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Watching Out for Older Drivers
MedEdPORTAL, 2006 Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among adults age 65 to 74. This risk for traffic fatalities may triple as the numbers of older drivers increases in the coming years.
Samuel Durso
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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 +14 more
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Role of Physicians in Interrogations
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2007 Discussion of physician participation in interrogations during wartime based on the American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics, which prohibits physician monitoring of interrogations but allows patient care. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness with potential life‐threatening crises. Timely interventions may be delayed by limited access to care and fragmented documentation. Our objective was to develop predictive algorithms for MG deterioration using multimodal telemedicine data ...
Maike Stein +7 more
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Dementia : Patient's Right and Physician's Role
Siriraj Medical Journal, 2003 An elderly Thai widow with progressive dementia was transferred to Siriraj Hospital for properly continued supportive treatment. Due to the course of the disease, she lacked the ability to make any valid decision related to giving consent to medical ...
Supawon Srettabunjong +3 more
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Acoustic Measures Capture Speech Dysfunction in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are hereditary cerebellar degenerative disorders with a common feature of dysarthria, involving impaired phonatory and articulatory control of speech, thereby affecting social communication. In this study, we investigated whether acoustic measures could objectively measure speech dysfunction and identify
Zena Fadel +5 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 +25 more
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Physicians' Role in Cost Containment
AMA Journal of Ethics, 2003 The authors of a 1995 Archives of Internal Medicine article assert that physicians should engage in bedside rationing in order to contain rising health care costs, while some ethicists oppose the practice on the basis that it will disrupt the essential trust between patient and physician.
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas +7 more
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