Sentences with phrase «of the patients did»

But the software was able to definitively determine that half of the patients did not have the infection — eliminating the need for an unnecessary and risky procedure.

«Most of my patients don't even read food labels.

The fact that nearly a third of his patients do not respond to medication is only made worse by the long - term effects of uncontrolled epilepsy.

«Lithium has been considered the cornerstone in the management of bipolar disorder for over 50 years, even though half of patients do not sufficiently respond to chronic lithium treatment,» said Dr. Gurwitz.

In the few studies where that has been assessed, about 80 percent of patients do figure out what group they are in.

Despite numerous antidepressant drugs, as many as a third of patients don't respond to medication.

• Fifty - eight percent of patients did not have regular follow - up eye exams • Smokers were 20 percent less likely to have exams • Those with less - severe disease and no eye problems were least likely to follow recommendations • Those who had diabetic retinopathy were 30 percent more likely to have follow - up exams

And even with antibiotic treatment, 10 — 20 percent of patients don't get better right away.

«While there is understandable excitement around new therapies that enlist the immune system to fight cancer, we are still in a situation where greater than half of patients don't respond in melanoma and the response rate is even worse in other cancer types,» Hanks said.

Approximately one - third of patients do not respond to medications and face major challenges with daily living.

But while lithium works for some, one - third to one - half of patients do not benefit from existing treatments — none of which were created specifically for the disorder, which is characterised by extreme mood states.

Since the outbreak exploded in August, researchers have vigorously debated how to set up Ebola drug and vaccine studies, with some advocating randomized controlled studies, in which one group of patients doesn't receive the drug, as the quickest way to get results.

In addition, around 20 to 30 % of all patients don't respond to antipsychotic treatment.

While the alert system did not improve outcomes, in a subset of patients it did increase interventions, including more renal consultations and dialysis.

One third of patients do not respond to medication and an alternative can be surgery to locate and remove the small cluster of neurons that act as the seed of an epileptic seizure, unfortunately such surgeries often fail to bring any relief.

Three of the patients did not complete chemotherapy — one died after consent but prior to chemotherapy; one died during chemotherapy because of an arterial occlusion; and one had a myocardial infarction prior to completion of the four courses of chemotherapy.

However, unfortunately, the vast majority of patients do not respond to checkpoint inhibition therapy and a minority of patients, who do respond to treatment, develop secondary resistance and experience relapse by mechanisms still inadequately understood.

Crossover was allowed at progression, and 40 % of patients did eventually cross over and receive sunitinib.

Moreover, 8 of these patients did not have cirrhosis, and 6 of them presented no known risk factors for liver cancer.

It comes as a surprise to many patients in need of a stem cell transplant that approximately 70 % of patients do not have a matching donor in their family.

I've seen thousands of patients do just that.

In my practice, I recommend that most of my patients don't eat peanuts, for several reasons.

«They don't have to believe that it will do any good — and many of my patients don't at first — but they have to at least try it for a few weeks.»

I do notice a lot of patients don't know the proper way of flossing and even when I try to teach them in the chair, they tend to just insert the floss up and down instead of hugging the tooth with it.

But he finds most of his patients don't see getting in shape as part of their treatment plan.

A lot of my patients do really well if they include a day of not eating.»

I do what a lot of my patients do, I went on the internet and I thought I had hypothyroid, I thought I had low testosterone, I thought I had all these issues, and I tried these natural treatments and didn't really get anywhere until I did some stool testing, and I figured out I had an amoeba.

Turns out, ALL of his patients do better on magnesium (orotate), potassium (orotate), beef liver capsules, and turmeric.

Two of the patients did not follow the diet as closely but they still reported ketone levels ranging from 1.13 - 1.56 mmol / L.

Most of my patients do not get the surgery but reverse diabetes by reducing their intake of starchy carbs, fats and animal protein and increasing their intake of low carb veggies and lower carb fruit.

This stuff takes a certain about of patient don't take it for a couple of weeks and label it «hoax».

Less than 5 percent of my patients did not feel better by this point so after completing Steps 1 and 2, they went to a knowledgeable clinician for bioidentical hormones (Step 3).

The man collected 150 patients, put them on a low fat diet and described how many of these patients did well.

We find that 80 - 90 % of our patients do better on natural thyroid preparations which have both T3 & T4 in them.

There are several ways to do this, for example you could begin with a simple ten day detox like many of our patients do.

Perhaps this is why as much as 30 - 40 % of patients don't respond to pharmacological treatment and 60 % report residual symptoms despite drugs for acid reflux being a $ 12.5 billion dollar industry in the U.S. alone (2).

50 % of patients did not adhere to this diet over the ensuing 2 year follow up period.

Studies show that 40 % of patients don't absorb topically administered testosterone, and many other factors can negatively affect absorption.

Time is the biggest excuse for why many of my patients don't cook.

Well, he said that a lot of his patients did talk about using the new e-readers.

The study's author, Dr Lois Krahn, a psychiatrist, said: «The study determined that while the majority of patients did not view their pets intolerably disturbing their sleep, a higher percentage of patients experienced irritation.

Another unfortunate obstacle is the inclination for some people to lose confidence in the efficacy of treatments after a handful of patients do not respond right away.

«Many of our patients don't survive, but many have a good quality of life for as long as they can, and I take comfort in knowing that we helped them do that,» Royer says.

Many of these patients do well with surgical decompression of the spinal cord.

The persistent pressure of pocketbook juggling, accepting compromised clinical recommendations and looking into the eyes of a patient you didn't have the opportunity to treat take their toll on morale.

The majority of patients don't need anesthesia to remain comfortable, but a light sedative to promote relaxation may be administered depending on the pet's demeanor and desired outcome of the ultrasound.

Some of our patients do increasingly better on cooked diets.

Benign causes for liver enzyme elevation are common and many of these patients don't benefit from the additional testing.

Many of his patients didn't know anything about aloe — what the plant looks like or where to get one.

Another instruction frequently advocated by the defense is that just because another physician would have done something differently in the care of the patient does not mean that the defendant physician committed malpractice.