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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
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Economic Efficiency of Intensive Care Units Department of Hospitals Affiliated With Yazd University of Medical Sciences: A DEA Approach [PDF]

Introduction:Hospitals as the most expensive health care system is an operational unit, considering the cost efficiency of this unit is very important.
Abedi, Mahdieh, Bahrami, Mohammadamin, Kiani, Mohammad Mehdi, Moeeni, Maryam, Yusefzadeh, Hassan   +4 more
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Clustering Algorithm Reveals Dopamine‐Motor Mismatch in Cognitively Preserved Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the relationship between dopaminergic denervation and motor impairment in two de novo Parkinson's disease (PD) cohorts. Methods n = 249 PD patients from Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) and n = 84 from an external clinical cohort.
Rachele Malito, Chiara Meneghini, Alice Galli, Luca Gallo, Pierfrancesco Mitrotti, Paola Dimartino, Marianna Inglese, Cinzia Zatti, Alessandro Lupini, Andrea Pilotto, Alessandro Padovani, Micol Avenali, Enza Maria Valente, Cristina Tassorelli, Silvia P. Caminiti   +14 more
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Robust Filters for Intensive Care Monitoring: Beyond the Running Median [PDF]

Current alarm systems on intensive care units create a very high rate of false positive alarms because most of them simply compare the physiological measurements to fixed thresholds.
Fried, Roland, Gather, Ursula, Schettlinger, Karen   +2 more
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The Challenges and Strategies to Improve Family-centered Round: a Literature Review [PDF]

, 2012
The importance of family-centered care and the role of families in decision making are becoming more recognized today. Several studies have supported the implementation of family-centered care and its role in enhancing quality of care.
Utami, R. S. (Reni)
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Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick, Nomin Enkhtsetseg, Joseph Sadok, Matheus Mochetti, Annabel Sorby Adams, Jennifer Guo, Cristina Trapaga Hacker, Isabella Gomez Hjerthen, Seungwon Lee, Siddharth Satish, Andrew S. Ham, Justin Hill, Denis Balaban, Kevin Kyle, Rebecca L. Gillani, Marcelo Matiello, Aleksandar Videnovic, Eric C. Klawiter, W. Taylor Kimberly, Farrah J. Mateen   +19 more
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Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Intensive Care Units versus Outside Intensive Care Units: Are They Different?

International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease, 2020
Daniela Ponce,1,2 Welder Zamoner,2 Vanessa Addad,1 Marci Maria Batistoco,2 André Balbi1,2 1Internal Department, University State of Sao Paulo- UNESP, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Clinical Hospital of Botucatu Medical School, Botucatu, Sao Paulo ...
Ponce D, Zamoner W, Addad V, Batistoco MM, Balbi A   +4 more
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Baseline Regional Cholinergic Denervation Predicts Cognitive Trajectories in Moderate Parkinson Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown, Giulia Carli, Prabesh Kanel, Stiven Roytman, Jaimie Barr, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Roger L. Albin   +6 more
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Comparison of Nurses’ Workload and Multiple Organ Failure of Patients Hospitalized in the COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Intensive Care Units

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
Background: Measuring nurses’ workload and related factors in intensive care units and reviewing their staffing is very important during COVID-19. This study aims to compare nurses’ workload and multiple organ failure of patients hospitalized during the ...
Mohammad Moradi, Lilia de Souza Nogueira, Nasrin Hanifi   +2 more
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Decreasing Duration of Mechanical Restraint Episodes by Increasing Registered Nurse Assessment and Surveillance in an Acute Psychiatric Hospital [PDF]

, 2018
Background Application of mechanical restraints is a high-risk emergency measure that requires psychiatric intensive care in order to assure patient safety and expedite release at the earliest opportunity.
Allen, Diane
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