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Showing 1 to 20 of 107 for “"Patient groups"”.
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A mixed-methods evaluation of novel services for vulnerable patient groups in Ireland
… than a quarter of government expenditure. Cancer patients and older persons are two patient population groups that account for a large portion of healthcare utilisation and both groups are continuously increasing in number. Safe, cost- effective innovations are needed to provide care for these …
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Structured professional judgement approach to risk assessment: generalisability across patient groups for the prediction of adverse outcomes in secure mental health care
… and management of secure mental health inpatients. The thesis contributes significant theoretical and applied knowledge by: 1) investigating the extent to which these tools can be generalised beyond restricted validation samples to the full range of individuals in contact with secure …
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What makes personalized medicine work? : an empirical analysis of the role of product attributes, medical professional societies and patient groups in the diffusion of four breast cancer genetic tests
… serve as an example of this approach, where most patients have experienced its benefits through the use of genetic tests that provide decision support for health care workers regarding the likely effectiveness of specific drugs and, more broadly, the urgency of particular treatment options (for …
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Wearable Medical Device Ecosystems Through Machine Learning and Cloud Computing
… needs of many noncommunicable disease (NCD) patient groups, particularly in low- and middleincome countries. However, recent trends in soft, wearable medical devices and cloud technologies offer a possible alternative to traditional in-person clinical monitoring. Soft sensors interfaced via a …
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Inferring insulin regimen from clinical notes : using natural language processing techniques to extract data from free text records
… the daily insulin regimen for diabetic patients is more of an art than a science. Clinicians who care for diabetic patients carefully assess the patient's blood glucose levels, medical history and symptoms before prescribing insulin medication. The challenge for clinicians is often in …
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Market Response to Food and Drug Administration's Safety Warnings: a Case Study Using an Interrupted Time Series Analysis of the Medicare Database for 2006-2008
… appropriate-use, at risk, and contraindicated groups based on certain comorbid conditions. We assessed the effects of the May 2007 FDA safety warning about an ongoing safety review of rosiglitazone's potential to increase cardiovascular risks on thiazolidinedione utilization rates using an …
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Broadening public input into science policy decision making: can the democratic model for science communication influence scientific, innovation and technological trajectories?
… The first case study investigates whether patient-groups could represent an alternative needs-driven approach to biomedical and health sciences R & D. This is followed by enquiry into the potential for Science Shops to represent a bottom-up approach to promote research and development of …
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A Comparison of cardiac rehabilitation versus standard care in elderly patients with heart failure
… clinical and financial burden for the NHS. Patients with symptomatic heart failure have a poor prognosis and a high degree of morbidity. Current research findings suggest that enhancement of self-care through education, optimisation of pharmacological therapy, exercise training, lifestyle …
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Beta-lactam antimicrobial dosing optimization in obese patients compared to non-obese patients using population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic approach
… meropenem, and cefepime in hospitalized obese patients in order to determine dosing regimens that provide similar exposures between obese and non-obese patients. ^ For piperacillin/tazobactam, a retrospective analysis was conducted using prospectively collected serum concentration-time data …
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Species-specific DNA probes for the identification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
… obtained from five different periodontitis patient groups and was shown to correlate with culture results in eighteen out of twenty-two cases in detecting A. actinomycetemcomitans.
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From Systemic to Regional: Personal Health and Medical Monitoring Systems that Adapt to Individual Variance
… data to improve diagnostic accuracy, monitor a patient’s recovery progress, and make informed decisions about further treatment. Advances in electronics and sensing technologies have led to the development of remote monitoring devices, such as for ECG and blood pressure, which can collect …
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Papildomas adenozino vaidmuo mažinant infarkto dydį ir išsaugant kairiojo skilvelio funkciją pacientams, sergantiems ūminiu miokardo infarktu /
… and preserving the left ventricular function in patients with acute myocardial infarction. During the study we examined patients with the left ventricular anterior wall acute myocardial infarction (AMI), when PCI and stenting were used for infarct-related artery (IRA) re-opening. Study evaluates …
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Targeted Priority Mechanisms in Organ Transplantation
… designed to enhance access for disadvantaged patient groups and improve organ-recipient matching. Using a rigorous queueing-theoretic framework, I characterize patients' equilibrium participation strategies, identifying conditions under which no-, full-, and mixed-participation equilibria …
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Citrate kinetics during regional citrate anticoagulation in extracorporeal organ replacement therapy
… anticoagulation method for haemodialysis patients at high risk of bleeding. In order to better define the optimal dose of citrate and calcium infusion and to identify patients at risk for side effects, the kinetics of citrate and calcium were studied in vivo during and after 15 …
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Investigation into cognitive function in first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients. An investigation into cognitive deficits associated with first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients in South Asian and Caucasian populations as assessed by the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).
… function in both chronic and first episode patients. Recent advances in cognitive remediation therapy have provided the opportunity for patients to improve their cognitive function and therefore improve their functional outcome. Aim The aim of the present study was to investigate cognitive …
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Rekurentinių diagramų tipo metodai elektroencefalogramų analizei /
… quantification analysis is used to classify patients with rolandic epilepsy or structural focal epilepsy. Data for analysis was provided by Children‘s Hospital, Affiliate of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos. There was an analysis of 8, 16, 32-sec-long electroencephalogram (EEG) …
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“I am the Outlier on the Graph”: An Exploration of the Experiences and Coping Strategies of People Under 60 Living with Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma Using Interview and Photo-elicitation Methods
… several mesothelioma charities and research groups. Eighteen people: 6 men and 12 women, aged 26-59-years (mean age 45), participated in the research; of who: 8 had been diagnosed with pleural- and 10 had been diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma. One-to-one, online interviews lasted on …
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A neuroimaging study to characterise adolescent major depressive disorder, the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy, and potential subtypes based on familial loading
… past literature has found that adult MDD patients with a high familial loading for MDD, defined as having at least one first degree relative with MDD, show different symptom profiles to MDD patients with a low familial loading for the illness. However, it is not yet clear whether these …
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Transglutaminase and peptidylarginine deiminase in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases
… prevalence of autoantibodies was found among the patient groups tested. Conclusions: Contrary to what has been published previously, patients with pSS do not express anti-PAD. The hypothesis of a complex between an enzyme and its modified substrate constituting the neoantigen in autoimmune …
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Širdies resinchronizuojamojo gydymo efektyvumo įvertinimas ir prognozavimas /
… increasing morbidity and mortality of the patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases related to sudden death or progressive heart insufficiency. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a progressive, modern and very promising method of non-medicament treatment of heart failure. …
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