)
What is MS patient involvement in treatment decisions? (clarivate.com)
How are costs impacting MS patients' treatment decisions? (clarivate.com)
Before starting treatment, patients worked with a therapist to create a computerised simulation, or avatar, of the voice they most wanted to quieten - including what the voice said, how it sounded, and how it might look. (asianage.com)
However, it is unclear whether minor amputation negatively affects HRQoL compared with conservative treatment in patients with diabetic foot ulcers. (lu.se)
Loikas D, Forslund T, Wettermark B, Schenck-Gustafsson K, Hjemdahl P, von Euler M. Increased thromboprophylactic treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation after the introduction of NOACs - an analysis of sex and gender differences. (janusinfo.se)

These recommendations are consistent with the newly released guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and others on November 13, 2017. (wisconsinnurses.org)
The expert panel finalized their recommendations in December 2017. (wisconsinnurses.org)

According to the survey, 19 percent of respondents indicated that, in their opinion, patients and consumers have a very big influence on the U.S. pharma industry, while 15 percent of respondents indicated that they have a very small influence. (statista.com)
In your opinion, how big is the influence of patients and consumers on the U.S. pharma industry? (statista.com)

To determine those out-of- by TB to borrow money, take loans, or even sell their pocket expenses, we interviewed 40 presumptive patients assets, thereby accentuating any existing financial cri- and found that they spent more than their median annual ses in the family ( 6 - 9 ). (cdc.gov)
Dr Abdullah Qasim, consultant and head of neurosurgery at Rashid Hospital, said that an X-ray found that the patient suffered from cerebral aneurysm in four veins. (tradearabia.com)
The patient is recovering well, we conducted an MRI and CT scan, which found that blood was flowing normally," he concluded. (tradearabia.com)

It's clear that the patients who beat the survival odds are in some ways truly unique biologically, and the goal now is to discover exactly how immunotherapy is keeping their disease in check," says Brahmer. (hopkinsmedicine.org)

Recommend that patients try to become familiar with all chemicals used or encountered in their work and non-work settings and learn about the potentially toxic properties of these chemicals. (cdc.gov)

Conclusions: Minor amputation was not associated with a negative impact on HRQoL in patients with a diabetic foot ulcers. (lu.se)

Through education, awareness and some humor, we help patients, caregivers and support persons by providing relevant and often inspirational news and stories. (patientworthy.com)
A high caregiving burden was commonly observed in paid caregivers of hospitalized patients in China, as was a high prevalence of depression symptoms. (biomedcentral.com)
Per regulations, paid caregivers are registered with a caregiver company, from which they are hired by patients/relatives for temporarily contracted caregiving work. (biomedcentral.com)

FODMAPs alter symptoms and the metabolome of patients with IBS: a randomised controlled trial. (medscape.com)
OBJECTIVE: To gain mechanistic insights, we compared effects of low fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides and monosaccharides and polyols (FODMAP) and high FODMAP diets on symptoms, the metabolome and the microbiome of patients with IBS. (medscape.com)
In subsets of patients, FODMAPs modulate histamine levels and the microbiota, both of which could alter symptoms. (medscape.com)
Symptoms can be either persistent or episodic, depending on how well the patient is managed. (medscape.com)

PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a pooled analysis of phase III trials on allopurinol and febuxostat, including 4101 patients with gout and hyperuricemia. (unboundmedicine.com)

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