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Term study of postmenopausal, hypertensive women treated with enalapril.17 When compared with other hormone therapies and oral contraceptives, DRSP yields a much greater rise in plasma aldosterone14 16 in response to the antimineralocorticoid effect of the compound. The primary objective of the present study was to determine whether DRSP E2 treatment has a clinically significant effect on clinic and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure BP ; in hypertensive, postmenopausal women at doses of 3 mg DSRP and 1 mg E2. In addition, we evaluated the effects of DSRP E2 on potassium homeostasis, because aldosterone blockade has been associated with significant increases in serum potassium values.14 16.
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Testifying next for the defense was Dr. Rokeya Farooque, a psychiatrist employed by the State of Tennessee at MTMHI. In November and December of 1997, Dr. Farooque evaluated the defendant for a thirty-day period to determine his competency to stand trial and his mental state at the time of these offenses. Dr. Farooque stated that during this time she saw the defendant once every "two, three, or four days, " that the defendant did not receive any medication, that he reported hearing voices, and that he experienced delusional thinking. The defendant also talked about receiving messages through the television. She confirmed that the defendant believed that one victim was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing and the other was responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Dr. Farooque stated that the defendant claimed that he was an FBI agent and that he was doing society a favor by taking care of these terrorists. According to Dr. Farooque, the defendant repeatedly said, "I did not do anything wrong." At the end of the initial evaluation, the forensic team, including Dr. Farooque, determined that the defendant was not competent to stand trial. After the trial court found the defendant incompetent to stand trial, he returned to MTMHI for ten months before his transfer to Western Mental Health Institute "Western" ; , a less secure psychiatric facility in Bolivar, Tennessee. Dr. Farooque treated him during this period as well. Based upon her evaluation and treatment, Dr. Farooque diagnosed the defendant with paranoid schizophrenia, which she described as a very serious mental disease marked by auditory hallucinations, fixed false beliefs, disorganized affect, and negative symptomology. She testified that the defendant's history reflected a gradual decline in his mental health, characteristic of schizophrenia sufferers. Dr. Farooque concluded that on the day of these shootings, the defendant was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, that he was not malingering, and that he did not understand the wrongfulness of his conduct in shooting the victims. On cross-examination Dr. Farooque admitted that the defendant had not reported auditory hallucinations prior to his arrest in this case, despite ten years of prior mental health treatment. She also acknowledged that malingering is always a concern when a person does not report hearing voices until after his or her arrest. She discounted the concern in this case, stating that the defendant had always reported hearing voices while at MTMHI. Dr. Farooque admitted that the defendant had given inconsistent answers to questions about when the voices began, and she recalled that the defendant said he had not reported the voices prior to his arrest because no one had previously asked him. Finally, Dr. Farooque acknowledged that the defendant had completed college level criminal justice courses. Dr. John Aday, a psychologist employed at Western, observed the defendant several times per week after his transfer from MTMHI, and he interviewed the defendant once every three months. Dr. Aday and the forensic team at Western evaluated the defendant to determine his competency to stand trial. While Dr. Aday concluded that the defendant was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and believed himself to be an FBI agent who was performing his duty by shooting the victims, Dr. Aday concluded that the defendant was competent to stand trial in February of 1999, some two years after the shootings. However, Dr. Aday admitted that the defendant still reports hearing voices, although he describes the voices as less prominent and says he is unable to understand them. At the time of trial, the defendant was being treated with Haldol, Zyprexta and Amitriptyline. Dr. Aday.
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Amendment Number 8 to Loan Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2006, by and among CF Leasing, Fortis Bank, as agent and lender, and the other lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September, 2006 ; . Amendment Number 9 to Loan Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006, by and among CF Leasing, Fortis Bank, as agent and lender, and the other lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September, 2006 ; . Amendment Number 10 to Loan Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2006, by and among CF Leasing, Fortis Bank, as agent and lender, and the other lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 31, 2006 ; . Amendment Number 11 to Loan Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2006, by and among CF Leasing Ltd, Fortis Bank, as agent and lender, and the other lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 8, 2006 ; . Management Agreement by and between CF Leasing Ltd. and Cronos Containers Cayman ; Limited, dated as of September 18, 2002, incorporated by reference Exhibit 10.23 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September 18, 2002 ; . Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 7, 2003 to the Management Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2002, by and between the CF Leasing Ltd. and Cronos Containers Cayman ; Limited, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 ; . Amendment No. 2, dated as of October 15, 2003 to the Management Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2002, by and between the CF Leasing Ltd. and Cronos Containers Cayman ; Limited Fortis incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 ; . Members Agreement, dated September 18, 2002, by and between CF Leasing Ltd., Mees Pierson Transport & Logistics Holding B.V. and CEB, and joined by Cronos Containers Cayman ; Ltd, and by The Cronos Group incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 ; . Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 15, 2004, to the Members Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2002, by and between CF Leasing Ltd., FB Aviation & Intermodal Finance Holding B.V. formerly known as Mees Pierson Transport & Logistics Holding B.V. ; and CEB, and joined by Cronos Containers Cayman ; Ltd, and by The Cronos Group incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 ; . Amendment No. 2, dated as of July 8, 2004, to the Members Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2002, by and between CF Leasing Ltd., FB Aviation & Intermodal Finance Holding B.V., and CEB, and joined by Cronos Containers Cayman ; Ltd, and by The Cronos Group incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 ; . Amendment No. 3, dated as of June 15, 2005 to the Members Agreement, dated September 18, 2002, among CF Leasing Ltd, FB Aviation & Intermodal Finance Holding BV and Cronos Containers Cayman ; Ltd. incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 ; . Amendment Number 4, dated as of August 1, 2005, to Members Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2002, by and among CF Leasing, FB Aviation & Intermodal Holding B.V. and Cronos Equipment Bermuda ; Limited, and joined by The Cronos Group the ``Company'' ; . incorporated by reference Exhibit 10.56 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 1, 2005 ; . Amendment Number 5, dated as of November 8, 2006, to Members Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2002, by and among CF Leasing, FB Transportation Capital LLC and Cronos Equipment Bermuda ; Limited, and joined by The Cronos Group, incorporated by reference Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 8, 2006.
Caused a direct activation of afferent nerve fibers in the muscles. Similar results could be obtained by direct stimulation of the femoral nerve, and these results are in agreement with those obtained during direct stimulation of somatic nerves in the cat 7-10 ; and the dog 22 ; . The present experiments did not make it clear whether, in the normal condition, regular muscular contractions could cause a depressor response. As the frequency of stimulation was increased, the depressor response changed to a pressor response. In most dogs, the pressor response commenced at about 20 Hz and was marked at 40 Hz. The pressure increase was often preceded or followed by a transient decrease. In contrast with the depressor response, which was not altered by muscular paralysis, the pressor response was abolished or changed to a depressor response. That the dogs were still capable of vasoconstriction after muscle paralysis was shown by increasing the intensity of the stimulation, which- caused a tetanic contraction and an increase in blood pressure and perfusion pressure in alF dogs. An increase also occurred with stimulation of the central end of the femoral nerve at 40 Hz and 5 v. Recent studies in the cat have shown an increase in the aortic blood pressure during tetanic contraction caused by stimulation of the ventral roots; this increase is abolished by gallamine 11 ; or by section of the dorsal roots 11, 12 ; . Our experiments confirmed in the dog that stimulation of the muscles at 40 Hz, which elicits a tetanic contraction, caused an increase in aortic blood pressure. They also showed that this increase in blood pressure was accompanied by a reflex increase in perfusion pressure in the hind limb. All these changes were abolished after muscle paralysis. Thus, the muscle contraction appears to be necessary for activation of the afferent fibers leading to an increase in the sympathetic activity to the vessels. Cutaneous receptors are not involved, since the depressor and pressor responses were unchanged after the limbs were skinned. Section of the tendons at the musculotendinous junction and separation of the muscles from the femur, preventing at the same time all movement in the knee and stretch of the ligaments, did not decrease these responses, indicating that receptors in tendons and joints are not necessary for the responses. This finding was anticipated, because the afferent fibers from the Golgi organs in tendons belong mainly to group I see below ; , and stimulation of these fibers does not change aortic blood pressure 8 ; . Thus, the and dofetilide.
Dubey S, Hutson P, Alberti D, Arzoomanian R, Binger K, Volkman J, Feierabend C, Wilding G, Schiller JH. Phase I study of docetaxel and topotecan in patients with advanced malignancies. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2005; 11: 131-8. Hutson PR, Love RR, Havighurst TC, Rogers E, Cleary JF., Effect of Exemestane on Tamoxifen Pharmacokinetics in Postmenopausal Women Treated for Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2005; 11: 8722-7. Forouzannia A, Schiller J, Berlin J, Hutson P, Boothman D, Storer B, Wilding G, Mehta M. A phase I study of topotecan, as a radiosensitizer, for thoracic malignancies. Lung Cancer. 2004; 44: 111-9. Hutson PR, Tutsch KD, Rago R, Arzoomanian R, Alberti D, Pomplun M, Church D, Marnocha R, Cheng AL, Kehrli N, Wilding. G. Renal clearance, tissue distribution, and CA-125 responses in a Phase I trial of suramin. Clin Ca Res 1998; 4 6 ; 1429-1436. Kanner AM, Bourgeois BF, Hasegawa H, and Hutson P. Rapid switchover to carbamazepine using pharmacokinetic parameters. Epilepsia 1998; 39: 194-200. Berlin J, Tutsch KD, Hutson P, Cleary J, Rago RP, Arzoomanian RZ, Alberti D, Feierabend C, Wilding G. Phase I clinical and pharmacokinetic study of oral carboxyaminotriazole, a signal transduction inhibitor. J Clin Oncol 1997; 15: 781-789. Schiller JH, Kim KM, Hutson PR, DeVore R, Glick J, Stewart J, Johnson D. Phase II study of topotecan in patients with extensive-stage small cell carcinoma of the lung: An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Trial E1592 ; . J Clin Oncol 1996: 14: 2345-2352. Vail DM, Elfarra AA, Panciera DL, Hutson PR. Pharmacokinetics and short-term clinicopathologic changes after intravenous administration of a high dose of methimazole in dogs. J Vet Res, 55: 15971601, 1994. Hutson PR, Tutsch K, Spriggs D, Christian M, Rago R, Mutch R, Wilding G. Evidence of an absorption phase after short intravenous suramin infusions. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1993; 31: 495-499. Mutch RS, Hutson PR. Intradermal carboplatin and ifosfamide extravasation in the mouse. Cancer 1992; 72: 850-853. Mutch RS, Hutson PR. Stability of a parenteral formulation of antipyrine and caffeine. J Hosp Pharm. 1991; 48: 1267-70. Hutson PR, Baumann TJ, Lavoie RR, Mullane MR. Morphine concentrations in plasma, ascites fluid, and nasogastric fluid during high-dose intravenous morphine infusion. Clin Pharm. 1988; 7: 842-845. Manny RP, Hutson PR: ClinPharm. 1986; 5: 629. Aminoglycoside volume of distribution in hematology-oncology patients.
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117. If and when a matter moves to the judicial stage before this Tribunal, what was previously an administrative procedure, in which the Director combines the rles of "prosecutor" and "decision maker", becomes a judicial proceeding. There is, at that stage, no inhibition on the applicant attacking the Decision on any ground he chooses, including new evidence, whether or not that ground or evidence was put before the Director. The Tribunal, for its part, is not limited to the traditional rle of judicial review but is required by paragraph 3 1 ; of Schedule 8 of the Act to decide the case "on the merits" and may, if necessary and appropriate, "make any other decision which the Director could have made": paragraph 3 2 ; e ; confirming a decision, the Tribunal may nonetheless set aside a finding of fact by the Director: paragraph 3 4 ; of Schedule 8. Unlike the normal practice in judicial review proceedings, the Act and the Tribunal Rules envisage that the Tribunal may order the production of documents, hear witnesses and appoint experts see Schedule 8, paragraph 9 of the Act, and Rule 17 of the Tribunal's Rules ; and may do so even if the evidence was not available to the Director when he took the decision: see Rule 20 2 ; of the Tribunal's Rules. 118. In elucidation of these provisions, we refer to the statement made in the House of Commons by the then Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs Mr Griffiths ; during the passage of the Competition Bill on 18 June 1998 Hansard Col 496 ; : "It is our intention that the tribunal should be primarily concerned with the correctness or otherwise of the conclusions contained in the appealed decision and not with how the decision was reached or the reasoning expressed in it. That will apply unless defects in how the decision was reached or the reasoning make it impracticable for the tribunal fairly to determine the correctness or otherwise of the conclusions or of any directions contained in the decision. Wherever possible, we want the tribunal to decide a case on the facts before it, even where there has been a procedural error, and to avoid remitting the case to the director general. We intend to reflect that policy in the tribunal rules. This is an important aspect of our policy, and I shall explain the rationale behind our approach. The Bill provides for a full appeal on the merits of the case, which is an essential part of ensuring the fairness and transparency of the new regime. It enables undertakings to appeal the substance of the decision including in those cases where it is believed that a failure on the part of the director general to follow proper procedures has led him to reach an incorrect conclusion. The fact that the tribunal will be reconsidering the decision on the merits will enable it to remedy the consequences of any defects in the director general's procedures." 119. As we have already said in our judgment of 8 August 2001, if, at the judicial stage, an applicant launches an attack which places under close scrutiny particular aspects of the Decision, in principle we do not think that the Director should be denied a reasonable opportunity to reply by adducing rebuttal evidence in support of the points already made in the Decision. Thus we do not accept.
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The study design was a randomised, multicentre, phase III comparative study of docetaxel plus carboplatin versus MIC or MVP as first-line therapy in patients with inoperable NSCLC. Patients were stratified by centre, disease stage and performance status before being randomised by the Department of Medical Statistics, Christie Hospital. Patients were randomly assigned to either DCb or the standard arm MIC or MVP determined prior to study start, depending on centre preference ; . Patients randomised to DCb received docetaxel 75 mg m2 as a 1-h infusion followed by carboplatin at a dose calculated to give an area under the curve of 6. A premedication of dexamethasone 8 mg b.i.d. orally for six doses was commenced 24 h before each cycle. MVP was administered as mitomycin C 6 mg m2 i.v. bolus, vinblastine 6 mg m2 i.v. bolus and cisplatin 50 mg m2 i.v. infusion. MIC was administered as mitomycin C 6 mg m2 i.v. bolus, ifosfamide 3 g m2 i.v. infusion with Mesna uroprotection and cisplatin 50 mg m2 i.v. infusion. Patients receiving MIC and MVP received pre- and post-hydration according to local practice. Anti-emetics were given routinely, in accordance with local practice. Chemotherapy was administered every 3 weeks to a total of four cycles. Patients receiving DCb were treated in an outpatient setting but the majority of MIC MVP patients were admitted overnight for chemotherapy. Treatment was delayed in the event of haematological toxicity white cell count 3 109 l, neutrophils 1.5 109 l, platelets 100 109 l ; until recovery or for a maximum of 2 weeks. In the docetaxel carboplatin arm, a dose reduction in docetaxel to 60 mg m2 was allowed if grade 34 febrile neutropenia or infection developed. Treatment was delayed for a maximum of 3 weeks in the event of the measured creatinine clearence being 50 ml min and patients were withdrawn from the study thereafter.
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BE, Simon R. A model to select chemotherapy regimens for phase III trials for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2000; 92: 1601-7. Kelly WK, Slovin S, Scher HI. Steroid hormone withdrawal syndromes: pathophysiology and clinical significance. Urol Clin North 1997; 24: 421-31. Wirth MP, Froschermaier SE. The antiandrogen withdrawal syndrome. Urol Res 1997; 25: Suppl 2: S67-S71. 23. Melzack R. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: major properties and scoring methods. Pain 1975; 1: 277-99. Esper P, Mo F, Chodak G, Sinner M, Cella D, Pienta KJ. Measuring quality of life in men with prostate cancer using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapyprostate instrument. Urology 1997; 50: 920-8. Kornblith AB, Herndon JE II, Zuckerman E, Godley PA, Savarese D, Vogelzang NJ. The impact of docetaxel, estramustine, and low dose hydrocortisone on the quality of life of men with hormone refractory prostate cancer and their partners: a feasibility study. Ann Oncol 2001; 12: 633-41. WHO criteria. In: WHO handbook for reporting results of cancer treatment. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1979. Offset publication no. 48. ; 27. Petrylak DP, Tangen CM, Hussain MHA, et al. Docetaxel and estramustine compared with mitoxantrone and prednisone for advanced refractory prostate cancer. N Engl J Med 2004; 351: 1513-20. Small EJ, Meyer M, Marshall ME, et al. Suramin therapy for patients with symptomatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer: results of a randomized phase III trial comparing suramin plus hydrocortisone to placebo plus hydrocortisone. J Clin Oncol 2000; 18: 1440-50. Weitzman AL, Shelton G, Zuech N, et al. Dexamethasone does not significantly contribute to the response rate of docetaxel and estramustine in androgen independent prostate cancer. J Urol 2000; 163: 834-7 and dovonex.
From July 2001 to October 2003, a total of 37 patients were eligible for this study. As of 31 August 2004, the median follow-up was 17.4 months range 3.836.3 months ; . Median time from first-line chemotherapy to DP was 8.7 months range 0.2642.8 months ; . Only one patient, who refused further chemotherapy after the second cycle of DP, was lost to follow-up. All patients were assessable for response and toxicities. Of the 37 patients, 28 were male and 9 were female. Their median age was 55 years range 2871 years ; . Their baseline characteristics are shown in Table 1. All patients had metastatic disease at the time of enrollment. Sixteen 43.2% ; patients showed tumor recurrence after adjuvant chemotherapy, whereas the remaining 21 patients 56.8% ; were refractory to first-line treatment, 10 relapsing during adjuvant chemotherapy and 11 with primary refractory disease. Surgery was performed in 26 60.3% ; patients. All first therapies were fluorouracilplatinum combination treatments, 19 51.4% ; with 5-FU cisplatin, 17 45.9% ; with 5-FU heptaplatin and 1 2.7% ; with 5-FU carboplatin Table 2 ; , and the median number of first-line chemotherapy cycles was 6 range 113 ; . The most common metastatic sites were peritoneal mass 12 patients, 32.4% ; , lymph nodes 11 patients, 29.7% ; and liver 10 patients, 27% ; . The 37 patients received a median of three DP cycles range 19; total 128 ; . Only nine patients 24.3% ; completed the scheduled number of cycles 9 the remaining 28 patients 75.5% ; patients terminated DP early on account of disease progression in 17 patients 60.7% ; , patient refusal of further chemotherapy in seven patients 25% ; , worsening of general condition in three patients 10.7% ; and pneumonia in one patient 3.6% ; . Owing to anorexia, chemotherapy was delayed for a week in one 0.8% ; cycle and omitted in two 5.4% ; cycles. The relative dose intensity during the cycles of both docetaxel and cisplatin was 1 range 0.851 ; . DP dose was reduced 25% during five 3.9% ; cycles, two 1.6% ; for leucopenia and three 2.3% ; for anorexia. Grade 1 anemia was observed in 8 patients 21.6% ; during 40 cycles 31.3% ; and grade 2 anemia was observed in 20 patients 54.1% ; during 53 cycles 41.4% ; . Grade 1 2 leucopenia was noted in 19 patients and docetaxel.
Regimens to increase efficacy and hopefully decrease toxicity. Our trial demonstrated that the combination of docetaxel and cisplatin is an active and well tolerated regimen. The overall response rate of 41% indicates an increase in antitumour activity compared with single agent docetaxel in patients with no previous chemotherapy for advanced disease [6]. Moreover, activity appears comparable with common two- or three-drug combinations including FAMTX 5-FU, doxorubicin, methotrexate ; [14], ELF etoposide, leukovorin, 5-FU ; [15, 16] or FAP 5-FU, doxorubicin, cisplatin ; [17]. Four 10% ; of thirty-nine evaluable patients in our study achieved a long-lasting complete response after three courses of chemotherapy. All but one of these patients had primary metastatic disease including multiple liver or lymph node metastases. One patient with locally advanced disease showed a complete regression of his lesions. Surgery could be performed in three of the complete responders, indicating a potentially usefulness of this regimen as neoadjuvant therapy. In their phase I--II study, Roth et al. used a similar docetaxel-cisplatin regimen with the same dose of cisplatin 75 mg m 2 ; but a higher dose of docetaxel 85 mg m 2 ; every three weeks. They reported a response rate of 53% 2 CRs and 22 PRs ; among 45 evaluable patients [11] An attempt to further increase the docetaxel dose to 100 mg m 2 was abandoned because of unacceptable toxicity. Median time to progression and overall survival were 7.0 and 8.6 months, respectively, in that study compared with 6.1 and 10.4 months in the present study So despite a slightly lower response rate the median overall survival in our study was at least equivalent, with an encouraging one-year survival rate of 42%. A group from Greece [10] used a three-weekly high-dose regimen of docetaxel 100 mg m 2 on day 1 and cisplatin 80 mg m 2 on day 2 with G-CSF support They reported a response rate of 45%, a median time to progression of 8.3 months and median survival of 11 months, with a one-year survival of 48% Thus, their treatment results do not suggest a clear advantage compared with the lower doses used in our study. Treatment could be administered at the planned doses in 90% of the cycles in our study. The predominant toxicity was severe leukopenia in 18.6% of the patients n -- 8 ; , and grade 4 leukopenia was the reason for discontinuation of treatment in one patient Non-haematological toxicity was mild to moderate in the majority of patients and consisted mainly of nausea vomiting, diarrhea and alopecia. No severe hypersensitivity reactions or any clinical signs of fluid retention were detected. This may be due to the corticosteroid prophylaxis given routinely with each dose of docetaxel. Thus, the use of docetaxel at a moderate dose of 75 mg m 2 in combination with cisplatin appears to result in much less haematological toxicity compared with higher doses. Although patient characteristics were similar to those in our study, Roth et al. [11] reported grade 3 or 4 neutropenia in 68% of the patients, includ and doxil.
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Surgery were excluded, and all centres were using anticoagulants prophylactically in high-risk surgery and orthopaedics. In total, 1138 patients 82% ; were treated as out-patients, and of these only 12 were readmitted 10 for investigation of possible PE of which only one was proven on the evidence of ventilation and perfusion scanning, one with thrombotic stroke which subsequently recovered and one with acute gastroenteritis ; . None had their management altered. 15 patients with extensive DVT were managed in the community, all from centre 2. Using Fennerty charts to adjust the dose of warfarin meant that blood tests were done daily in the first 3 days at centres 1 and 3, and resulted in 90% of patients being in the therapeutic range by day 4. Although 10% of patients became overanticoagulated, none had any overt bleeding event. At centre 2, the first INR performed was at the anticoagulant clinic. The different dosing schedule was chosen so that no patients became overanticoagulated, while 90% were in the therapeutic range by day 6. This resulted in 10% requiring 14 extra injections of LMWH. All patients at centre 2 presenting in 1996 were followed up for 1 year, and all had thrombophilia screening. Only four of the initial 99 patients had a positive screen, of whom only two rethrombosed, one at 8 months and the other at 18 months after therapy had stopped. Eleven had a malignancy, with eight dying within that year. Centres 1 and 3 started their pilot studies 6 months later, and followed these patients for 6 months. Following these pilot studies, and in line with published international data, subsequent patients were followed-up for 3 months.4, 6, 10 In terms of patient satisfaction, 70 patients at centre 1 were invited to take part in a survey. Of 56 completed questionnaires, 37 66% ; stated that they were very satisfied, and a further 19 34% ; were satisfied with the care and treatment they had received. It was hospital policy at centre 2 to ask all patients to express their opinion of the care they received. Patients in the study were unanimously `satisfied' or `very satisfied', with the exception of three patients who experienced delays in waiting for venography when the machine failed to work. At centre 3, a telephone `hotline' was set up for any problems to be discussed. Only two patients and two GPs used this to express dissatisfaction with the program. In the whole study, only one patient had a clinically-significant PE. Scans were not performed to look for asymptomatic emboli. Two patients had a minor bleed while on warfarin, but none had major bleeding. Two patients died during the first and doxorubicin.
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Docetwxel, xocetaxel, docetaxep, ocetaxel, docetazel, docetxxel, docetaxrl, docetaxwl, doccetaxel, docetaexl, docettaxel, docetzxel, docehaxel, doceaxel, docetaxfl, docetacel, docetax3l, doceraxel, docetaxe, doce5axel, docetaxdl, doc4taxel, doetaxel, docetaxxel, docegaxel, docdtaxel, docetsxel, docstaxel, dodetaxel, docwtaxel, dovetaxel, doceatxel, d9cetaxel, doceetaxel, docetax4l, socetaxel, doc3taxel.
Docetaxel more drug_uses
Docetaxel mechanism, docetaxel products, docetaxel cyclophosphamide, docetaxel rash and docetaxel alternative. Docetaxel no prescription, docetaxel smpc, docetaxel more drug_uses and docetaxel hypersensitivity or docetaxel fec.
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