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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
wiley   +1 more source

Social network-based ethical analysis of COVID-19 vaccine supply policy in three Central Asian countries

BMC Medical Ethics, 2022
Background In the pandemic time, many low- and middle-income countries are experiencing restricted access to COVID-19 vaccines. Access to imported vaccines or ways to produce them locally became the principal source of hope for these countries.
Timur Aripov, Daniel Wikler, Damin Asadov, Zhangir Tulekov, Totugul Murzabekova, Kerim M. Munir   +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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Bacteriological survey of bulk tank milk from dairy farms in Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2018
Background and Aim: Recently, bacterial surveys for mastitis-causing pathogens in bulk tank milk (BTM) have been conducted in several countries worldwide. However, no such surveys have been reported from Bolivia.
Yu Michimuko-Nagahara, Yu Tamura, Masateru Koiwa   +2 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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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.
core   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +1 more source