Sentences with phrase «population of patients across»

«This analysis of a large population of patients across a broad scope of tumor types suggests that avelumab was associated with an incidence of immune - related adverse events that is consistent with that of other immune checkpoint inhibitors.»

Not exact matches

As soon as it became clear that patient zero was a case of indigenous dengue hemorrhagic fever, American health officials began collaborating with counterparts in Matamoros (a Mexican city just across the Rio Grande with a population of nearly three - quarters of a million), dispatching teams to do a blood - sampling survey to uncover the overall extent of dengue infections.

The authors caution that the results represent averages across general practice populations; this study did not evaluate the outcome of prescribing decisions for individual patients.

To expose any underlying shared genetic structures between these disease categories, Rzhetsky and his team developed computational algorithms to parse more than 120 million patient billing records from hospitals systems across the U.S. and from nearly the entire population of Demark.

Patients with mental illness are two and a half times more likely to be victims of homicide than people in the general population, according to a national study examining the characteristics of homicide victims across England and Wales, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal.

Despite the consistency of results across studies, time periods and populations, it is difficult to establish whether the association between coffee drinking and HCC is causal, or if this relationship may be partially attributable to the fact that patients with liver and digestive diseases often voluntarily reduce their coffee intake.

«We demonstrated that quality can be accomplished across the sites, but consider a different approach to the design,» she said, explaining that rather than treating negative symptom patients as one homogenous target, priority should be given to exploring the usefulness of novel mechanisms in separate negative symptom domains to better define the target population and maximize the chance of success before launching large phase III trials.

Niraparib significantly improved all endpoints across a broad patient population representing 70 % of all ovarian cancer patients.

The advance overturns decades - long assumptions about the necessity of pursuing uniform RF fields and opens doors to quantitative MRI results that accurately compare across scanners and patient populations.

The CGO's first priorities will include understanding the needs of various departments and patient populations for genomic services across the system, particularly as they relate to genetic testing services, said Adler.

Our research leverages the interdisciplinary expertise of TNC faculty and the rich phenotypic data collected across multiple platforms from our global patient population.

We will discuss the heterogeneous skill sets needed to tackle these problems, including expertise across the spectrum of biomedical informatics, epidemiology, and medicine, from molecules to organs and from patients to populations.

The frequency - based approach requires a significant number of samples, and likely favors driver mutations that are common across a patient population.

So if I'm sitting across from a patient who has a long list of health symptoms that seems like they're not connected and has digestive symptoms — and 40 - 60 % of the population, in general has some kind of digestive symptom, whether it be bloating after eating, feeling fatigued after eating, just feeling like your food is sitting in your stomach and not really moving through, GERD, so acid reflux, heartburn, diarrhea and constipation, or those IBS symptoms, gas and bloating — when I sit across from a patient with any of those symptoms, the first place we go, in terms of treatment, is to look at the gut.

With its population of over 885,000 people, Austin may be an excellent place to begin your career, as there are ample opportunities to impact the lives of patients across the area.

Licensed Practical Nurse — Duties & Responsibilities Provide exceptional patient care and medical team support across multiple medical specialties Experienced in orthopedics, rehabilitation, transitional care, cardiology, med surgical, oncology, pediatrics, urology, pulmonary, geriatrics, and neurology Perform preoperative clearance, history and physical, EKGs, lab tests, discharge, and follow - up Assess, diagnose, and treat sprains, strains, lacerations, and other physical injuries Responsible for IV line insertion, blood product administration, medication, feeding tubes, and PICC line draws Determine severity of patient condition and promptly refer to specialists when appropriate Develop and administer disease management plan ensuring high quality, comprehensive care Provide acute episodic and chronic care to adult and geriatric populations with complex medical conditions Facilitate case management, consultation, and interdisciplinary patient care Educate patients in healthy diets, exercise, smoking cessation, and overall positive lifestyles Maintain working knowledge of current medical technology, procedures, and standards of care Proven ability to remain calm and levelheaded in high pressure, emergency care situations Perform all duties in a positive, professional, and courteous manner

These include studies: in a range of settings (e.g., schools, universities, Lifeline, NHS Choices online); across the mental health care spectrum (from prevention to treatment); with different age groups (adults, adolescents); with a range of population groups (e.g. students, primary care patients, community users); in different countries; and with and without guidance.

For starters, there are fewer than 70 FQHCs across the state, and because they aim to address so many different health issues for a needy population, many of them are already bursting with patients.