A medication management teaching program was evaluated among 20 patients with a dual diagnosis of psychosis (schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder) and substance dependence. The program was conducted by a staff nurse on one ward at a large veterans' medical center and consisted of a four-session ...
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Finally, we leveraged the global coverage of the dataset and its large sample size to develop prediction equations that estimate, for any given FPG level, the probability that a person without previously diagnosed diabetes would have HbA1c above the clinical threshold for diabetes had it been measu...
And thirdly, skin diseases under treatment, where recovery or medication will also change the appearance of lesions. These exclusions could potentially lead to a decreased recognition capability of our model for atypical skin lesions, even though they only account for a small proportion of the ...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare but life-threatening condition characterized by uncontrolled inflammation. The management of HLH is challenging, in part, due to the multiple etiologies of the disease, the variations in presentations, a
As South Asian people are known to have an elevated risk of CVD compared with white Europeans [34], there has been a greater emphasis in these populations, particularly for those with type 2 diabetes, to reduce modifiable risk factors through lifestyle changes and drug management for primary ...
However, given the current challenges in the diagnostic pathway, combined with our evidence of the significant burden this places on primary care, it is reasonable to hypothesise that increasing the efficiency of diagnosis could improve resource and cost management for GP providers. This might be ...
A careful medical history of systemic illnesses and medication use as well as a thorough physical examination are essential for the diagnosis of smell and taste disorders. Work-up should not commence until a standardized test such as the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) ...
Then, we collected the medication information from 17 new patients (Supplementary Fig. 36), also indicating that the IL-17 inhibitor is a more effective drug than the others tested. Fig. 5: Efficacy comparison and analysis of different drugs for decreasing PASI values and inhibiting PsA ...
(EE-TP) is an emerging clinical therapy. EE TP is intravenously infused into a patient and aims to replace defective thymidine phosphorylase activity [66]. A phase 2, multicentre, multiple-dose, open-label trial is currently being conducted to assess the medication’s safety, tolerability, ...