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Wien Klin Wochenschr 2019 Apr 12. Epub 2019 Apr 12.

Interne Abteilung, Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl - Natters, Hochzirl, Österreich.

Metabolic diseases dramatically affect the life of men and women from infancy up to old age in different and manifold ways and are a major challenge for the healthcare system. The treating physicians are confronted with the different needs of women and men in the clinical routine. Gender-specific differences affect screening, diagnostic and treatment strategies as well as the development of complications and mortality rates. Read More

Circulation 2019 Apr 8:CIR0000000000000679. Epub 2019 Apr 8.

Cardiovascular disease is a competing cause of death in patients with cancer with early-stage disease. This elevated cardiovascular disease risk is thought to derive from both the direct effects of cancer therapies and the accumulation of risk factors such as hypertension, weight gain, cigarette smoking, and loss of cardiorespiratory fitness. Effective and viable strategies are needed to mitigate cardiovascular disease risk in this population; a multimodal model such as cardiac rehabilitation may be a potential solution. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Apr;98(14):e15111

Post Graduate Program in Biophotonics, Nove de Julho University (UNINOVE), São Paulo, Brazil.

Background: High blood pressure (HBP) is a multifactorial clinical condition, with a high morbidity and mortality rate and low rates of control. Due to its high prevalence, it is necessary to search for methods which aim to improve the quality of life of hypertensive patients. Studies have shown that low level laser therapy (LLLT) is capable of inducing a photobiological response within the cells which modifies the micro and macrovascular response; this accompanies evidence showing the systemic effects of intravascular laser irradiation of blood (ILIB). Read More

Yakugaku Zasshi 2019 ;139(4):533-538

Itoyaku.

We have conducted health promotion workshops in Kobe City, beginning in June 2016, to promote the view of pharmacies as community health centers that provide not only medicine but also offer support for maintaining and enhancing a person's health. To this end, we collaborated with Kobe Women's University (KWU). Our health promotion workshops included: 1. Read More

Disabil Rehabil 2019 Mar 29:1-7. Epub 2019 Mar 29.

f John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research , The University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia.

Objective: We aimed to describe the causes, types, and consequences of lower limb amputation and the demographics of subjects with such amputation who attended a tertiary rehabilitation center in Bangladesh, Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed.

Methods: Cross-sectional data were collected from subjects with lower limb amputation who attended a specialized rehabilitation center between January 2014 and August 2016. Telephone interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(13):e15057

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daemyungdong, Namku, Taegu, Republic of Korea.

Rationale: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction. We describe a patient with stroke who presented with TC caused by serotonin syndrome (SS) following the administration of serotonergic and dopaminergic agents.

Patient Concerns: A 55-year-old man with stroke was administered venlafaxine, tianeptine, ropinirole, carbidopa/levodopa, bromocriptine, and methylphenidate during rehabilitation. Read More

Pol Merkur Lekarski 2019 Mar;46(273):142-145

Department of Neuroorthopedics, Mazovian Centre of Rehabilitation STOCER, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland.

Spinal cord infarction is very rare condition and usually occurs in the thoracic region of the spine. The etiology is often unknown and patophysiology can be diverse. The stroke may occur while performing a surgical procedure, but it is also found in vascular diseases, for example dissecting aneurysms, vasculitis and vascular malformations. Read More

Dement Neurocogn Disord 2018 Mar 31;17(1):11-22. Epub 2018 Mar 31.

Department of Neurology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea.

Background And Purpose: Evaluating instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) is an important part of procedure to diagnose dementia. The Korean-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (K-IADL) has been used extensively in Korea. However, its cut-off score has not been reformulated since 2002. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(12):e14977

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, South Korea.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between radionuclide salivagram findings and clinical characteristics in stroke patient with swallowing difficulty.In this study, dysphagic stroke patients who had undergone both a radionuclide salivagram and videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) were included retrospectively. To evaluate the correlations between clinical parameters and salivary aspiration, clinical parameters, such as stroke lesion, the degree of paralysis, sex, age, onset duration of stroke, the score of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the score of the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), the total score of the Modified Barthel Index (MBI), and each sub-score of the MBI were collected and analyzed. Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 03 20;3:CD003154. Epub 2019 Mar 20.

Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Level 4, Main Hospital, Room 4401C, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK, OX3 9DU.

Background: Memantine is a moderate affinity uncompetitive antagonist of glutamate NMDA receptors. It is licensed for use in moderate and severe Alzheimer's disease (AD); in the USA, it is also widely used off-label for mild AD.

Objectives: To determine efficacy and safety of memantine for people with dementia. Read More

BMC Rheumatol 2018 7;2. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

1Department of Internal Medicine II, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Rheumatology, Pneumology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is well known to affect folic acid metabolism, so MTX treatment can result in alterations of mean corpuscular volume (MCV), which may impact on red cell distribution width (RDW), as MCV levels feed into RDW calculation. We thus questioned whether RDW levels and subsequently its diagnostic utility in RA subjects, as reported before, are influenced by ongoing MTX therapy.We assessed the impact of disease modifying drug (DMARD) treatment, especially MTX, on RDW and evaluated their influence on the predictive value of RDW for cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Read More

Health Technol Assess 2019 Mar;23(10):1-242

Dementia Services Development Centre, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.

Background: Cognitive rehabilitation (CR) is an individualised, person-centred intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia that addresses the impact of cognitive impairment on everyday functioning.

Objectives: To determine whether or not CR is a clinically effective and cost-effective intervention for people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease or vascular or mixed dementia, and their carers.

Design: This multicentre randomised controlled trial compared CR with treatment as usual (TAU). Read More

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 03 14;3:CD010748. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, Dresden, Germany, 01307.

Background: People with coronary heart disease (CHD) often require prolonged absences from work to convalesce after acute disease events like myocardial infarctions (MI) or revascularisation procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Reduced functional capacity and anxiety due to CHD may further delay or prevent return to work.

Objectives: To assess the effects of person- and work-directed interventions aimed at enhancing return to work in patients with coronary heart disease compared to usual care or no intervention. Read More

BMC Neurol 2019 Mar 12;19(1):40. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, S-901 87, Umeå, Sweden.

Background: The efficacy of early supported discharge (ESD) has not been tested in current stroke care setting, which provide relatively short hospital stays, access to hyper-acute therapies and early carotid stenosis interventions. This study aimed to compare patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) among patients with stroke that received modern stroke unit care with or without ESD.

Methods: Observational study of 30,232 patients with first-ever stroke registered in the Riksstroke registry in Sweden, between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2013. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(10):e14817

Research Group on Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), University of Girona, Girona.

Two aspects arise concerning the use of self-measured blood pressure monitoring to diagnose white-coat hypertension (WCH): the presence of target organ damage (TOD) and the normal cut-off threshold. This study aims to evaluate the cardiovascular risk of WCH according to different self-measured blood pressure normal cut-off thresholds and the influence of TOD at baseline.In all, 678 patients were followed for 6. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(10):e14807

Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo.

Rationale: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a disease with a poor prognosis, characterized by chronic thromboembolic obstruction of the pulmonary arteries and pulmonary hypertension. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is a newly emergent treatment for CTEPH, which may substitute pulmonary endarterectomy, the standard but more invasive treatment for CTEPH. Here, we report the case of a CTEPH patient who underwent 2 noncardiac surgeries without complications after preoperative intervention of BPA. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(10):e14750

Department of Neurosurgery.

Background: Previous studies have reported that acupuncture combined Bobath approach (BA) can be used to treat limbs paralysis (LP) after hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HICH) effectively. However, no systematic review has explored its effectiveness and safety for LP following HICH. In this systematic review, we aim to assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture plus BA for the treatment of LP following HICH. Read More

Ann Rehabil Med 2019 Feb 28;43(1):81-86. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Objective: To find out whether levels of fibrin degradation products (FDP) and D-dimer are increased in breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) as in many vascular diseases. FDP and D-dimer have been used in blood tests to help differentiate deep vein thrombosis in the diagnosis of lymphedema. Levels of FDP and D-dimer are often elevated in patients with BCRL. Read More

Vasc Health Risk Manag 2019 14;15:19-25. Epub 2019 Feb 14.

Cardiac Rehabilitation Department, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Milano, Italy,

Purpose: Numerous studies on thromboembolic prevention for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) have shown either equal or better efficacy and safety of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) compared to warfarin, even for patients aged ≥75 years. Data on elderly patients, in particular, octogenarians, are lacking. Paradoxically, this population is the one with the highest risk of bleeding and stroke with a worse prognosis. Read More

Biol Pharm Bull 2019 Mar 2. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Department of Ultrasound, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province.

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis pathway is considered to play a vital role in mediating stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases. Previous studies have showed that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antagonism reduced cerebral ischemic/reperfusion (CI/R) damage, but whether attenuation of ER stress-induced apoptosis is contributing to its mechanisms remains elusive. Our study aimed to investigate the protective effect of VEGF antagonism on CI/R-induced injury. Read More

Med Sci Monit 2019 Mar 2;25:1621-1628. Epub 2019 Mar 2.

Department of Physical Therapy, Kyungnam University, Changwon, South Korea.

BACKGROUND As most of the existing whole-body vibration (WBV) training programs provide vertical or rotatory vibration, studies on the effects of horizontal vibration have rarely been reported. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of WBV in the horizontal direction on balance and gait ability in chronic stroke survivors. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial. Read More

Minerva Med 2019 Apr;110(2):173-175

Department of Geriatrics, "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(9):e14726

Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University, Jiamusi, China.

Background: Previous studies have reported that rehabilitation training combined acupuncture (RTA) can be used for the treatment of limb hemiplegia (LH) caused by cerebral hemorrhage (CH). However, its effectiveness is still unclear. In this systematic review study, we aim to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of RTA for LH following CH. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(9):e14492

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, College of Medicine.

Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a rare but possible medical complication found in stroke patients. As many stroke patients present with neurologic symptoms, such as altered mental status, motor weakness, global aphasia, or dysarthria, clinical symptoms and signs of AC are often unexpressed or overlooked. As a result, the diagnosis of AC is often delayed with subsequent secondary complications in these stroke patients. Read More

NeuroRehabilitation 2019 ;44(1):67-77

Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.

Background: Balance disorders cause disability in stroke and increase risk of falls. The Balance Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest), examines balance, determines parameters causing balance disorders, provides information on risk factors for falls.

Objective: To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of the BESTest in determining the risk of falls in stroke patients. Read More

NeuroRehabilitation 2019 ;44(1):131-140

Department of Physical Therapy, Georgia State University, GA, USA.

Background: Pusher syndrome (PS) is a clinical disorder that causes decreased postural balance and active pushing away from the non-hemiparetic side in patients with right or left brain damage. Therapists are challenged by needing to manage both the hemiparetic and the pushing/non-hemiparetic sides. There is a minimal amount of evidence about effective treatment interventions for PS. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(8):e14501

Department of Research and Innovation, Institut Guttmann, Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació adscrit a la UAB, Badalona, Barcelona.

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of disabilities worldwide. One of the key disciplines in stroke rehabilitation is physical therapy which is primarily aimed at restoring and maintaining activities of daily living (ADL). Several meta-analyses have found different interventions improving functional capacity and reducing disability. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(8):e14184

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea and Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea.

Rationale: Most perineural cysts are asymptomatic and discovered incidentally at the time of imaging. Although enlargement of the perineural cyst (PC) through a ball-valve mechanism and resultant compression of the adjacent neural or bony structures are known to be a source of pain in PCs, the reason why asymptomatic PCs become symptomatic is unclear. The authors report a case of PC, which was presumed to become symptomatic after subarachnoid hemorrhage without enlargement of the pre-existing PC. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(8):e13918

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Shanghai International Medical Center, No. 4358, Kangxin Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China.

Rationale: Spasticity is a common issue in chronic stroke. To date, no study has reported the long-term (up to 1 year) outcomes of Fu's subcutaneous needling in combination with constraint-induced movement therapy in chronic stroke. This report describes the successful addition of acupuncture on spasticity and arm function in a patient with chronic stroke and arm paresis. Read More

J Cardiothorac Surg 2019 Feb 26;14(1):39. Epub 2019 Feb 26.

Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.

Background: Heparinized solution (HS) use for the maintenance of arterial cannulas has been associated with coagulation disorders and has not been conclusively shown to confer additional benefits over normal saline (NS) alone. We tested the hypothesis that in adult patients admitted to the cardiac ICU (T0) after cardiac surgery, HS arterial cannulas might be independently associated with increased heparin-induced coagulation disorders and might not be superior to NS arterial cannulas in reducing arterial cannula occlusion.

Methods: In this cohort study, 170 patients who received NS arterial cannulas during the period from T0 to ICU discharge were included in this study from June 1, 2017, to May 1, 2018 (NS group). Read More

Clin Interv Aging 2019 1;14:249-252. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China,

BMC Gastroenterol 2019 Feb 19;19(1):33. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Department of Family Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, No. 135, St. Nan-Xiao, Changhua City, 500, Taiwan.

Background: The prevalence rate of reflux esophagitis (RE) in Asia, including Taiwan, has increased dramatically in recent years. However, few studies have discussed on its relationship with metabolic syndrome (MetS). This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between RE and MetS and its components. Read More

Eur J Heart Fail 2019 Apr 19;21(4):436-444. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Cardiology Division, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Aims: Obesity is associated with increased risk of heart failure (HF). This risk may be modulated by improved cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) as CRF is associated with favourable health outcomes. Thus, we assessed the interaction between body mass index (BMI), CRF and HF. Read More

Clin Interv Aging 2019 31;14:241-247. Epub 2019 Jan 31.

Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan,

Objectives: To assess the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on nocturia in ischemic stroke patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: This was a prospective and non-randomized controlled study in which ischemic stroke patients with OSA being treated in a rehabilitation ward were enrolled. The participants who tolerated CPAP were classified as the CPAP group, while those who refused or could not tolerate CPAP were classified as the control group. Read More

Clin Interv Aging 2019 23;14:203-207. Epub 2019 Jan 23.

Department of Neurosurgery, Inner Mongolia Xing'an Meng People's Hospital, Ulanhot 137400, China,

Objective: Intracranial aneurysm is a kind of severe intracranial disease mainly responsible for subarachnoid hemorrhage, and the rupture of intracranial aneurysm results in a mortality rate of 30%-40%. For the first time in the world, this study aimed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in Chinese elderly patients with intracranial aneurysm.

Methods: In this study, 300 elderly patients with intracranial aneurysm were recruited and divided into two groups as follows: ERAS group (n=150, ERAS protocol) and control group (n=150, conventional management). Read More

Zhen Ci Yan Jiu 2019 Jan;44(1):51-6

Rehabilitation Department, Wuhan Third Hospital, Tongren Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.

Objective: To observe the short-term and long-term therapeutic effects of internal heat-type acupuncture needle (IHTAN) therapy combined with acupoint injection of Ofor post-stroke shoulder pain in apopletic patients.

Methods: Patients with post-stroke shoulder pain were divided into warm needle moxibustion ＋ acupoint injection group (29 cases), acupoint injection group (30 cases) and IHTAN＋acupoint injection group (29 cases) according to the random number table. For acupoint injection, O solution (3 mL, 30 µg/mL) was injected into Jianyu (LI15), Jianliao (SJ14), Jianzhen (LI9), Binao (LI14) and Ashi points (4-6 acupoints every time) on the affected side, once every other day for 4 weeks. Read More

Zhen Ci Yan Jiu 2019 Jan;44(1):47-50

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029.

Objective: To observe the effect of deep acupuncture of Tiantu (CV22), etc. in combination with rehabilitation training on swallowing function of patients with post-stroke dysphasia.

Methods: A total of 70 patients suffering from post-stroke dysphagia were randomly divided into control group (conventional acupuncture＋ swallowing rehabilitation training) and treatment group (deep acupuncture of CV22 ＋ rehabilitation training, ＝ 35 cases in each group). Read More

Zhen Ci Yan Jiu 2019 Jan;44(1):31-6

College of Acupuncture-moxibustion and Massage, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410007, China.

Objective: To observe the effect of "Neiguan" (PC6)-electroacupuncture (EA) or moxibustion (Moxi) pretreatment on myocardial apoptosis and expression of autophagy related proteins light chain (LC) 3-Ⅰ and LC3-Ⅱ in rats with myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MIRI), so as to explore their mechanisms underlying improvement of MIRI.

Methods: Forty SD rats (half male and half female) were randomly divided into sham operation, model, ischemic preconditioning (IP), EA and Moxi groups (＝8 in each group). EA (10 Hz/50 Hz, 1 mA) or Moxi (ignited moxa stick) was respectively applied to bilateral "Neiguan" (PC6) for 20 min, once daily for 7 days. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(7):e14503

Sino-French Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou.

Due to the indistinct nature of symptoms for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease (CSVD), diagnosis is often missed. With significant deterioration of movement disorder, risk of falls increases dramatically.Comparison study was conducted to explore the association between balance function and gait instability, and the treatment effectiveness of visual feedback balance training on the gait disorder in CSVD patients. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(7):e14479

First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Introduction: Poststroke depression is a serious and common complication of stroke, especially the ischemic poststroke depression. Antidepressants are used in poststroke depression, and acupuncture may be an alternative approach. However, the efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture for poststroke depression has not been confirmed. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(7):e14444

Department of Medicine Systems, University of Rome, "Tor Vergata".

Background: Upper extremity functional impairments are common consequences of stroke. Therefore, continuous investigation of effective interventions for upper extremity functions after stroke is a necessity. Segmental muscle vibration (SMV) is one of the interventions that incorporate sensory stimulation to improve motor cortical excitability. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Feb;98(7):e14307

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Rationale: A few mechanisms of recovery from an injured corticospinal tract (CST) in stroke patients have been reported: recovery of an injured CST through (1) normal CST pathway, (2) peri-lesional reorganization, and (3) shifting of the cortical origin area of an injured CST from the other areas to the primary motor cortex. However, it has not been clearly elucidated so far.

Patient Concerns: A 57-year-old male patient presented with complete weakness of the right extremities due to an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in the left basal ganglia. Read More

Sci Rep 2019 Feb 13;9(1):1994. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Lymphangiogenesis occurs in response to renal injury and is correlated with interstitial fibrosis. Diabetes- and high-fat diet (HFD)-induced intrarenal lipotoxicity and their relationships with lymphangiogenesis are not established. We used PPARα agonist, fenofibrate, to unravel the linkage between lipotoxicity and lymphangiogenesis. Read More

Neurol Res 2019 May 13;41(5):456-465. Epub 2019 Feb 13.

i Department of Cardiology , Kangji Hospital , Hebei , China.

Background And Purpose: To develop and validate a risk model (Extracranial Carotid Artery Stenosis progression score, ECAS-PS) and to predict risk of ECAS progression.

Methods: The ECAS-PS was developed based on the Renqiu Stroke Screening Study (RSSS), in which eligible participants were randomly divided into derivation (60%) and validation (40%) cohorts. ECAS at baseline and follow-up was diagosed by carotid duplex ultrasound according to the published criteria. Read More

Biomed Res Int 2019 14;2019:2462561. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea.

Chronic prostatitis typically occurs in aging men, and its symptoms include frequent and painful urination. In recent study, several studies have shown that Korean red ginseng (KRG) can be used in the prevention and treatment of various diseases. The objective of this study is to investigate whether KRG can play a role in repressing the development of chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (CNP) in male Wistar rats. Read More

Vasc Med 2019 02;24(1):78

2 Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Indian Pediatr 2018 Dec;55(12):1089-1090

Department of Neonatalogy, Surya Children Medicare, Mumbai, India.

Background: Vascular air embolism (VAE) is rare but potentially lethal condition, and survival is rarely reported in newborn.

Characteristics: A preterm (27+1 weeks) neonate on Continuous positive airway pressure developed sudden cardiac asystole on day 3 of life and required 30 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Observation: Infant had air embolism in liver and brain. Read More

World Neurosurg 2019 Mar 8;123:e700-e708. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Department of Neurology and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Objective: Despite no clear evidence from randomized trials, surgical intervention of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) still occurs. We sought to describe the characteristics of patients undergoing surgical intervention in ICH.

Methods: Data from the ERICH (ERICH Ethnic/Racial Variations of Intracerebral Hemorrhage) study were analyzed, and patients with ICH were categorized into surgical intervention or nonoperative management groups. Read More

NeuroRehabilitation 2019 ;44(1):37-41

Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea.

Background: Stroke patients have a lower quality of life than other people.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of balance and gait function of stroke patients on their quality of life.

Methods: Twenty-seven subjects participated in the experiment. Read More

Artif Organs 2019 Feb 11. Epub 2019 Feb 11.

Department of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Anne´s Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.

There is ample evidence that maintenance of basic physical fitness through exercise training is crucial for patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Rehabilitation based on neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) of thigh muscles has been shown to have many beneficial effects in patients with chronic diseases. It is likely that NMES could have beneficial effects also in patients on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Read More