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What contributes to depression in Parkinson's disease? [PDF]

, 2001
Background: Depression is a common problem in patients with Parkinson's disease, but its mechanism is poorly understood. It is thought that neurochemical changes contribute to its occurrence, but it is unclear why some patients develop depression and ...
Jahanshahi, M., Quinn, N.P., Schrag, A.
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Predicting Clinical Deteriorations Using Wearable Sensors

, 2018
Introduction Acutely-ill hospitalised patients are at risk of clinical deteriorations such as cardiac arrest, admission to intensive care, or unexpected death. Currently, patients are manually assessed every 4-6 hours to determine the likelihood of subsequent deterioration.
Charlton, Peter H, Bonnici, Timothy, Tarassenko, Lionel, Watkinson, Peter J, Clifton, David A, Beale, Richard, Alastruey, Jordi   +6 more
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An analysis of the effectiveness of University counselling services [PDF]

, 2015
It is important to demonstrate replicable evidence of the effectiveness of counselling procedures. The study aimed to contribute to the currently limited evidence base examining the effectiveness of university student counselling in the UK.
McKenzie, Karen, Murray, Aja Louise, Murray, Kara, Richelieu, Marc   +3 more
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Medications associated with clinical deterioration in hospitalized children [PDF]

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2013
BACKGROUNDMedical emergency teams have been shown to reduce mortality in children's hospitals, but there are many potential barriers to their activation. Surveillance tools using electronic health record data help identify children at risk of deterioration.
Emily J, Huang, Christopher P, Bonafide, Ron, Keren, Vinay M, Nadkarni, John H, Holmes   +4 more
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Incidence and factors associated with newly implemented do‐not‐attempt‐resuscitation orders among deteriorating patients after rapid response system activation: A retrospective observational study using a Japanese multicenter database

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2023
Aim The rapid response system (RRS) was initially aimed to improve patient outcomes. Recently, some studies have implicated that RRS might facilitate do‐not‐attempt‐resuscitation (DNAR) orders among patients, their families, and healthcare providers ...
Tatsuya Tsuji, Yoshiki Sento, Toshiyuki Nakanishi, Tetsuya Tamura, Eisuke Kako, Izumi Sato, Koji Kawakami, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Takaki Naito, Shigeki Fujitani, Kazuya Sobue   +10 more
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A Clinical Response Team Providing Support to Long-Term Care Homes with COVID-19 Outbreaks in Eastern Ontario—a Cohort Study

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2022
Background The greatest impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada has been on long-term care facilities which have accounted for a large majority of the mortality seen in this country.
James Downar, Kaitlyn Boese, Genevieve Lalumiere, Ghislain Bercier, Shannon Leduc, Jill Rice, Amit Arya, Valerie Charbonneau   +7 more
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Cognitive fluctuations in connection to disgraphia a comparison of Alzheimer's disease with dementia Lewy bodies [PDF]

, 2015
Background: The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between cognitive impairment and the performance of handwritten scripts presented as “letter-writing” to a close relative by patients with dementia Lewy bodies (DLB), as ...
Donato, Giuseppe, Mercuri, Marco, ONOFRI, Emanuela, RICCI, Serafino   +3 more
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Factors associated with clinical deterioration shortly after PE [PDF]

Thorax, 2014
Several factors have been associated with mortality in the months after PE. Factors associated with short-term clinical deterioration or need for hospital-based intervention are less well known.We prospectively enrolled consecutive emergency department patients with PE and recorded clinical, biomarker and radiographic data.
Christopher Kabrhel, Ikenna Okechukwu, Praveen Hariharan, James Kimo Takayesu, Peter MacMahon, Faris Haddad, Yuchiao Chang   +6 more
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Recognition and Management of Hospital-Acquired Sepsis Among Older General Medical Inpatients: A Multi-Site Retrospective Study

International Journal of General Medicine, 2023
Nicholas Barker,1 Ian A Scott,1 Robert Seaton,2 Naitik Mehta,2 Vikrant R Kalke,2 Lyndell Redpath2 1Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 2Patient Quality and Safety ...
Barker N, Scott IA, Seaton R, Mehta N, Kalke VR, Redpath L   +5 more
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Safety of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients receiving antiplatelet therapy at stroke onset [PDF]

, 2010
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Antiplatelets (APs) may increase the risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) following intravenous thrombolysis after ischemic stroke.</p> <p><b>Methods:</b> We ...
Ahmed, N., Diedler, J., Ford, G.A., Lees, K.R., Luijckx, G.J., Overgaard, K., Ringleb, P., Soinne, L., Sykora, M., Uyttenboogaart, M., Wahlgren, N.   +10 more
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