In addition to these GP visits, every 3–6 months, the PN checked the patients' body weight, blood pressure, and (fasting) blood glucose levels. The PNs also inquired about their patients' well-being, hypo- or hyperglycemia, nutrition, exercise, and medication, when indicated. This study ...
Blister packing is particularly time-consuming due to the absence of automated systems to facilitate this key component of the program; therefore, the development of accurate, technological-based blister-packing systems is needed before such programs could be disseminated on a wide-scale basis. More...
Patient registration and randomization could occur at the same visit; therefore, a large proportion (44% in each group) had nonfasting blood samples at baseline. Consequently, a post hoc sensitivity analysis was performed comparing fasting levels of glucose, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein...
found increased medication possession ratio (reflecting increased adherence) during the pregnancy (last visit before birth) than in the period prior to intervention (pre- or early pregnancy). In sub-analyses, adherence in women who filled at least one prescription at ...
Before taking antihypertensive drugs on the morning of the measurement day, the patient was placed in a sitting or lying position in a calm state and measured by the clinical pharmacists. The mean value of three consecutive blood pressure measurements was taken. Following the five core elements ...
Heymsfield reported receiving personal fees from Tanita and Medifast outside of the submitted work. Coleman, Miller, Rooks, Roubenoff, Laurent, Praestgaard, Petricoul and Swan reported being employees of Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research during the conduct of the study. Coleman and Roube...
One reason cited for the discontinuation of medication is the high cost of treatment, but bothersome side-effects, dissatisfaction with the daily self-injection and unsatisfactory weight loss and blood glucose control can also play a role.32The extent to which these findings can be transferred to ...
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For this reason, they are given up to three times a day just before meals. Since these drugs increase circulating insulin levels they may cause hypoglycemia. Weight gain is also a possible side effect. Thiazolidinediones Thiazolidinedione drugs lower blood glucose by increasing the sensitivity of ...
Blood was withdrawn from all patients to determine the fasting serum prolactin level. Prolactin concentrations in blood were measured in a faculty laboratory by automated immunoassay methodology [64]. Data and sources of bias management To reduce potential bias, the second investigator (psychiatrist) wa...