More frequent hemodialysis sessions and longer session lengths may offer improved phosphorus control. We analyzed data from the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Daily and Nocturnal Trials to examine the effects of treatment assignment on predialysis serum phosphorus and on prescribed dose of phosphorus binder, expressed relative to calcium carbonate on a weight basis. In the Daily Trial, with pres...

UNLABELLED Lanthanum carbonate is an efficacious noncalcium, nonresin phosphate-binder that is being increasingly used in chronic kidney disease stage 5 (CKD-5) dialysis patients. Available evidence has indicated that QT interval changes correlate with mortality in healthy subjects and in dialysis patients. Experimental studies have suggested the possibility that lanthanum carbonate may produce...

OBJECTIVE To determine within-rater and between-rater reliability of the universal goniometer (UG) for measuring active cervical range of motion (ACROM) in asymptomatic healthy subjects. METHODS Nineteen healthy subjects were tested in an identical seated position. Two raters used UG to measure active cervical movements of flexion, extension, right side flexion, left side flexion, right rotat...

The original MASS course on which this text is based ran for 14 weeks, with three 50-minute lectures in each week (given by the second author). This structure has been preserved in the present book and may be used as a rough guide if you wish to use this book as the text for a class. However, some circumstances of the original course are worth noting. As part of the MASS program, the students, ...

Methods: Forty eight patients with chronic symptoms of Achilles tendinopathy for greater than three months, as diagnosed by clinical exam, voluntarily agreed to participate in the experimental study. Each patient was randomly assigned, by computer statistical system, to one of two treatment groups and underwent four treatment sessions once a week for four weeks. At the time of treatment each pa...

Aims: To determine the effect of health education on mothers about colostrum with intensity early breastfeeding. Methods: Quasi-experimental one group pretest-posttest design. Education was delivered for week consisting 3 session and 90 minutes each Sample this study who have newborn baby willing to participate in study. Result: The Colostrum Correlation value is 0.542 a p-value 0.000, there re...

in this investigation, the effect of group cognitive-behavior therapy in reduction of anxiety and dysfunctional attitude were studied on patients with generalized anxiety disorder (gad). 20 female participants were recognized to have gad by the researcher through a clinical interview on the basis of dsm-iv-tr standards and invited to take part in the study. they first filled in the dysfunctiona...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a selected submaximal swimming training on BP and plasma [ANP] among middle age males with EH. In this research, 30 subjects aged 40-55 years with mild EH for at least 2 years, were selected. The subjects were randomly divided into EXP and CON groups. The CON group were asked to continue their normal life but were closely observed. The ...