Studies in other health care patient groups have already indicated that identification of
patients at risk for emotional problems is difficult for health care professionals.
High spouse conflict and low spouse closeness may place both partners and
patients at risk for general psychological distress, which, for patients, has been linked to poor self - management and poor metabolic control (42,43).
When hospitals do not fulfill these responsibilities, they put
patients at risk for serious infections, injuries and wrongful death.
The effects of grapefruit pectin on
patients at risk for coronary heart disease without alter - ing diet or lifestyle.
Mravec et al (3) present a detailed and fascinating treatise as to why it will serve us to regard
our patients at risk for neurodegenerative diseases in such a manner.
«Primary care providers play a vital role in screening and identifying
patients at risk for developing diabetes.
But suppressing those hormones leads to loss of muscle mass and strength as well as increased body fat, which puts
patients at risk for diabetes, heart disease and other health problems, the Ohio State University researchers explained.
These early weeks of chemotherapy often lead to a drop in white blood cells known as neutropenia that leaves
patients at risk for life - threatening infections that can delay cancer treatment.
[9] Data from large studies of chemoprevention in breast cancer reveal that this strategy is less effective in
patients at risk for developing hormone receptor — negative tumors.
Implementing a Screening Tool for Identifying
Patients at Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Statewide Initiative
Overuse of antibiotics leads to the development of bacterial resistance and puts
patients at risk for serious infections such as severe diarrheal infection due to Clostridium difficile (C Diff).
Ms. Bolton has been involved in nursing research aimed at identifying
patients at risk for metabolic syndrome and developing strategies for lifestyle interventions aimed at decreasing those risks.
Today, physicians across Penn Medicine's department of Obstetrics & Gynecology uphold Dickens's commitment to women's health, family planning, and preventative care through programs that provide comprehensive prenatal and obstetrical care, contraceptives to low - income
patients at risk for teen pregnancy, counseling and educational services.
We're trying to track down exactly what these metabolites are, how they might influence insulin sensitivity, and which will be important regulators of blood glucose or weight gain, the two factors we really want to improve in
patients at risk for type 2 diabetes.»
Therefore, better identification of
patients at risk for aortic aneurysm and dissection is considered essential.
A clinical trial, funded by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, has been started to see if these analyses can predict which
patients at risk for pancreatic cancer will develop tumors.
Houston Methodist researchers led by Dario Marchetti, PhD, have developed a blood test that can identify circulating tumor cells to predict breast cancer
patients at risk for developing brain metastasis.
Early identification and diagnosis of
patients at risk for or currently suffering with symptoms of COPD
Other therapies need to be tested for the treatment of
patients at risk for lymph node metastasis,» says Padera, who is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School.
The national, multicenter study confirms earlier findings suggesting that identifying silent beta - amyloid plaque build - up in the brain could help guide care and treatment decisions for
patients at risk for Alzheimer's.
In 2009, Project ASSERT, with support from Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health, also began offering overdose prevention education and naloxone rescue kits to emergency department
patients at risk for opioid overdose.
Previous studies investigating
patients at risk for hospital readmissions focus on medical services and have found chronic conditions as contributors.
«Our study emphasizes the importance of individualized therapy strategies and lifestyle interventions in order to prevent structural knee joint degeneration as early as possible in obese and overweight
patients at risk for osteoarthritis or with symptomatic osteoarthritis,» Dr. Gersing said.
The findings, published online ahead of print in the Annals of Internal Medicine, highlight the challenges faced by physicians to balance the known risks with potential benefits of prescription opioids for patients with chronic pain and reinforces the importance of developing tools that will help better identify and treat
patients at risk for opioid use disorders and / or overdose.
«Spouses, relatives of celiac disease
patients at risk for autoimmune diseases.»
«Consuming alcohol after surgery the way one did before the operation could put
patients at risk for potentially serious consequences, even when they drink only moderate amounts of alcohol.»
«Two new ways to identify joint replacement
patients at risk for post-operative complications.»
To identify
patients at risk for DCI, Powers is studying the quantities of micro-RNAs that are created in the hours and days after a hemorrhage to see if he can identify biomarkers that could help predict the delayed stroke.
«Consuming alcohol after surgery could put
patients at risk for potentially serious problems, even if they consume only moderate amounts of alcohol.»
Roy H. Perlis, M.D., M.S., of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and coauthors examined whether computer - aided natural language processing of narrative hospital discharge notes could help identify
patients at risk for death by suicide after medical or surgical discharge from the hospital.
University of Michigan researchers have identified an accessible, non-invasive way to identify
patients at risk for progression of kidney disease.
«In conclusion, 40 mg of daily simvastatin added to usual care did not reduce exacerbation rate or prolong time to exacerbation in moderate to severe COPD
patients at risk for exacerbation,» the researchers reported.
«Antivirals underprescribed for
patients at risk for flu complications, study shows.»
«Respondents were overall quite skeptical about the value of EEG - based DOA monitors, however their use in
patients at risk for awareness was more positive among the nurse anesthetists than the anesthesiologists,» notes Professor Jakobsson.
To ensure that patients can receive all recommended care, we need to recognize the financial burden of cancer and identify
patients at risk for financial concerns,» says lead study author Christine M. Veenstra, M.D., M.S.H.P., clinical lecturer in hematology / oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Being on the lookout for certain features of polyps may help physicians keep a closer eye on
patients at risk for colorectal cancer.
«From a clinical standpoint, our findings suggest that CRP could be used to risk stratify patients before surgery, enabling proactive interventions that target
patients at risk for developing postoperative delirium,» said Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, PhD, co-lead author and postdoctoral fellow in the Division of General Medicine at Primary Care at BIDMC and HMS.
Often, the Braden Q Scale is used to help identify pediatric
patients at risk for developing these pressure - related skin injuries.
Gillibrand says similar guidelines for acute pain would help prevent putting
patients at risk for addiction.
In this article we describe in detail numerous mistakes in design, methodology, and reporting in the Wax meta - analysis that place clinicians and
patients at risk for being misinformed.»
Many believed that a plutonium - powered heart could put
patients at risk for a number of health problems, including leukemia.
The results indicate that almost half of the PCPs reported that they would not worry about the harms of tight glycemic control for an older
patient at risk for hypoglycemia.
Despite recent improvements, VADs still put
the patient at risk for stroke and clotting issues.
«If you make a poor decision using a telephone consultation, you potentially put
the patient at risk for a poor outcome,» Meyer said.
But what we do know that strict diet modification (without previously proven food allergy testing or a good history of a true food allergy) is not helpful and may place the child /
patient at risk for a nutritional deficiency.
Should a diuretic be needed for
a patient at risk for calcium oxalate stones, one from the thiazide class (see later) would be a better choice.
Loss of protein in the urine can deplete the protein in the body, putting
the patient at risk for swelling of the limbs and blood clots.
Not exact matches
The VA knew
for years about issues
at the Washington DC VA Medical center that put
patients at risk but never solved them, USA Today reports.
Johnson & Johnson's cancer treatment Zytiga significantly cut the death
risk for newly - diagnosed, advanced prostate cancer
patients by 38 %, according to data unveiled
at the ongoing American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting this weekend.
The source of the controversy is a DeepMind app that aims to suss out which
patients are
at risk for kidney disease.