Sentences with phrase «in older patients»

This program is meant to expand the health care professional's understanding of certain conditions that manifest themselves in older patients.

Prognostic significance of blood pressure measured in the office, at home and during ambulatory monitoring in older patients in general practice.

In older patients, meniscus surgery might entail a complete knee replacement, but in some patients younger than 50 years old, a meniscal transplant of healthy meniscal tissue may be of help.

The pumping function of the heart becomes less efficient; the liver and kidneys decrease in weight and their ability to filter toxins decreases; the thyroid and adrenal glands may decrease or increase the amount of hormone that they produce; there is a decrease in joint cartilage and muscle mass; dental disease is more common in older patients; and even the nervous system is affected as there is a decrease in blood flow to the brain and a decrease in brain function.

This cancer in younger dogs has been found to be more aggressive than that found in older patients.

This is especially common in older patients who suffer from osteoarthritis.

Airway surgery to treat brachycephalic airway disease of pugs, bulldogs and other short nosed breeds and laryngeal paralysis in older patients.

Acquired Murmurs: An acquired murmur develops over time and is often the result of progressing heart disease in older patients.

It is a disease that usually develops in older patients.

Typically, we diagnose OSA in older patients, but we also see a fairly high incidence in younger dogs as well.

It also helps evaluate the prognosis for treatments in older patients and helps assist us with evaluating congenital defects.

Arthroscopy is most successful in younger patients, but is still frequently attempted in older patients as well.

Dental disease, heart disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and many cancers are more common in older patients.

Bladder infections are more common in female dogs than males, while it is about the same ratio in cats, and infections are more common in older patients in general.

Surgery is also used in older patients for treatment of pericardial diseases, heart rhythm disturbances (pacemaker implantation), and cardiac tumors.

His interest in cardiology is tied in part to safely managing anesthesia in these older patients.

The idea was to have a more targeted approach to only cover the receptors that are transmitting the pain and not hitting other receptors that have to do with housekeeping effects, like the integrity of the intestinal lining that NSAIDs attack, like kidney function and liver function, so to have a drug that has a better safety profile, especially in older patients.»

(For instance, in older patients, especially, these drugs increase the risk of heart failure.)

it has a lot of benefits and I've just started as a cancer nutrition therapist so I would like this book to offer my patients a lot of ideas and recipes to help them to understand right foods to be on ketosis because I know that overall in older patients is dificult to understand and follow.

Prescription medications and over-the-counter preparations can also lead to constipation, especially in older patients who often take several medications on a daily basis.

Chordomas is most often diagnosed in older patients that have reached the age of 60.

In future studies, Lozano said, his team will focus on testing DBS in older patients with early Alzheimer's.

Her recent research focus has been medication adherence in older patients with hypertension, adherence to physical activity recommendations in patients with diabetes and provider adherence to medication guidelines.

Because many diseases, such as leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and myelodysplasia, are more common in older patients, mini-HCTs allow these patients to potentially benefit from transplant.

«Medication deintensification in older patients with low HbA1c or blood pressure.»

The authors compared the rate of heart attack or stroke in older patients, aged 60 and over, whose partner died to that of individuals whose partners were still alive during the same period.

In older patients, the success rate of the surgery are made worse by the fact that many patients are typically using oral anticoagulant medications to treat other cardiovascular diseases.

Optometrists can help to prevent falls by avoiding over-aggressive vision correction in older patients at risk, according to the review by David B. Elliott, PhD, 2013 recipient of the prestigious Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award.

In comparing the patients in initial and follow - up study, the young patients had significantly reduced post-concussion symptom score at follow - up than at the time of the initial exam, but no significant change of the post-concussion symptom score was observed in the older patients, who also showed persistent hypoactivation.

In the present study the authors found that the negative predictive value of SB100 is 99.6 %, and they «conclude that S100B levels below 0.105 µg / L can accurately predict a normal CCT scan after MHI in older patients and those on antiplatelet medication.»

The distinction between these two pathways may help to explain the difference between outcomes for younger and older patients — PA in younger patients is more likely to be caused by K: B fusion and 5 - year survival is generally high; PA in older patients is more likely to be caused by BRAF point mutations and 5 - year survival is generally lower.

Isabelle Mosnier, M.D., of Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris, France, and coauthors examined the relationship between cognitive function and hearing restoration with cochlear implantation in older patients at 10 tertiary referral centers between 2006 and 2009.

The old idea that cancer is less aggressive in the elderly is not entirely without merit: breast and prostate cancers tend to grow more slowly in older patients.

They have also devised and tested a tool for determining chemotherapy tolerance in older patients, published in 2011 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

«Physical therapy, surgery produce same results for stenosis in older patients.»

«At the same time, as our population ages, we are seeing a significant rise in older patients with falls or other trauma,» Hsia said.

The findings are important because they suggest that treating high blood pressure in older patients should not follow a one - size - fits - all approach.

A simplified frailty index created by surgeons at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich., is a reliable tool for assessing risk of mortality and serious complications in older patients considering total hip and knee replacement procedures, according to new study findings presented at the 2014 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.

Since breast cancer treatment in older patients is mostly not evidence - based due to poor inclusion of older patients in clinical trials, we propose that studies investigating breast cancer treatment are much more important than breast cancer screening in this population and should be prioritised.

The results support the recent recommendations from NICE that all GPs should encourage physical activity in their older patients.

«This greater than expected survival in older patients selected for operative therapy is noteworthy,» said Dr. Fernandez, «especially considering that the prevalence of lung cancer is expected to increase as the population continues to grow older and more people survive into old age.»

«Strong link between delirium, inflammation in older patients: Study of post-surgical patients shows elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines are strongly associated with delirium.»

For example, we have found that in superficial BCC on the lower extremities in older patients, PDT should be prescribed rather than imiquimod.

Dr. Fernandez said that because clinical decision - making in older patients can be fairly complex, the long - term patient outcome information from the STS - CMS linked data certainly will prove beneficial.

They found that although newly developed TR after MV repair was rare, the risk could increase in older patients with atrial fibrillation and impaired heart function.

For the patient, surgery involves extreme physical stress, and in older patients especially this can lead to disorders of consciousness or cognition.

«Specialist care prevents acute confusion in older patients after surgery.»

While the research is key to planning for future long - duration spaceflights, such as journeys to Mars or deep space, it also can help understand blood vessel function in older patients or patients with heart failure.

This is a condition of confusion and disorientation, sometimes hallucination, that occurs, especially in older patients, because of sleep deprivation, drugs, stress and the experience of being in strange surroundings.

In addition to possible blood contamination, the presence of both corticosteroid - binding globulin and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in uncontaminated saliva renders questionable whether salivary steroids can accurately reflect circulating free steroid levels 1 (particularly in the older patient since, as noted earlier, SHBG levels increase with age).