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Waist circumference provides an indication of numerous cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with cerebral palsy [PDF]

, 2014
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Objective: To report the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in a cohort of adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and to investigate the ability of anthropometric ...
Crowley, VE, Gormley, J, Hensey, O, McGahey, A, Ryan, JM   +4 more
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Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz, Carl D. Langefeld, Mary E. Comeau, Miranda C. Marion, Tyler P. Behymer, Lee A. Gilkerson, Padmini Sekar, Weihong Yuan, Vivek Khandwala, Brady J. Williamson, Thomas Maloney, Achala Vagal, Pierce Boyne, Kari Dunning, Matthew L. Flaherty, Steven J. Kittner, Prachi Mehndiratta, Gunjan Y. Parikh, Michael L. James, David Roh, Fernando D. Testai, Farhaan S. Vahidy, James Thornton, Ranjit Bagga, Daniel Woo, Stacie L. Demel   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acute aerobic exercise reduces 24-h ambulatory blood pressure levels in long-term-treated hypertensive patients

Clinics, 2008
BACKGROUND: Even with anti-hypertensive therapy, it is difficult to maintain optimal systemic blood pressure values in hypertensive patients. Exercise may reduce blood pressure in untreated hypertensive, but its effect when combined with long-term anti ...
Emmanuel G. Ciolac, Guilherme V. Guimarães, Veridiana M. D´Ávila, Luiz A. Bortolotto, Egídio L. Doria, Edimar A. Bocchi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Sibutramine on the Treatment of Obesity in Patients with Arterial Hypertension [PDF]

, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of weight reduction with 10mg of sibutramine or placebo on blood pressure during 24 hours (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring), on left ventricular mass, and on antihypertensive therapy in 86 obese and hypertensive ...
Faria, Alessandra Nunes, Ferreira, Sandra Roberta Gouvea, Kohlmann, Narcia Elisa Bellucci, Lerário, Daniel Diniz G., Ribeiro Filho, Fernando Flexa, Zanella, Maria Teresa   +5 more
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Life‐Threatening Bradycardia in Anti‐NMDA‐Receptor Encephalitis and a Novel Use for Permanent Pacing

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric anti‐NMDA receptor encephalitis (pNMDARE) is an autoantibody‐mediated disorder that can cause severe autonomic dysfunction, including symptomatic bradycardia and asystole. Dysautonomia can last for years, making it very challenging to manage.
Sarah Tucker, Abhijit Das, Andres Jimenez, Areeba Basit, Yike Jiang, Emily A. Smitherman, Heather Van Mater, Taylor Howard, Alexander J. Sandweiss, Kristen S. Fisher   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a new one-hour blood pressure monitoring method to diagnose hypertension: a diagnostic accuracy clinical trial protocol [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is the gold standard diagnostic method for hypertension, but has some shortcomings in clinical practice while clinical settings often lack sufficient devices to accommodate all patients ...
Alvira Balada, Maria del Carme, Colungo, Cristina, González de Paz, Luis, Kostov, Belchin Adriyanov   +3 more
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Circadian Rhythm of Blood Pressure in Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]

European Medical Journal Diabetes, 2013
Systolic and diastolic blood pressures display a circadian rhythmicity that can be assessed by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and analysed using the cosinor procedure. Altered characteristics to the circadian rhythm of blood pressure, which
Elena Matteucci, Ottavio Giampietro
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy induced hypertension

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1997
Objective. To determine the role of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the diagnosis of pregnancy‐induced hypertension in women detected as hypertensive in the clinic by the conventional method. Design.
Arijit Biswas, Mahesh A. Choolani, Chinnayia Anandakumar, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran   +3 more
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A comparison between sphygmomanometer-based and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in acute salt loading and depletion protocol

Clinics, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Ambulatory blood pressure monitors have been used in salt loading and depletion protocols. However, the agreement between measurements made using ambulatory blood pressure monitors and those made with the sphygmomanometer has not been ...
Carlos Eduardo Paiva, Andréia Fernanda Carvalho Leone Aguiar, Fernando Nobre, Eduardo Barbosa Coelho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source