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... 57 fractures, 7 head injures) required acute care because of a fall A fall may not have been the offending mechanism in all cases—some patients Trang 9may have sustained pathological fractures ... upon patients with a hip fracture as a ‘captive cohort’, a proportion of an aging population on whom we can apply targeted measures—medical, educational and social—in an attempt to improve or maximise ... cohort back to A&E Similarly, cardiovascular and cerbrovascular pathology accounted for 11% of re-admissions The orthogeriatric team may be able to optimise patients medically in preparation

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... participa-tion; 2) the ease and speed of participant engagement, facilitation and surveying; and 3) the automated manage-ment of resulting transcripts and survey data [4] Demon-stration that virtual ... Nevertheless, an implicit assumption is often made that the original thematic content and scale dimen-sions are equally relevant across all cultures As a result, various academics have argued that culturally ... transcripts are immediately available and permit drill-down comparison of phraseology and evaluation of topical content - Poll and survey results can be used to examine qualitative and thematic

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... independently associated with a greater risk of any fall and any ED admission Also, the lowest score-based quartile of the health-related OPQOL sub-score was associated with a greater risk of any fall as ... survival and living arrangements one year after the baseline visit were available for all (Figure 1) The main characteristics of the participants at the baseline evaluation are summarised in Table ... cases of about 10-15% It was therefore calculated that with a sample of 239 participants at baseline and about 200 subjects enrolled at a one-year follow-up the study would have obtained an almost

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... with cardiotoxicity, including coronary vasospasm, supraventricular tachycardia, and acute atrial fibrillation [1,7] Capsaicin also prolongs the cardiac action potential in atrial and ventricular ... with capsaicin Capsaicin, a sympathomimetic agent, may be implicated in the initiation of coronary vasospasm and acute myocardial infarction in the absence of substance abuse, particularly in ... advances in the study on capsaicinoids and capsinoids Eur J Pharmacol 2011, 650(1):1–7 Trang 1111 Watanabe T, Kawada T, Kurosawa M, Sato A, Iwai K: Adrenal sympathetic efferent nerve and catecholamine

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... via throughfall was within the range of European data [30] but was rather high in comparison to a set of French data [83] Mean annual litterfall in the mature Douglas-fir stand was estimated at ... soil acidification It was accompanied by a leaching of Ca and Mg higher than Ca and Mg in atmospheric deposits and may lead to a decrease in soil fertility [53] At this site, N leaching was partly ... Smith C.T., Microbial biomass C and N, and mineralizable-N, in litter and mineral soil under Pinus radiata on a coastal sand: Influence of stand age and harvest management, Plant Soil 175 (1995)

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... 2.3 Statistical analysis As the growth of individual trees was measured repeatedly, a multivariate approach with repeated mea-sures was used to analyze cumulative growth and RGR for RCD and height ... repeated measurement component (γ ) was excluded Linear regression analysis of SLA as a function of nutrient concentration was undertaken to compare the slope of the relationship among ... de la cime, la surface foliaire projetée et le rapport de la surface foliaire sur la biomasse foliaire et des tiges n’ont pas varié de façon significative avec la densité, et la surface foliaire

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... as assessed using the ICC Reader 2 was more accurate for all measures, as assessed both by ICC and Bland–Altman graphics (Fig 1b) Adding a second reader or calculating the mean of the two readers ... number of sets of radiographs required in each stratum was 25 Radiographic techniques All radiographs were obtained at a standard size of 1/1 with the patient in a weight-bearing position The X-ray ... area All six views for each patient were read at the same time About 10 sets of radiographs were read during each reading session (60 radiographs) A break was planned during each session so as

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... revision ofthe manuscript, and analysis and interpretation of data. PG participated in study design, acqui- sition of data, revision ofthe manuscript, and interpretation of data. All authors read and ... as well as adalimumab were widely available (Figure 1). The number of biologic-naïve patients starting adalimumab was too limited to allow mean- ingful analysis, and patients treated with adalimumab ... sedimentation rate; EVALglobal, physician's global assessment of disease activity on a five-grade scale; HAQ, health assessment questionnaire; MTX, methotrexate; VASglobal, visual analogue scale for

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... Okumura M, Ohta M, Tateyama H, Nakagawa K, Matsumura A, Maeda H, Tada H, Eimoto T, Matsuda H, Masaoka A: The World Health Organization histologic classification system reflects the oncologic behavior ... encapsulated tumors do not require any Table 4: Univariate and multivariate analysis of cancer-related survival in the total population a Risk factor Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis c p valueb ... 95:1041-47. 20 Ogawa K, Toita T, Uno T, Fuwa N, Kakinohana Y, Kamata M, Koja K, Kinjo T, Adachi G, Murayama S: Treatment and prognosis of thymic carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 40 cases Can-cer

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... imply that a sys- tematic implementation a pproach gives sustainable Table 1 Quality indicators for evaluation of quality of care in depression treatment and care after a suicide attempt. Indicator ... clinician may be below, equal to, or even above the acceptable stan- dard of care. Practice parameters are strategies for patient mana gement, designed to assist health care pro- fessionals in ... Janeiro State University, Brazil. Authors’ contributions TF, AÅW, MB, and YF have all participated to the design of the study. TF, YF, IJ, and APL have analyzed the data. All authors participated

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... at year 1; 209 (13%) achieved favorable outcome over 1 year (from year 1 to year 2); and 157 (10%) achieved favorable sustained outcome over 2 years (from year 1 to year 3) (Figure 1) An assessment ... schizophrenia who are treated in usual care settings Using data from a large 3-year observational naturalis-tic noninterventional study in the United States, this analysis aimed to identify distinct health ... predictors of this favorable health state Methods Data Source The data source for this study was the United States (US) Schizophrenia Care and Assessment Program (SCAP), a 3-year prospective, observational

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... The standard of care is not the same as the quality of care The quality of care provided by the clinician may be below, equal to, or even above the acceptable stan-dard of care Practice parameters ... care The aim of all implementation is a change that remains after the support is withdrawn, and the results indicate that changes had taken place in the organization and structure of the care provided ... TF, AÅW, MB, and YF have all participated to the design of the study TF, YF, IJ, and APL have analyzed the data All authors participated in interpretation of the results TF drafted the manuscript

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... stated a wish to die However, 5% of those eventually evaluated as appeal patients also sta-ted a wish to die In total, 36% were evaluasta-ted as suicide attempt patients and 26% as appeal patients ... aspects of suicidal behavior, the classification of all these cases as suicide attempts may be seen as an oversimplification Many appeal patients wished for changes, such as achieving relational or ... poisoning had used substances of abuse (ethanol, opiates or opioids, gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, benzodiazepines or cannabis, or a combination of substances) in a way

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... family lived in a metropolitan or non-metropolitan area and the Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Based on Census information, these SEIFA provide a measure of area‘disadvantage’ and can ... FJ: A decade of data linkage in Western Australia: strategic design, applications and benefits of the WA data linkage system Aust Health Rev 2008, 32:766-777. 12 National Coding Center: The official ... sharply with decreasing maternal age in the teenage years, both with maternal age as an unadjusted variable and also when adjusted for confounding by the other variables from the proportional

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... version of the PNCQ has not specifically been validated, a study comparing PNCQ data from an Australian and a Dutch sample of primary care patients with anxiety and/or depression, showed many similari-ties ... 423) At baseline, respondents were on average 45.7 years old (sd 11.9 years), with the youngest participant being 18 years of age and the oldest 65 Participants had an average of 12.0 years (sd ... Potential risk factors of a poor outcome in depression at T1: multilevel univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses Predisposing characteristics Age Education Marital status Enabling factors

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... Hisashi Tanaka1, Yosiaki Sasazawa2, Shosuke Suzuki3, Minato Nakazawa1, Hiroshi Koyama1* Abstract Background: Depression is a common mental disorder Several studies suggest that lifestyle and health ... physical * Correspondence: hkoyama@health.gunma-u.ac.jp 1 Department of Public Health, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan Full list of author information is available at ... Health, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan 2 Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan 3 NPO International Ecohealth Institute, Isesaki, Japan. Authors

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... Brodman Area 4 (A), dorsal to Brodman Area 4 (C) or had direct contact with Brodman Area 4 (B) Figure 1 Gadolinium enhanced T1 weighted sagittal MR images showing examples of lesions that are located ... WI, USA) Intraoperative identification of the central sulcus and Brodman area 4 was made using a combination of soma-tosensory evoked potential phase reversal and direct monopolar anodal high-frequency ... Trang 1Open AccessResearch Intraoperative electrocortical stimulation of Brodman area 4: a 10-year analysis of 255 cases Olaf Suess*, Silke Suess, Mario Brock and Theodoros Kombos Address:

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... regarding data analysis and writing of the manuscript. OH participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and helped to draft the manuscript. BS and TT contributed to the process of designing ... RESEARCH Open Access Quality of life among patients undergoing bariatric surgery: associations with mental health- A 1 year follow-up study of bariatric surgery patients Haldis Ø Lier 1* , Eva ... mental health- A 1 year follow -up study of bariatric surgery patients. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:79. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of:

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... as follows: Periostin (forward, 5’ AGGCAAACAG CTCAGAGTCTTCGT 3’ and reverse, 5’ TGCAGCTTCAAGTAGGCTGAGGAA 3’ ). b-actin (forward, 5’ CTGGCACCACACCTTCTA- CAATGA 3’ and reverse, 5’ TTAATGTCACGCAC- GATTTCCCGC ... 9:99 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/9/1/99 Page 8 of 10 hyperplasia; HE: hematoxylin and eosin; iTRAQ: isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification; PAP: pro- static acid phosphatase; PCa: prostate cancer; PIN: pro- static ... growth of colon cancer by augmenting cell survival via the Akt/PKB pathway. Cancer Cell 2004, 5:329-339. 16. Kudo Y, Ogawa I, Kitajima S, Kitagawa M, Kawai H, Gaffney PM, Miyauchi M, Takata T:...

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