Infants with fevers receive as good care when physicians rely on judgment than clinical guidelines
...mendations, with the potential benefit of reducing considerable costs and iatrogenic morbidity (unfavorable outcomes). While guidelines have an important role in ensuring the quality of care for many clinical issues, their performance in complex clinical situations, such as the management of febrile illnesses, s...Childhood abuse may predict social phobia, agoraphobia, and PTSD among adult alcoholics
...cal abuse," said Langeland. "Given the fact that a considerable proportion of alcoholics report a history of childhood trauma and adverse events that include childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, as well as maternal dysfunction, which may point to neglect," added Van der Hart, "studies should investigate whethe...76 million research centre to make the UK a global centre of excellence for clinical imaging
...for the new development as it is already home to a considerable concentration of imaging expertise and many of the world's leading experts in imaging technology. The land has been made available by the Charity Trustees of Hammersmith Hospitals who acquired the site in 1999. Existing expertise includes staff from...Success of nicotine patches linked to genetic make-up
...th the variant T allele (CT or TT genotype) showed considerable benefit from patches, whereas those with the more common CC genotype did not. No significant relation between genotype and patch effectiveness was seen in men. The authors therefore suggest that nicotine replacement therapy works through different pr...The human brain and comparative judgments
...different local peaks for each dimension. There is considerable overlap between the local brain regions, and although there may be some neurons that respond to stimuli from a single dimension, those neurons are not likely to exist in a unique, well-delimited anatomical area." Philippe Pinel, Manuela Piazza, Deni...Sufficient evidence for reducing sugar intake to tackle obesity?
...ered in aggregate they [available studies] provide considerable evidence to suggest that sucrose and other free su...initive, when considered in aggregate they provide considerable evidence to suggest that sucrose and other free sugars contribute to the global epidemic of obesity....Menstrual cycle affects periodontal health
...ed. "What we found is that several women reported considerable oral symptoms prior to menses," said Eli E. Machtei, D.M.D., Unit of Periodontology Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center and Technion Faculty of Medicine. The symptoms included a slight burning sensation, bleeding with minor i...Existing therapies applied to new use in broader spectrum of cancer care
...als that received radiation treatment alone showed considerable cognitive impairment," Wong said. "They acted confused and performed poorly on tests of memory. " "On the other hand, mice that were first treated with radiation and then systemically injected with EPO maintained cognitive functi...Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
...oximately five days, the article states. However, considerable variation exists in the duration of hospitalization for patients with AMI. Frederick A. Spencer, M.D., from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, and colleagues conducted a population-based study to describe trends in duration of...Estrogen offers no overall benefit for disease prevention in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy
...rmation in the article. Despite decades of use and considerable research, the role of estrogen alone in preventing chronic diseases in postmenopausal women remains uncertain. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trials of hormone therapy were undertaken to determine whether conjugated equine estrogen (C...Researchers invent way to determine optimal conditions for spinal cord nerve regen in lab animals
... at the midpoint of the scaffold; others supported considerable growth. Researchers conclude that the biodegradable particular scaffolds can successfully be seeded with certain cells and support axon regrowth throughout the length of the scaffold. In addition, they believe axon counting after one month is an effe...Anemia associated with disability and poorer physical performance
...ance battery is quite large and is associated with considerable increased risk of disability, hospitalization and mortality," said Marco Pahor, M.D., professor of geriatrics at Wake Forest Baptist. The researchers adjusted for factors that could have influenced the results, including age, body mass index, disease...For foster children, unstable placements have higher healthcare costs
...ely to drift from placement to placement and spend considerable time in the foster care system," said David Rubin, M.D., a general pediatrician at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and primary investigator of this study. "Because mental health and global health are interrelated for children in foster care, ...'Considerable reductions' in radiation exposure possible with 16-MDCT scanner on body applications
... 16-slice scanner as opposed to a 4-slice scanner, considerable reductions in effective radiation dose can be achieved on body CT without sacrificing established clinical image quality levels, a new study by researchers from Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands, says. Specifically, the auth...Special incubators allow high-quality imaging of critically ill newborns
... providing good diagnostic imaging of newborns are considerable and include monitoring circulation and maintaining constant control of temperature, airflow and humidity. Consequently, few newborns are examined with MR imaging, which is, for many indications, the most accurate non-invasive diagnostic test. Unlike...Eating disorder behaviors linked to suicide risks
...and continuously maintaining underweight generates considerable distress, Milos says. The two-year study included 288 patients diagnosed with some form of eating disorder. Twenty-six percent of the women said they had attempted suicide at least once in the past, a rate than is four times higher than in the genera...Elevated rates of trauma may put urban American Indian women at increased risk for contracting HIV
...state the entire Indian community because there is considerable circular migration between urban areas, where 60 percent of American Indians now live, and reservations. Eleven percent of the women in the study had lived on a reservation or their tribal lands in the previous year, she said. New York City now has...New UNC research finds high rate of chlamydia in U.S. young adults
..." The differences may be partially responsible for considerable variations in reproductive health among whites, blacks and other racial and ethnic groups, he said. For example, black women have a 33 percent higher incidence of ectopic pregnancy compared with whites, and in many areas, including New York City, bla...Advances emerging in hepatitis management
...Current therapies for hepatitis C virus (HCV) have considerable side effects and only induce a sustained virologic response in less than half of patients infected with HCV genotype 1, the most common genotype in the U.S., Europe and Japan (60-70 percent of patients). In this study, researchers from Bach and Godo......n training can work. These regulations have caused considerable controversy among educators. Four commentators discuss the effects of the regulations....