The lupus band test in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional cause of anemia in pregnancy and is often responsible for puerperal anemia. Puerperal anemia can impair postpartum maternal and neonatal well-being. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of treatment of moderate puerperal iron-deficiency anemia using a singl...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Iyoke CA,Emegoakor FC,Ezugwu EC,Lawani LO,Ajah LO,Madu JA,Ezegwui HU,Ezugwu FO

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute heart failure (AHF) is a serious condition that is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients. Previous studies indicated that environmental exposure to cadmium increases mortality of general populations. However, the relationship of cadmium exposure and mortality is unclear for AHF...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Hsu CW,Weng CH,Lee CC,Lin-Tan DT,Chu PH,Chen KH,Yen TH,Huang WH

更新日期：2017-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:We aimed to present our experience with total hip arthroplasty in patients with previous hip arthrodesis. Patients and methods:This was a retrospective study, in which clinical and radiological outcomes of total hip arthroplasty performed in 17 patients (mean age 54.2±8.5 years; age range 33-68 years; female t...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Çalbıyık M

更新日期：2018-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), one of the disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, may lead to an inhibition of autophagy. Autophagy, an intracellular self-defense mechanism for the lysosomal degradation of cytoplasmic components such as damaged organelles, plays a role in protecting against neoplasm growth but is ...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Mao IC,Lin CY,Wu CL,Kor CT,Chang CC

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Pharmacologic options studied for treating severe PMS and PMDD may include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, anxiolytic agents, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and the diuretic spironolactone. However, the use of com...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： De Berardis D,Serroni N,Salerno RM,Ferro FM

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic cancer and nonmalignant pain (CNMP) is a common and major health problem afflicting approximately 40 million persons in the US. Most cancer patients, and many patients with CNMP, require opioid analgesics to obtain adequate pain relief. Oral oxymorphone is a new formulation of an existing parenteral opioid tha...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Sloan P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Anastomotic leakage is a major surgical complication following esophagectomy and gastric pull-up. Specific risk factors such as celiac trunk (TC) stenosis and high calcification score of the aorta have been identified, but no data are available on their relative prognostic values. This retrospective study aimed...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Chang DH,Brinkmann S,Smith L,Becker I,Schroeder W,Hoelscher AH,Haneder S,Maintz D,Spiro JE

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old girl was severely injured in a car accident in Afghanistan, in which both her lower legs were badly damaged. She was treated at the Hospital of Ingolstadt (Klinikum Ingolstadt) after she had undergone initial surgery at an Indian hospital. Various bacterial species were isolated from multiple wounds, and ...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Borgmann S,Rieß B,von Wernitz-Keibel T,Bühler M,Layer F,Strommenger B

更新日期：2016-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular blood transfusions as supportive care for patients with chronic anemia inevitably lead to iron overload as humans cannot actively remove excess iron. The cumulative effects of iron overload cause significant morbidity and mortality if not effectively treated with chelation therapy. Based on a comprehensive cli...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Taher A,Cappellini MD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has been the definitive treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), but the complications caused perioperatively may affect patients' quality of life (QoL). This study aims to evaluate the effects of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) on improving perioperative QoL in ESS...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Wu X,Kong W,Zhu Q,Wang W,Xu H,Zhou S,Yang Q

更新日期：2019-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Preservation of endodontically treated teeth (ETT) depends upon several patient-related and operator-related factors. The objectives of this study were to assess the effects of different types of coronal restoration and delayed placement on ETT survival. Methods:Data on dates of root canal treatment (RCT)...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Sadaf D

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioid streaks are visible irregular crack-like dehiscences in Bruch's membrane that are associated with atrophic degeneration of the overlying retinal pigmented epithelium. Angioid streaks may be associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Paget's disease, sickle-cell anemia, acromegaly, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and di...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Georgalas I,Papaconstantinou D,Koutsandrea C,Kalantzis G,Karagiannis D,Georgopoulos G,Ladas I

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the influence of various patient-specific factors, use of concomitant medications, and weekly vitamin K intake on total weekly warfarin maintenance dose (TWD). METHODS:Information collected, via retrospective chart review, included TWD, general demographics, vitamin K consumption, target INR ran...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Whitley HP,Fermo JD,Chumney EC,Brzezinski WA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm birth is the major cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality in the developed world, and spontaneous preterm labor is the commonest cause of preterm birth. Interventions to treat women in spontaneous preterm labor have not reduced the incidence of preterm births but this may be due to increased risk factors, ...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Sanu O,Lamont RF

更新日期：2010-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary and cerebrovascular atherothrombosis are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Novel antiplatelet agents have been established for the management of patients with clinically evident coronary atherothrombosis and are increasingly used in these patients. These agents, however, have shown limit...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Iannopollo G,Camporotondo R,De Ferrari GM,Leonardi S

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Candidal prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are very rare, and the optimal management for these patients is still unknown. A 54-year-old man with traumatic arthritis due to previous electric injury successfully retained the implant despite the successive infection...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Xiang Y,Xuan YY,Li G

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous group of disorders that manifest as bone marrow failure with the risk of life threatening infections and bleeding. A third of these patients may transform to acute leukemia. Age and co-morbidities have limited treatment in the majority to supportive care with a m...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Raj K,Mufti GJ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes (PNA-FISH) differentiates Staphylococcus aureus from other Gram-positive-cocci in clusters (GPCC). 101/202 patients with GPCC+ blood cultures were randomly assigned to clinician-notification of PNA FISH results. Notification was associated with reduc...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Ly T,Gulia J,Pyrgos V,Waga M,Shoham S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opioid analgesics are essential in the treatment of moderate to severe cancer-related pain. Opioids are also recognized as important in the management of other severe, persistent refractory painful conditions, such as sickle cell disease and arthritis. In the clinical practice of pain management, stable opioid dosing ...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Weinstein SM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multifactor cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death; besides well-known cardiovascular risk factors, several emerging factors such as mental stress, diet type, and physical inactivity, have been associated to cardiovascular disease. To date, preventive strategies are based on the concept of abso...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Franchi D,Cini D,Iervasi G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive T-cell immunotherapy is a rapidly growing field and is shifting the paradigm of clinical cancer treatment. Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) is an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy that was initially developed at the National Cancer Institute and has recently been commercially approved by the...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Jain MD,Bachmeier CA,Phuoc VH,Chavez JC

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of, and patients' subjective responses to, periodontal ligament (PDL) anesthetic injection compared to traditional local-anesthetic infiltration injection for the nonsurgical extraction of one posterior maxillary permanent tooth. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All patients...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Al-Shayyab MH

更新日期：2017-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of advanced, recurrent or persistent cervical cancer includes radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Radiation has been the primary treatment modality for locoregionally advanced cervical cancer. Concomitant systemic cisplatin chemotherapy and radiation have shown high response rates with improvements in durable rem...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Robati M,Holtz D,Dunton CJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressure ulcers (PUs) in the sacral region can be a complication of surgical procedures performed in the lithotomy position. Previous reports have noted a difference between men and women in PU development related to the supine position, and body weight and body mass index (BMI) have been also described as k...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Mizuno J,Takahashi T

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the associations of diabetes-related distress (DRD), depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and medication adherence with glycemia, blood pressure (BP), and lipid biomarkers in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). This cross-sectional study was conducted in three Malays...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Chew BH,Sherina MS,Hassan NH

更新日期：2015-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A utilization study was performed in a 2200-bed tertiary care teaching hospital. Data mining was performed on all nasogastric medication prescriptions for patients hospitalized in 2011. Nurses were interviewed by questionnaire. A PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle was used for continuous quality improvement. The proportio...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Zhu LL,Xu LC,Wang HQ,Jin JF,Wang HF,Zhou Q

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the well recognized protective effect of cruciferous vegetables against various cancers, including human colorectal cancers, little is known about how this effect is conferred. It is thought that some phytochemicals found only in these vegetables confer the protection. These compounds include the glu...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： McGrath DR,Frydoonfar H,Hunt JJ,Dunkley CJ,Spigelman AD

更新日期：2010-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: To report our experience with retroperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic upper pole heminephrectomy in adult patients with duplex kidneys. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 7 patients who underwent retroperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic upper pole heminephrectomy at our inst...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Qin J,Wang P,Jing T,Kong D,Ye S,Xia D,Wang S

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to antiretroviral treatment (ART) is important to achieve treatment success in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Most HIV clinics apply the patient self-report (PSR) method. However, the reliability of this method in experienced HIV patients remains questionable. PURPOSE:To val...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Minzi O,Mugoyela V,Gustafsson L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of TNFα blockers has revolutionized the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The objectives of this review are to summarize the most up-to-date data on long-term efficacy and safety of infliximab in AS, with special emphasis on axial and extra-articular disease, predictors of response, and radiol...

journal_title：Therapeutics and clinical risk management

authors： Elalouf O,Elkayam O

更新日期：2015-11-19 00:00:00