In our study, most patients with a diagnostic delay of longer than 30 days sought other health services before a hospital.
In a recent survey of UK patients with dementia, 68% had experienced a 1-year or longer delay in diagnosis, while 8% reported a delay of 5 years or longer [ 7].
Specifically, at an S-1 dose level of 60 mg/m/day (level 1), one patient experienced a DLT, namely a delay of the second cycle of longer than 7 days behind schedule due to adverse events including leukopenia and thrombocytopenia in the first cycle.
Patients with a delay of a week or longer were withdrawn from the study and completed treatment with the standard (3-weekly) BEP regimen.
The findings showed that patients whose discharge did not involve the liaison nurse were 2.5 times more likely to experience a delay of four hours or longer when compared to patients whose discharge involved the liaison nurse.
Refer urgently even if blood tests show a normal acute-phase response or negative rheumatoid factor and if: -The small joints of the hands or feet are affected -More than one joint is affected, or -There has been a delay of three months or longer between symptom onset and seeking medical advice.
He said no flights that arrived on Wednesday had delays of longer than three hours, however.
Four participants reported help-seeking delays of longer than 10 years.
