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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agenesis of corpus callosum [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2003
This paper presents a case of a sixteen-year-old female patient with agenesis of corpus callosum which was accidentally discovered during etiological investigation of the consciousness disorder.
Maksić Jasmina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Self-Focused Attention on Psychopathology [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This study investigated whether self-focused attention is related to psychopathology in general or if, instead, specific types of self-focus are associated with specific disorders.
Payne, Keith
core   +1 more source

Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individualized music induces theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling in patients with disorders of consciousness

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience
ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine whether patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) could experience neural entrainment to individualized music, which explored the cross-modal influences of music on patients with DoC through phase-amplitude ...
Qiuyi Xiao   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing indices of responsiveness for the Coma Near‐Coma Scale with and without pain items: An Exploratory study

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction This study aimed to establish the indices of responsiveness for the Coma/Near‐Coma (CNC) scale without (8 items) and with (10 items) pain test stimuli.
Jennifer A. Weaver   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

open access: yesTherapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source

The ethical relevance of the unconscious

open access: yesPhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2017
Background Ethical analyses of disorders of consciousness traditionally focus on residual awareness. Going one step further, this paper explores the potential ethical relevance of the unawareness retained by patients with disorders of consciousness ...
Michele Farisco, Kathinka Evers
doaj   +1 more source

Cerebrospinal fluid metabolite alterations in patients with different etiologies, diagnoses, and prognoses of disorders of consciousness

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, 2023
Introduction Medical management of disorders of consciousness (DoC) is a growing issue imposing a major burden on families and societies. Recovery rates vary widely among patients with DoC, and recovery predictions strongly influence decisions on medical
Long Xu   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can hyper-synchrony in meditation lead to seizures? Similarities in meditative and epileptic brain states [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Meditation is used worldwide by millions of people for relaxation and stress relief. Given sufficient practice, meditators may also experience a variety of altered states of consciousness.
Lindsay, Shane
core   +1 more source

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