Sentences with phrase «older patient group»

The overall in - hospital complication rate significantly decreased in patients without a comorbidity, or with a small number of comorbidities, for spinal fusion and TKR; and remained stable in those without a comorbidity, or with a small number of comorbidities, for THR in the 80 and older patient group.

The overall in - hospital complication rate remained stable, declining slightly from 2000 to 2009 in the 80 and older patient group for spinal fusion (from 17.5 percent to 16.1 percent) and for TKR (from 9.9 percent to 9.1 percent).

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Thus, studies in which information about breastfeeding was not provided by the mother of the patient or an older close relative were assigned to the lowest quality group.

But especially with further studies in older age groups, mesopic vision testing could be an important means of testing or screening of various conditions — especially for patients with conditions known to affect night vision.

Friends of Cancer Research, a patient advocacy group, took credit for that idea, writing that it will «break down decades» old silos within FDA and make for a more efficient agency.»

Support for this hypothesis was seen in the group with bipolar patients where older patients exhibited lower cortisol levels especially among patients that throughout life had been without prophylactic mood stabilizing treatment.

«Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more comorbidities than patients who underwent an elective THR, and these differences accounted for some of the difference in outcomes between these groups,» the authorPatients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more comorbidities than patients who underwent an elective THR, and these differences accounted for some of the difference in outcomes between these groups,» the authorpatients who underwent an elective THR, and these differences accounted for some of the difference in outcomes between these groups,» the authors write.

Medicare spending for patients with chronic kidney disease aged 65 and older exceeded $ 50 billion in 2013 and represented 20 percent of all Medicare spending in that age group.

After one year, researchers found that primary care providers felt that treating pain patients was less of a problem in their practice, particularly among the experimental group, although younger practitioners continued to express more concern about prescription opioid use than older practitioners.

Lead investigator, Evan Matros, MD, FACS, explained that today plastic surgeons are more willing to perform reconstructive procedures in these patient groups — which include women age 65 and older or those who have had radiation therapy — than they were 15 years ago, and that patients themselves are more accepting of these reconstruction procedures.

The study group included 175,842 patients (13 and older) who had septorhinoplasty procedures between 2005 and 2009 in California, Florida and New York.

The results also indicate that older patients in any age group had higher incidence of all outcomes (nonfatal complications and death) if they had diabetes for a longer, compared with shorter, duration of time.

«If some of the older patients survived at trauma centers when they wouldn't have survived at non-trauma centers, that would have reduced mortality for that group but left many of those survivors in need of ongoing care and rehabilitation.»

Specifically, physicians who reported knowing at least one patient, family member or friend with a poor breast cancer prognosis and who had not been screened were more likely to recommend routine screening for their younger and older patients, age groups where routine screening is controversial.

Respondents were also asked to report on whether they generally recommended routine screening mammograms to average - risk patients with no family history or prior breast issues in groups aged 40 - 44, 45 - 49 and older than 75 years.

Both groups of animals were equivalent to 55 - to 60 - year - old morbidly obese patients with uncontrolled diabetes, the most difficult population to treat.

PRIME 2 is an international, phase III, randomized, controlled trial that set out to address the question of whether whole - breast radiotherapy can be omitted in carefully defined groups of older patients receiving appropriate therapy.

«I feel lethargic when I sit all day,» said Gerald Alexander, an 82 - year - old retired social service worker among the 25 Group Health patients who participated in the Take Active Breaks from Sitting (TABS) pilot study.

As in the previous group, the effect was most pronounced among patients who received chemotherapy rather than radiation — but most women in the second group had received an older kind of chemotherapy, so the researchers couldn't confirm the effect of the NQO1 * 2 mutation on the now - common epirubicin therapy.

In one run, they plugged in a heap of data comparing the safety of COX - 2 inhibitors (a popular class of pain relievers, such as Celebrex) and nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or ns - NSAIDS (like ibuprofen and naproxen), among an older group of patients in Pennsylvania.

Naomi Shah's studies on common indoor air pollutants» effects on asthma patients got her the award for the 15 - to 16 - year - old group.

In the years leading up to 2013, clinicians were seeing a group of preteen and adolescent patients who shared a number of food - related symptoms, such as extreme pickiness or very low caloric intake, but who were too old to be diagnosed with a feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood.

Overall survival (OS) and lung cancer - specific survival (CSS) rates were calculated for patients grouped into five - year subsets (i.e., 60 - 64, 65 - 69, 70 - 74, 75 - 79, 80 - 84, 85 - 89, and 90 and older).

The same pattern was seen when the researchers looked at groups of patients according to the extent of the spread of the disease to other parts of the body (metastases), and whether the patients were aged less that 65, between 65 and 75, and 75 and older (older patients can often be less able to cope with the side effects of treatments).

Female patients who were older and had higher incomes were more likely to achieve blood pressure control at the end of the follow - up period than the rest of the study group.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

«It is known that spouses of older stroke patients experience health - related physical and mental issues, and that the degree of their problems is associated with the severity of the stroke, but ours is the first long - term study of seven years follow up to explore this in a younger group of people,» said Josefine Persson, M.Sc., study author and a researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Chemotherapy Alone as Initial Treatment for Primary CNS Lymphoma in Patients Older Than 60 Years: A Multicenter Phase II Study (26952) of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Brain Tumor Group

«With so few patients aged 75 or older enrolled in clinical trials, critical information on the safety and effectiveness of new therapies in this age group is greatly lacking,» she said.

In contrast, patients aged 75 and older accounted for approximately 29 % of CML diagnoses, yet this age group made up less than 4 % of those enrolled in clinical trials to evaluate new treatments for the disease.

The group assessed bone marrow MSCs sampled from 23 patients between the ages of 17 and 67 years old.

Methods: Two groups, one of healthy older adults (n = 6) and one of MCI patients (n = 6) were recruited from Thessaloniki day centers for cognitive disorders and provided with a tablet PC with custom software enabling

But the researchers saw different patterns when they broke the group down by age: For patients younger than 65, symptoms worsened when the deep brain stimulation system was turned on; for older patients, the treatment seemed to slow down their decline over one year.

I came across and old study from a VA hospital in the early 1970s where a group of very obese patients were fasted for 60 days to put them into ketosis and then given insulin to drop their blood glucose levels in order to ascertain whether they would experience the side effects of hypoglycemia.

For example, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital conducted a double - blind, randomized controlled trial of 122 patients with hypertension, ages 55 and older, in which half were assigned to relaxation response training and the other half to a control group that received information about blood pressure control.

In one large study published in 1996, German researchers tested Ginkgo extract on a group of 222 patients, aged fifty - five or older, who were diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia caused by either Alzheimer's disease or multi-infarct dementia.

In this place of concrete and telephone wires, transients subsisting on very little and tourists lost on the way to the nearby theme park, six - year - old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) runs amok with a shifting group of friends and gets into trouble with the motel's usually patient manager Bobby (Willem Dafoe), while being occasionally looked after by her very young, alternately lackadaisical and ferocious mom, Halley (Bria Vinaite).

For this age group, where the patients are old enough and cooperative enough to hold the thermometer themselves, go for a digital stick thermometer, which is best used under the tongue.

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Today, the Hastings Center, a research group focused on medical and biological ethics, announced substantial awards honoring five physicians (young and older) who are working to improve the practice of medicine focused on patients» final days.

Maine Employee Rights Group represented a 50 year - old nurse who injured his elbow and wrist when he tried to prevent a patient from falling.

How do I handle requests for such references?Thank you so much for your help!CherylCHERYL M. EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Developed and implemented a series of interventions for a 5 year old with severe behavioral issues, resulting in him mellowing down without the use of medication • Suggested introduction of group therapy sessions to bring patients with behavioral problems (due to chronic illnesses) together, which decreased treatment time considerably • Introduced a special needs assistance unit within the facility, resulting in increased number of patients signing up • Devised a basic intervention plan to treat children with Autism which reduced time and difficulty in developing individualized plans

This study examined a group - based intervention for shame based on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in patients (N = 133; 61 % female; M = 34 years old; 86 % Caucasian) in a 28 - day residential addictions treatment program.

They also found that terminally ill hospital patients showed greater preferences for family members under 5 years (versus older family members) in comparison with a non-terminally ill patient group.

Correlations between age and ESs for behavior problems showed that only older patients with CHD showed more overall, internalizing, and externalizing problems as compared with a comparison group, r (16) =.67, p =.005; r (14) =.77, p =.001; and r (14) =.73, p =.003 respectively.