Results 61 to 70 of about 1,332,247 (345)

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

Morning SARS-CoV-2 Testing Yields Better Detection of Infection Due to Higher Viral Loads in Saliva and Nasal Swabs upon Waking

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Optimizing specimen collection methods to achieve the most reliable SARS-CoV-2 detection for a given diagnostic sensitivity would improve testing and minimize COVID-19 outbreaks.
Alexander Viloria Winnett, Michael K. Porter, Anna E. Romano, Emily S. Savela, Reid Akana, Natasha Shelby, Jessica A. Reyes, Noah W. Schlenker, Matthew M. Cooper, Alyssa M. Carter, Jenny Ji, Jacob T. Barlow, Colten Tognazzini, Matthew Feaster, Ying-Ying Goh, Rustem F. Ismagilov   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of the increase in co-payments from 20 to 30 percent on the compliance rate of patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in the Employed Health Insurance System [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: How to contain medical expenditures is a universal problem. The Japanese government has increased patient co-payments to control it. The purpose of this study is to clarify whether the increase in co-payments to 30 percent prevented patients ...
Babazono, Akira, Imatoh, Takuya, Miyazaki, Motonobu, Tanaka, Kiyoshi, Tanihara, Shinichi, Tsuda, Toshihide, Une, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Eiji   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Inhibition of Classical and Alternative Complement Pathway by Ravulizumab and Eculizumab

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To explore the feasibility of classical (CH50) and alternative (AH50) complement pathway activity as potential biomarkers for treatment guidance and monitoring during therapy with ravulizumab in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and compare these to therapeutic drug monitoring under eculizumab.
Lea Gerischer, Frauke Stascheit, Maximilian Mönch, Paolo Doksani, Carla Dusemund, Meret Herdick, Philipp Mergenthaler, Maike Stein, Amani Suboh, Jutta Schröder‐Braunstein, Guido Wabnitz, Jan D. Lünemann, Sophie Lehnerer, Sarah Hoffmann, Andreas Meisel   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do subsidized health programs in Armenia increase utilization among the poor? [PDF]

This article analyzes the extent to which the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), a subsidized health program in Armenia, increases utilization and affordability of outpatient health care among the poor.
Diego Angel-Urdinola, Shweta Jain
core   +3 more sources

Proportion of Japanese outpatients filling prescriptions for long-term medication regimens

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2019
Kaori Kurata,1 Michi Onuki,2 Kazuki Yoshizumi,3 Eitaro Taniai,3 Akira Dobashi11Education and Research Institute of Information Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan; 2Insurance Pharmacy Division, Yakuju Co.
Kurata K, Onuki M, Yoshizumi K, Taniai E, Dobashi A   +4 more
doaj  

Intensive outpatient treatment for PTSD: a pilot feasibility study combining prolonged exposure therapy, EMDR, physical activity, and psychoeducation [PDF]

, 2021
Trude Julie Brynhildsvoll Auren, Andreas Gjerde Jensen, Julie Rendum Klæth, Elma Maksic, Stian Solem   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Case of a 28‐Year‐Old Woman With Medically Refractory Focal Epilepsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present the case of a 28‐year‐old right‐handed woman with medically refractory focal epilepsy. Her seizure semiology and electroencephalography (EEG) indicated a seizure onset zone in the right central‐parietal area. However, both MRI and PET scans were unremarkable, showing no focal lesions or areas of altered metabolism.
Rishi Sharma, Ilo Leppik, Thomas Henry, Thaddeus Walczak, Sima Patel, Robert McGovern   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physicians' use of electronic prescribing system functionalities in outpatient clinics [PDF]

International Archives of Health Sciences
Objectives: This study investigates how physicians in Iran's Social Security Organization outpatient clinics utilize EPS functionalities to optimize the system and enhance patient care.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Iran
Fatemeh Rangraz Jeddi, Ehsan Nabovati, Leili Noormoradi, Shima Anvari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How did the introduction of managed care for the uninsured in Iowa affect the use of substance abuse services? [PDF]

, 2003
Concerns about access under managed care have been raised for vulnerable populations such as publicly funded patients with substance abuse problems. To estimate the effects of the Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan (IMSACP) on substance abuse service
Argeriou, Milton, Dilonardo, Joan, Ettner, Susan L, Liu, Hui, McCarty, Dennis   +4 more
core