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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38536762/the-impact-of-musculoskeletal-ill-health-on-quality-of-life-and-function-after-critical-care-a-multicentre-prospective-cohort-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
O D Gustafson, E B King, M M Schlussel, A Arnold, C Wade, P S Nicol, M J Rowland, H Dawes, M A Williams
Physical disability is a common component of post-intensive care syndrome, but the importance of musculoskeletal health in this population is currently unknown. We aimed to determine the musculoskeletal health state of intensive care unit survivors and assess its relationship with health-related quality of life; employment; and psychological and physical function. We conducted a multicentre prospective cohort study of adults admitted to intensive care for > 48 h without musculoskeletal trauma or neurological insult...
March 27, 2024: Anaesthesia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533839/dysphagia-therapy-in-adults-with-a-tracheostomy-a-scoping-review-protocol
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Waiza Kadri, Rhiannon Halfpenny, Breege Whiten, Siofra Mulkerrin, Christina Smith
BACKGROUND: Swallowing impairment (dysphagia) and tracheostomy coexist. Research in this area has often provided an overview of dysphagia management as a whole, but there is limited information pertaining to specific dysphagia therapy in the tracheostomy population. The aim of this scoping review is to provide a detailed exploration of the literature with regard to dysphagia therapeutic interventions in adults with a tracheostomy. The scoping review will describe current evidence and thus facilitate future discussions to guide clinical practice...
March 27, 2024: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38533411/bickerstaff-encephalitis-in-childhood-a-review-of-74-cases-in-the-literature-from-1951-to-today
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REVIEW
Luca Gregorio Giaccari, Donatella Mastria, Rosella Barbieri, Rossella De Maglio, Francesca Madaro, Gianfranco Paiano, Maria Caterina Pace, Pasquale Sansone, Giuseppe Pulito, Luciana Mascia
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by the subacute onset of bilateral external ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and decreased level of consciousness. BBE is part of a group of rare autoimmune diseases in children that can affect the nervous system at any level. The onset of neurological deficits is often sudden and nonspecific. The diagnosis is based on clinical findings and abnormal findings on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
2024: Frontiers in Neurology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38532902/anxiety-and-school-avoidance-in-an-8-year-old-child-with-epilepsy
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jay Salpekar, D Dilara Ertenu
Anxiety is ubiquitous in school age children. Co-occurring medical illness adds to the complexity of identifying pathologic anxiety as opposed to that of typical development such as with social interactions or academic pressures. Anxiety may also occur in the context of cognitive difficulties or inattention, both of which may be exacerbated by epilepsy or by anti-seizure medicines themselves. Treatment strategies may require patience and long-term observations to account for the typical range of stressors that may be expected with disease progression or with development through childhood...
2024: Epilepsy & behavior reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38531241/primary-headache-disorders-among-people-living-with-hiv-in-lusaka-zambia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Curi Kim, Mashina Chomba, Arnold Phiri, Sombo Fwoloshi, Cassidy W Claassen, Lottie Hachaambwa, Deanna Saylor
OBJECTIVE: We completed a cross-sectional survey study to determine headache prevalence and its association with HIV characteristics among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Lusaka, Zambia. BACKGROUND: Headaches are common but their association with HIV status is unknown. METHODS: The HARDSHIP survey, a headache epidemiology questionnaire previously validated in Zambia, was distributed during a 3-month period to 3666 consecutive adult PLHIV attending routine clinic appointments at the Adult Infectious Diseases Centre at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia...
March 21, 2024: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38529958/a-nurse-practitioner-driven-palliative-and-supportive-care-service-in-nursing-homes-evaluation-of-a-quality-improvement-project
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joan G Carpenter, Julianne Murthi, Molly Langford, Ruth Palan Lopez
This article describes a quality improvement project implemented by a national postacute long-term care organization aimed at enhancing the provision of palliative care to nursing home residents. The project focused on improving advance care planning, end-of-life care, symptom management, and care of people living with serious illness. Both generalist and specialist palliative care training were provided to nurse practitioners in addition to implementing a system to identify residents most likely to benefit from a palliative approach to care...
March 26, 2024: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing: JHPN
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38529614/the-epidemiology-of-eye-illness-in-para-athletes-in-the-winter-and-summer-settings-a-systematic-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lovemore Kunorozva, Phoebe Runciman, Ali Ganai, Wayne E Derman
The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate eye illnesses in Para athletes in the Winter and Summer settings. A search was conducted using PubMed-Medline, EbscoHost, and Web of Science for full-text original research articles published anytime until November 2022. Studies that reported quantitative data on eye illness in highly active individuals and Para athletes, at any level of performance (elite/non-elite/recreational), aged 15-75 years were included. Of the eight studies included, two reported eye pathologies in athletes with visual impairment (VI) only, and six studies reported specific factors associated with eye illnesses in various impairments...
March 25, 2024: American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38529567/meaning-making-among-parents-of-children-with-severe-neurologic-impairment-in-the-picu
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jori F Bogetz, Ellie Oslin, Maeve O'Donnell, Krysta S Barton, Joyce P Yi-Frazier, R Scott Watson, Abby R Rosenberg
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Parents and family caregivers of children with severe neurologic impairment (SNI) experience many stressors, especially during their child's critical illness. This study aimed to examine parent experiences around the time of their child's PICU care to explore ways parents make meaning in relation to these stressors. METHODS: This qualitative study of data from a single center in the United States followed Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines...
March 26, 2024: Pediatrics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38529465/a-case-report-of-neuro-beh%C3%A3-et-syndrome-frequent-neurological-manifestations-concurrent-with-life-threatening-illnesses
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Omar Ballut, Mayas M Almahi, Banan S Alghamdi, Najla K Alzahrani, Maali A Alghamdi
​​​​Behçet disease (BD) is a recurrent, multisystemic autoimmune vasculitis that affects both small and large vessels. A combination of neurological signs and symptoms in BD is called neuro-Behçet syndrome (NBS). We present the case of a 31-year-old male diagnosed with chronic progressive NBS who presented with multiple relapsing episodes concurrent with infective endocarditis due to intravenous drug abuse, drug-induced hepatitis, acute kidney injury, and septic shock that is not related to BD...
February 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38528745/the-content-of-patients-emotional-expressions-during-follow-up-consultations-for-chronic-diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kebir Yasmina, Saint-Dizier de Almeida Valérie
OBJECTIVES: In this article, we seek to extract the themes that patients share when they express negative emotions in the context of follow-up consultation of chronic illness. We are mainly interested in patients with chronic illnesses, as these pathologies have a significant emotional overload leading to a significant deterioration of the patient's quality of life. METHODS: Our corpus included audio recordings of 12 chronic disease follow-up consultations conducted by physicians practicing in neurology, nutrition, internal medicine and infectiology...
March 25, 2024: Chronic Illness
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38527637/physical-activity-and-prevention-of-mental-health-complications-an-umbrella-review
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REVIEW
Masoud Rahmati, San Lee, Dong Keon Yon, Seung Won Lee, Raphael Udeh, Mark McEvoy, Hans Oh, Laurie Butler, Helen Keyes, Yvonne Barnett, Ai Koyanagi, Jae Il Shin, Lee Smith
The potential of physical activity in preventing mental health issues has garnered interest among health professionals. We conducted a systematic umbrella review of evidence supporting the relationship between physical activity and the prevention of mental health complications. Our findings revealed a significant association between higher physical activity levels and reduced risk of depression (OR = 0.77, 95% CI 0.72 - 0.82). This association was consistent across various age groups, sex, and geographical regions...
March 23, 2024: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38525630/informal-gold-miners-with-mercury-toxicity-novel-asymmetrical-neurological-presentations
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
J George, E Sadiq, I Moola, S Maharaj, A Mochan
Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal that may cause neurological, respiratory, gastrointestinal and dermatological illnesses. Previously described neurological manifestations of mercury toxicity are symmetrical, and include a pancerebellar syndrome, generalised seizures and encephalopathy. Mercury is used in the gold mining process, and in artisanal or illicit gold mining, often without necessary protection. Here we describe the cases of two artisanal gold miners from western Johannesburg, South Africa, who presented with atypical neurological manifestations of mercury toxicity...
December 4, 2023: South African Medical Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38524031/gold-nanoparticles-in-parkinson-s-disease-therapy-a-focus-on-plant-based-green-synthesis
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REVIEW
Tsenka Grancharova, Stanislava Simeonova, Bissera Pilicheva, Plamen Zagorchev
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects approximately 1% of people over the age of 60 and 5% of those over the age of 85. Current drugs for Parkinson's disease mainly affect the symptoms and cannot stop its progression. Nanotechnology provides a solution to address some challenges in therapy, such as overcoming the blood-brain barrier (BBB), adverse pharmacokinetics, and the limited bioavailability of therapeutics. The reformulation of drugs into nanoparticles (NPs) can improve their biodistribution, protect them from degradation, reduce the required dose, and ensure target accumulation...
February 2024: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38523222/neuropsychiatric-comorbidities-in-tuberous-sclerosis-complex-patients-with-epilepsy-results-of-the-tand-checklist-survey
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hom-Yi Lee, Chien-Heng Lin, Xing-An Wang, Jeng-Dau Tsai
PURPOSE: In addition to epilepsy, individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) experience a wide range of behavioral, psychiatric, intellectual, academic, and psychosocial problems. They usually exert a large psychological burden on individuals with these illnesses. METHODS: This cross-sectional study used TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND) checklist interviews conducted at a single medical center. The enrollment of all subjects was > 6 years, and the comorbidities of neurodevelopmental disorders were assessed by clinical psychologists before enrollment...
March 25, 2024: Acta Neurologica Belgica
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38522223/middle-meningeal-artery-embolization-reduces-recurrence-following-surgery-for-septated-chronic-subdural-hematomas
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Juan Carlos Martinez-Gutierrez, Bryden H Dawes, Hussein A Zeineddine, William W Wroe, Salvatore A D'Amato, Hyun Woo Kim, Michael I Nahhas, Peng Roc Chen, Spiros L Blackburn, Sunil A Sheth, Ching-Jen Chen, Ashutosh Mahapatra, Ryan S Kitagawa, Mark J Dannenbaum
BACKGROUND: Septated chronic subdural hematomas (cSDH) have high rates of recurrence despite surgical evacuation. Middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) has emerged as a promising adjuvant for secondary prevention, yet its efficacy remains ill-defined. METHODS: This is a retrospective review of septated cSDH cases treated at our institution. The surgery-only group was derived from cases performed before 2018, and the surgery+MMAE group was derived from cases performed 2018 or later...
March 21, 2024: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38520374/neurocognitive-impairment-in-post-covid-19-condition-in-adults-narrative-review-of-the-current-literature
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
William Garmoe, Kavitha Rao, Bethany Gorter, Rachel Kantor
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus has, up to the time of this article, resulted in >770 million cases of COVID-19 illness worldwide, and approximately 7 million deaths, including >1.1 million in the United States. Although defined as a respiratory virus, early in the pandemic, it became apparent that considerable numbers of people recovering from COVID-19 illness experienced persistence or new onset of multi-system health problems, including neurologic and cognitive and behavioral health concerns...
March 22, 2024: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology: the Official Journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38519849/an-individualized-yoga-intervention-for-people-with-functional-neurological-disorder-case-series
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Danielle Kipnis, Sally Leung, Abigail R Schreier, Kimberly Kwei, Hiral Shah, Lori Quinn
Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a heterogeneous condition of neurological symptoms that cannot be linked to a specific neurological cause. Yoga combines movement, breathing, and meditation and has established mind-body effects for people who are managing both psychological and neurological conditions. This case series describes key components of a yoga program for people with FND, evaluating feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy via self-report surveys, clinical assessments, and postintervention interview...
March 1, 2024: International Journal of Yoga Therapy
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38516342/an-improvement-project-in-reducing-after-visit-phone-calls-in-a-community-pediatric-neurology-clinic-too-much-communication
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thara R Bala
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Physicians strive to provide high-quality clinical care, yet after-visit patient telephone calls create extra demands on a clinician's time. Pediatric neurologists are particularly affected by this challenge given the number of patients with chronic illnesses they serve and the volume of worried parents they support. Added workload coupled with a busy office practice increases the likelihood of early physician burnout, which can have downstream effects on the quality of patient care and patient satisfaction...
April 2024: Neurology. Clinical Practice
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38513761/the-predictive-potential-of-heart-rate-variability-for-depression
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REVIEW
Galin Shir, Keren Hanna
Heart rate variability (HRV),a measure of the fluctuations in the intervals between consecutive heartbeats, is an indicator of changes in the autonomic nervous system. A chronic reduction in HRV has been repeatedly linked to clinical depression. However, the chronological and mechanistic aspects of this relationship, between the neural, physiological, and psychopathological levels, remain unclear. In this review we present evidence by which changes in HRV might precede the onset of depression. We describe several pathways that can facilitate this relationship...
March 19, 2024: Neuroscience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38509645/palliative-psychiatry-for-a-patient-with-treatment-refractory-schizophrenia-and-severe-chronic-malignant-catatonia-case-report
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Junona Elgudin, Clark Johnsen, Anna Lisa Westermair, Manuel Trachsel
BACKGROUND: Palliative psychiatry is an emerging field that suggests a role for palliative interventions in the management of severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Current literature describes using a palliative approach for patients with severe anorexia nervosa. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing end-of-life care in a patient with treatment-refractory catatonic schizophrenia. CASE DESCRIPTION: We describe the case of a 49-year-old man with schizophrenia and severe chronic agitated/malignant catatonia who was hospitalized for ten months...
March 19, 2024: Annals of Palliative Medicine
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