Sentences with phrase «in younger patients»

However, this procedure has been reported to fail in younger patients with more active lifestyles - the stiff metal stem in the thigh bone can cause trouble.

Up to 1.5 cm per year of longitudinal growth can occur from these areas in a young patient.

Especially as the procedure is performed in younger patients, information on the long - term rates of repeat (revision) surgery will be essential.

Researchers found that both treatments helped control fever and led to similar outcomes in young patients.

Our researchers show how more frequent, higher doses of chemotherapy improves survival in some young patients by two - thirds.

Intervention in young patients is feasible and becoming more common because new technology has provided implants with a longer life - expectancy than that of dogs and cats.

I aim at obtaining a job position of pediatric nurse in a recognizable medical institute through which I can implement my nursing skills in handling chronic and acute conditions in young patients.

It is important to recognition of mental illness as well as awareness for physicians to always question and screen for mental illness in their young patients.

«Radiation - related risk is one of the factors that should be considered in the decision to use cardiovascular imaging with ionizing radiation, particularly in younger patients in whom the potential risk of radiation exposure is thought to be higher,» Fazel said.

People who have knee pain due to a torn meniscus, which is more likely to occur in younger patients who hurt their knees during sports, can still benefit from arthroscopy, says Dr. Azar, of the Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tenn..

The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified new mutations in pediatric brain tumors known as high - grade gliomas (HGGs), which most often occur in the youngest patients.

CHIP may be contributing to the improved lung function and nutritional status now being seen in younger patients in the United States, the researchers noted.

«This study uses the best, mostly highly controlled data to demonstrate that early - life weight gain does worsen the severity of asthma in the youngest patients,» Lang said.

Cardiovascular disease in these young patients develops as vulnerable cells lining the interior of major arteries (vessels that carry blood away from the heart) accumulate the toxic protein and die.

Matt Hoffman, a family nurse practitioner and clinical assistant professor with the Texas A&M College of Nursing, has seen it a couple of times in younger patients keen on experimenting.

Bennett thinks the therapy will work even better in younger patients who have not lost as many photoreceptors.

«We've shown that even in younger patients who have relatively mild disease, Orkambi led to improvements in lung function,» says Felix Ratjen of the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Unfortunately, multiple studies have shown that delaying ACL surgery in these young patients can lead to an increased risk of meniscus tears and articular cartilage damage since even day to day activity without an ACL can subject the knee to repeated instability and damage.

The breakthrough discovery was reported in the journal Neurobiology of Disease and implies that a failure to correctly process the genetic blueprint that produces correctly working proteins is likely to blame for the neuromuscular deficits in young patients with motor neuron disease.

«Our data show that cumulus cells from older women are affected by a chronic exposure to suboptimal oxygen levels, as indicated by an increased expression of hypoxia - induced genes when compared to the same cells collected in younger patients,» he said.

«This information is important as it demonstrates that total shoulder arthroplasty may be a good option in younger patients who are indicated for a shoulder replacement.»

Medical researchers have used DNA sequencing to identify a gene variant responsible for causing lupus in a young patient.

But pediatricians have been increasingly concerned about the safety of these products in their young patients.

These considerations may be important as some orthopedists are requesting higher steroid doses and injections in younger patients.

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.

When the researchers interviewed a group of health care providers, they found that the primary care providers and pediatricians were less confident than the child and adolescent psychiatrists in their ability to tell whether irritability in young patients was normal or could be linked to a deeper mental health issues.

The results support current clinical guidelines on the treatment of hypertension in younger patients with CKD, but a more cautious blood pressure - lowering strategy for very elderly patients with CKD may be reasonable.

«This is really a big step forward in imaging brain tumors and other issues in young patients,» said Journal of Medical Imaging associate editor Christoph Hoeschen of Otto - von - Guericke Universität.

«The implications of these results are that measuring urine F2 - isoprostane concentrations during an infant ARI, an indicator of increased oxidative stress in these young patients, may predict the development of recurrent wheeze,» said Dr. Rosas - Salazar.

«This trend suggests we need to raise awareness of the importance of controlling cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking in younger patients,» said lead author Aakriti Gupta, MD..

In an editorial accompanying the current study, Dr. Chalew calls for prioritizing efforts to identify and confront the sources of ongoing disparities in young patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

After Alzheimer's disease, FTD is the most common form of dementia in young patients.

Early anti-pseudomonal acquisition in young patients with cystic fibrosis: rationale and design of the EPIC clinical trial and observational study».

The Northern Japan Radiation Therapy Oncology Group reported that doses of 3 Gy or more per fraction were more effective at achieving local control than conventionally fractionated radiation, and that survival may be improved with such doses in younger patients.

Preparation with the new 3 - D MRI technology allows surgery to be completed in less time than the traditional surgery using X-Rays, and with complete confidence that the growth plates in young patients will not be damaged.

«We also found significant gender differences in life expectancy, especially in the younger patients.»

«We are cautiously optimistic that any impact of levofloxacin on antibacterial resistance will be balanced by the reduction in use of other antibiotics, but long - term monitoring antibiotic resistance patterns in young ALL patients will be needed to prove this,» Wolf said.

But I didn't have the knowledge I do now, based on seeing the same symptoms and shockingly low hormone (menopausal) levels in young patients over and over again.

«And although rare, melanoma is the most common type of skin cancer in younger patients and affects mostly teenagers.

Antidepressants have also been associated with an increased acute risk of suicide in younger patients while they may decrease the risk of suicide in older patients or with longer - term use.

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

Misdiagnosis occurs most frequently in young patients because they are rare in this population and in the elderly because the symptoms of stroke are easily mistaken for other age related diseases.

More trials are needed to ratify the therapeutic validity of bupropion as an alternative treatment to the stimulants, not only in adults but also in younger patients.

«That's an advantage, particularly in younger patients, who are more sensitive to the effects of radiation,» says Fishman.

The study findings show that «early life weight gain does worsen the severity of asthma in the youngest patients,» said study leader and lung specialist Dr. Jason Lang.

Although some studies have shown longer recovery times in younger patients and patients who suffered from amnesia, results from this study do not suggest that age or amnesia are risk factors for prolonged recovery time.

Similar concerns are now being raised about prostate and breast cancer screening programs that detect many slow - growing, less aggressive cancers that are generally more common in older patients than the more aggressive forms of breast and prostate cancer that tend to occur in younger patients.

In younger patients, repetitive movements required in various sporting activities can cause early osteoarthritis, or wear and tear of the joint, resulting in the need for a replacement.

In the younger patient, the left hand took 10 months, and the right 26 months, to work efficiently with the brain, leaving the patient with the left as his dominant hand when performing complex tasks after transplantation.