• Empowering patients to participate in nutrition care during hospitalisation may improve their dietary intakes and associated outcomes. (mdpi.com)
  • Aim To determine the 2-year outcomes of intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injections in eyes with macular oedema (ME) following branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions This relatively large case series study showed favourable 2-year outcomes using bevacizumab to treat ME following BRVO. (bmj.com)
  • 14-18 The current study reports the 2-year outcomes in a large number of eyes with ME following BRVO treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) injections. (bmj.com)
  • Findings to date Detailed clinical and laboratory data in high granularity as well as patient-reported outcomes from transplant recipients and activities in Switzerland are available in the last decade. (bmj.com)
  • At 5 years there was no longer any significant difference for clinical and radiographic outcomes between treatment strategies applied during the first 2 years. (bmj.com)
  • The research group (Lutz) participated in the SMART Tournament (Stratified Medicine Approaches foR Treatment Selection (SMART) - Mental Health Prediction Tournament), a scientific competition to determine the best method for predicting treatment outcomes and the optimal allocation of patients to different treatment conditions (funded by UK Wellcome Trust). (uni-trier.de)
  • Substituting tiotropium for ipratropium in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients offers improved health outcomes and is associated with increased costs of 180 per patient per year. (ersjournals.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: The aim of Working Group 3 was to address the influence of both material- and anti-resorptive drug- related factors on clinical and biological outcomes and complications in implant dentistry. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dropouts did not report higher pain (baseline), only 3 dropped out because of lumbar spine-related pain. (lu.se)
  • Gastrointestinal symptom severity and quality of life were evaluated at baseline, at 3 months follow-up and after 1 year. (researchgate.net)
  • There were no statistically significant differences between Group 1 and 2 in any baseline characteristics. (sigvaris.com)
  • Trough FEV 1 was improved above baseline by 120 mL after 1 yr for patients receiving tiotropium, whereas it was declined by 30 mL for patients receiving ipratropium. (ersjournals.com)
  • Secondary effect parameters were adherence to supervised training, dropout rates, and hospitalization. (nih.gov)
  • Barriers to emergency departments' adherence to four medication safety-related Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals. (ahrq.gov)
  • Adherence was median 78 h group attendance (maximum 94 h) and 14 min daily individual training. (lu.se)
  • The high frequency of suicidality and school dropout confirms the severity of adolescent psychiatric disorders, especially among girls. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Conclusions The difference in disease activity between treatment strategies disappeared over the years. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: This split-mouth design RCT on mandibular implant-overdentures evidenced, bearing in mind its follow-up time-related reduced cohort size, high 10-year implant success- and survival rates. (bvsalud.org)
  • Eligible patients were stratified by smoking status and were randomised to receive placebo, 50 μg salmeterol, 500 μg fluticasone propionate or 50/500 μg salmeterol/fluticasone propionate combination via the Diskus™/Accuhaler™ inhaler (GlaxoSmithKline, London, UK) (one inhalation twice daily) for 3 yrs. (ersjournals.com)
  • In the first study visit (T 1 ), 717 (43.5% of eligible) participated, aged 13-18 years (2009-2011), and 3 years later (T 2 ), 570 answered a questionnaire (school functioning and negative life events), and 549 completed Kiddie SADS as telephone interview assessing DSM-IV diagnoses, psychosocial functioning and suicidality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 18 years and with mild to moderate NVP were eligible to participate. (sigvaris.com)
  • One year after the first injection, VA improved significantly (p=0.001) to 0.33±0.21 and remained 0.34±0.21 until 2 years after the first injection (p=0.001). (bmj.com)
  • Anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa are by far the most prevalent eating disorders among patients admitted to child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) treatment or to paediatric units with a CAP liaison service, whereas patients with bulimia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) are seen comparatively less often. (lww.com)
  • A total of 172 female adolescent patients with first-onset AN according to DSM-IV criteria were recruited for inclusion in a randomized, multi-center, German clinical trial. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The recovery of menstrual function in adolescent patients with AN should be a major treatment goal to prevent severe long-term physical and psychological sequelae. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients with adolescent-onset AN are at particular risk of suffering from long-term physical and neuropsychiatric consequences of continuous gonadal dysfunction. (biomedcentral.com)
  • however, in a study which compared TFP, dialectical behavior therapy, and modified psychodynamic supportive psychotherapy, only TFP was shown to change how patients think about themselves in relationships. (wikipedia.org)
  • The MT group received weekly supervised training the first 6 months, supervised training every second week the next 6 months, and finally no supervised training the last 6 months of the 18-month study period. (nih.gov)
  • 14 A similar training programme improved symptoms and physiological findings in an open study of patients with the "effort syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • This study tested the acceptability and feasibility of a technology-based intervention to engage hospital patients in nutrition care at a tertiary teaching hospital in Australia. (mdpi.com)
  • Clinical effectiveness data are sparse, but a recent observational study demonstrated lower vaccine effectiveness against influenza illness (≈20%) in patients with cancer compared with the general population (≈42%) ( 12 , 13 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This study aimed to investigate feasibility including evaluation of a Zhineng Qigong intervention for pain and other lumbar spine-related symptoms, disability, and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic LBP and/or leg pain. (lu.se)
  • METHODS: Prospective interventional feasibility study without control group. (lu.se)
  • Results support involvement of postoperative patients in a future study. (lu.se)
  • While a comparison of TVT and VEL would be meaningful, thus far, the literature only includes one prospective study evaluating incontinence only, which was conducted by our research group [ 10 ]. (springer.com)
  • The study examined and compared continence rates in prostate cancer patients who had undergone either open retropubic prostatectomy (RRPE) or endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE). (urotoday.com)
  • Limitations of the study are a drop-out rate of 39% and sociodemographic and clinical differences between both treatment groups. (urotoday.com)
  • In 2009, the Standard Care versus Corticosteroid for Retinal Vein Occlusion (SCORE) study 2 found that 29% of eyes treated with laser photocoagulation gained 15 or more letters of VA measured using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) 3 chart at the 1-year primary end point. (bmj.com)
  • This study showed that patients with chronic rhinosinusitis who continue to use a saline nasal wash (NeilMed) will often experience an improvement in symptoms that can be clinically meaningful, but the addition of the corticosteroid budesonide has yet to show an extra benefit. (aafp.org)
  • The present study investigates 5-year data of a 2-year methotrexate (MTX) based tight control treatment (TC) strategy compared to conventional MTX-based treatment (CT) strategy, and the (added) predictive value of an early response (at 6 months) to treatment for 5-year outcome with respect to disease activity and radiographic progression. (bmj.com)
  • In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa combined were the 12th leading cause of DALYs in 15-19-year-old girls in high-income countries, accounting for 2.2% of all DALYs [1,2▪,3] . (lww.com)
  • The study population included IBS patients refractory to standard management. (researchgate.net)
  • In study 1, patients were randomized to receive gut-directed hypnotherapy (12 sessions, 1 h/week) in psychology private practices or supportive therapy, whereas patients were randomized to receive gut-directed hypnotherapy in a small county hospital or to serve as waiting list controls in study 2. (researchgate.net)
  • We randomized 138 IBS patients refractory to standard management, 90 in study 1 and 48 in study 2. (researchgate.net)
  • The study by Agepha Pharma used by the FDA in its approval of this new indication for use ultimately involved 5478 patients between the ages of 35 and 82 with evidence of coronary artery disease upon imaging [1] and had been clinically stable for six months before enrollment. (acsh.org)
  • We might best describe the study group as having well-managed chronic coronary artery disease, who were compliant with additional daily medication and, to a large degree, had no adverse effects from colchicine. (acsh.org)
  • The current analysis was designed to test the impact of seasonal variation on reported exacerbations in relation to other risk factors, using data from the prospective, 3-yr Towards a Revolution in COPD Health (TORCH) study involving 6,112 patients from the northern and southern regions and the tropics [ 21 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • TORCH was a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, 3-yr study conducted in 42 countries around the world [ 21 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Accordingly, the results of the study should provide new insights in the field of patient-centered care research and promote further development of the profession as well as the discipline. (uni-trier.de)
  • In this study design, investigators find a group of initially healthy people, record information about them (in this case what they eat), and watch who gets sick over the years. (blogspot.com)
  • Thomas and the rest of the authors (and Progenics) should be commended for a well-designed research study in a hospice-oriented patient population. (pallimed.org)
  • study reveal that hydrocortisone augmentation during prolonged exposure therapy may result in a greater retention in the treatment group, thereby improving PTSD symptom response ( 7 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Another study in patients with type 2 diabetes compared apple cider vinegar with water. (elixirnews.com)
  • Mean annual healthcare costs including the acquisition cost of the study drugs were 1721 (sem 160) in the tiotropium group and 1,541 (SEM 163) in the ipratropium group (difference 180). (ersjournals.com)
  • The goal of this extension study was to compare the 10-year outcome of 3.3 mm diameter titanium-zirconium (TiZr) or grade IV titanium (Ti) implants in mandibular implant-overdentures. (bvsalud.org)
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is the 10-year follow-up from a randomised, controlled, double-blind, split-mouth multicentre clinical trial. (bvsalud.org)
  • the research is a cross-sectional retrospective study, with a sample of 672 families taking part in MFGT for six years (from March, 1997 to July, 2003). (bvsalud.org)
  • A study about sociodemographic factors such as age, gender, time and predominant type of substance used was made, which also looked into the relation between which family members took part in the program and the number of patients joining the multi-family treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Study participants had seven sessions with a nutritionist during the first year, and four per year for the remaining of the study. (lu.se)
  • Da Qing Diabetes Study (n=577 recruited 1986) could see decreased incidence in type 2 diabetes in the diet group, physical activity group and the diet+physical activity group (36-53%) compared to control after 6 years (3). (lu.se)
  • The DIRECT (Diabetes Remission Clinical Trail) study had their focus on reversing newly diagnosed diabetic patients rather than on diabetes prevention. (lu.se)
  • In the DIRECT study, 298 patients who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes maximum 6 years ago were taken out of their medications and instead started a 3 months low calorie diet with total diet replacement. (lu.se)
  • Among these, 3,1% developed type 2 diabetes during the three year long study. (lu.se)
  • Methods Of 105 consecutive eyes (105 treatment-naïve patients) with ME following BRVO, 89 eyes were followed for 2 years after the first injection. (bmj.com)
  • Methods Clinical and radiographic 5-year outcome was compared between initial strategies. (bmj.com)
  • This article will introduce an important research development to provide an evidence-based approach to current treatment methods and practices for young patients. (lww.com)
  • MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three systematic reviews formed the basis for discussion in Group 3. (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods-- Data from a national registry of treated ESRD were linked to data from a lupus registry of SLE patients who were newly diagnosed and living in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2002-2004 (median follow-up, 7.8 years). (cdc.gov)
  • Compared with the persistent nonexerciser group, both the exercise dropout group (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0.96, 95% CI 0.94-0.99) and new exerciser group (HR 0.95, 95% CI 0.93-0.98) had lower risks of incident AF. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • An early signal of the impact of colchicine on cardiovascular disease was identified in retrospective studies of patients with gout and Familial Mediterranean Fever who had a lower incidence of coronary disease than their untreated contemporaries. (acsh.org)
  • The incidence of diabetes mellitus in psychiatric patients has been found to be 2 to 8 times higher than in the general population [1-3]. (who.int)
  • 1 It has an incidence of 2%, has an even gender distribution and occurs in all ages, with a peak incidence in the fourth and fifth decades of life, and the dominant arm is involved in 75% of patients. (bmj.com)
  • Objective-- To estimate and identify factors associated with incidence of all-cause end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among newly diagnosed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. (cdc.gov)
  • Cumulative incidence and incidence rates (ESRD treatment initiations per 1000 patient-years) were calculated, and age- and race-adjusted Poisson models were used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRRs). (cdc.gov)
  • incidence rate=27.6 per 1000 patient-years). (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusion-- Incidence of all-cause ESRD among patients with a recent diagnosis of SLE is high in Georgia. (cdc.gov)
  • Interventions to decrease ESRD incidence among newly diagnosed SLE patients should target young and black patients as well as patients with lupus nephritis. (cdc.gov)
  • The population-based incidence of SLE-attributed ESRD has been estimated at 3-4 per million per year (2-5). (cdc.gov)
  • Estimates of lupus nephritis (LN) incidence among SLE patients range widely, from 35% to 60% (10-14). (cdc.gov)
  • The incidence of diabetes was 58% lower in the intervention group than in the control group after an average 3.2 years (1). (lu.se)
  • US Diabetes Prevention Program (n=3234 recruited 1991-1996) could see that incidence was reduced by 58% with the lifestyle intervention and 31% with the metformin intervention compared to the control group after an average of 2.8 years (2). (lu.se)
  • Further, there was no difference in incidence between the different intervention groups. (lu.se)
  • CHD incidence in the past 30 years (7). (cdc.gov)
  • Four patients receiving exercise and three receiving flexibility treatment dropped out before completion. (bmj.com)
  • 16 of 29 patients rated themselves as better after completing exercise treatment compared with eight of 30 patients who completed flexibility treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 12 of 22 patients who crossed over to exercise after flexibility treatment rated themselves as better after completing exercise treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 32 of 47 patients rated themselves as better three months after completing supervised exercise treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 35 of 47 patients rated themselves as better one year after completing supervised exercise treatment. (bmj.com)
  • 15 There has been no randomised controlled trial of graded exercise treatment in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • Finally, a newly published, moderately large RCT of NAC (2,000 mg/d) in schizophrenia patients refractory to clozapine found that 1 year of treatment with NAC did not outperform placebo for any clinical, cognitive, or quality of life outcome. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Very many treatment strategies have been trialed for patients who do not recover completely. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Three months after prostatectomy, there were no significant differences between both treatment groups regarding urinary continence. (urotoday.com)
  • 7-18 Prospective studies of ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA), a humanised, affinity-matured VEGF antibody fragment that neutralises all isoforms of VEGF-A and their biologically active degradation products in treatment-naïve eyes with ME following BRVO, found that ranibizumab was effective at 2 years after treatment of ME caused by BRVO. (bmj.com)
  • These researchers recruited 80 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (two or more symptoms, including mucopurulent drainage, nasal obstruction, facial pain, and decreased sense of smell for at least 12 weeks) to be randomized, allocation concealment unknown, to receive treatment using a large-volume saline sinus irrigation with placebo or budesonide, 1 mg once daily, for 30 days. (aafp.org)
  • The priorities of TB control among the foreign born should be the same as those for control of TB among other U.S. populations -- completion of treatment by persons infected with active TB, contact tracing, and screening and provision of preventive therapy for groups at high risk. (cdc.gov)
  • The problems of long-term levodopa treatment are well established, and a number of studies describe the use of bromocriptine as a first-line agent in patients under 65 years. (curehunter.com)
  • Multiple regression analysis showed that early response to treatment is an independent predictor of 5-year outcome, irrespective of treatment strategy. (bmj.com)
  • Good-response to treatment independently predicts significantly better 5-year clinical and radiographic outcome. (bmj.com)
  • 9 Disease activity during the first 3 months of treatment has been related to clinical and radiographic outcome after the first year of treatment, 6 10 11 and an early treatment response can predict the long-term work disability outcome. (bmj.com)
  • This review aims to present relevant findings published during the last 2 years related to medical and psychological treatment of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). (lww.com)
  • Gut-directed hypnotherapy is an effective treatment alternative for patients with refractory IBS, but the effectiveness is lower when the therapy is given outside the highly specialized research centers. (researchgate.net)
  • Therefore, a single subtenon triamcinolone injection could be an alternative treatment to control inflammation after cataract surgery, especially in patients with poor drug compliance 12 . (springer.com)
  • Some participants may be randomly placed in a group that does not receive any treatment of the trial drug or may receive a placebo (a nondrug substitute). (gacancer.com)
  • The Bing Prize is awarded every two years to authors of outstanding work that has advanced the diagnosis, treatment and cure of diseases of the nervous system. (samw.ch)
  • The same acupoints (GV20, GV24, HT7, and SP6) will be used in the EA group, EA & SZRD group, and sham group, and these patients will receive the EA treatment or sham manipulation every other day for 4 consecutive weeks. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2] Patients were randomized to treatment with 0.5 mg of colchicine daily or placebo. (acsh.org)
  • However, this personalization is unsystematic and raises the question of whether this personalization could be supported by an evidence-based approach and result in improved treatment, especially for high-risk patients. (uni-trier.de)
  • Or if patients drop out of treatment, you provide transportation to the clinic, or you send community health workers to the patient. (wxxinews.org)
  • Five trials had a no-acupuncture control group (either treatment of attacks only or non-regulated routine care), 15 a sham-acupuncture control group, and five a comparator group receiving prophylactic drug treatment. (nih.gov)
  • In comparisons with no-acupuncture control groups and groups receiving prophylactic drug treatment, there was risk of performance and detection bias as blinding was not possible. (nih.gov)
  • MDD, 296.22 [ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision ( DSM-IV-TR )] was diagnosed, and the patient received escitalopram 20 mg/d, with no improvement after 5 weeks' treatment. (frontiersin.org)
  • Infection with human papillomavirus increases the probability of developing carcinoma of the cervix, which is the second leading cause of cancer- related mortality in females worldwide, killing some 240 000 women per year.1 Making a correct diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection is essential for the provision of appropriate and effective treatment. (who.int)
  • Both groups receive standard treatment for depression following Danish clinical guidelines in an outpatient psychiatry unit. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is an acute need for more effective treatment options to reduce the burden of this disease for patients, caregivers and society. (ersjournals.com)
  • Earlier this year, the FDA gave MDMA a " breakthrough therapy " designation, fast-tracking its path to Phase 3 clinical trials and and if all goes well, approval as a legal treatment. (nhpr.org)
  • More than 5000 patients initiated treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) attributed to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in 2007-2011 (1). (cdc.gov)
  • In order to reach ment organization, so we tried to de- ting patients to treatment. (who.int)
  • To investigate and evaluate factors associated with the joining of drug addicted patients to a multi-family treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • a relation between family participation and patients joining the treatment was found. (bvsalud.org)
  • the results suggest that the inclusion of a higher number of family members can promote greater treatment commitment in drug addicted patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme, (n=531 recruited 2001-2002) showed that lifestyle management and metformin treatment reduced the type 2 diabetes equally (ca 28%) compared to control after 3 years (4). (lu.se)
  • Research is experimental - participation in research may or may not benefit individual participants or patients. (baptistonline.org)
  • Drugs are given to a larger group of participants to further evaluate their safety. (gacancer.com)
  • SZRD treatments will be given to participants in the SZRD group and EA & SZRD group twice a day for 4 consecutive weeks. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The sample consisted of 17 participants who were conveniently selected, and data were collected by means of two focus groups and five individual interviews. (bvsalud.org)
  • A single-center randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a two-arm parallel-group design is conducted and reported according to the CONSORT guidelines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This cost-effectiveness analysis was performed alongside two randomised controlled, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group trials comparing 18 µg tiotropium inhalation capsules administered once daily in the morning via the HandiHaler® device with ipratropium 2 puffs of 20 µg administered four times daily via the metered dose inhaler (MDI) in patients with airway obstruction due to COPD 5 . (ersjournals.com)
  • Yolland et al 6 described a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs comparing NAC with placebo as antipsychotic augmentation in patients with schizophrenia or early psychosis. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Over 5 years, damage would amount to an increase of irreversible HAQ of 0.33 on placebo, 0.13 on disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and 0.03 on TNF inhibitors+methotrexate (MTX). (bmj.com)
  • They were well-matched with the placebo group. (acsh.org)
  • However, less than an ounce of apple cider vinegar significantly reduced blood sugar levels across all three groups following the meal, compared with the consumption of a placebo drink. (elixirnews.com)
  • At 8 weeks there was a significant decrease in elbow pain with activity in the glyceryl trinitrate 0.72 mg/24 h group compared with placebo (p = 0.04). (bmj.com)
  • Three months after prostatectomy, 44% of patients who underwent EERPE and 40% of patients who underwent RRPE were completely continent. (urotoday.com)
  • Patients who underwent nerve-sparing prostatectomy and patients younger than 65 years had a better chance of regaining urinary continence earlier. (urotoday.com)
  • A prospective randomized control trial of 140 eyes from 140 patients, who underwent phacoemulsification, was conducted to compare the efficacy of subtenon corticosteroids injection with corticosteroids eye drops for controlling postoperative intraocular inflammation. (springer.com)
  • A larger cohort of 6528 patients was initially included and underwent a one-month open-label use of colchicine. (acsh.org)
  • In a nationwide database, subjects who underwent health examinations twice at a 2-year interval between 2009 and 2012 were studied. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • SGRQ total score declined gradually after the 7-week program with no difference between the 2 groups, and after 18 months, the score was 1.7 units (95% confidence interval: -0.7 to 4.1) worse than at randomization. (nih.gov)
  • Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder that typically first occurs in adolescence and is the third-most common chronic illness in this age group, after asthma and obesity [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Effect of restriction of the number of concurrently open records in an electronic health record on wrong-patient order errors: a randomized clinical trial. (ahrq.gov)
  • 8 , - , 10 Nevertheless, looking at clinical trial patients attaining stringent remission who have no activity governing disability, the residual HAQ is closely related to joint damage 11 and apparently not importantly influenced by other factors. (bmj.com)
  • Analysis by intention to treat gave similar results (17/33 v 9/33 patients better). (bmj.com)
  • Results showed statistically significant (within-group) improvements in pain, ODI, all SF-36v2 scales, and EQ-5D-5L. (lu.se)
  • Results 5 years of data were available for 205 of 299 patients, with no indication for selective drop-out. (bmj.com)
  • The results seen at 3 months were sustained up to 1 year. (researchgate.net)
  • The results showed that different models lead to similarly good results, with the models of the Trier research group being among the best across different comparisons (rank 2). (uni-trier.de)
  • RESULTS: Fifty of 91 patients with implants were available for the 10-year examination and 36 patients were valid for the intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis. (bvsalud.org)
  • Results-- Among 344 newly diagnosed SLE patients, 29 initiated ESRD over 2603.8 years of follow-up. (cdc.gov)
  • On May 16-17, 1997, CDC convened a working group of state and city TB-control program staff, as well as representatives from CDC's Division of TB Elimination and Division of Quarantine, to outline problems and propose solutions for addressing TB among foreign-born persons. (cdc.gov)
  • The Working Group on Tuberculosis Among Foreign-Born Persons considered a) epidemiologic profiles of TB cases among foreign-born persons, b) case finding, screening, and pre- ventive therapy for the foreign born, c) TB diagnosis and management for the foreign born, d) opportunities for collaborations with community-based organi- zations (CBOs) to address TB among the foreign born, and e) TB-related training needs. (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this paper is to assess the health economic consequences of substituting ipratropium with the new, once-daily bronchodilator tiotropium in patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (ersjournals.com)
  • Patients had a diagnosis of COPD and a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1 ) ≤65% predicted normal. (ersjournals.com)
  • You have to look at what's happening to the patient in front of you, and think about ways to address social disparities. (wxxinews.org)
  • Using national survey data to compare changes in disparities in past-year dental use and untreated dental caries by income between adults and youth sheds light on the potential impact of expanding the dental safety net. (cdc.gov)
  • Kaplan-Meier survival analyses estimated 10- year implant survival rate for TiZr to 98.9% and Ti 95.8%.The mean of total and functional crestal bone loss was 1.49 mm (±1.37 mm) and 0.82 mm (±1.09 mm) in the TiZr group and 1.56 mm (±1.34 mm) and 0.85 mm (±1.16 mm) in the Ti group. (bvsalud.org)
  • There were no statistically significant differences in aqueous cells ( p = 0.37) and flare ( p = 0.86) between the two groups at one month. (springer.com)
  • The percentages of patients with a relevant improvement on the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) were 34.6% and 51.2% respectively. (ersjournals.com)
  • Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were 667 per exacerbation avoided and 1084 per patient with a relevant improvement on the SGRQ. (ersjournals.com)
  • After a 7-week outpatient rehabilitation program, 96 patients with COPD were randomized to either an MT group (n = 55) or a control group (n = 41). (nih.gov)
  • In this project, patients waiting for a therapy place at the psychotherapy outpatient clinic PALF are given access to an online portal. (uni-trier.de)
  • There was no difference between the 2 groups regarding dropout rates or hospitalization. (nih.gov)
  • In its purest form, community rating requires that all patients pay the same rates for their level of coverage regardless of their age or medical condition. (cnn.com)
  • Drop-out rates were similar in all groups. (medscape.com)
  • Recurrence rates were lower at 18 and 24 months in the cyclic OC group when compared with the non-users. (medscape.com)
  • In adolescence and young adulthood, the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of eating disorders are one of the highest among all mental disorders. (lww.com)
  • We aimed to examine psychosocial function, suicidality and school dropout in a clinical psychiatric population over a 3-year period from adolescence to young adulthood and explore associations with negative life events. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further seed-based analyses, however, failed to reveal differences in functional connectivity between patients and controls, between relapsers and non-relapsers before discontinuation and changes due to discontinuation independent of relapse. (nature.com)
  • ABSTRACT We evaluated the prevalence of diabetes comorbidity in Greek psychiatric patients, differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetics and the outcome of psychiatric disorder. (who.int)
  • Under intense stress patients with BPD may exhibit transient dissociative or paranoid symptoms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Three hundred fifty prostate cancer patients (166 EERPE, 184 RRPE) were asked to self-assess symptoms associated with urinary incontinence (UI) 1 day before and 3 months after prostatectomy. (urotoday.com)
  • In patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, does the addition of budesonide (Rhinocort) to a saline irrigation solution result in further improvement in symptoms? (aafp.org)
  • The first phase, funded by the R61, will provide funding for up to 3 years to develop quantitative measures that can differentiate abnormal myofascial tissue from healthy tissues using cross-sectional correlations with clinical signs/symptoms. (nih.gov)
  • Subjective global assessment of change in elbow symptoms, patient-rated tennis elbow evaluation, visual analogue pain at rest, visual analogue pain with activity, visual analogue pain intensity, grip strength, and strength testing using the Orthopaedic Research Institute-Tennis Elbow Testing System. (bmj.com)
  • Resolving sleep disturbances in patients with active or previous depression is important as it may prevent worsening of symptoms and relapse of depression [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To tailor TB-control efforts to local needs, TB-control pro- grams should develop epidemiologic profiles to identify groups of foreign-born persons in their jurisdictions who are at high risk for TB. (cdc.gov)
  • Compared with the control group, the TVT and VEL groups exhibited significant improvement in the 1-h pad test and ICIQ-SF. (springer.com)
  • The average decrease in scores was 20.7 points in the treated group and 13.6 points in the control group, which was not statistically significant. (aafp.org)
  • 0.05), but not in the control groups (ns). (researchgate.net)
  • The trial consists of an experimental group and a standard care control group. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients with edentulous mandibles had received two implants in the interforaminal region (bone-level, diameter 3.3 mm, microrough surface), one of TiZr (test) and one of Ti (control). (bvsalud.org)
  • Individuals were randomized to a lifestyle intervention group or a control group. (lu.se)
  • However, these statistical numbers do not reflect the overall economic and emotional burden to society and families, although in this age group, caregivers are still of significant relevance [2▪] . (lww.com)
  • Patients from orthopaedic clinics were 1-6 years postoperative after lumbar spine surgery or on lumbar surgery waiting list. (lu.se)
  • To examine whether maintenance training (MT) for 1 year improved the long-term effects of a 7-week chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rehabilitation program. (nih.gov)
  • Patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience on average, two to three exacerbation episodes per year [ 1 , 2 ]. (ersjournals.com)
  • Patients who completed the flexibility programme were invited to cross over to the exercise programme afterwards. (bmj.com)
  • "Environmental groups have produced reams of reports and analyses arguing that emissions cuts of 50 percent by 2030 are both necessary and achievable, but practically all of them call for congressional action to speed the adoption of clean energy. (politico.com)
  • Find out why thousands of doctors, pharma researchers and patient activists around the world use CureHunter every day. (curehunter.com)
  • After 1 year, 46% in the intervention group had achieved remission (5), and at 2 years, 36% were in remission (6). (lu.se)
  • Seasonality effect was calculated as the proportion of patients experiencing an exacerbation each month. (ersjournals.com)
  • Less attention has been paid to the influence of time of year on exacerbation occurrence and management. (ersjournals.com)
  • Due to their high reactivity to environmental stimuli, patients with BPD often experience dramatic and short-lived shifts in their mood, alternating between experiences of euphoria, depression, anxiety, and nervousness. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the PTSD/MDD group, medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala activation by threatening stimuli are lower than in the PTSD group. (frontiersin.org)
  • Patients with medical records covering 1 year for the 1-h pad test, who completed the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and the Overactive Bladder Symptom Score (OABSS), were included. (springer.com)
  • the systematic inclusion of interventions focused on the family through unifamily and/or through multi-family group therapy (MFGT) has been growing as a way to face such a serious and complex problem as drug addiction. (bvsalud.org)
  • There will be continuous communication with the patients to ensure that the interventions provided are performed accordingly and is safe. (who.int)
  • Clinical trials are scientific studies in which new treatments -drugs, diagnostic or medical procedures, and other therapies - are tested to determine if they are safe and effective for use with patients. (baptistonline.org)
  • These trials help scientists answer questions about new therapies or devices, including what diseases they should be used for, what doses are most effective, and which patients can benefit most. (baptistonline.org)
  • Depending upon the criteria collected and the phase involved, trials can last from a few weeks to five years or more. (gacancer.com)
  • However, this is even better than the most optimistic prognosis ten years ago, when the first antiviral cocktails were first applied there. (zmescience.com)
  • In the coming decades, general practitioners, respiratory physicians and other healthcare providers will be confronted with an increasing share of their patient population being COPD patients 2 . (ersjournals.com)
  • Tiotropium is a new inhaled bronchodilator for patients with COPD with a sustained duration of action indicated for once daily dosing 4 . (ersjournals.com)
  • Future efforts should focus on developing improved strategies, including vaccines, for preventing influenza in immunosuppressed patients, who are an increasing population in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • These studies are usually done after the drug has reached the mainstream patient population and are FDA-approved. (gacancer.com)
  • Second, connectivity changes in these regions have also been observed in remitted patients off medication and in populations with correlates of depression such as trauma, childhood maltreatment, subclinical depression and familial risk in children. (nature.com)
  • The review underlines that the small sample sizes of the studies performed so far is a major limitation and concludes that there is a need for additional intervention studies concerning the effect of music listening on insomnia on specific populations, including patients with depression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Carefully controlled studies have shown that LSD helps relieve debilitating cluster headaches, that psilocybin alleviates depression in terminal cancer patients, and that MDMA can help relieve the trauma of PTSD . (nhpr.org)
  • Thirty patients completed (mean 15 years symptom duration). (lu.se)
  • Lodoco is indicated to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, coronary revascularization, and cardiovascular death in adult patients with established atherosclerotic disease or with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease. (acsh.org)
  • Private practice patients: 154 adult patients with chronic lateral epicondylosis were recruited, with 136 patients completing the trial. (bmj.com)
  • A recent publication updated the 1998 FRS and developed a have caused early drop-out, men with less than 1 year of follow-up new risk score that predicted an individual's cardiovascular dis- were excluded from the study's cohort (Figure 1). (cdc.gov)
  • We investigated the association between alterations in regular physical activity (PA) and the risk of developing AF in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the optimal PA range based on energy expenditure. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • The core question was whether the surgical approach had an effect on the patients' continence status 3 months after surgery. (urotoday.com)
  • During the 2-year follow-up period, patients were examined at least every 3 months and received an IVB injection (1.25 mg/0.05 mL) if they met prespecified retreatment criteria. (bmj.com)
  • Patients were assessed a second time either before or after discontinuation of the antidepressant, and followed up for six months to assess relapse. (nature.com)
  • 6 - 8 The duration of the average episode is estimated to be between 6 months and 2 years, 9 with 83% of patients either "completely recovered" or "much improved" within 12 months with a wait-and-see policy. (bmj.com)
  • Pain was assessed using visual analogue scores (VAS) every 6 months for 2 years. (medscape.com)
  • He, for fifteen years eleven months of his twenty years in the Marine Corps, he was, what he said he was, a trained killer. (cdc.gov)
  • At one month after the surgery, full recovery (zero ACI score) was found in 43 patients (63.20%) in the Dexa group versus 47 patients (68.10%) in the TA group ( p = 0.55). (springer.com)
  • These findings support the use of appropriately prescribed graded aerobic exercise in the management of patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • These findings provide evidence of a high prevalence of diabetes in psychiatric patients and that having diabetes has an adverse effect on outcome of psychiatric illness. (who.int)
  • Although data exist on the prevalence of some immunosuppressive conditions, the total burden of these conditions in the United States remains unknown, particularly when considering patients who are receiving emerging immunosuppressive therapies ( 6 - 8 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Data from patients aged 35-50 years who were treated for SUI and registered at several institutions were selected. (springer.com)
  • The STCS genomic data set includes around 3000 patients. (bmj.com)
  • rsfMRI data were acquired from healthy controls and from patients with remitted major depressive disorder on antidepressants. (nature.com)
  • Of course, the "discovery" has taken 10 years, and the data for the FDA approval is from 2020. (acsh.org)
  • Each research group received a data set consisting of 3840 cases routinely collected by the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) program. (uni-trier.de)
  • Meta-analysis data indicate that in as many as 52% patients with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD) co-occurs, which might lead to an impairment of cognitive functions, worse response to antidepressant medications, and an increased risk of suicide in comparison to patients with PTSD alone ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Weights were assigned to individual patients, depending on their age, and standardization was carried out using weighted individual data. (who.int)
  • 16 In addition, by using the structured clinical interview for the DSM-III-R ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , third edition, revised) 17 we excluded patients who also had a current psychiatric disorder or symptomatic insomnia because of the separate effects of these conditions on fatigue. (bmj.com)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including acupuncture and the Chinese herbal medication (CHM) Suanzaoren decoction (SZRD), has been reported as an alternative option for insomnia relief after stroke in China for thousands of years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 240 patients with post-stroke insomnia will be included and randomized into four groups: the EA group, SZRD group, EA & SZRD group, and sham group. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In recent years, 2 enhanced IIVs, MF59-adjuvanted standard-dose IIV and a high-dose IIV that contains 4 times the hemagglutinin antigen of each virus compared with the standard-dose IIV, have been developed to improve the immune responses to and efficacy of standard-dose IIVs ( 15 , 16 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Approximately half of all patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer from major depressive disorder (MDD). (frontiersin.org)
  • This co-occurrence might lead to an impairment of cognitive functions, worse response to antidepressant medications, and an increased risk of suicide in comparison to patients with PTSD alone. (frontiersin.org)
  • A patient with MDD with the co-occurrence of PTSD was admitted to the Department of Endocrinology with suspicion of adrenal insufficiency. (frontiersin.org)
  • Here we describe a case of a female patient with MDD with the co-occurrence of PTSD diagnosed in the Department of Endocrinology, where she was admitted with suspicion of adrenal insufficiency. (frontiersin.org)
  • However, a reduction in connectivity within the DMN has also been reported amongst medicated patients and those with recurrent illness 9 . (nature.com)
  • Many patients with advanced illness may have decreased number of stools for many reasons besides just opioid constipation, and I would propose that a regular number of stools for those with anorexia-cachexia syndrome and decreased functional status may be less then 3 per week. (pallimed.org)
  • 0.015) and the duration of untreated mental illness was shorter (mean 2.86, SD 3.06 years compared with mean 4.13, SD 6.24 years for type 2 diabetics). (who.int)
  • Existence of diabetes mellitus (regardless of type), duration of untreated mental illness and lack of patient therapeutic education were negative predictors of (unfavourable) outcome. (who.int)
  • Immunosuppressed patients have a high risk for influenza complications and an impaired immune response to vaccines. (cdc.gov)
  • Establishing a case definition for and quantifying the burden of immunosuppressive conditions might facilitate evaluation and use of influenza vaccines to enhance immune response in this high-risk target group. (cdc.gov)
  • Social risk, health inequity, and patient safety. (ahrq.gov)
  • Identifying hospitalized patients at risk for harm: a comparison of nurse perceptions vs. electronic risk assessment tool scores. (ahrq.gov)
  • Screening should target groups of persons who are at the highest risk for TB infection and disease, accessible for screening, and likely to complete preventive therapy. (cdc.gov)
  • This is especially true for high-risk patients who are at risk of experiencing no change or a negative change. (uni-trier.de)
  • The exercise maintainer group showed the lowest risk (HR 0.91, 95% CI 0.89-0.94). (diabetesjournals.org)
  • Patient-selected music has a risk of being too stimulating (effect-evoking or too dynamic, i.e. increasing pulse and respiratory rate) [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients with early-onset AN are at particularly great risk of suffering from the long-term physical and psychological consequences of persistent gonadal dysfunction. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Patients with premenarchal onset of AN are at particular risk for protracted amenorrhea despite weight rehabilitation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Hundreds of thousands of Swedes have taken the prep over the past 20 years and there is no medical risk involved. (cancercentrum.se)
  • The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) was de- narrows the heart's arteries and reduces blood flow to the heart veloped to help clinicians in determining their patients' CHD risk. (cdc.gov)
  • and by treating any of these risk factors that year follow-up 587 CHD events occurred. (cdc.gov)
  • The clinicians on their patients' risk for CHD (8,9). (cdc.gov)
  • As for the OABSS, the VEL group showed significantly greater improvement than the TVT group. (springer.com)
  • 85% of patients had a history of an acute coronary event, severe chest pain, or myocardial infarction, two-thirds of which were more than two years previously. (acsh.org)
  • 66 patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome who had neither a psychiatric disorder nor appreciable sleep disturbance. (bmj.com)
  • The patients were randomly assigned to no additional therapy after surgery (non-users), cyclic OC use, or continuous OC use. (medscape.com)
  • 10 Fitness training improved both aerobic capacity and myalgia more than flexibility exercises in patients with the "fibrositis/fibromyalgia syndrome," 13 a condition which overlaps with the chronic fatigue syndrome. (bmj.com)
  • So far, 60 patients have already used the exercises to bridge the waiting time. (uni-trier.de)
  • The patient will be performing exercises or advice at home. (who.int)
  • Under conditions of high stress, borderline patients may fail to appreciate the "whole" of the situation and interpret events in catastrophic and intensely personal ways. (wikipedia.org)
  • Weight loss and various measures of glucose homeostasis were also the same in all groups, with the exception for normoglycemia that was significantly less achieved in the high protein-low GI diet with high intensity training. (lu.se)