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Limb apraxia in multiple sclerosis [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014 Background/Aim. There are almost no studies on apraxia in people with multiple sclerosis. Although the white matter is damaged in MS, it is not the only location in which the pathological changes are present.
Rapaić Dragan +3 more
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Factor structure of the autonomy preference index in people with severe mental illness [PDF]
Psychiatry Research, 2015 People vary in the amount of control they want to exercise over decisions about their healthcare. Given the importance of patient-centered care, accurate measurement of these autonomy preferences is critical. This study aimed to assess the factor structure of the Autonomy Preference Index (API), used widely in general healthcare, in individuals with ...
Bonfils, Kelsey A. +4 more
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The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2022 Introduction Aspiration pneumonia is a common problem among older adults; it has a high mortality rate and the prevalence is increasing. Reports on the risk factors for mortality in patients with aspiration pneumonia are limited.
Yorihide Yanagita +7 more
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Frontiers in Dentistry, 2019 Objectives: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD), as a prevalent condition, has been reported to be related to changes in sleep quality. This study aims to assess the association between TMD severities and sleep quality in a selected Iranian population by ...
Abdolaziz Haghnegahdar +2 more
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Modified cardiovascular SOFA score in sepsis: development and internal and external validation
BMC Medicine, 2022 Background The Sepsis-3 criteria introduced the system that uses the Sequential Organ-Failure Assessment (SOFA) score to define sepsis. The cardiovascular SOFA (CV SOFA) scoring system needs modification due to the change in guideline-recommended ...
Hui Jai Lee +15 more
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The role of illness representations in the process of coping and psychosocial adjustment among adults with epilepsy [PDF]
, 1996 The self-regulation model (Leventhal, Nerenz and Steele, 1984) emphasises the role of cognitive representations of illness and coping efforts on patients responses to health threats.
Kemp, Steven
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Illness perceptions, symptom severity and psychosocial outcomes in adults with dysfunctional breathing [PDF]
Background: People with dysfunctional breathing (DB) experience symptoms such as air hunger and breathing pattern irregularities. The condition is often comorbid with other respiratory conditions, as well as anxiety and depression.
Maltinsky, Wendy +8 more
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Body mass index in the middle-aged offspring of parents with severe mental illness
Psychological Medicine, 2022 AbstractBackgroundPeople with severe mental illness (SMI) have an elevated risk of obesity but the causes and mechanisms are unclear. We explored the familial association between parental SMI and body mass index (BMI) in middle-aged offspring. Our objective was to determine if the offspring of either parent with SMI have an increased risk for obesity ...
Maria Protsenko +7 more
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Identifying which septic patients have increased mortality risk using severity scores: a cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Early aggressive therapy can reduce the mortality associated with severe sepsis but this relies on prompt recognition, which is hindered by variation among published severity criteria. Our aim was to test the performance of different severity
Marwick, Charis A; id_orcid +20 more
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Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2019 Objective: To validate the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI), which was developed for risk stratification after acute pulmonary embolism (PE), for use in Brazil. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective study involving patients admitted to
Leonardo de Araujo Soriano +5 more
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