Sentence examples for initial months of treatment from inspiring English sources

Such deterioration is similar to the one produced in MS patients due to heat, fever or stress (Uhthoff's phenomenon), usually appears within 24 hours of treatment, is more common in the initial months of treatment, and may last several days.

During the initial months of treatment, a proportion of TB cases present as a result of the unmasking of subclinical TB during ART-induced restoration of TB-specific immune responses.

A slower increase in areal BMD during the initial months of teriparatide treatment has been demonstrated in the EUROFORS trial in those patients pre-treated with antiresorptives (mainly bisphosphonates), compared with treatment-naïve patients (12).

Moreover, African patients with very low CD4+ T cell counts have a high risk of mortality both before and during the initial months of ART [ 16, 17] and advanced pre-treatment immunodeficiency is also reported to be associated with reduced capacity for restoration of CD4+ T cell counts and its functional responses during ART [ 18- 20].

Table 4 compares the DST results of the 43 patients who remained culture positive at the end of the treatment (T8) with the DST results at baseline (before the start of treatment, T0) and after the initial 3 months of treatment (T3).

Before enrollment, all patients had completed an initial 2 months of treatment with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol (or streptomycin).

The mean HbA1c concentration decreased by approximately 1% during the initial six months of treatment in both treatment groups and stabilised thereafter.

We have previously reported fluctuations in the CD4 level during TB treatment with increases over the initial two months of treatment and with a subsequent decrease [ 29].

For each cohort starting ART, we estimate that 10% will have significant reactions or illnesses during the initial two months of treatment that will require further clinical encounters.

Costs were broadly divided into two types: those associated with specific events, and those relating to the initial 12 months of treatment (Table 1).

In many countries, ethambutol is added in the intensive regimen during the initial two months of treatment to improve the efficacy of anti-tuberculosis therapy and shorten the total duration of treatment [ 2].