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Association Between Motor Pathway Damage and Motor Deficit in Upper and Lower Limb in People With MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Corticospinal tract damage is common in people with MS, but the degree of clinical symptoms varies. We hypothesize that corticospinal tract lesions are more extensive and severe in people with MS with motor impairments in both upper and lower limbs.
Mathilde Liffran, Malo Gaubert, Alice Dufey, Elise Bannier, Audrey Rico, Jean‐Christophe Ferré, Raphaël Chouteau, Laure Michel, Emmanuelle Le Page, Virginie Callot, Bertrand Audoin, Sarah Demortière, Benoît Combès, Anne Kerbrat   +13 more
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Incidence and root causes of surgery cancellations at an academic medical center in Iran: a retrospective cohort study on 29,978 elective surgical cases

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2023
Introduction Canceling scheduled surgeries on the day of surgery places a heavy burden on healthcare providers and has psychological, social, and financial consequences on patients and their families.
Vida Naderi-Boldaji, Mahsa Banifatemi, Raheleh Zandi, Mohammad Hossein Eghbal, Milad Nematollahi, Mohammad Ali Sahmeddini   +5 more
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Evaluation of Digital Technologies for Home‐Based Assessment in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Digital technologies hold promise for transforming healthcare by enhancing personalized treatments and offer valuable opportunities to improve patient care. Here, we evaluated several novel, self‐administered, home‐based, digital endpoints for their association with corresponding conventional standard clinical measures (primary) in ...
Arne Mueller, Vanessa Vallejo, Mónica Povedano Panadés, Orla Hardiman, Véronique Danel‐Brunaud, Senda Ajroud‐Driss, Philippe Couratier, Jeremy Shefner, Anna Gokey, Mike DiCesare, Erin Lennox, Jens Praestgaard, Lucie Brujin, Peggy Allred, Ram Miller   +14 more
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AN APPLICATION OF FUZZY PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION FOR CUSTOMER ANALYSIS

Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Đà Lạt, 2017
This article presents the application of the Fuzzy Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for analyzing customer needs. Applying Fuzzy Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm to the problem of a US medical device supplier wanting to analyze the needs of 500
Nguyễn Thị Như Na
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Integration of Serum Neurofilament Light Chain and Cortical Dysfunction Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in ALS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To determine whether integration of serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) and cortical dysfunction improves diagnostic accuracy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when applied alongside the Gold Coast criteria (GCC). Methods In this prospective study, 148 participants with suspected ALS were recruited (101 ALS and 47 with ALS ...
Aicee Dawn Calma, Nathan Pavey, Yukiko Tsuji, Amirul Ab Ghapar, Mehdi A.J. van den Bos, Bronwen Orden, Grace Lee, Linda Mekhael, Julie Ryder, Cláudia Santos Silva, David McDonald, Fakhria Kakar, Con Yiannikas, Matthew C. Kiernan, David A. Brown, Parvathi Menon, Steve Vucic   +16 more
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Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
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The Children's Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey: Facilities, equipment, supplies, infrastructure, and capacity to respond to emergencies.

PLOS Global Public Health
The Children's Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey was developed and implemented to assess the capabilities of some of the best resourced sub-Saharan African hospitals serving children.
Vinayak Bhardwaj, Lawrence R Stanberry, Philip LaRussa, Wilmot James, Maitry Mahida, Aimable Kanyamuhunga, Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab, Augustine Omoigberale, Crispen Ngwenya, David Musorewegomo, Dipesalema Joel, Ezekiel Mupere, Fidelis Ewenitie Eki-Udoko, Hannah Bousquet, Heloise Buys, Hilda Angela Mujuru, Ike Oluwa Lagunju, Irene Marete, Jethro Zawolo, Jonathan Kaunda Mwansa, Joseph Tawanda Chava, Maima Kawah Baysah, Mildred Anyango Mudany, Nancy Biyeah Yang Ngum, Nellie V T Bell, One Bayani, Pauline Samia, Ruth Nduati, Sam Miti, Schyler Zane Grodman, Thembisile Dintle Mosalakatane, Workeabeba Abebe, Ashraf Coovadia   +32 more
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High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Although early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize health care utilization in the year preceding diagnosis. Methods We identified 10,021 patients with an incident diagnosis
Anna Costello, Rui Xiao, Xuemei Zhang, Jahan Jazayeri, Irit R. Rasooly, Pamela F. Weiss   +5 more
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Can a simple ‘cost-awareness’ campaign for laparoscopic hysterectomy change the use and costs of disposable surgical supplies? Pre–post non-controlled study

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives Does a cost-awareness campaign for gynaecologists lead to a change in use and costs of disposable surgical supplies for laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) without increasing hospital utilisation measures (operating room (OR) time or hospital ...
Sue Ross, Douglas Lier, Goldie Mackinnon, Christine Bentz, Gloria Rakowski, Valerie A Capstick   +5 more
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Associations of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity With Frailty Over Five Years of Follow‐up

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity is associated with frailty both in cross‐section and longitudinally. Methods Participants within the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) registry enrolled from 2003 to 2022 were included.
Courtney N. Loecker, Yangyuna Yang, Punyasha Roul, Aaron Baraff, Myra S. Schmaderer, Lani Zimmerman, Kaleb Michaud, Namrata Singh, Grant W. Cannon, Gary Kunkel, Ted R. Mikuls, Ariela R. Orkaby, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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