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BioField Reader Tutorial 1- Woman with pain in neck, arms and thumbs
 | This video tutorial shows some basic analysis of BioField Reader scans. The woman featured describes where she felt pain and how these areas showed on her bi... | Views: 5  0 ratings |
| Time: 05:55 | More in Science & Technology |
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Non-physician clinician provided HIV treatment results in equivalent outcomes as physician-provided care: a meta-analysis.
J Int AIDS Soc. 2013; 16: 18445
Emdin CA, Chong NJ, Millson PE
Introduction: A severe healthcare worker shortage in sub-Saharan Africa is inhibiting the expansion of HIV treatment. Task shifting, the transfer of antiretroviral therapy (ART) management and initiation from doctors to nurses and other non-physician clinicians, has been proposed to address this problem. However, many health officials remain wary about implementing task shifting policies due to concerns that non-physicians will provide care inferior to physicians. To determine if non-physician-provided HIV care does result in equivalent outcomes to physician-provided care, a meta-analysis was performed. Methods: Online databases were searched using a predefined strategy. The results for four primary outcomes were combined using a random effects model with sub-groups of non-physician-managed ART and -initiated ART. TB diagnosis rates, adherence, weight gain and patient satisfaction were summarized qualitatively. Results: Mortality (N=59,666) had similar outcomes for non-physicians and physicians, with a hazard ratio of 1.05 (CI: 0.88-1.26). The increase in CD4 levels at one year, as a difference in means of 2.3 (N=17,142, CI: -12.7-17.3), and viral failure at one year, as a risk ratio of 0.89 (N=10,344, CI: 0.65-1.23), were similar for physicians and non-physicians. Interestingly, loss to follow-up (LTFU) (N=53,435) was reduced for non-physicians with a hazard ratio of 0.72 (CI: 0.56-0.94). TB diagnosis rates, adherence and weight gain were similar for non-physicians and physicians. Patient satisfaction appeared higher for non-physicians in qualitative components of studies and was attributed to non-physicians spending more time with patients as well as providing more holistic care. Conclusions: Non-physician-provided HIV care results in equivalent outcomes to care provided by physicians and may result in decreased LTFU rates.
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Effects of Duhuojisheng Tang and combined therapies on prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc: a systematic review of randomized control trails.
J Tradit Chin Med. 2013 Apr; 33(2): 145-55
Ma Y, Cui J, Huang M, Meng K, Zhao Y
A systematic review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the curative effect and safety of Duhuojisheng Tang on prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disc.The databases of PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journals Database (VIP), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) and Chinese Medical Citation Index (CMCI) were searched up to January 30, 2012. Randomized controlled trials were selected to compare Duhuojisheng Tang with one or more of the following treatments: traction, acupuncture, massage, cupping and Western medical treatment. The quality-evaluating standard and the software RevMan 5.1 in Cochrane coordinative net were used to analyze the data. The effective indexes of the results were clinical curative rate, effectiveness of alleviating clinical symptoms and adverse reaction.Thirty-one randomized controlled trials of low quality, involving 3915 patients were systematically evaluated. Statistical analyses showed that good curative effect was achieved in both the group using Duhuojisheng Tang alone and with combined therapies.Using Duhuojisheng Tang alone or combined with other therapies can effectively improve pain, leg-raising height and other clinical symptoms of patients with prolapse of lumbar intervertebral disc. Due to low methodological quality of the articles, no exact recommendations can be made.
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