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Implementation of kidney palliative care-lessons learned from the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2023
Advanced kidney disease is a progressive life-limiting illness associated with high symptom burden, disability, and highly intensive care near the end of life.
Paul M. Palevsky, Scott Shreve, Susan P Y Wong   +2 more
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Patients’ understanding of shared decision-making in a mental health setting: The importance of the patient-provider relationship [PDF]

, 2014
Shared decision making is a fundamental component of patient-centered care and has been linked to positive health outcomes. Increasingly, researchers are turning their attention to shared decision making in mental health; however, few studies have ...
Eliacin, Johanne, Kukla, Marina, Matthias, Marianne S., Salyers, Michelle P.   +3 more
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Oligoclonal Bands in Multiple System Atrophy: Case Report and Proposed Mechanisms of Immunogenicity

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disease with heterogeneous manifestations and is therefore difficult to diagnose definitively. Because of this, oftentimes an extensive workup for mimickers is undertaken. We herein report a case where
Lee E. Neilson, Lee E. Neilson, Christopher Hollen, Christopher Hollen, Amie Hiller, Amie Hiller, Lindsey Wooliscroft, Lindsey Wooliscroft   +7 more
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Postural Changes in Blood Pressure Associated with Interactions between Candidate Genes for Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Exposure to Particulate Matter [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND. Fine particulate matter [aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5)] has been associated with autonomic dysregulation. OBJECTIVE. We hypothesized that PM2.5 influences postural changes in systolic blood pressure (ΔSBP) and in diastolic blood ...
Andrea Baccarelli, Audrey Poon, Augusto A. Litonjua, Benjamini Y, David Sparrow, Elissa Wilker, Ferris BG, Helen Suh, Joel Schwartz, Murray A. Mittleman, Pantel Vokonas, Poon AH, Poon AH, Robert O. Wright   +13 more
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HIV care using differentiated service delivery during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a nationwide cohort study in the US Department of Veterans Affairs

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest provider of HIV care in the United States. Changes in healthcare delivery became necessary with the COVID‐19 pandemic.
K. McGinnis, M. Skanderson, A. Justice, Kathleen M. Akgün, J. Tate, J. King, C. Rentsch, V. Marconi, E. Hsieh, C. Ruser, F. Kidwai-Khan, Roozbeh Yousefzadeh, Joseph Erdos, L. Park   +13 more
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SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with higher odds of insulin treatment but not with hemoglobin A1c at 120 days in U.S. Veterans with new-onset diabetes

Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 2023
Aims: To examine associations of SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19 with insulin treatment in new-onset diabetes. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using Veterans Health Administration data (March 1, 2020–June 1, 2022).
Pandora L. Wander, Elliott Lowy, Anna Korpak, Lauren A. Beste, Steven E. Kahn, Edward J. Boyko   +5 more
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Alfred H. Washburn\u27s Award of Disability Compensation, May 28, 1924 [PDF]

, 1924
Alfred Henry Washburn\u27s Award of Disability Compensation for being totally disabled.https://digitalmaine.com/washburn_241502/1002/thumbnail ...
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Caring for Homebound Veterans during COVID-19 in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Foster Home Program

Geriatrics, 2022
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic made older, homebound adults with multiple chronic conditions increasingly vulnerable to contracting the virus. The United States (US) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Foster Home (MFH) program cares for such
L. Haverhals, C. Manheim, Maya S. Katz, C. Levy   +3 more
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Traumatic Microhemorrhages Are Not Synonymous With Axonal Injury

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is caused by acceleration‐deceleration forces during trauma that shear white matter tracts. Susceptibility‐weighted MRI (SWI) identifies microbleeds that are considered the radiologic hallmark of DAI and are used in clinical prognostication.
Karinn Sytsma, Rhonda Mittenzwei, Heather Maioli, Amanda Kirkland, C. Dirk Keene, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia, Christine Mac Donald, Chiara Maffei, Brian L. Edlow, Amber L. Nolan   +9 more
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Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2015 Appropriations [PDF]

, 2015
[Excerpt] The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides funding for the planning, design, construction, alteration, and improvement of facilities used by active and reserve military components worldwide ...
Else, Daniel H, Moulta-Ali, Umar, Panangala, Sidath Viranga   +2 more
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