Previous research has shown that between 4 and 6 per
cent of patients with CTE will also simultaneously show clinical features of ALS — that's 800 fold higher than the prevalence of ALS in the general population.
The drug erlotinib is prescribed to between 10 - 30 per
cent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 85 per cent of all lung cancer cases.
Approximately 30 per
cent of patients with epilepsy do not respond to anti-epileptic drugs.
After chemotherapy, as many as 65 per
cent of patients with breast cancer report memory lapses, difficulty concentrating, taking longer to complete tasks and difficulty multitasking.
Overall, only two per
cent of all patients with massive hemorrhage received what might be considered the optimal transfusion of a high dose of clotting products in conjunction with red blood cells during the first hour of arrival within the Emergency Department.
Only two per
cent of patients with life - threatening bleeding after serious injury receive optimal blood transfusion therapy in England and Wales, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and NHS Blood and Transplant.
Meanwhile, diabetic retinopathy - the most common form of diabetic eye disease — affects between 40 and 50 per
cent of patients with diabetes and is a leading cause of blindness in the Western world.
This test may be particularly useful for patients with high grade serous ovarian cancer because the mutated cancer gene TP53 is found in more than 99 per
cent of patients with this form of the disease.
The drug erlotinib is prescribed to between 10 — 30 per
cent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 85 per cent of all lung cancer cases.
Not exact matches
Among this group, top reasons for leaving were working conditions (for example staffing levels and workload), cited by 44 per
cent, a change in personal circumstances (such as ill health), cited by 28 per
cent and disillusionment
with the quality
of care provided to
patients, cited by 27 per
cent.
«You know they've won games
with 30, 25 per
cent possession — that means they know what they want to do and are
patient to have that killing instinct
of a snake.
«You know they've won games
with 30, 25 per
cent possession - that means they know what they want to do and are
patient to have that killing instinct
of a snake.
The report found that 47 per
cent of carers said being in hospital had a significant negative effect on
patients» health,
with over half saying that the person's dementia also worsened.
In
patients with muscle spasticity, 25 per
cent of those taking a placebo saw a moderate improvement compared to 35 per
cent on medical cannabis.
Within the test cohort, all
patients with MS had central veins in more than 45 per
cent of brain lesions, while the rest had central veins visible in less than 45 per
cent of lesions.
The median survival for
patients is 15 months,
with less than five per
cent of patients surviving beyond five years.
The clear result
of this clinical study — that the combination reduced strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular death by practically 25 per
cent compared to either drug alone in both
patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease — caused the clinical trial to be stopped early, after 23 months, in February 2017.
Although aspirin reduces the risk
of major cardiovascular events by 19 per
cent, a more effective antithrombotic strategy could have major benefits for the large population
of patients with stable cardiovascular disease.
Since the international Delta trial began in 1992, the death rate
of patients who received «combination therapy» has fallen by 38 per
cent compared
with patients who were treated
with a single drug.
The researchers estimated that if an average - sized GP practice
with 7,000
patients reduced its antibiotic prescribing to people
with respiratory tract infections by 10 per
cent, there could be one extra case
of pneumonia each year.
«It is estimated that at least ten per
cent of blindness from glaucoma is directly caused by poor
patient adherence to their prescribed medications,» says Dr Wong, an Adjunct Associate Professor
with NTU's School
of Materials Science and Engineering.
The risk
of re-admission was around 30 per
cent lower if
patients were treated
with long - acting injections compared to their receiving the same antipsychotic medication but orally.
The results indicate that from the age
of 25 to 39 about a third
of patients will have a false positive, and as screening extends to age 75, almost 80 per
cent of women screened
with MRI will have at least one false positive.
Usually, treatment would require whole - brain radiation which is extremely toxic and the average survival time is just 3 - 6 months from diagnosis,
with fewer than 20 per
cent of patients surviving more than one year.
Among type - 2 diabetic
patients with an elevated risk
of cardiovascular disease — those
with high levels
of triglycerides and low levels
of «good» cholesterol (high - density lipoprotein or HDL)-- fenofibrate cut adverse cardiovascular outcomes by 30 per
cent in women and 24 per
cent in men.
A single infusion
of the gene therapy drug showed improved levels
of the essential blood clotting protein Factor VIII,
with 85 per
cent of patients achieving normal or near - normal Factor VIII levels even many months after treatment.
Ivacaftor is the first drug to treat the underlying causes
of cystic fibrosis rather than just its symptoms and is currently approved for
patients with the «celtic gene» mutation carried by about four per
cent of all
patients and 10 - 15 per
cent of patients in Ireland.
Combining morphine, a narcotic pain reliever, and nortriptyline, an antidepressant, has been found to successfully relieve chronic neuropathic pain — or a localized sensation
of pain due to abnormal function
of the nervous system — in 87 per
cent of patients, and significantly better than
with either drug alone.
Now, researchers at DTU Systems Biology have combined genetics
with computer science and created a new diagnostic technology based on advanced self - learning computer algorithms which — on the basis
of a biopsy from a metastasis — can
with 85 per
cent certainty identify the source
of the disease and thus target treatment and, ultimately, improve the prognosis for the
patient.
Around 40 to 50 per
cent of melanoma
patients have a faulty BRAF gene and they can be treated
with the targeted drugs vemurafenib or dabrafenib.
Incidences
of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) are happening more often,
with patients facing low chances
of surviving the disease using current treatments - this can be as low as five per
cent survival rate 12 months after diagnosis.
In the 52
patients treated
with honey, 91 per
cent of wounds were rendered sterile within 7 days.
So
with that in mind, there's a ton
of testing that we can do, but I try to pinpoint the testing at what makes the most
cent for the
patient.
The response to treatment was recorded as good (no significant residual complaints) in 40 per
cent or more
of patients taking 100 - 150 mg pyridoxine daily and in 60 per
cent of patients treated
with 160 - 200 mg daily.
Forty four per
cent of patients receiving these drugs had NSAID induced enteropathy when assessed by this technique; 20 %
of these had comparable levels
of inflammation to that previously reported in
patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
A massive analysis
of nearly a million
patients found 50 per
cent diagnosed
with pancreatic cancer had been diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes the previous year.
This week one
of my
patients needed a cystocentesis (cyst - toe -
cent - pieces
with a silent P) performed.
«For instance, the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Melbourne has immunisation rates that show an average
of 91 per
cent of their child
patients are fully immunised, compared
with rates
of less than 50 per
cent for Aboriginal children across Victoria.»
The MRI incentive paid to providers for bulk billing concessional
patients and children will be reduced from 100 per
cent of the Medicare fee to 95 per
cent to line up
with the current arrangements for other diagnostic imaging services.
The Clinical Pathway also identified 110
patients (55 per
cent)
with moderate / high risk
of depression.