Study aims to induce recovery from ankylosing spondylitis

...West China Hospital. Located at Sichuan University, West China Hospital is the largest clinical center in the world, with 4600 beds and 2.5 million outpatients per year. It is also is the Chinese center for the worldwide Cochrane Collaboration in evidence-based medicine. The treatment protocol is based on ...

Researchers compare different systems of measuring treatment intensity in hypertension care

...al. (Hypertension, 2006) predicts blood pressure control more effectively than the other two measures studied. Eight hundred nineteen hypertensive outpatients were characterized with three different scores to measure treatment intensity over time. The first examined whether a patient had any-or-none medicati...

Genomas Presents Drug-Specific Genetic Determinants of Statin Safety and Efficacy at the XV International Symposium on Atherosclerosis

...nts experienced neuromuscular side effects, causing disruptions in daily life activities, and reduction in regimen adherence. In this study, 442 outpatients treated with atorvastatin, rosuvastatin and/or simvastatin were studied in lipid clinics at Hartford Hospital (Hartford, CT) and the University of Ca...

Ingenious Med Experiences Impressive Growth in First Quarter 2009

... medical center distinguished for its cardiac, surgical, cancer and women's services. The hospital treats more than 56,000 emergency patients, 243,000 outpatients and 17,000 inpatients each year, while welcoming more than 4,000 babies into the world. The Overlake team includes approximately 2,300 employees, 875 ...

Compirion Healthcare Cuts Emergency Department Throughput by 50% at the Medical Center of Central Georgia

... to hospital expectations, the elapsed time for patient admission from the Emergency Department to inpatient units had dropped by 50%. The goal for ED outpatients from door to discharge had been set at 4.5 hours. In January, the hours had dropped from 6.65 to around 4 hours, well below the hospital's target. A...

Olanzapine Long-Acting Injection (LAI) Efficacy and Safety Data Presented at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting

...e of this two-year, ongoing open-label study is to compare the treatment effectiveness of the oral and long-acting formulations of olanzapine in adult outpatients with schizophrenia considered at risk for relapse. The eight-month interim analysis of this study was conducted in order to compare the safety and eff...

Medication Errors Could Be Cut: Experts

...Murray, chair of the department of pharmaceutical policy and evaluative sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found that among outpatients with high blood pressure, when pharmacists, doctors and patients communicate, medication errors decrease. "By working closely with doctors and nurs...

Researchers find medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from brief intervention

...s with unhealthy alcohol use is recommended. Brief intervention has proven efficacy in decreasing alcohol consumption and related consequences only in outpatients with unhealthy, but not dependent alcohol use. In the few inpatient studies on brief intervention, results were generally negative, making it likely t...

Compirion Healthcare Consulting Generates a 40:1 Return on Investment at the Medical Center of Central Georgia

...ion's engagement in January, the elapsed time from patient registration to inpatient units had dropped by 50%. The goal for door-to-treatment time for outpatients had been set at 4.5 hours. In January, the hours dropped from 6.65 to around 4 hours, well below the hospital's target. As wait times dropped, patient...

Orion Health Congratulates Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust on Achieving Community-based Governance

...than 300,000, is now responsible to its public through an elected board of governors. WWL operates across three hospital sites, a state-of-the-art outpatients centre as well as administrative offices in Wigan. It offers more than 800 inpatient beds and invests around £200 million each year in a broad r...

Outpatients in Medical Technology

Atrial Fibrillation Found to be Common in Patients With Atherothrombosis, Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Death, Heart Attack and Stroke

...tative and geographically diverse cohort of stable outpatients with or at high risk of atherothrombosis.2,(3),(4)...n, and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in outpatients with atherothrombosis. JAMA 2006;295(2):180-189. ...r J, et al. One-year cardiovascular event rates in outpatients with atherothrombosis. JAMA. 2007;297:1197-1206. ...

InteRNA Technologies and VU University Medical Center to Develop microRNA-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Cancer

...ment, vital functions and extramural care. Each year 38,000 patients are admitted (including one-day admissions), well over 300,000 patients visit the outpatients department and 40,000 arrive at the Accident and Emergency department. Approximately 2,000 medical students are in training here. Each year, VU Univer...

New Data Highlight Positive Results of Namenda(R) (memantine HCl) Once-Daily Extended-Release Formulation

...d the efficacy, safety and tolerability of an innovative, proprietary, 28 mg once-daily extended-release formulation of Namenda compared to placebo in outpatients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease already being treated with a cholinesterase inhibitor (donepezil, galantamine or rivastigmine). (Logo: ...

AstraZeneca Submits sNDA for SEROQUEL XR(TM) for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder - a First for the Atypical Antipsychotic Class of Medicines

...led studies (Studies 9, 10, and 11) compared the safety and efficacy of SEROQUEL XR at doses of 50 mg, 150 mg and 300 mg to placebo for eight weeks in outpatients with GAD. Active controls were also used in Study 10 (escitalopram 10 mg daily) and Study 11 (paroxetine 20 mg daily). These short-term studies used t...

In New Study, Duloxetine Reduced Non-specific Pain and Emotional Symptoms Associated with Depression

...randomized to placebo (n=165) or duloxetine 60mg (n=162) and was conducted in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany and Slovakia. Trial participants were outpatients aged 18 or older presenting with: Major depressive disorder (MDD), as assessed by the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS, with a score ...

REACH Registry Demonstrates That Multiple Arterial Disease Locations Sharply Increase the Risk of Major CV Events in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis

...ch 20, 2007 /PRNewswire/ --The REACH Registry 1-year results paper published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) show that outpatients with atherothrombosis have a surprisingly high risk of death or major cardiovascular illness, especially if more than one vascular bed is diseased. RE...

First Controlled Large-Scale Intervention Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) Trial in a Japanese Population, JIKEI HEART Study Demonstrates Significant Reduction in Blood Pressure and Protection of Organs with Valsartan

...ls, a clinic and the Research Center for Medical Sciences. At the four University hospitals there are approximately 2,600 beds and approximately 7,500 outpatients visit daily, making them the largest university hospitals in Japan. In education, research and medical care, the Jikei University School of Medicine...

New Study Results Provide Additional Data about Short- and Long-Term Use of Desvenlafaxine Succinate in the Treatment of Adults with Major Depressive Disorder

...y of Desvenlafaxine Succinate for Prevention of Depressive Relapse in Adult outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder Study findings from the double-blind phase... Evaluation of Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Desvenlafaxine Succinate in outpatients with Major Depressive Disorder The results are from a Phase 3, multicente...

In New Study, Duloxetine Was Equally Effective, Regardless of Switch Method, in Reducing Painful Symptoms in Ssri Non- or Partial-responders with Depression

...cide, especially at the beginning of treatment or after a change in dose. Notes to Editors: About the Study 1 Methodology Subjects were outpatients who met criteria for MDD despite having taken an SSRI antidepressant for at least 6 weeks, and who had a Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD17) tot...

Tight Glycemic Control in the ICU

...g workload in the ICU. Many research groups have been working on their development. There is an approved device for detecting glycemic excursions in outpatients with diabetes that has shown promise in monitoring critically ill patients. The Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS, Medtronic MiniMed) utiliz...

Outpatients in Medical Dictionary

Myringotomy

...... Myringotomy summary with 4 pages of encyclopedia entries, essays, summaries, research information, and more. ... in paediatric myringotomy outpatients ... Finding a Surgeon, Finger Reattachment, Fluoroquinolones, Forehead Lift, Fracture Repair, Gallstone Removal, Ganglion Cyst Removal, Gastrectom...

Outpatients in Biological News

A novel virus for croup

...asopharyngeal secretions were collected from both hospitalized patients and outpatients in four different regions of Germany. The study found that forty-nine sampl... were positive for the virus HCoV-NL63 overall, with a greater incidence in outpatients (7.9%) than hospitalized patients (3.2%). Co-infection with two other virus...

Outpatients in Biological Technology

West Penn Allegheny Health System Announces Recruitment of Leading Burn Specialists

...l remain as a key part of the center's team. Established in 1969, West Penn Burn Center treats more than 500 inpatients and approximately 1,500 outpatients each year. The Burn Center is fully equipped with state-of-the-art medical systems, special equipment for treating burns, 14 private rooms including ...

BioCryst Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Provides Corporate Update

...esults of a Shionogi & Co., Ltd.-sponsored, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 study of intravenous (i.v.) peramivir, a neuraminidase inhibitor, in outpatients with acute, uncomplicated influenza. The study met its primary endpoint of time to alleviation of symptoms for both the 300 mg dose (p=0.00...

Instrumentation Laboratory Receives FDA Clearance to Expand the Intended Use of HemosIL(R) D-Dimer Assay

... Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to expand the intended use for the HemosIL D-Dimer assay to exclude venous thromboembolism (VTE) in outpatients suspected of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), when used in conjunction with a clinical pretest probability (PTP) assessment m...

Stable Stroke Patients More Likely to Die From a Nonstroke Cardiovascular Event Than a Further Stroke

...e, recognition, and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in outpatients with atherothrombosis. JAMA 2006;295:180-189. (5.) PG. Steg, DL. Bhatt, PW... REACH Registry Investigators. One-year cardiovascular event rates in outpatients with atherothrombosis. JAMA 2007;297: 1197-1206. ...

FDA Approves PRISTIQ(TM) for the Treatment of Adult Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

...acy of PRISTIQ as a treatment for depression was established in four 8-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose studies in adult outpatients who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for MDD. At the recommended dose of 50 mg, the discontinuation rat...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves ABILIFY(R) (aripiprazole) as the First Medication for Add-On Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

... of no better than minimal improvement. References (1) Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Wisniewski SR, et al. Acute and Longer-Term Outcomes in Depressed outpatients Requiring One or Several Treatment Steps: A STAR*D Report. Am J Psych. 2006;163:1905-1917. (2) Kessler RC, Berglund P, Demler O, et al. The epid...

ICBS acquires 30% interest in Bacteria Bank Ltd.

... media, pneumonia and some forms of bronchitis. In North America only, there are over 300 million of antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatients setting, and S.pneumonie is the number one target overall by far. 5. bacteria useful for the development of newly designed genetically ...

Candid Details on Hospital's Quality of Care Are Now at Your Fingertips - Just Like It Should Be

...ed technologies, patient safety, family comfort and compassionate care. The 488-bed hospital in Arlington Heights serves 30,000 inpatients and 370,000 outpatients each year. For the past three years, Northwest Community has been named a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence while ranking No. 1 in Illino...

Instrumentation Laboratory Receives FDA Clearance to Expand the Intended Use for HemosIL(R) D-Dimer HS Assay

...nd Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to expand the intended use for HemosIL D-Dimer HS to exclude venous thromboembolism (VTE) in outpatients suspected of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), when used in conjunction with a clinical pretest probability assessment model. He...