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Action for better brain health among people living with HIV: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Lifestyle changes can protect or improve brain health in older adults. However, sustained lifestyle change is difficult for everyone and may be more difficult for those with executive dysfunction, including some people living with HIV.
Adria Quigley, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Lesley K. Fellows, Nancy Mayo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Propofol vs. inhalational agents to maintain general anaesthesia in ambulatory and in-patient surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Anesthesiology, 2018
Background It is unclear if anaesthesia maintenance with propofol is advantageous or beneficial over inhalational agents. This study is intended to compare the effects of propofol vs.
Stefan Schraag, Lorenzo Pradelli, Abdul Jabbar Omar Alsaleh, Marco Bellone, Gianni Ghetti, Tje Lin Chung, Martin Westphal, Sebastian Rehberg   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

“As long as that place stays open, I’ll stay alive”: Accessing injectable opioid agonist treatment during dual public health crises

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, overdose rates in North America have continued to rise, with more than 100,000 drug poisoning deaths in the past year.
Kaitlyn Jaffe, Sarin Blawatt, Eisha Lehal, Kurt Lock, Adam Easterbrook, Scott MacDonald, Scott Harrison, Julie Lajeunesse, David Byres, Martin Schechter, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prognostic value of cortical magnetic stimulation in acute middle cerebral artery infarction compared to other parameters [PDF]

, 1996
The prognostic value of magnetic evoked potentials (MEP), somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), age and radiological parameters was determined in 50 patients with acute middle cerebral artery infarction.
Hageman, G., Oosterloo, S.J., Rozeboom, A.R., Timmerhuis, Th.P.J.   +3 more
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Using a patient-centred composite endpoint in a secondary analysis of the Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy Study (CHIPS) Trial

Trials, 2023
Background Clinical trials commonly use multiple endpoints to measure the impact of an intervention. While this improves the comprehensiveness of outcomes, it can make trial results difficult to interpret.
Rebecca K. Metcalfe, Mark Harrison, Joel Singer, Mary Lewisch, Terry Lee, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A. Magee, Nick Bansback, the CHIPS Study Group   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Japanese Scoliosis Society Morbidity and Mortality Survey in 2014: The Complication Trends of Spinal Deformity Surgery from 2012 to 2014

Spine Surgery and Related Research, 2019
Introduction: The Japanese Scoliosis Society (JSS) created a longitudinal complication survey of spinal deformity surgery and established the Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Committee in 2012.
Ryo Sugawara, Katsushi Takeshita, Yasushi Inomata, Yasuhisa Arai, Masashi Takaso, Jun Takahashi, Hideo Hosoe, Manabu Itou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extent of hypoattenuation on CT angiography source images in Basilar Artery occlusion: prognostic value in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study [PDF]

, 2011
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score (pc-ASPECTS) quantifies the extent of early ischemic changes in the posterior circulation with a 10-point grading system.
Algra, Ale, Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study Group,, Demchuk, Andrew M., Dzialowski, Imanuel, Engelter, Stefan T., Hill, Michael D., Kappelle, L. Jaap, Khomenko, Andrei, Mattle, Heinrich P., Michel, Patrik, Muir, Keith W., Pfefferkorn, Thomas, Puetz, Volker, Schonewille, Wouter J., Szabo, Kristina, Tanne, David, von Kummer, Ruediger, Weimar, Christian, Wijman, Christine A. C.   +18 more
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COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist for systematic reviews of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Quality of Life Research, 2017
PurposeThe original COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist was developed to assess the methodological quality of single studies on measurement properties of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures ...
L. Mokkink, H. D. Vet, C. Prinsen, D.walaa badawy, J. Alonso, L. Bouter, L. Bouter, C. Terwee   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

EGFR Testing Patterns and Detection of EGFR Exon 20 Insertions in the United States

JTO Clinical and Research Reports, 2022
Introduction: EGFR exon 20 insertions (EGFRex20ins) are a diverse set of mutations in NSCLC that are refractory to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. We describe real-world EGFRex20ins detection patterns in patients with advanced NSCLC in the United States ...
Huamao M. Lin, PhD, Yu Yin, MS, Victoria Crossland, PhD, Yanyu Wu, PhD, Sai-Hong Ignatius Ou, MD, PhD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric assessment of three newly developed implementation outcome measures

Implementation Science, 2017
BackgroundImplementation outcome measures are essential for monitoring and evaluating the success of implementation efforts. Yet, currently available measures lack conceptual clarity and have largely unknown reliability and validity. This study developed
B. Weiner, C. Lewis, Cameo F. Stanick, B. Powell, Caitlin N. Dorsey, A. Clary, Marcella H. Boynton, Heather M. Halko   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source