According to headache attack intensity, patients were classified in 3 groups: (1) mild pain (MP), allowing the patient to continue his/her daily activities; (2) moderate pain (MoP) leading to interruption of patient activities; and (3) severe pain (SP), forcing the child to go to bed.
Our patients were asked to rate pain intensity on a 3-levels graduate scale: 1) mild pain (MP), allowing the subject to continue his daily activities; 2) moderate pain (MoP), leading to interruption of patient' activities; and 3) severe pain (SP), forcing the child to go to bed.
Several actors defrauded the Global Fund, leading to the temporary grant suspension and interruption of patient antiretroviral therapy with adverse consequences for its recipients [ 21].
fNumber of missed patient-days due to the interruption of patients' transfers and admissions.
Future research should focus on how such interruption of patients' and physicians' mutually reinforcing attitudes should be accomplished.
An expanding literature has demonstrated that armed conflicts stall disease control programs through distraction of health system, interruption of patients' ability to seek health care, and the diversion of economic resources to military ends rather than health needs.
After description of single indices, a binary index was built, weak compliance being defined as the occurrence of at least one of the following events: less than 6 cycles administered, withdrawal of more than one day-8 treatment, dose reduction in more than 25% of cycles, relative duration higher than 1.25, need of G-CSF treatment, treatment interruption because of patient's refusal or toxicity.
To examine the impact of CNS medication interruption on patient outcomes, we plan to estimate multivariable logistic regression models with pain, depression and disturbed behavior at the moderate or severe level as dependent variables and interruption in CNS medications as independent variable.
In view of the impact of phone interruptions on patient safety and the mental well-being of the HCWs, it would be important to minimize their occurrence, especially those that are trivial and irrelevant to the consultation.
After interruption of sedation, patients were screened daily for awakening and comprehension until ICU discharge.
All confirmed or suspected pulmonary TB patients who were sputum smear-positive and/or at high risk for MDR TB (individuals with prior TB treatment, persistent smear-positivity after 3 months treatment and/or poor clinical improvement, relapse, default, repeated treatment interruptions, contacts of patients with confirmed MDR TB, homeless persons and former prisoners) were included.
