Sentences with phrase «outcome of treatment with»

Childhood nocturnal enuresis: factors associated with outcome of treatment with an enuretic alarm

In another example, a hospital could share the outcomes of treatment with researchers without revealing details such as identifying patient information.

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An important trigger this year will be the outcome of a study where Darzalex is being tested as first - line treatment in combination with Celgene Corp's Revlimid.

Ideally, patients, nurses, and doctors should be able to have an open conversation about treatment, with the goal of landing on the best health outcome possible.

Insurers have been striking deals with pharma companies that will land them discounts on pricey drugs if those treatments don't demonstrably improve patients» health outcomes; hospitals are penalized if they have high rates of patient readmissions.

They grow angry with unjust treatment, not because such practice will produce bad outcomes but because, irrespective of outcomes, they perceive such treatment as wrong.

These professionals are available to offer support to patients, caregivers, case managers and clinicians in product selection and treatment protocols with a goal of improving outcomes.

Predictors of treatment outcome in parent training for families with conduct problem children.

For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

«There was no difference in the number of contacts between the high - and low - frequency treatment groups for women with non-missing data on breastfeeding outcomes.

The outcome of a placental abruption diagnosis is improved with fast and accurate treatment.

Screening and treatment of women with early breastfeeding difficulties may reduce the severity of postpartum depression and enable women to meet their breastfeeding goals, thereby improving health outcomes across two generations.

«If donor milk is used in settings with high provision of mother's milk, this outcome [neurodevelopment] should not be considered a treatment goal,» the authors write.

The primary outcome with the largest difference in this sensitivity analysis was preterm birth, where an analysis restricted to trials with lower risk of bias suggested a larger treatment effect: RR 0.64, (95 % CI 0.51 to 0.81) compared with RR 0.77, (95 % CI 0.62 to 0.94) in the overall analysis.

A real - time electronic poll of BME teachers attending the seminar found that: 78 % do not think the work and contribution of BME teachers is recognised and valued by schools; 58 % do not think treatment of BME teachers has improved in the last decade; Only 36 % feel outcomes for BME pupils have improved in the last decade; 98 % feel that racism continues to be a serious problem in the UK today; 53 % do not see themselves still being in the teaching profession in the next five years, with 31 % saying they are planning to change career and the rest saying they plan to retire or take a break from the profession.

Access to medication and treatments Diabetes UK believes that people with diabetes should have equal access to the best diabetes care and health outcomes available on the basis of clinical need and appropriateness, not on their or the NHS's ability to pay.

Breast Cancer Care, the leading breast cancer support and information charity in the UK, has produced a new report, backed by Age UK, that makes clear recommendations to improve outcomes and experiences for older women with breast cancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatments.

Despite emerging evidence of a decline in sperm quality with increasing age, an analysis of every first fertility treatment cycle performed in the UK using sperm donation shows that outcome in terms of live birth is not affected by the age of the sperm donor.

While clomiphene is a first - line treatment used to induce ovulation in women with PCOS, it has downsides — namely that in a significant number of women it does not lead to improved ovulation or live births, and if it does induce ovulation, it frequently results in pregnancies with multiples who face much higher negative outcomes including death.

People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first study comparing the outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.

While some countries have expressed a desire to close down compulsory drug detention centres or to transition them to voluntary drug dependence treatment services, the number of compulsory drug detention centres in some countries continues to increase... The continued poor health, social and economic outcomes associated with compulsory drug detention centres demand a response.»

Notably, the mechanism was clearly associated with poor outcome in patients with the blood cancer myeloma, where proteasome inhibitors are a mainstay of treatment.

If hypofractionated radiation with curative intent can reduce the treatment time for lung cancer patients by half with no greater toxicity, and with equivalent — if not better — tumor control and survival outcomes, this research could result in a change in the paradigm of how a large subset of locally advanced NSCLC patients are treated.»

«By administering chemotherapy within this «therapeutic window,» oncologists could apply a lower dose of chemotherapy drugs to patients, with the potential for an improved treatment outcome — all while minimizing drug toxicity to healthy organs,» He said.

A late - breaking clinical trial, known as the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial, to be presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, November 18, 2013, demonstrates that spironolactone did not reduce the primary outcome of cardiovascular death, heart failure hospitalization, nor surviving a cardiac arrest in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (pump function).

They are now examining some of the outpatient factors that may result in disparities, such as frequency of follow - up, and further investigating racial and socioeconomic disparities in treatment and outcomes of children with Crohn's disease.

«Our findings underscored the underutilization of this treatment modality in patients with this disease and identify an opportunity to better educate patients and physicians about improvements in surgical outcomes.»

Using data from the Pediatric Health Information System database, a large, regionally diverse system, the researchers examined racial disparities in the treatment and outcomes of hospitalized white and black pediatric patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease.

The first results from the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study showed that treatment with a compound called alteplase between three and four and a half hours after the onset of stroke improves the outcome for patients.

In a related Editor's Note, Deborah Grady, M.D., M.P.H., a deputy editor of JAMA Internal Medicine, writes: «It is possible that treatment beyond one year would result in better outcomes, but these data provide no support for use of higher - dose cholecalciferol replacement therapy or indeed any dose of cholecalciferol compared with placebo.»

«Clarification based on rigorous research studies will permit researchers to identify the conditions under which depression can influence substance abuse treatment retention and outcomes, which in turn will help to specify when depression needs to be directly addressed with this population of young people,» explained the researchers.

Nearly half (48 %) of patients with severe or difficult - to - treat asthma in The Epidemiology and Natural History of Asthma: Outcomes and Treatment Regimens follow - up study (TENOR II) still had very poorly controlled (VPC) symptoms after more than a decade of treatment, according to a new study presented at the ATS 2016 International CoTreatment Regimens follow - up study (TENOR II) still had very poorly controlled (VPC) symptoms after more than a decade of treatment, according to a new study presented at the ATS 2016 International Cotreatment, according to a new study presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

Using validated, standardized tests for measuring the outcomes of patients with facial paralysis, experts who were naïve to the treatment patients received studied video documentation of a standardized sequence of facial expressions for each patient.

Treating brain hemorrhage (symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, sICH) after clot - busting thrombolysis for stroke was not associated with a reduced likelihood of in - hospital death or expansion of the hematoma but shortening time to diagnosis and treatment may be key to improving outcomes, according to an article published online by JAMA Neurology.

Shortening the time to diagnosis and treatment may be a key variable in improving outcomes of patients with sICH,» the study concludes.

While the treatment did have some favorable effects, in the main measure of outcome — measured with a cognitive test called the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - cognitive subscale — the researchers did not observe any statistically significant benefit compared with placebo.

The researchers showed that a two - day treatment regimen with partial or selective PPAR - γ agonists (Telmisartan and Rosiglitazone — both FDA - approved drugs) ameliorated the pathological outcomes of infection in mice by inducing expression of glucose transporters.

As treatment of depression among asthma patients shows improved asthma outcomes, women should discuss screening and treatment for depression with their physicians.

«It would be helpful to have research looking to see whether screening interventions coupled with strategies to increase uptake of recommended evaluations and treatments may be more effective in improving outcomes,» Chou said by email.

Averaged over a four - year follow - up period, operatively treated patients at least 80 years of age, had significantly greater improvement in all primary and secondary outcome measures compared with patients at least 80 years of age who received nonsurgical treatment.

«This research contributes to a larger body of knowledge that could help provide better outcomes to women with few treatment options,» Adams adds.

Analysis of data from nine randomised trials involving 6756 patients (1729 older than 80 years of age) showed that alteplase treatment significantly increased the odds of a good stroke outcome (no significant disability 3 - 6 months after stroke), with faster treatment offering the best chance of recovery.

The emergency treatment with alteplase markedly improves the chances of a good outcome when administered within 4 · 5 hours of onset of symptoms but, although still worthwhile, its benefit diminishes the later it is given.

The researchers suggest that their study demonstrates the potential of these non-toxic therapies to contribute to current cancer treatment regimens and significantly improve the outcome of patients with advanced metastatic cancer.

The odds of a good stroke outcome were 75 % greater for patients given alteplase within 3 hours of initial stroke symptoms, compared with those who did not receive the drug; for those given the drug between 3 and 4 · 5 hours post-stroke there was a 26 % increased chance of a good outcome; while for those with a delay of more than 4 · 5 hours in receiving treatment, there was just a 15 %, not statistically significant, increase in the chance of a good recovery.

Ensuring that people living with HIV are accessing and staying in health care is vital to achieving optimal health outcomes, said Dr. Rourke, a scientist with the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital and executive director of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network.

«Using an algorithm based on genetic testing to guide treatment is sustainable and associated with better clinical outcomes in a real - world clinical practice, although it is difficult to consistently maintain,» said Craig R. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D., F.A.H.A., associate professor of pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy.

The findings of this study are of particular importance because growth restriction is known to be associated with poor short and long term outcomes and currently there are no established preventative treatment options for SGA.»

The international study, the first to compare outcomes between the two temperature treatments for children with in - hospital cardiac arrest, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Critical Care Medicine in Honolulu.

A nanoparticle drug - delivery system that combines two complementary types of anticancer treatment could improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer and other highly treatment - resistant tumors while decreasing toxicity.