While most (86%) of those referred used a service, only a few women received referrals. Among users, satisfaction with services was high.
Conclusions: While gynecological cancer survivors accessed a variety of support, there is a need to ensure women are aware of services. Given
the low prevalence of referrals and that referral was a key influence on service use, clinician education may be necessary to improve service referral. Organizations should also consider strategies to keep services high on clinicians’ radars. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd”
“Objective: To predict cochlear implant efficacy and investigate the cortical processing of the visual component LDK378 order of language in profoundly deafened patients with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus NSC23766 Cell Cycle inhibitor (CMV) infection.
Methods and cases: The cortical activity of two children with CMV-related hearing loss was evaluated with fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) with a visual language task before cochlear implantation. Total development and auditory perception ability were assessed one year after implantation.
Results: The two children with CMV-related hearing loss showed activation in the auditory association area where no activation was found in the controls, and exhibited nearly identical cortical activation
patterns to those seen in patients with profound congenital hearing loss. In contrast, differences in total
development in verbal ability and discrimination of sentences between the two cases were revealed one year after implantation.
Conclusion: These results might indicate that the differences of cortical activities according to hearing abilities could have been influenced by CMV infection that involves higher function of the brain directly and/or affects CP-673451 solubility dmso the cochlea peripherally. Additionally, if CMV infection might have affected only the cochlea, these cortical activation patterns were influenced secondary by the time course of hearing loss characterized by CMV infection, which had varied manifestations.
Accurate diagnosis and cochlear implantation at the appropriate time are important for successful speech development, and each patient needs a personalized habilitation program based on their etiology and brain function. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“Aim: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) has dual pathways to angiotensin II production; therefore, multiple blockages may be useful in heart failure. In this study, we evaluated the short-term haemodynamic effects of aliskiren, a direct renin inhibitor, in patients with decompensated severe heart failure who were also taking angiotensin-converting enzyme ( ACE) inhibitors.
Materials and methods: A total of 16 patients (14 men, two women, mean age: 60.3 years) were enrolled in the study.