Apnea-hypopnea index in sleep studies and the risk of over-simplification [PDF]
Sleep ScienceAccording to recent reports, sleep disorders affect 30% of the adult population and 5-10% of children. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome (OSA) has a considerable epidemiological impact and demand for consultation is growing in our community ...
Eduardo Borsini +2 more
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Impact of disease duration on functional status of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2
Arquivos de Neuro-PsiquiatriaObjective: To correlate disease duration in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) with disease severity, balance and functionality. Method: Sixteen SCA2 patients were analyzed for: disease duration, disease severity (SARA score), balance (Berg balance ...
Thiago R. Padilha Amarante +3 more
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Investigating the role of anticipatory reward and habit strength in obsessive-compulsive disorder [PDF]
, 2017 Aims: To determine the rates and associated illness characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients who describe their symptoms as either rewarding or habitual.
Dawson, Andrew +4 more
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What are the determinants of quality of life in people with cervical dystonia? [PDF]
, 2002 Background: Little is known about the quality of life in patients with cervical dystonia, although pain and depression are relatively common. Objective: To test the hypothesis that an individual’s ability to cope with the disease will modify the ...
Ben-Shlomo, Yoav +2 more
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Risk factors for severe ME/CFS [PDF]
, 2009 ME/CFS is a serious illness affecting several hundred thousand British people. Some 25% of people withME/CFS may be severely ill(housebound or bedbound, sometimes for decades.
Pheby, Derek, Saffron, Lisa
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Quality of Life and Related Factors in Patients with Chronic Urticaria in Kurdistan Province
مجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستان, 2020 Background and Aim: Chronic urticaria is a dermal disease with continuous rash, itching or angioedema, papules and inflammatory plaques, which under conditions transformed from the acute phase to the chronic phase, causing depression and anxiety for many
Rasoul Nasiri Kalmarzi +6 more
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Charlson Comorbidity Index and other predictors of in-hospital mortality among adults with community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de PneumologiaObjective: To compare the performance of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) with those of the mental Confusion, Urea, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, and age = 65 years (CURB-65) score and the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as predictors of all-cause in ...
Laura Fuchs Bahlis +2 more
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Community-acquired pneumonia: economics of inpatient medical care vis-à-vis clinical severity, [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015 Objective: To assess the direct and indirect costs of diagnosing and treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), correlating those costs with CAP severity at diagnosis and identifying the major cost drivers.
Vojislav Cupurdija +6 more
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Diagnosing Severe Falciparum Malaria in Parasitaemic African Children: A Prospective Evaluation of Plasma PfHRP2 Measurement. [PDF]
, 2012 In African children, distinguishing severe falciparum malaria from other severe febrile illnesses with coincidental Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia is a major challenge. P. falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (PfHRP2) is released by mature sequestered
Amos, Ben +23 more
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How are normal sleeping controls selected? A systematic review of cross-sectional insomnia studies, and a standardised method to select healthy controls for sleep research [PDF]
, 2015 There appears to be some inconsistency in how normal sleepers (controls) are selected and screened for participation in research studies for comparison with insomnia patients.
Beattie, Louise +3 more
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