This suggests that healthcare professionals should consider patient characteristics when prescribing interventions to ensure the most effective treatment for their patients. This study has some limitations. Firstly, there are some differences between the methods in this manuscript and those in the pre-...
It is understandable that such a judgment can be hard to make, especially when communication with the person is difficult or impossible, but talking to a doctor or physician familiar with the situation of a patient can grant significant insight about the care that they need. ...
We recommend considering the substitution of Parkinson’s medication as a change in medication, requiring guidance and supervision by the patient’s physician. Any generic can be used to initiate first treatment. It will be effective and less expensive than the branded product, but will need a ...
To be eligible for inclusion in the trial, the patient should have a C-reactive protein (CRP) value of >50 and <150 mg/L. Concomitant medication and supportive care as per standard of care at the trial site was permitted, although patients should not have received any previous experimental...
Overall QOL was captured using an adapted version of Cantril’s ladder, an overall measure of the patient’s subjective well-being in life [31] with one item, “All in all, how satisfied are you with your life at the moment?” and scores ranging from 0 (not at all satisfied) to 10...
structures implicated in schizophrenia[52]. Studies have found abnormal functioning in ED in the frontal, limbic, occipital, striatal and cerebellar regions, deficits that sometimes persist after the patient has recovered, which suggests that the dysfunction is not merely a consequence of poor ...
Of 1027 patients who entered the open-label run-in period, three did not receive study medication. Of the remaining 1024 patients, 541 (53%) were randomized to continue BTDS (n = 257) or receive placebo TDS (n = 284) during the double-blind phase. Two patients (one patient from each...
(15/18 implants; 83.3%) a mean of 42 days (range 1–86 days) after monopolar stimulation initiation. Ten patients (11 implants) are completely pain-free. A common side effect was transient diplopia, which limited stimulation amplitude. In one patient, a small non-symptomatic haemorrhage into...
A case is reported of acute bilateral myopia and angle closure glaucoma in a 7-year-old patient from topiramate toxicity. This is the second known reported case of topiramate induced acute angle closure glaucoma and third known reported case of topiramat
c. Medication of the patient within the last two weeks; d. Medical care for the caregiver: (1) periods of illness, nights in hospital or nursing home, number of consultations and purchase of technical aids within the last six weeks. (2) Number and duration of therapy sessions, nursing...