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Neuroimmune Interaction in Inflammatory Diseases

Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2008
The inflammatory response is modulated through interactions among the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. Intercommunication between immune cells and the autonomic nervous system is a growing area of interest.
Peyman Otmishi, Joshiah Gordon, Seraj El-Oshar, Huafeng Li, Juan Guardiola, Mohamed Saad, Mary Proctor, Jerry Yu   +7 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis in Nigeria: A Multi‐Center Summary of Abstracts From the Inaugural Nigerian Society for Apheresis Scientific Meeting

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is an established treatment modality for hematologic, neurologic, and immunologic disorders, yet access remains severely limited in sub‐Saharan Africa. Donor apheresis, including platelet apheresis collection from healthy donors, represents an important complementary modality supporting blood product ...
Nosa Bazuaye, Chimezie Okwuonu, Evelyn Idam, Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Zinnah Aloziem, Blossom Amamchukwu, Patience Elimia, Mkpoikanabasi Obot‐Obot, Henry Mbakwe, Praises Maduagwuna, Olatunji Akinrodoye, Chiamaka Anyanwu, Benjamin Anyanwu, Adedamola Akinsiku, Oluwatoyin A. Akinsiku, Muzamil O. Hassan, Fatiu A. Arogundade, Olalekan E. Ojo, Homayemem Weli, Jesupelumi Adenihun, Aderemi Adelaja, Ebun Bamgboye, Olalekan Olatise, Ade E. Faponle, Ayoola Odeyemi, Michael Muoka, Stephen Asaolu, Qudrat Busari, Blessing Dawudu, Michael Naiyeju, Rasheed A. Balogun   +33 more
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Implementing and monitoring high-quality community health worker care in adult primary care at New York City Health + Hospitals

BMC Primary Care
Background This study describes how New York City (NYC) Health + Hospitals implemented a large-scale Community Health Worker (CHW) program in adult primary care clinics between January 2022 and December 2023 and established metrics to monitor program ...
Jenifer Clapp, Alessandra Calvo-Friedman, Yuan Jin Tan, Samantha Lily Kumar, Jenna Lupi, David Conley, Evelyn Perdomo, Nichola J. Davis   +7 more
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Validity of a Wearable Digital Insole for Assessing Gait ON and OFF in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Gait impairment is a distinctive symptom of Parkinson's disease that negatively impact mobility. We assessed the validity of wearable digital insoles against a validated reference gait analysis system for measuring select gait characteristics in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods A comparative analysis between digital insoles
Deborah A. Hall, Kimberly Kwei, Rolando J. Acosta, Bharatkumar Koyani, Erin Robertson, Pratyush Rai, Roland Barge, Emily Timm, Nicollette L. Purcell, Natasha Desai, Dhanesh Patel, Ana‐Maria Visoiu‐Knapp, Samuel Stuart, Rinol Alaj, Matthew F. Wipperman, Oren Levy, Joan A. O'Keefe   +16 more
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Evaluating the impact of a medical telephone helpline and the use of a structured initial assessment on demand for acute and emergency care in Germany: an ecological study using secondary data

BMJ Open
Objectives To assess whether a medical telephone helpline and the use of a computer-assisted structured triage tool led to a reduction in demand for acute and emergency care in hospital emergency departments (EDs) or other ambulatory out-of-hour (OOH ...
Lars E Kroll, Beate Zoch-Lesniak, Dominik Graf von Stillfried, Edgar Steiger   +3 more
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
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Cracking the Code: Genotype–Phenotype Correlation Models in Sarcoglycanopathies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Sarcoglycanopathies are among the most severe limb‐girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD), though milder presentations have been described. These diseases are primarily caused by missense variants, but the limited predictability of their effect on protein maturation, complex formation, and transport has hindered reliable genotype ...
Leonela Luce, Goknur Selen Kocak, José Verdú‐Díaz, Jorge Alonso‐Pérez, Kristl G. Claeys, Tanya Stojkovic, Gorka Fernández‐Eulate, Pascal Laforêt, Najoua Miladi, Filipe Di Pace, Cristiane Araujo Martins Moreno, Edmar Zanoteli, Conrad C. Weihl, Volker Straub, Ana Töpf, Jordi Díaz‐Manera, Sarcoglycan European Cohort Consortium, Adele D′Amico, Adolfo López de Munain, Alicia Alonso‐Jiménez, Ana Camacho‐Salas, Andrea Gangfuß, Andrés Nascimento, Anna Sarkozy, Anneke J. van der Kooi, Arturo Fraga‐Bau, Béla Melegh, Benedikt Schoser, Bjarne Udd, Blaz Koritnik, Carlos Ortez, Chiara Marini Bettolo, Chiara Panicucci, Claudia Weiss, Claudio Bruno, Claudio Semplicini, Cristina Dominguez‐González, Cristina Garrido, David Gómez‐Andrés, Edoardo Malfatti, Elena Pegoraro, Elke De Vos, Francina Munell, Gabriele Dekomien, Giacomo Pietro Comi, Giorgio Tasca, Isabelle Richard, Jan L. De Bleecker, Jana Haberlová, Jesper Helbo Storgaard, Johanna Palmio, John Vissing, Juan Carlos de Leon‐Hernández, Kinga Hadzsiev, Laura Costa‐Comellas, Lea Leonardis, Leroy ten Dam, Lidia González‐Quereda, Luca Bello, Luisa Politano, Manuela Santos, Marianne de Visser, Marie Rohlenová, Matteo Garibaldi, Michela Guglieri, Nicolas Deconinck, Nicoline Løkken, Omar Abdel‐Mannan, Pia Gallano, Roberto Fernández‐Torrón, Ulrike Schara‐Schmidt, Vincenzo Nigro, Vittoria Zangaro   +72 more
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Topical timolol maleate in the treatment of mixed and deep infantile hemangiomas: a report of two cases

RUDN Journal of Medicine
Relevance.Infantile hemangiomas are the most prevalent vascular tumors in children. Since the natural progression of infantile hemangiomas is typically benign, over 90 % of cases do not require medical intervention.
Momcilo Pavlovic, Zeljko Rokvic, Tatjana Ilic   +2 more
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Development of a monitoring instrument to assess the performance of the Swiss primary care system

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The Swiss health system is customer-driven with fee-for-service paiement scheme and universal coverage. It is highly performing but expensive and health information systems are scarcely implemented.
Sonja T. Ebert, Valérie Pittet, Jacques Cornuz, Nicolas Senn   +3 more
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Risk Factors of Postoperative Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives. Hospital-acquired pneumonia is one of the complications that may occur in the postoperative period in patients undergoing heart valve surgery, which may result in prolonged hospitalization, development of respiratory failure ...
Piotr Duchnowski, Witold Śmigielski
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