Introduction. To investigate the effect on mortality of initial peritoneal equilibration test (PET) in PD patients (pts). Methods. We included patients who initiated therapy between 2001-2014. Patients underwent initial PET in the first three months. They were divided into four groups according to the initial PET (high, high-average, lowaverage, low transport). Sociodemographic data, clinical c...

Discrepancy between pre & post treatment WBSs (Low dose & high dose, respectively) is reported. The aim of this study was determination the post-treatment WBS role in the diagnosis of lesions not identified by the pretreatment one. In this study 94 patients (pts) with DTC were evaluated. The results of pre & post treatment WBSs were compared. Overall, 25.6% of pts revealed more positive l...

there is considerable agreement among linguists that thematic analysis offers writers insights into manuscripts that may be rejected by international journals due to thematic organization problems. whereas many comparative studies have provided valuable information about thematic progression (tp), the role of peripheral themes (pts) has almost been neglected. using the revised model of the tp p...

In the OlympiAD phase III trial, olaparib significantly prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) vs chemotherapy in patients (pts) with germline-BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm), HER2-negative mBC regardless of hormone receptor (HR) status. a study population that reflects clinical practice, IIIb LUCY trial similarly showed effectiveness HR ASCO/CAP guidelines highlight lack data on best treatment approa...

The β-lactamase inhibitor avibactam (NXL104) displays potent inhibition of both class A and C enzymes. The in vitro antibacterial activity of the combination ceftazidime-avibactam was evaluated against a clinical panel of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. Avibactam offered efficient protection from hydrolysis since 94% of isolates were susceptible to ceftazidime when combined with 4 μg/ml avibac...

Anemia is a frequent complication in patients with breast cancer (BC), gastrointestinal tumors (GC), lung (LC) and malignant lymphomas (ML). Guidelines (GL) on anemia management (ESMO, DGHO) provide dedicated algorithms for diagnosis treatment of anemia. GL adherence (GLAD) was analyzed. This retrospective sample analysis representative practices hospitals Germany. Data tumor treatments collect...

OBJECTIVE The biventricular pacing (BVP) approach has good results in the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients (pts) with disorders of intraventricular conduction. METHODS We have applied BVP to 28 pts, with left ventricular pacing using minitoracotomy in 3 pts and the transvenous approach via coronary sinus in 25 pts. The mean duration of the QRS complexes was 187 ms, in t...

BACKGROUND It is unknown whether using different published thresholds (PTs) for classifying physical activity (PA) impacts upon activity-health relationships. This study explored whether relationships between PA (sedentary [SED], light PA [LPA], moderate PA [MPA], moderate-to-vigorous PA, vigorous PA [VPA]) and health markers differed in children when classified using three different PTs. MET...

Methods Analyzed group consists of 225 patients (pts) with MVD operated in Institute from 01.01.1081 till 01.01.2008. Average age was 51,3±6,1 yy. 151 (67,1%) pts belonged to IV NYHA class, 69 (30,7%) – to III and 5 (2,2%) pts to II. There were 69 (30,7%) males and 156 (69,3%) females. Mitral stenosis was in 191(84,9%) pts, combined MVD in 34 (15,1%) pts. Isolated OMC was performed In 146 (64,9...