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Urodynamic tests for female geriatricurinary incontinence
(Elsevier, 1990-11)
Most urodynamic tests currently in use in the evaluation of female urinary incontinence have not been applied to a community-based sample to determine their specificity. In this study of a random sample of noninstitutionalized ...
The effect of bystander CPR on survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims
(Elsevier, 1985-11)
The effect of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was studied in 2142 emergency medical service (EMS) cardiac arrest runs. When bystander CPR was administered to cardiac arrest victims, 22.9% of the victims ...
Patient and physician perceptions of their relationship and patient satisfaction: A study of chronic disease management
(Elsevier, 1993-01)
This study investigated patient and physician perceptions of their relationship and examined how their perceptions related to patient satisfaction. Data are based on 134 patient physician interactions. Study participants ...
Changes in quality of life among elderly patients with hip fracture in Taiwan
(Springer-Verlag; International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation, 2004-02)
To examine the longitudinal change in health related quality of life (HRQoL) during 1 year following hospital discharge in elderly subjects, 110 hip fractured subjects (age, mean±SD: 79.3±7.4 years) were enrolled in a ...
Managing better: Children, parents, and asthma
(Elsevier, 1986-03)
To evaluate a health education program to improve family management of asthma, 310 children with asthma and their 290 parents were randomly assigned to a program or control group. Program families participated in health ...
Effect of empiric antiarrhythmic therapy in resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims with coronary artery disease
(Elsevier, 1990-05-15)
The effect of empiric antiarrhythmic therapy with quindine and procainamide on long-term mortality was examined in 209 patients with coronary artery disease resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The antiarrhythmic ...
Studies of Prevention, Treatment and Mechanisms of Heart Failure in the Aging Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-01)
The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is an animal model of genetic hypertension which develops heart failure with aging, similar to man. The consistent pattern of a long period of stable hypertrophy followed by a ...
A comparison of the diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and patients
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The following study compares the diabetesrelated attitudes of sampled health care professionals and patients with diabetes. Attitudes were measured with a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) which includes ...
Variation in the resistin gene is associated with obesity and insulin-related phenotypes in Finnish subjects
(Springer-Verlag, 2004-10)
Resistin is a peptide hormone produced by adipocytes that is present at high levels in sera of obese mice and may be involved in glucose homeostasis through regulation of insulin sensitivity. Several studies in humans have ...
The relationship between the structural and orthogonal compressive properties of trabecular bone
(Elsevier, 1994-04)
In this study, cubes of trabecular bone with a wide range of structural properties were scanned on a micro-computed tomography system to produce complete three-dimensional digitizations from which morphological and ...