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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
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The correlation between the labrum size and the labral tear in asymptomatic volunteers and symptomatic patients

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2021
Background Some studies have proved that labrum size is associated with symptoms in patients with hip labral tear. The correlation between the labrum size and the labral tear in asymptomatic volunteers and symptomatic patients is still uncertain. Methods
Guanying Gao, Qiang Fu, Ruiqi Wu, Rongge Liu, Yingfang Ao, Yan Xu   +5 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
wiley   +1 more source

Selection Criteria of Hospital Volunteers for the Provision of Health Services in Disasters

Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly, 2017
Background: Hospitals need volunteers to help the injured people during disasters. Thus, it is necessary to prepare some criteria for selecting volunteers.
Forouzandeh Jannat, Ali Ardalan, Mokhtar Malekpour, Gholamreza Masoumi, Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi   +4 more
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Dobutamine stress MRI in pulmonary hypertension: relationships between stress pulmonary artery relative area change, RV performance, and 10-year survival [PDF]

, 2017
In pulmonary hypertension (PH), right ventricular (RV) performance determines survival. Pulmonary artery (PA) stiffening is an important biomechanical event in PH and also predicts survival based on the PA relative area change (RAC) measured at rest ...
Bellofiore, Alessandro, Blyth, Kevin G., Chesler, Naomi C., Foster, John E., Jayasekera, Geeshath, Peacock, Andrew J., Steedman, Tracey   +6 more
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew, Maryam Kargaran, Maik Rothe, Andreas Deistung, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, David Strube, Thomas Kendzierski, Anna Katharina Kölsch, Maurits Gerhard Abraham Heuschen, Markus Otto, Alexander Mensch   +11 more
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Psychological and Psychosocial Effects of Cancer on Young Patients and Survivors in Italy: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Challenges and Meaning-Making Factors

Diseases
Background: Pediatric oncological diagnoses and treatments pose complex biopsychosocial challenges for both patients and their families. These experiences can significantly disrupt daily life, evoke intense emotional responses, and raise concerns about ...
Martina Gentile, Lucia Ronconi, Marco Romeo, Ciro De Vincenzo, Elena Burattini, Chiara Rutigliano, Nicola Santoro, Giulia Zucchetti, Franca Fagioli, Ines Testoni   +9 more
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Communities as ‘renewable energy’ for healthcare services? a multimethods study into the form, scale and role of voluntary support for community hospitals in England

BMJ Open, 2019
Objective To examine the forms, scale and role of community and voluntary support for community hospitals in England.Design A multimethods study.
Angela Ellis Paine, Daiga Kamerāde, John Mohan, Deborah Davidson   +3 more
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Public-Access Defibrillation and Survival after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND The rate of survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is low. It is not known whether this rate will increase if laypersons are trained to attempt defibrillation with the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
Hallstrom, Alfred, Ornato, Joseph P.
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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Mimicking Dementia in a Patient Treated With Imatinib

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are the cornerstone of chronic myeloid leukemia treatment. Newer agents have more potency and a broader spectrum of action, but also a higher potential for neuropsychiatric side effects. We present a case of a patient on imatinib who developed progressive cognitive, mood, and behavioral alterations.
Ashley Jones, Samuele Bonomi, Keith E. Stockerl‐Goldstein, Randall J. Bateman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source