Another reason is that our study focused on chronically infected untreated patients, compromising both controllers and non-controllers of HIV-1 infection, while the clade B study consisted of patients undergoing structured treatment interruption and acutely infected patients.
This analysis focused on chronically infected individuals.
Studies were excluded if they focused on chronically ill children, hospital inpatient settings or educational interventions designed for health professionals.
So far, most investigations of the factors contributing to CD-related knowledge among chronically ill adults mainly focused on the characteristics of patients instead of health providers.
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley's 10-year plan to end homelessness focused on the chronically homeless, substance abusers and the disabled.
In contrast, F1, F2 and SpRs focused on the chronically breathless patient, but commented that differential diagnosis in clinical practice was harder than the cases presented at medical school.
We focused on respondents who were chronically disabled and residing in the community at the time of the survey from the 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004 waves of the NLTCS.
Earlier studies have not focused on first-time-admitted patients, so chronically ill patients, may have been overrepresented in those samples.
"These kids in the inner city, they are in this fight-or-flight mode that has their body focused on that, and in that situation they are chronically hyperalert.
Although most cardiac cell therapy trials have focused on patients with acute myocardial infarction, attempts at "regenerating" chronically failing hearts have also been performed.
