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Daratumumab Treatment for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP): A Case Report

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an immune‐mediated neuropathy featuring progressive weakness, sensory deficits, and areflexia. While corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasmapheresis are effective first‐line immunotherapies, a subset of patients remains treatment‐refractory.
Xueyu Zhang, Jianli Zhao, Xue Zhao, Xiaowei Hu, Zichun Xiao, Jie Wu, Xiaowen Li, Jing Xu, Yu‐Jing Li   +8 more
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Complexity scale of palliative care needs in people with advanced cancer (PALCOM): preliminary Polish pilot testing

Palliative Medicine in Practice
Transferring patients to specialist palliative care entities requires systematic and reliable assessment of the presence of complex problems that go beyond basic care. In this study, the authors translated the complexity scale of palliative care needs in
Marta Szeliga, Tomasz Grądalski
doaj   +1 more source

Hospital management of community-acquired pneumonia in Malta [PDF]

, 2012
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a common diagnosis requiring hospital admission and a leading cause of death worldwide. No local guideline is currently available for the management of CAP.
Callus, Roberta, Mamo, Jonathan, Micallef, Josef, Montefort, Stephen   +3 more
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Anti-malarial prescription practices among outpatients with laboratory-confirmed malaria in the setting of a health facility-based sentinel site surveillance system in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Most African countries have adopted artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as the first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria. The World Health Organization now recommends limiting anti-malarial treatment to those with a positive ...
Chang, Michelle, Dorsey, Grant, Kakeeto, Stella, Kamya, Moses R, Kapella, Bryan K, Kigozi, Ruth, Mpimbaza, Arthur, Rubahika, Denis, Sears, David, Sserwanga, Asadu, Staedke, Sarah G   +10 more
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Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz, Carl D. Langefeld, Mary E. Comeau, Miranda C. Marion, Tyler P. Behymer, Lee A. Gilkerson, Padmini Sekar, Weihong Yuan, Vivek Khandwala, Brady J. Williamson, Thomas Maloney, Achala Vagal, Pierce Boyne, Kari Dunning, Matthew L. Flaherty, Steven J. Kittner, Prachi Mehndiratta, Gunjan Y. Parikh, Michael L. James, David Roh, Fernando D. Testai, Farhaan S. Vahidy, James Thornton, Ranjit Bagga, Daniel Woo, Stacie L. Demel   +25 more
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Association Between Admission Blood Pressure and In-hospital Mortality and Long-term Mortality of Patients With ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A China Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Study

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background: Globally, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is among the primary causes of mortality. The ideal approach for blood pressure (BP) management for patients experiencing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who ...
ZhiFeng Song, Chilie Danzeng, Yu Jiang, JinGang Yang, WeiXian Yang, HaiYan Qian, YueJin Yang   +6 more
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Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput Using Best Practices to Improve Patient Flow [PDF]

, 2017
Emergency Department (ED) crowding and bottle necks are the reality of hospitals across the country. Patients seeking care and needing inpatient beds via the emergency rooms are facing delays with attaining the right level of care.
Freibott, Puneet, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN-K\u27S
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Characteristics of patients with haematological and breast cancer (1996–2009) who died of heart failure-related causes after cancer therapy [PDF]

, 2016
Aims: To describe the characteristics and time to death of patients with breast or haematological cancer who died of heart failure (HF) after cancer therapy.
Atherton, John, Berry, Narelle, Chowdhury, Munir, Clark, Robyn, Koczwara, Bogda, McCarthy, Alexandra, Roder, David, Ullah, Shahid, Versace, Vincent   +8 more
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The Acute Admission Ward as 'Patient' [PDF]

Psychiatric Bulletin, 1982
I suspect that caring not only for patients but also for staff is the lot of most senior registrars. Patients need understanding and ‘formulating’, while staff need support and supervision. A less obvious role for the senior registrar is that of caring for the organization of which staff and patients form a part.
openaire   +1 more source

Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source