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Regional Implementation of a Pediatric Cardiology Syncope Algorithm Using Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPS) Methodology

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
BackgroundPediatric syncope is common. Cardiac causes are rarely found. We describe and assess a pragmatic approach to these patients first seen by a pediatric cardiologist in the New England region, using Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management ...
Yvonne Paris, Olga H. Toro‐Salazar, Naomi S. Gauthier, Kathleen M. Rotondo, Lucy Arnold, Rose Hamershock, David E. Saudek, David R. Fulton, Ashley Renaud, Mark E. Alexander   +9 more
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Hypovolaemic shock: assessment, pathophysiology and nursing care [PDF]

, 2017
Hypovolaemia leads to a number of key physiological responses which require systematic assessment and interpretation. This article focuses on a case study involving a patient with Parkinson’s disease who became hypovolaemic following a fall at home, to ...
McLeod, A., Moruzzi, M.
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Comprehensive telemedicine solution for remote monitoring of Parkinson’s disease patients with orthostatic hypotension during COVID-19 pandemic

Neurological Sciences, 2022
Orthostatic hypotension (OH) represents a frequent but under-recognized phenomenon in Parkinson’s disease (PD). During COVID-19 pandemic, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have become pivotal in the management of chronic diseases like PD ...
P. Polverino, M. Ajčević, M. Catalan, Claudio Bertolotti, G. Furlanis, Alessandro Marsich, A. Buoite Stella, A. Accardo, P. Manganotti   +8 more
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Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Secondary to Chronic Constipation

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2011
Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is defined as an elevated intraabdominal pressure with evidence of organ dysfunction. The majority of published reports of ACS are in neonates with abdominal wall defects and in adults following trauma or burns, but ...
Helene Flageole, Jodie Ouahed, J. Mark Walton, Yasmin Yousef   +3 more
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A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Demonstrating the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Single, Escalating Oral Doses of RTI-336

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Background: Preclinical and clinical data suggest that a compound which binds potently to and inhibits the dopamine transporter, but with a slower onset and offset rate than cocaine and with less abuse potential and psychomotor stimulant activity, could ...
F. Ivy Carroll, Thomas R. Kosten, Jeffrey J. Buda, Laurene Wang, Bradford B. Walters   +4 more
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Comment on: Comparison of supine and seated orthostatic hypotension assessments and their association with falls and orthostatic symptoms

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2022
To the Editor: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) develops in several conditions and with healthy aging. OH is defined as a drop in systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥20 mmHg, or diastolic drop of ≥10 mmHg within 3 min of standing or head-up tilt from a supine ...
J. Baker, S. Raj
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External validation of a simple clinical tool used to predict falls in people with Parkinson disease [PDF]

, 2015
Published in final edited form as: Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2015 August ; 21(8): 960–963. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2015.05.008.BACKGROUND: Assessment of fall risk in an individual with Parkinson disease (PD) is a critical yet often time consuming ...
Canning, Colleen G., Cavanaugh, James T., Dibble, Leland E., Duncan, Ryan P., Earhart, Gammon M., Ellis, Terry D., Ford, Matthew P., Foreman, K. Bo, Leddy, Abigail L., Paul, Serene S., Thackeray, Anne   +10 more
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Orthostatic Hypotension and Antiparkinsonian Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2021
Background Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is multifactorial in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Antiparkinsonian medication can contribute to OH, leading to increased risk of falls, weakness and fatigue.
Danielle Nimmons, C. Bhanu, M. Orlu, A. Schrag, K. Walters   +4 more
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Efficacy, safety, and response predictors of Astragalus in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease: A study protocol of an assessor-blind, statistician-blind open-label randomized controlled trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
Background: This pragmatic clinical trial aims to determine the efficacy and safety of add-on Astragalus membranaceus (AM) for cognition and non-cognition in patients with of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease complicated with orthostatic hypotension ...
Yingzhe Cheng, Lin Lin, Peilin Huang, Jiejun Zhang, Xiaodong Pan   +4 more
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Fall Risk Assessment Experience

MedEdPORTAL, 2010
Falls are common in older adults and result in significant morbidity, including injury, pain, disability, and even death. Risk factors for falling have been identified, and interventions to improve these risk factors have been found to reduce fall rates ...
Sara Bradley, Reena Karani
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