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Uncontrollable movements of right upper and lower extremities in a child: A diagnostic puzzle

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
We describe a case of a 9‐year‐old child who presented with uncontrollable, involuntary movements associated with a recent streptococcal infection and echocardiographic evidence of valvulitis.
Rucha Patki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical Approaches for Femoral Neck Fractures: A Review Article

open access: yesJournal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma, 2023
Displaced femoral neck fractures in the young are difficult to treat. The complexity of the fractures for closed or open reduction requires careful surgical planning and experience. Acceptable reduction criteria in this fracture is crucial and should be
Theerachai Apivatthakakul
doaj   +1 more source

The Logical Status of Brain Death Criteria

open access: yes, 1985
Agich and Jones attempt to clarify what they see as a confusion in the brain death literature between logical sufficiency/necessity and natural sufficiency/necessity when criteria for death are discussed. A logically sufficient criterion for determining
Jones, Royce P., Agich, George J.
core   +1 more source

Differential Item Functioning on the Patient Health Questionnaire 8 by Disease Subtype, Language, Sex, and Age Among People With Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient‐Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Somatic items used in depression assessments can potentially overlap with symptoms related to physical illness, including systemic sclerosis (SSc). No studies have looked at whether somatic depression items may be influenced by diffuse versus limited SSc disease subtypes, which are associated with varying degrees of symptom presentation.
Sophie Hu   +110 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on Effectiveness of Revised Jones Criteria (AHA 2015) in Detecting Acute Rheumatic Fever Cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BACKGROUND: Rheumatic heart disease continues to be a major health problem in developing countries like India. In high prevalence area like India, Jones criteria were revised by American Heart Association (AHA) in 2015.
Murugalakshmi @ Chitra, K
core  

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic test accuracy of simplified algorithms for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever: a systematic review

open access: yesCommunications Medicine
Background Rheumatic heart disease, the long-term sequel to acute rheumatic fever, remains a prevalent public health problem in Africa and other low to middle-income regions of the world.
Rui Providencia   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment of Chronic Ankle Instability in the Military Population

open access: yesFoot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Ankle; Sports Introduction/Purpose: The high incidence of ankle sprain within the military sets the stage for prevalent chronic ankle instability.
Ezra Goodrich, Ashley A. Herda
doaj   +1 more source

Development of screening guidelines and clinical criteria for predementia Alzheimer's disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Item does not contain fulltextBACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to identify subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the predementia phase, but validated diagnostic approaches are currently lacking. In this paper, we present the background, design and
De Deyn, PP   +97 more
core   +1 more source

Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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