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Brain MRI and CT morphology in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease
(2010-02-05)
Background: The brain atrophy in individual Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients includes not only specific atrophy from AD pathology, but also atrophy induced by normal aging and cerebral vascular diseases. Although medial ...
The impact of tobacco use on postoperative complications
(2008-08-29)
.03). The relative risk for the primary outcome of any postoperative complication in the intervention group was 0.51 (95% CI 0.27 0.97) and the number needed to treat (NNT) was five (95% CI 3 40). The proportion of abstinent individuals in the intervention group...
The assisting hand assessment : continued development, psychometrics and longitudinal use
(2009-01-09)
of the AHA as regards the inter- and intrarater, retest and alternate forms reliability was investigated. In all trials high reliability coefficients (Intraclass Correlation Coefficients) were found, ranging from 0.97 to 0.99. The retest evaluation indicated...
Aprotinin for reduction of bleeding and transfusions in patients on clopidogrel undergoing urgent coronary surgery
(2009-05-08)
percentile) adenosinediphosphate mediated platelet aggregation before and after aprotinin, was 84% (76/91) and 94% (86/97, p<0.01). Clopidogrel non-responders with >90% aggregation (n=4) had a median aggregation of 94.5% (91.5/97.5) versus 82% (73/87, p<0...
Activities with balance limitations among patients with perpheral arthritis : description and assessment
(2008-08-25)
Background and aim: Patients with peripheral arthritis (PA) have several
impairments that can influence balance and be risk factors for falls and
fear of falling. Since disability varies among these patients, we need ...
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 using antiretroviral drugs in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
(2009-08-21)
, respectively and the RR for HIV infection or death compared to placebo were 0.39, 0.64 and 0.97, respectively. After 18 months of follow up the transmission rates were 14.9% (95%CI 9.4-22.8), 18.1% (12.1-26.2), 20.0% (12.9-30.1) and 22.2% (15.9-30.2) for groups...
Novel epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects of the metabolic syndrome
(2009-04-17)
Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that
increase risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Its prevalence
continues to rise worldwide and it is becoming a public health ...
Health enhancing physical activity, sociodemographic factors and the neighbourhood environment
(2009-05-05)
groups were observed. The environmental module showed good test-retest reliability, with intra-class correlations ranging from 0.36 regarding questions of a subjective nature to 0.98 for questions of an objective nature, with minor differences...
Utveckling av instrument och bedömning av sjuksköterskestudenters kunskaper och färdigheter att genomföra venös provtagning och insättning av perifer venkateter
(2015-08-18)
Det finns ett uppenbart behov av att hitta objektiva bedömningsunderlag för sjuksköterskestudenters kunskaper efter genomgångna kliniska kurser. Genom att utveckla och validera instrument som kan användas i utbildningen ...
Dynamic ultrasonography in neonatal hip instability and acetabular dysplasia
(2008-09-05)
The clinical hip examination, although highly sensitive in expert hands
in detecting neonatal hip instability, can lead to considerable
overtreatment. Ultrasound is increasingly being used to complement the
clinical ...