Sentences with phrase «studied patients undergoing»

Researchers from the Danish Heart Foundation in Copenhagen studied patients undergoing gastric endoscopy from 1997 to 2012.

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Chimerix, a biopharmaceutical company that develops antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, announced in a press release that a Phase 3 study for its SUPPRESS of brincidofovir in patients undergoing...

A study of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at a well - respected Boston hospital revealed that physicians rarely discussed CPR with their patients, despite the fact that one - third of patients who die in the hospital first undergo CPR.

Among the specialized neurologic evaluations were videonystagmography (VNG), which is designed to test inner ear and central motor functions, and computerized dynamic postural studies (CAPS), which assess the interaction of vestibular, somatosensory and visual systems for patients undergoing neurorehabilitation

With over 20 centers working together to study their patients who have torn their anterior cruciate ligament and undergone surgery, the amount of knowledge gained with this collaboration [has been] astounding,» concludes Dr. Weiss.

While there is some evidence to suggest that helmeted children recognize that they are somehow different, a 2008 study on the quality of life of children who had undergone helmet therapy discovered that 96 % of patients and their families were satisfied with treatment results.

A comparative study between magnesium sulphate and clonidine as adjuvants to epidural anesthesia in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomies.

For patients undergoing plastic surgery of the chin (genioplasty), the use of ultrasonic «piezosurgery» equipment reduces trauma, pain, and swelling, compared to traditional surgical drills, reports a study in the The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.

In a group of patients who underwent surgery for epilepsy, over half had stem cells where healthy individuals do not have them, according to a study from Sahlgrenska Academy.

There's good news from UMass Medical School for overweight people with painfully arthritic hips and knees: A new study finds that obese patients who underwent knee or hip replacement surgery reported virtually the same pain relief and improved function as normal - weight joint replacement patients six months after surgery.

She elaborates, «In the study, these patients underwent imaging with a PSMA PET scan and had treatment based on the results of the scan findings.

For the study, designed to identify the best predictors, the researchers used data from 208 atrial fibrillation or «Afib» patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital to undergo ablation between June 2010 and December 2015.

In the study, patients who underwent conscious sedation had a similar rate of adverse events to those who underwent anesthesia, but those who were given conscious sedation had shorter stays in the intensive care unit (30 versus 96 hours for those with general anesthesia) and shorter hospital stays (4.9 days versus 10.4 days).

Results from a 2006 study in Ireland and the U.S. suggest that patients who undergo surgery to remove breast or prostate cancer might be less prone to recurrence if they are administered regional anesthesia during their procedures, rather than general anesthesia alone.

The study, was reported Feb 13 to the 5th International Conference on Innovative Approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO) will reduce significantly the number of HNSCC patients who currently undergo selective neck dissection (SND), a procedure which involves removing a group of lymph nodes from the neck in order to try to eradicate those which may have been reached by the cancer.

For patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement, smoking is associated with an increased risk of infectious (septic) complications requiring repeat surgery, reports a study in the February 15 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

For study purposes, researchers assumed that at least one - third of patients having bariatric surgery lost their excess weight prior to undergoing joint replacement.

As this study focuses on neurofeedback effects on EEG, sleep and quality of life in insomnia patients, insomnia patients underwent this procedure before and after real as well as placebo neurofeedback training.

Mental health conditions, such as depression and binge eating disorder, are common among patients seeking and undergoing bariatric surgery, according to a study in the January 12 issue of JAMA.

Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more medical conditions than patients who underwent an elective total hip replacement, factors that may contribute to the higher risk of in - hospital death and major postoperative complications experienced by hip fracture surgery patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more medical conditions than patients who underwent an elective total hip replacement, factors that may contribute to the higher risk of in - hospital death and major postoperative complications experienced by hip fracture surgery patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue patients who underwent an elective total hip replacement, factors that may contribute to the higher risk of in - hospital death and major postoperative complications experienced by hip fracture surgery patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue of JAMA.

At the 96th AATS Annual Meeting, investigators present the results of a long - term study of patients who underwent mitral valve (MV) repair.

A highly underutilized anesthesia technique called neuraxial anesthesia, also known as spinal or epidural anesthesia, improves outcomes in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery.

The researchers now plan to start a study in the EU in which patients will undergo SN mapping (lymphoscintigraphy) after injection of both types of radiotracers.

The study included data on 15,264 patients who underwent a total of 17,394 total joint replacements between 2000 and 2014 — 8,917 hip and 8,477 knee replacements.

«Previous studies examined patients undergoing hip - fracture repair or other urgent surgeries, in which initial blood samples were collected after a significant stressor had already occurred,» she added.

To study the role of sweet taste receptors, Cohen and lead study author Robert J. Lee, PhD, a post doctoral researcher in his lab, partnered with colleagues from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Monell Chemical Senses Center to analyze cultures and tissue samples from the upper respiratory tract of patients who were undergoing sinonasal surgery for a variety of conditions.

Two of his studies influenced 2009 treatment guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology, which recommended the use of β - blockers in «patients undergoing surgery that doesn't directly involve the heart.»

For patients with gender dysphoria undergoing male - to - female transformation, a stepwise approach to facial feminization surgery (FFS) leads to good cosmetic outcomes along with psychological, social, and functional benefits, according to a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

In a study of national data on colon surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers found that while patients who undergo either minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery or the high - tech robotic approach have similar outcomes, robotic surgery is significantly more expensive.

Among 23,753 patients included in the study, 18,573 underwent laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and 5,180 underwent robotic - assisted radical nephrectomy.

«Currently a majority of patients undergo colon resections for large polyps that don't harbor any cancer cells, which means in many cases a person's colon is being removed for noncancerous reasons, based on subjective criteria,» said lead study author Emre Gorgun, MD, FACS, FASCRS, a staff surgeon in the department of colorectal surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.

In this single center, retrospective study at Cleveland Clinic, investigators reviewed the medical records of 439 patients who underwent colectomy over a 15 - year period.

In designing their study, Mayo researchers used a large, multi-institutional database to identify a pool of 43,408 patients who underwent colorectal and liver resections for stage IV colorectal cancer.

In this study, researchers conducted a retrospective review of 61 patients who underwent a total shoulder replacement.

The current study is a retrospective review of imaging and medical records of eight patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) with elevated central venous pressure complicated by PLE who underwent lymphatic imaging and interventions at CHOP.

The study included 232 patients, all active athletes, who had undergone anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at HSS between 2009 and 2013.

A new animal study suggests that short - term starvation might improve outcomes for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

In a paper appearing in Scientific Reports, the researchers showed that the device could accurately determine whether white blood cell levels were too low, in a study of 11 patients undergoing chemotherapy.

«While randomized clinical trials are needed to test whether this is a causal relationship, these findings indicate doctors should consider using or re-starting ACEIs and ARBs as first - line blood pressure medications for patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis,» said Jenny I. Shen, MD, an LA BioMed researcher and corresponding author of the study.

All patients underwent a sleep study, and patients previously treated with CPAP, a treatment to improve breathing during sleep, were excluded.

In the current study, almost 80 percent of the patients had undergone a previous stem cell transplant.

«However, our study showed that in the real world over a third of the patients with STEMI undergoing transradial PCI who receive heparin and about a fifth of patients who receive bivalirudin also receive GPIIb / IIIa inhibitors.»

In patients undergoing transradial primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), there was no significant difference in the rate of a composite of death, myocardial infarction and stroke whether they were anticoagulated with bivalirudin or unfractioned heparin, according to a study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Recent research into such disparities has focused primarily at the transplant clinic level, but disparities might be underestimated when only patients undergoing transplant evaluations are studied.

Studies have shown that the drug alvimopan significantly accelerates recovery of gastrointestinal function and shortens the hospital stay for patients undergoing gastrointestinal or bladder cancer surgery.

Two classes of blood pressure medications, angiotensin - converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), are associated with a 16 % lower risk of strokes, heart attacks and death in patients with end - stage renal disease who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis, a new study in the journal, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, reports.

«This study represents one of the largest and most detailed examinations of patients undergoing anti-VEGF therapy to date.

Previous studies have shown that bariatric surgery in patients who are morbidly obese can reduce weight and comorbidities, but clinicians have not known whether the surgery is helpful or harmful to morbidly obese patients undergoing a joint replacement.

In this study, 50 patients and six healthy volunteers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh underwent digital image scanning, and the results were processed by clinical and imaging specialists.

In this study, 11 stroke patients underwent neuropsychological testing and neuroimaging, which enabled investigators to correlate their cognitive deficits with respect to lesion location.