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... of follow- up 14 (seven in the non-Rastelli group, seven in the Rastelli group) of the 20 patients were suffering from right-ventricular dysfunction, in 12 of them (six in the non-Rastelli group, ... group, one in the Rastelli group) failure was diagnosed at presentation, but after surgery the function of the right ventricle improved to normal Surprisingly, the NYHA class at the end of follow- up ... atrioventricular block in another non-Rastelli patient Seven patients died during follow up (four in the nonRastelli group and three in the Rastelli group) In the non-Rastelli group a patient of seven...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... supervised the writing of the manuscript URL and HFH performed the operation HFH, URL and TL supervised the general management and follow- up of the patient All authors have read and approved the ... to have the highest propensity for metastatic spread to the spine [1] The retroperitoneal extra-adrenal paraganglioma is the most aggressive one with malignant behavior in up to 50% of the cases ... the case of a 54-year-old man with a metastatic lesion in the body of C2, which was resected They did not mention whether the procedure was intralesional or marginal Over a 30-month period, the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... long-term Page of 10 follow- up; and 3) what predictors at baseline are associated with QoL in the long-term after group CBT We hypothesized that the improvement in QoL in the long-term after CBT would ... statistically significant changes in the domains of the SF-36 or to detect potential baseline predictors of the SF-36 at the follow- ups Nevertheless, the changes of each of the SAD symptomatology scores ... disorders conducted the treatment program, guided by a therapists’ manual During the treatment, the therapists had group discussions once a month to check on therapist adherence to the program and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... pectoris These symptoms were the main reasons why patients seeked treatment More than 90% of the patients in each arrhythmia subgroup described the procedure as successful in the long-term follow up ... for the patients we divided the questionnaire in three different blocks: the first block was related to the situation for the patients before ablation, questions in the second block dealt with the ... undergone the procedure at an earlier point of time Therefore, placebo effects as well may have affected the perception of the patients of the success of the procedure and improvement in their QoL...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:44

... conceived the project, had full access to all of the data in the study, and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis JF participated in the design of the ... still more likely than the others to be in the latter group (40% vs 26%, respectively, p < 05) Despite these notable race-based discrepancies in level of insurance coverage, there was no significant ... Chemotherapy offered and accepted, RT – radiation therapy offered and accepted, HT – Hormonal therapy offered and accepted, NC – noncompliance with offered adjuvant therapy * The difference in the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:21

... treatment The reduction was already less pronounced in group I as compared to group II and particularly to group III (Table 3) Six months after radiotherapy the RFSR as compared to the initial ... technique was implemented The aim of this investigation was to measure of the whole salivary flow rate 12, 24 and 36 months after the end of radiotherapy under the circumstances that the protection of ... are described in table The protocol was accepted by the ethics committee of the Martin-LutherUniversity Halle-Wittenberg Study was supported by the German Cancer Aid e.V The data in study Grant...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:21

... over the five-year follow- up in two Japanese patients with Paget's disease of the bone To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a long-term follow- up of patients with PDB after ... five-year follow- up after the discontinuation of treatment differed In one patient (Case 1), his T-ALP level remained within the normal range and no bone pain was reported throughout the five-year follow- up, ... changes in the left acetabulum, half of the ilium, and the pubic bone dosage of alendronate for one year after the cessation of treatment [9] Furthermore, in this study, we have shown that the administration...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... of the people with whom you’ll meet are trained recruiters or skilled interviewers They are simply managers with a position to fill A strong follow- up letter can help them accomplish the following: ... perspective? You’ll find that the most important benefits you can deliver will involve one or more of these areas In the body of your Follow- Up Letter, you might also supply additional references ... LETTER 6-3: FOLLOW- UP LETTER—ATTORNEY When her interview was interrupted, this writer continued it by telephone She used this unique fact to remind the reader of their meeting and then continued...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 18:20

... analyze the data and has the capability of sending them on to the physician's office Data are being gathered on the utility of these more sophisticated devices One of the goals is to reduce the need ... buildup A trend in the industry is to make the leads isodiametric In other words, the lead has the same diameter throughout its length with no bulges A catheter sheath placed over the lead can, therefore, ... placed on the thigh and the electric current travels between the electrocautery device at the right upper quadrant incision to the other electrode (and to the machine, thus completing the circuit)...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 01:20

... Plane, The Black Dahlia, The Departed, The Descent, The Fountain, The Omen, The Protector, The Quiet, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and Waist Deep The movies were selected based on the ... ratings,187 parents agree with the ESRB ratings 82% of the time, while 13% of the time they find the ratings “too lenient,” and 5% of the time believe the ratings are “too strict.” The study similarly suggests ... descriptions.” As another company put it, the ultimate judgment call of whether the content of a recording warrants the [PAL] is made in light of the message and identity of the artist, the current social...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 01:20

... died The observed number of events in the total person-years of follow up was 4/409.6 = 9.8 per thousand The observed number of events in the NAFLD cohort was significantly higher than the expected ... performed at any time DISCUSSION The study is the first to describe the long-term survival of children with NAFLD who underwent a follow- up of up to 20 years The study demonstrates that NAFLD ... the development of NAFLD.42 The main strengths of our study are the inclusion of children with the whole spectrum of NAFLD from simple steatosis to cirrhosis along with the long-term follow- up...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... three-year follow- up, those lost to follow- up and those who died before follow- up Persons who completed all KAP items (n = 3709) at 3-year follow- up, compared with the 3256 persons lost to follow- up, ... follow- up outcomes The following analysis was carried out on the observed data, i.e on those completing the 3-year follow- up, and to assess the effects of loss to follow- up, we repeated the onset and ... the three year follow- up questionnaire These six stratadefining variables were selected a priori as they were used to describe the differences between responders and those lost to follow- up These...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... concentration in the follow up samples as well as the outcome of the disease Finally, we assessed the relationship between the baseline NIH scale as an indirect measure of the severity of the stroke, the ... were lower in the former group, supporting the association with an unfavorable outcome The difference was significant only in the follow- up samples, while almost significant in the admission ... severity of the stroke, the concentration of the S100β in the follow up samples as an indicator of the infarct size, and the outcome of the disease assessed by the modified Rankin scale (Figure 4) Both...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... patients met the study inclusion criteria Fifty-two underwent physical examination and completed the follow- up questionnaires This cohort constituted the study group (93% follow- up) There were ... tears up to cm in diameter The all-arthroscopic cases in the current report represent those after the senior author had mastered the learning curve for this difficult procedure The purpose of the ... to analyze the outcome improvement between the groups for the measures used in the study We found no statistical difference in improvement between the groups for any variable With the numbers...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... one was for the initial trial of VFG, and the other was for the second trial of VFG after failure of bone consolidation in ipsilateral VFG Patients The mean age of the patients at the time of ... of the cases during the course of the follow- up Multiple previous operations had been performed before VFG in patients in other institutions prior to attending our hospital We have reported these ... old, 15 years after VFG (C) 14.2 cm) already existed Therefore there was no significant difference between the previous state (6.8 cm) and the post state (7.5 cm) of VFG in the group of cases undergoing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... exercise the parent uses one hand to stabilize the leg with knee bent The other hand is used to grasp the foot and then place the ankle into maximum dorsiflexion followed by planter flexion The exercises ... tenotomy, 18 in the bilateral group and 29 in the unilateral group The mean Mid Foot Score and Hind Foot Score for the entire group at the time of tenotomy was 0.5 and 2.5 respectively There was no ... from the 0-12 weeks of the age group while beginning of the treatment Out of patients resistant to Ponseti serial cast manipulation were from the 13-24 weeks of the age group while beginning of the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... of the mothers enrolled in the study The median age of the mothers was 25 years and the median schooling completed was Grade The majority of the mothers were pregnant for the second time The ... were recruited to collect the data They were offered half-day training on the follow- up format and on how to the follow up Data were collected 479 eligible women across the city 282 women enrolled ... taking ZDV syrup for seven days if their mothers received the medication for one month or more; otherwise the infants took the syrup for one month Postnatal follow up for exposed infants were recommended...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... of the OPQOL score and the rest of the sample Results Out of the 239 participants enrolled at baseline, 29 were lost to the one-year follow- up: these missing cases were those in which either the ... even after correction for severe dependence in the BADLs and frailty syndrome These findings support the importance of measuring the patients’ own perspectives on their lives and enhance the prognostic ... assess the occurrence of any such event in the year after the baseline visit and not the number of events The latter would in fact have introduced a greater recall bias since it is reasonable to suppose...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... scores on the social support and peers dimension among girls, although not statistically significant, would support this hypothesis The differences we had hypothesized about the effect of the different ... with the Hochberg method in order to address the multiple testing problem The decision rule is to reject the null hypothesis when the adjusted p-value is less than a = 0.05[39] To investigate the ... be part of a risk group In addition, the combination of these two LEs seems to be usual In fact, not only the LCUs sum score determine the effect, it’s the undesirability of these LEs what makes...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20