objective: this study aimed to evaluate the non-compliance rate in patients with bipolar i disorder (bid). methods: the patients admitted to iran psychiatric hospital who were diagnosed as a case of the first episode mania of bipolar i disorder (dsm-iv-tr) by 2 psychiatrists followed by one of them in a longitudinal, prospective and naturalistic study. in the follow-up early non-compliance/irre...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the use of specific compliance (static compliance/functional residual capacity) to adjust mean airway pressure, resulting in optimal gas exchange during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in a surfactant-deficient newborn piglet. DESIGN Prospective controlled animal study. SETTING Laboratory. SUBJECTS Eight newborn piglets at 5 days of age. BACKGROUND High-fre...

INTRODUCTION Administrative claims data have a limited ability to identify persons with high compliance to oral bisphosphonates. We tested whether adding information on compliance with other drugs used to treat chronic, asymptomatic conditions would improve the predictive ability of administrative data to identify adherent individuals. METHODS Using data from a large, US healthcare organizati...

BACKGROUND Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSAS) and insomnia are common pathologies sharing a high comorbidity. CPAP is a cumbersome treatment. Yet, CPAP compliance must remain optimal in order to reverse excessive daytime sleepiness and prevent the cardiovascular consequences of OSAS. But chronic insomnia could negatively affect CPAP compliance. OBJECTIVE To assess the consequences of in...

Leg venous compliance is a determinant of peripheral venous pooling during orthostatic stress such that high venous compliance could contribute to reduced orthostatic tolerance. We tested the hypotheses that 1) calf venous compliance is reduced during baroreceptor unloading, and 2) calf venous compliance is greater in women than men. Twelve men (27 +/- 2 yr) and 12 women (25 +/- 2 yr) were stud...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was  to identify demographic, clinical, psychosocial, physical and environmental factors that are associated with participation in and adherence to a combined resistance and endurance exercise program among cancer survivors, shortly after completion of primary cancer treatment. Data from the randomized controlled Resistance and Endurance exercise After Chem...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the baseline hand hygiene non-compliance rate, and identify the factors associated with non-compliance in a cardiac center in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This observational study was conducted in Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a 176 beds specialized cardiac center. In total, 6,022 observations were recorded by using the Infection Control Link Nurse program...

although successful iron chelation with deferiprone is associated with significant complications, patient’s compliance with medication regimens is of a high priority. the present study did evaluate the complications and compliance of domestically-manufactured deferiprone combined with desferrioxamine for iron chelation therapy. a total of 32 major beta thalassemic patients with cardiomyopathy w...