There are no validated criteria to measure skin response in chronic GVHD. In a prospectively assembled, multicenter cohort of patients with chronic GVHD (N = 458), we looked for correlation of change in several different scales recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus with clinician and patient perception of change and overall survival. Of the clinician scales, the NIH c...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Spirometry plays an important role in the assessment and long term monitoring of patients with asthma. Difficulty in performing spirometry in children has resulted in a paucity of Indian studies using spirometry regularly for research in the paediatric population. This study was undertaken to assess the clinical improvement and changes in spirometric measurements with tr...

The adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) quality-of-life (AAQoL) scale was previously validated in adult patients in the USA; here, the AAQoL is validated in adult European patients. Data from a 12-week open-label acute treatment period with atomoxetine (80-100 mg/day) in adults with ADHD were used. Patients (≥ 18 to ≤ 50 years old) had a score ≥ 2 on ≥ 6 items on the inattenti...

BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis, especially when persistent (PER) and associated with asthma heavily impairs patients' quality of life (QoL). OBJECTIVE This study assessed the effect of mometasone furoate nasal spray (MFNS) on the QoL of patients with PER and asthma, using the Rhinasthma questionnaire (EUDRACT n. 2007-004683-45). METHODS Patients with moderate/severe PER and intermittent asthm...

We assessed the relationship of American Urological Association (AUA) urinary symptom score and tumor stage in men treated for localized prostate cancer. Methods: Participants in our study were found through urology and radiation oncology clinics, and all eligible patients were asked to take part. All patients had been initially diagnosed on the basis of rising PSA or abnormal physical examinat...

PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence of esophageal reflux-induced symptoms after gastrectomy owing to gastric cancer and assess the relationship between esophageal reflux-induced symptoms and quality of life. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2012 to May 2012, 332 patients were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. The patients had a history of curative resection for gastric cancer at least ...

background although heller myotomy is one of the most effective treatments for achalasia, it may be associated with early or late symptom relapse in some patients. therefore, additional treatment is required to achieve better control of symptoms. aim : to evaluate the safety and efficacy of pneumatic balloon dilation (pbd) in patients with symptom relapse after heller myotomy. methods thirty si...

METHODS. The subjects (85% polysensitized, 25% with asthma) were randomized 1:1 to receive once-daily MK7243 (2800 BAU P pratense) or placebo. The first dose was given at the investigator’s office; subsequent doses were self-administered at home. The primary end point was total combined score (TCS) (composed of rhinoconjunctivitis daily symptom score plus daily medication score) over the entire...

In Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, syndrome is essential to diagnose diseases and treat patients, and symptom is the foundation of syndrome differentiation. Thus the combination and interaction between symptoms represent the pattern of syndrome at phenotypic level, which can be modeled and analyzed using complex network. At first, we collected inquiry information of 364 depression patients...