Time is often an important factor in
the overall outcome of these patients.
We believe we can help impact
the overall outcome of the patient and how long that patient has to be hospitalized.»
Not exact matches
Based on these ex vivo experiments (in cells isolated from
patients and then exposed to PD - L1 blocking agents outside
of the body), they predict that when actual
patients are given PD - L1 blocking agents, their viral load at the time will influence the «net»
outcome, i.e., whether the blockage boosts or weakens the
overall anti-HIV immune response.
Although self - appraisal
of overall well - being may mediate physiologic responses to surgery,
patient - reported health status has not been extensively studied among bladder cancer
patients to date, and its utility in predicting postoperative
outcomes, such as complications, has not been previously examined.»
«We wanted to test the hypothesis that both the extent
of the liver resection and the location or type
of colorectal resection influence the
overall risk and
patient outcomes associated with these operations,» says the article's first author, Christopher Shubert, M.D., who is also a surgeon and Kern Scholar at Mayo Clinic.
Finally, all
of this data can be combined to predict
patient outcomes including
overall survival.
«These estimates
of the benefits
of sending
patients to a trauma center are probably conservative, since we didn't include
patients sent to non-trauma centers without neurosurgical capabilities,» Kaufman said, adding that the complementary results for the two age groups are consistent with an
overall improvement in
outcomes.
In the first study to report on the association
of aspirin use with breast cancer
outcomes in a large
patient population, researchers examined the pattern
of aspirin use, cancer pathology and
overall survival in 1,000
patients treated at the Abramson Cancer Center
of the University
of Pennsylvania and diagnosed with breast cancers, including receptor positive, HER2 - positive and triple negative cancers.
«By reducing bleeding with comparable rates
of MACCE and stent thrombosis, bivalirudin significantly improved
overall 30 - day and one year
outcomes, compared with both heparin alone and heparin plus tirofiban in
patients with AMI undergoing primary PCI,» said Gregg W. Stone, MD, the study's senior author.
As we are now able to focus our efforts on improving the
overall patient experience and reducing the risk
of relapse, the leading cause
of death after transplant, we have greatly improved long - term survival
outcomes for
patients who before might not have had another treatment option.»
«
Overall, the
outcomes demonstrate that there is a significant under - use
of INS spray for CRS
patients; however, factors driving the underuse are currently unknown.
«Our study shows once a
patient leaves the hospital their
overall health
outcomes are similar regardless
of where they live.»
This technique gave Richie, and
patients like him, a faster recovery, more predictable
outcomes and better
overall quality
of life.»
Researchers also performed a meta - analysis to investigate the
overall association between palliative care and three
outcomes often linked with palliative care —
patients» quality
of life, symptom burden and survival.
The study reflects an «antimicrobial stewardship» approach, guiding healthcare providers to prescribe the most appropriate antibiotic for a
patient's specific type
of infection, with the aim
of improving individual
outcomes and reducing the
overall risk
of antibiotic resistance — in which disease - causing microorganisms develop resistance to commonly used antibiotics.
«Diabetic
patients who undergo kidney transplantation can expect
outcomes equally as successful as nondiabetics, provided that they are diligent in their management
of blood pressure, glucose, healthy weight, and other factors that influence their kidney function and
overall well - being.»
ADAPT - DES is the largest study ever to explore the
overall treatment implications
of platelet reactivity on
patient outcomes after successful coronary drug - eluting stent implantation.
When
outcomes from these two groups were added together, the absence
of any benefit from drug therapy in
patients with an unwitnessed arrest may have muted the significant benefit seen in those with a witnessed cardiac arrest, resulting in the marginal
overall outcome of the study.»
However, it is well known that these treatments are not effective for all
patients and that
overall outcomes have not improved palpably in recent decades, potentially due to the lack
of new interventions or better matching
of patients to available treatments.
Also lacking has been evidence
of overall improved
patient outcomes if hydroxyurea is used to increase blood levels
of fetal hemoglobin to more than 20 percent.
No Association Between Response Rates and Survival in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Results
of a recent meta - regression analysis
of 63 randomized clinical trials out
of Greece concluded that there was no association between conventional response
outcomes, such as complete response (CR) or very good partial response (VGPR), and
overall (OS) or progression - free survival (PFS) in
patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in populations
of patients who received stem cell transplant and those who did not.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the leading cause
of leukemia mortality in the United States.1 Curative treatment involves intensive induction chemotherapy, before proceeding to either consolidation chemotherapy or allogeneic stem cell transplantation based on the
patient's risk for relapse.2 This approach has been employed for > 4 decades and, although most individuals achieve complete remissions with front - line therapy, 3 the majority
of patients ultimately relapse with drug - resistant disease, and
overall survival rates remain disappointingly poor.4 The limited ability
of many
patients to tolerate the intense chemotherapy - based treatments, in particular hematological toxicity, further contributes to the poor
outcomes noted in this disease.
With the proper amount
of staff on hand, it has been proven that elderly
patients are linked to fewer urinary tract infections, fewer pressure ulcers, and catheterized
patients, less antibiotic use, reduced likelihood
of death, and improved
patient outcomes overall.
Secondary
outcomes were
patient cognitive function, depressive symptoms, psychiatric symptoms and behavioural disturbances, and
overall severity
of dementia.
There are well - documented associations between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and intimate relationship problems, including relationship distress and aggression, 1 and studies demonstrate that the presence
of PTSD symptoms in one partner is associated with caregiver burden and psychological distress in the other partner.2 Although currently available individual psychotherapies for PTSD produce
overall improvements in psychosocial functioning, these improvements are not specifically found in intimate relationship functioning.3 Moreover, it has been shown that even when
patients receive state -
of - the - art individual psychotherapy for the disorder, negative interpersonal relations predict worse treatment
outcomes.4, 5
As these changes become the norm, many skilled nursing operators are pro-actively developing partnerships with hospitals and physician groups in order to (1) provide more integrated services and better healthcare
outcomes, (2) mitigate changes in the policy sphere, (3) reduce
overall costs and (4) prepare for the coming influx
of aging
patients.