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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"presenting symptoms"”.
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Attributional Style, Presenting Symptoms, And Readiness to Change in Female Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors
… of the effect that attribution style and presenting symptoms has on the self-reported readiness to change of female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The aim was to demonstrate that the stages of change are a useful concept in understanding how to approach treatment with female child …
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Feasibility and effectiveness of MATCH-ADTC on ninth-grade students presenting symptoms of depression, and anxiety
Anxiety and depression symptoms in school-aged children are highly prevalent and can be comorbid. Mental health interventions are promising in decreasing anxiety and depression symptoms as well as learning healthy coping techniques. MATCH-ADTC is a transdiagnostic intervention grounded in …
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A Retrospective review of medical gastrointestinal endoscopy in children attending Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town
… describe the socio-demographic characteristics; presenting symptoms; indications; endoscopic yield; impact of endoscopy on management; as well as its safety profile and complications. In addition algorithms for the indications of medical gastrointestinal endoscopy in children were designed using …
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An audit of endocrine dysfunction in children with craniopharyngiomas at Red Cross Children's Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital from 1976 to 2004
… to 2004 with respect to age at presentation, presenting symptoms and preoperative and post-operative endocrine dysfunction. Patients and methods: The records of 45 children aged between 9 months and 13 years were reviewed. The majority of children in the study were aged between 5 and 10 years. …
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Exploring the first-hand experiences of adult males diagnosed with high functioning autism during their adulthood
… it aimed to explore the nature of their initial presenting symptoms, gender-related factors that contribute to adulthood diagnosis of autism in males, the challenges they experienced prior to and succeeding their diagnosis, and lastly, the impact that receiving a late diagnosis had on their …
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The effect of osteopathic treatment on the irritable bowel syndrome: a case series
… showed a decrease in their overall severity of symptoms. Improvements did occur in the patients' individual presenting symptoms, where abdominal pain, bloating and diarrhoea were all reduced. The preliminary data of two patients indicates that osteopathic treatment may help. However, the results …
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The clinical characteristics, presentation, and treatment outcomes of prolactinomas at Groote Schuur Hospital
… In the macroprolactinoma group: the common presenting symptoms were headache 88.6% (n=33), altered vision 40% (n=14) and , in females, amenorrhoea 63.6% (n=14) but a cranial nerve palsy 17.1% (n=6) and apoplexy 5.7% (n=2) were uncommon. . In the microprolactinoma group the common presenting …
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ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΦΥΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΝΤΑΝΑΚΛΑΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΡΑΧΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΩΤΕΡΟΥ ΟΥΡΟΠΟΙΗΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ
… DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS ACCORDING TO THEIR MAIN PRESENTING SYMPTOMS. THESE GROUPS WERE: 1) PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY IDIOPATHIC DETRUSOR INSTABILITY. 2) PRIMARY ADULTS ENURETICS. 3)FEMALES WITH IDIOPATHIC ACUTE RETENTION OF URINE. 4) FEMALES WITH GENUINE STRESS INCONTINENCE. ALL THE PATIENTS HAD THE …
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Internalizing Disorders in Early Childhood: Professional Development Framework for Teachers
… include providing support for educators such as presenting up-to-date research through professional development (PD). The current investigation implemented an intervention designed to compare different forms of PD seminars ("Information" and "Strategies") designed to increase teachers' awareness …
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Clinician measurement of spectacle prescription changes and patient tolerance to them
… follow; i) quantification of patient-reported symptoms with new spectacles, ii) the methods of refraction used by clinicians and iii) part-refracting as a special case of part-prescribing. Finally, the typical cylinder changes prescribed in patients’ refractive history are examined. Results. …
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Parents' management of their child's hydrocephalus and shunt
… to recognise and respond appropriately to the symptoms of shunt malfunction in their child; professionals need to integrate parents' information about their child's symptoms during clinical decision-making and diagnosis. This thesis explored parents' experiences of living with a child with …
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Kikuchi Disease in Korean Children : Clinical Features and Disease Courses
… 16 girls. Twenty (76.9%) patients had fever as a presenting symptom, and 5 patients (19.2%) had various skin rash. Eleven (55%) cases with fever improved after excision biopsy of lymph nodes. Eight (30.8%) cases treated with steroid showed dramatic responses. Six patients (23.1%) had resolutions …
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Recognition memory and response bias in elderly demented, depressed, and demented/depressed patients
… of dementia vs. depression when the etiology of presenting symptoms is unclear. Indices of discrimination (i.e., the ability to identify target from distractor items during recognition memory testing) and response bias (i.e., the probability of saying "yes" to an item when uncertain if it is a …
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Describing the most common presenting complaints, their priority and corresponding diagnoses at Mitchell’s Plain Emergency Centre
… a complex and growing burden of disease. The presenting symptom is an independent variable that informs acuity and directs resource allocation. This study describes the most common presenting complaints and linked diagnoses, in total and for each category of the South African Triage Scale …
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Tuberculosis In paediatric kidney transplant recipients a single centre experience
… within the first year post-transplant. The main presenting symptoms included fever (n=13/20), weight loss (n=12/20) and cough (n=10/20). Tuberculin skin test was positive in four of 20 children. Coinfection with Ebstein Barr virus, Cytomegalovirus or Staphylococcus was found in five children. Due …
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Describing the most common presenting complaints, their priority and corresponding diagnoses at Khayelitsha Emergency Centre
… This study aimed to identify the most common presenting complaints and corresponding linked diagnoses, in total and for each category of the South African Triage Scale (SATS) at Khayelitsha Emergency Centre (EC). Methods A retrospective, cross-sectional, chart review was used. The sample …
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Clinical presentation and diagnostic work up of suspected pulmonary embolism in a district hospital emergency centre serving a high HIV/TB burden population
… Africa. Data was collected on demographics, presenting symptoms and signs, vitals, bedside investigations, HIV and TB status, use of CDRs and CTPA result. A Revised Geneva Score was calculated retrospectively and compared to the CTPA result. Results: The median age of patients with confirmed …
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Non-specific aortic arteritis (Takayasu's disease) : the Cape Town experience
… and cardiac failure are the commonest presenting symptoms and the most frequent cause of death. The aetiology of this condition remains obscure and the pathogenetic link with Tuberculosis is controversial. A significant number of patients have "burnt out" disease, and prolonged survival …
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Functional outcomes and patient satisfaction after fasciotomy performed for chronic exertional compartment syndrome
… Patient records were reviewed to determine their presenting symptoms, diagnostic investigations and surgical procedures performed. A questionnaire was completed by each participant to assess pain and level of activity before and after surgery, level of improvement after surgery and patient …
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Exploring the relationship between an instrumented walking test and community physical activity in individuals with Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome
… fatigable muscle weakness, but the age of onset, presenting symptoms and distribution of weakness differ depending on the genotype and specific mutations affected. The severity of CMS is highly variable amongst individuals, fluctuating and worsening with physical effort, which makes assessments …
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