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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Disorders of consciousness (DoC) are the hallmark of severe acquired brain injuries characterized by abnormal activity in important brain areas and disruption within and between brain networks.
Marie-Michele Briand +10 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian +3 more
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Background: In the context of managing persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS), existing treatments like pharmacotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and physical rehabilitation show only moderate effectiveness.
Mohammad Hossein Khosravi +5 more
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Comatose patients are unresponsive to all external stimuli, noxious or otherwise. Neuro-ophthalmic techniques are paramount in the neurologic assessment of comatose patients, especially with regard to brain stem localization and diagnosis. Examination of the pupils, fundi, and corneal reflexes are all helpful; however, the ocular motility examination ...
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Background Currently, it is challenging to detect the awareness of patients who suffer disorders of consciousness (DOC). Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which do not depend on the behavioral response of patients, may serve for detecting the awareness ...
Qiuyou Xie +8 more
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Temporality of Features in Near-Death Experience Narratives
Background: After an occurrence of a Near-Death Experience (NDE), Near-Death Experiencers (NDErs) usually report extremely rich and detailed narratives. Phenomenologically, a NDE can be described as a set of distinguishable features.
Charlotte Martial +7 more
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Coma blisters are lesions that occur in the setting of a variety of neurological diseases. Although most commonly associated with barbiturate overdose, they can be seen in the setting of coma due to other etiologies. Blisters develop 48-72 h after the onset of unconsciousness.
Rocha, J +4 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significant mortality. Sleep architecture may reflect normal brain function. Impaired sleep architecture is associated with poorer outcomes in numerous conditions. Here we investigate the association of sleep architecture in continuous EEG (cEEG) with survival in SE.
Ran R. Liu +5 more
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Near‐Death Experience During Emergency Ketamine Use: A Case Report
Purpose Survivors from acute life‐threatening conditions occasionally report various alterations in subjective experiences, ranging from visual perceptual changes to multi‐faceted phenomena that can be categorized as near‐death experiences (NDEs).
Pauline Fritz +7 more
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