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A benchmarking approach for characterizing providers’ patterns of treating patients with substance use disorder

Healthcare Analytics, 2023
It is difficult to identify fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Insurers use outlier detection models to detect SUD-related FWA but these models require credible benchmarks based on cross-payer claims data.
Sivagaminathan Palani, Steven D. Pizer, Cecille Joan Avila, Austin B. Frakt, Kiersten L. Strombotne, Melissa M. Garrido   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting Substance Abuse in the Emergency Department: A 10-Year Comparative Study [PDF]

ISRN Emergency Medicine, 2013
Aims. We have retrospectively analyzed the variations in the clinical profile of patients with a positive consumption of alcohol and/or drugs of abuse that have been confirmed and treated in the Emergency Department of a Virgen de La Arrixaca University Hospital in Murcia (Spain) after a period of 10 years.
Fernando Espi Martinez, Joaquin Nieto Munuera, Jose Antonio Noguera Velasco, Fernando Espi Forcen   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Asymptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage on Outcome After Endovascular Stroke Treatment

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Endovascular treatment (EVT) achieves high rates of recanalization in acute large‐vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, but functional recovery remains heterogeneous. While symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) has been well studied, the prognostic impact of asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (aICH) after EVT is less certain ...
Shihai Yang, Chengsong Yue, Zhuang Li, Xiaolei Shi, Haoxuan Zhu, Jie Yang, Linyu Li, Jiaxing Song, Shitao Fan, Gaoming Li, Wenzhe Sun, Zhixian Ye, Jiacheng Huang, Dahong Yang, Jinfu Ma, Xu Xu, Zhixi Wang, Lilan Wang, Guojian Liu, Fengli Li, Changwei Guo, Li Qi, Wenjie Zi   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sphincter of oddi dysfunction induced by ketamine: A case report

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Chronic ketamine use can lead to sphincter of oddi dysfunction (SOD), causing various hepatobiliary complications. Recognizing substance abuse history is vital for early detection.
Nava Raj Sharma, Arjun Basnet, Saral Lamichhane, Kripa Tiwari, Jeffy Varghese, Sudarshan Gautam, Madalasa Pokhrel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Systematic review of interventions for the secondary prevention and treatment of emotional abuse of children by primary carers [PDF]

, 2008
Background Emotional abuse (or psychological maltreatment, as it is more commonly called in the US) is an inadequately researched and poorly understood concept, despite increasing awareness about the harm it can cause to children‟s lives.
Sidebotham, Peter, Paul, Moli, Barlow, Jane, Carter, Yvonne, McMillan, Anita Schrader, Stewart-Brown, Sarah L.   +5 more
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Validity of Substances of Abuse Detection in Hair by Biochips Array Technology

Journal of Alcoholism & Drug Dependence, 2018
Using hair as a biological specimen to analyze drug abuse has been receiving elevated attention during last years because of flexibility of collection procedure and because hair does not autolysis like other body fluids or tissues. Hair testing provides a broad-spectrum detection window after drug exposure than urine testing. Hair analysis has specific
Ahmed R Ragab, Maha K Al Mazroua, Mona A El Harouny, Moustaf M Afify, Mohamed Omran, Calrole Katbai, Mohamed A Al Qurnay, Ismaiel Al Saeed, Faisyl Al Zweide   +8 more
openaire   +1 more source

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy due to Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PIGM

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective PIGM encodes a critical enzyme in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchor biosynthesis pathway. While promoter‐region mutations in PIGM have been associated with a relatively mild phenotype characterized by portal vein thrombosis and absence seizures, recent evidence suggests that coding‐region mutations result in a more severe
Júlia Sala‐Coromina, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Barbara Masotto, Marta Codina, Lamia BenJemaa, Yasmina Elaribi, Mónica Martinez‐Gallo, Roger Colobran, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Irene Valenzuela, Yoshiko Murakami, Alfons Macaya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and predictors of substance use as a factor in suicide in the USA, 2015–2020: a repeated cross-sectional analysis

BMJ Public Health
Background US rates of substance abuse and suicide mortality increased dramatically in recent years, but little is known about how rising rates of drug and alcohol use are associated with suicide.
Julie A Phillips
doaj   +1 more source

Cut-off points for screening at-risk drinking by AUDIT-C Korean version at emergency department

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Purpose: To reduce problems caused by alcohol drinking, it is necessary to identify those with ‘at-risk drinking’ behavior to maximize therapeutic access or intervention.
Kyung Wan Lee, Yoon Hee Choi, Jae Hee Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source