Sentences with phrase «for symptomatic patients»

For symptomatic patients, a symptom severity index was also calculated which equalled the cumulative symptom score divided by the number of symptoms present.

Should the virus start spreading widely, the government will use anti-viral stockpiles for symptomatic patients.

Not exact matches

Right now, our healthcare model is set up so that insurance will only cover a test (and therefore a physician will only order a test) when a patient becomes symptomatic for a given condition.

Comparing a new patient's information with millions of other cases, Patient Rescue might be able to predict that they are in the early stages of a disease that has not yet become symptomatic, for epatient's information with millions of other cases, Patient Rescue might be able to predict that they are in the early stages of a disease that has not yet become symptomatic, for ePatient Rescue might be able to predict that they are in the early stages of a disease that has not yet become symptomatic, for example.

The new procedure is FDA approved for patients with symptomatic aortic stenosis (valve narrowing) who are considered high - risk for standard valve replacement surgery.

Timothy E. McAlindon, D.M., M.P.H., of Tufts Medical Center, Boston, and colleagues randomly assigned 140 patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis with features of synovitis to injections in the joint with the corticosteroid triamcinolone (n = 70) or saline (n = 70) every 12 weeks for two years.

«These findings do not support this treatment for patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis,» the authors write.

In patients with severe, symptomatic mitral valve disease unsuitable for surgical repair, mitral valve replacement reduces symptoms and improves survival.

«Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation poses challenges for cardiac care: Risks are higher for asymptomatic paroxysmal AF patients than symptomatic paroxysmal AF patients.»

Kaplan - Meier curves for the incidences of all - cause death between asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with PAF (left) and SAF (right).

«Our study emphasizes the importance of individualized therapy strategies and lifestyle interventions in order to prevent structural knee joint degeneration as early as possible in obese and overweight patients at risk for osteoarthritis or with symptomatic osteoarthritis,» Dr. Gersing said.

Previous studies have found a decrease in behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia when patients are treated for pain, but this new study now shows, for the first time, a decrease in symptomatic drug use.

Shah and Shpall's team enrolled symptomatic patients who qualified as candidates for high - dose chemotherapy drugs like melphalan, and transplantation of the patient's own stem cells.

Changhai Ding, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, and colleagues randomly assigned 413 patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and low 25 - hydroxyvitamin D to receive monthly treatment with oral vitamin D3 (50,000 IU; n = 209) or an identical placebo (n = 204) for 2 years.

«This is the first study advancing barrier repair that treats symptomatic mice, which more closely mirrors conditions for human patients,» Dr. Garbuzova - Davis said.

«For Alzheimer's patients, the standard of care for symptomatic treatment remains cholinesterase inhibitors, which are 25 years old at this poiFor Alzheimer's patients, the standard of care for symptomatic treatment remains cholinesterase inhibitors, which are 25 years old at this poifor symptomatic treatment remains cholinesterase inhibitors, which are 25 years old at this point.

«The results are of significant importance since, unlike the current treatments offered for fibromyalgia patients, HBOT is not aiming for just symptomatic improvement,» he said.

In particular, about 30 % of patients are still undiagnosed; moreover, only symptomatic therapy is still available for the majority of persons with RD.

Diminished omega - 3 fatty acids are associated with carotid plaques from neurologically symptomatic patients: Implications for carotid interventions.

Inclusion Criteria: • Availability of tumor tissue for mesothelin expression testing • Histologically - confirmed, mesothelin - expressing metastatic or advanced non-metastatic disease (tumour type specific inclusion criteria) • At least one measurable lesion according to either Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 or International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group (ITMIG) modified RECIST 1.1 as applicable • Adequate bone marrow, liver, renal and coagulation function • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥ 50 % of the lower limit of normal (LLN) according to local institutional ranges • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0 or 1 Exclusion Criteria: • More than one prior anti - tubulin / microtubule agent • Corneal epitheliopathy or any eye disorder that may predispose the patients to this condition • Symptomatic Central nervous system (CNS) metastases and / or carcinomatous meningitis • Contraindication to both CT and MRI contrast agents • Active hepatitis B or C infection • Pregnant or breast - feeding patients • Tumor type specific exclusion criteria

These findings do not support this treatment for patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis.

«We and our patients need to know that quality sleep is necessary for overall optimum functioning and health, including sexual satisfaction, and that there are effective treatment options — including hormone therapy — which are available for symptomatic women,» she said.

Some practitioners believe that Hashimoto's disease, which can be confirmed by testing for thyroid antibodies, warrants treatment in some patients who are symptomatic, even if other thyroid levels are normal.

Experience makes the difference here, and a natural medicine specialist will know that this highly specialized information can be the difference between symptomatic treatment or a most satisfactory outcome of complete recovery for that patient.

Many patients report symptomatic relief after undergoing arthroscopy of the knee for osteoarthritis, but it is unclear how the procedure achieves this result.

Client education is key to both preventing the need for antimicrobials and reinforcing the treatment plan (BOX 2), which could include symptomatic care for patients not needing antimicrobials or proper antimicrobial administration, when appropriate.

Drug therapy with «anticholinergics» (like atropine) may be employed for mildly affected patients, but implanting a pacemaker is considered best for all symptomatic dogs.

Among the sights are Old Masterworks from all times and places — there are allusive ties to works as different as Flemish proverb pictures (most notably, Bruegel's ironical The Parable of the Blind, 1568), Gericault's unromantic portraits of mental patients, and Sargeant's peculiarly lurid romantic paintings — none the worse for wear, and as unconsciously striking as ever, but more adult, that is, dignified by consciousness, than the Abstract Expressionism with which Desiderio began his career, and thus less beholden to the tyranny of modernism, if still symptomatic of modernity.

The Symetis portfolio includes the ACURATE TA ™ and ACURATE neo / TF valve * systems for use in the treatment of high - risk patients suffering from severe and symptomatic aortic valve stenosis, which are sold in Europe and in other geographies outside of the United States.

The issue was that the patient was symptomatic for a few days before visiting the Emergency Room.

In mid 2010, we collated data on all adult Indigenous patients in the region who where either symptomatic or in remission and receiving treatment for a psychotic disorder falling within the following International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision groups: organic - related (F06); substance use - related (F10 — 19); schizophrenia - related (F20 — 22); acute and transient psychoses (F23); and mood disorder - related (F25, F30 — 33).

STAIR modified prolonged exposure provides a slightly longer timeframe in which to treat highly symptomatic patients and also provides the therapist with a method of preparing participants for such work.

Finally, early psychosocial interventions in symptomatic parents may have beneficial effects not only for the psychological adjustment of parents and patients but also for the short and long - term course of the illness.