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Underestimating Children’s Self-reported Pain: Agree/Disagree?

Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation
Objective: To compare postoperative pain after different surgical types and grades using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and numeric rating scale (NRS) evaluated by the patient, parent, and nurse.
Şefika Başoğlu, Özlem Selvi Can, Volkan Baytaş, Hakan Yılmaz, Fatma Nur Erkent   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of the propensity score method: an exploratory comparison of proxy-completed to self-completed responses in the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2003
Background This research examined the use of the propensity score method to compare proxy-completed responses to self-completed responses in the first three baseline cohorts of the Medicare Health Outcomes Survey, administered in 1998, 1999, and 2000 ...
Drachman David, Shannon Erin, Fowler Brenda M, Cox Jacquilyn, Bannister Wade M, Ellis Beth, Adams Randall W, Giordano Laura A   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Rather Than Vertical‐Selective Saccadic Abnormalities in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To test whether vertical saccades are preferentially affected in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Methods PSP patients (n = 24) were compared to age‐matched controls (n = 94) and two degenerative groups (Alzheimer's disease, n = 20; Lewy body disease, n = 50).
Duy Duan Nguyen, Mark Paine, Soohyun Lee, Amir Fazlollahi, Baibin (Ben) Wang, John D. O'Sullivan, Peter J. Nestor   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between proxy behavior in clinic attendance and disease control among persons with hypertension and diabetes at a rural primary health center: A cohort analysis in South India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Aims: Among persons with hypertension and diabetes on treatment for at least 1 year at the Rural Health Centre (RHC) noncommunicable disease (NCD) clinic, 1. To determine the control status for hypertension and diabetes. 2.
Viswanath Narendiran, Nishaant Ramasamy, Sonali Sarkar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of annual growth rings in Rhizophora mangle in a region with low climate seasonality

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016
The formation of annual growth rings has been confirmed for several mangrove species in the last decade, among which is the Rhizophora mangle. However, the record of annual rings for this species was made in a region with high hydric seasonality, a ...
BRUNNA T. SOUZA, GUSTAVO C.D. ESTRADA, MÁRIO L.G. SOARES, CÁTIA H. CALLADO   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stage‐Dependent β‐Synuclein Links MRI and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Synaptic degeneration drives cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but synaptic biomarkers are scarce. Brain‐enriched β‐synuclein emerged as a synaptic damage marker. We investigated its diagnostic, prognostic, and structural correlates across the AD continuum.
Ulaş Ay, Merve Alaylioglu, Erdi Sahin, Sanem Sultan Yoruk Oner, Gulce Iskan, Gulce Cosku Yilmaz Cakan, Gozde Kizilates‐Evin, Emre Hari, Elif Kurt, Erdinc Dursun, Basar Bilgic, Hasmet Hanagasi, Hakan Gurvit, Tamer Demiralp, Duygu Gezen‐Ak, Bedia Samanci   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Arterial Spin‐Labeling MRI at the Cortical‐CSF Interface: A Novel Biomarker in Alzheimer Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objective Arterial spin‐labeling (ASL) MRI can measure perfusion signal adjacent to CSF spaces and may provide information regarding CSF‐adjacent water transport physiology. We developed an automated pipeline to extract cortical‐CSF interface (IF) perfusion for comparison between Alzheimer disease (AD) and cognitively normal ...
Mona Asghariahmadabad, Pouya Metanat, Michael Thomas, Luke W. Bonham, Tyson Lam, Mehmet Kurt, Hong Nguyen, Tara Ellingson, Mauro Zucchelli, Stefano Casagranda, Quin Lu, Andreas M. Rauschecker, Leo Sugrue, Luis E. Savastano, Christopher P. Hess, Kamalini Ranasinghe, S. Andrew Josephson, Bruce L. Miller, Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Gil D. Rabinovici, Peter A. Ljubenkov, Lawren VandeVrede, Kambiz Nael   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the HadISST1 and NSIDC 1850 onward sea ice datasets with a focus on the Barents-Kara seas

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 2018
In recent years, long-term continuous sea-ice datasets have been developed, and they cover the periods before and after the satellite era. How these datasets differ from one another before the satellite era, and whether one is more reliable than the ...
WANG Rui-Bo, LI Shuanglin, HAN Zhe
doaj   +1 more source

Munchausen syndrome by proxy: An alarming face of child abuse

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2015
Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is emerging as a serious form of child abuse. It is an intentional production of illness in another, usually children by mothers, to assume sick role by proxy.
Pratibha Gehlawat, Virender Kumar Gehlawat, Priti Singh, Rajiv Gupta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Proxy Challenge: Why bespoke proxy indicators can help solve the anti-corruption measurement problem [PDF]

, 2013
Practitioners working in anti-corruption face perennial challenges in measuring changes in corruption levels and evaluating whether anti-corruption efforts are successful. These two challenges are linked but not inseparable.
Johnsøn, Jesper, Mason, Phil
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