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Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
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Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Affiliations :
Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Affiliations :
Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan, USA.
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Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
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University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Publications dans "Bactériurie" :
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Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km.3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy.
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km.3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy. floriana.gernone@uniba.it.
Publications dans "Bactériurie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km.3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km.3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km.3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy.
Publications dans "Bactériurie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Strada Provinciale per Casamassima km.3, 70010, Valenzano, Italy.
Publications dans "Bactériurie" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
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Department of Urology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: alg2247@cumc.columbia.edu.
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
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Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System, Toronto.
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Health Network, Toronto.
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto.
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Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto.
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Patients presenting to the emergency department with paralysis can have a wide differential diagnosis. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a rare disorder causing transient flaccid paralysis in the...
Our aim was to report our experience with TPP at a tertiary care center in the United States....
A retrospective chart review was conducted between January 2006 and February 2022 to identify cases of TPP and determine their demographic and clinical characteristics. Prevalence of TPP was estimated...
Thirty-three patients with TPP were identified. All of the patients were male; median age was 28 years, and 85% were Hispanic. All patients had hypokalemia at presentation and 23% had rebound hyperkal...
Young Hispanic men presenting with paralysis should be evaluated for TPP, as the prevalence in this population may be higher than estimated previously. Management of TPP involves treatment of underlyi...
Hypothyroidism, a commonly encountered thyroid disorder, usually manifests with readily recognizable typical features. However, an unusual presentation of a classic thyroid disorder may hinder accurat...
Neural plasticity allows us to learn skills and incorporate new experiences. What happens when our lived experiences fundamentally change, such as after a severe injury? To address this question, we a...
A male patient in his late 30s with a history of Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer relapse, which recently started chemotherapy, was admitted to the emergency department with acute lower limb weakn...
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HyperKPP) is a rare disease with significant anaesthetic implications. We compare two perioperative courses in the same patient. The first surgery resulted in paralysi...
The determinants and driving forces of communication abilities in the locked-in state are poorly understood so far. Results from an experimental-clinical study on a completely paralyzed person involve...
Information regarding frequency, details of neurological signs and recovery patterns of patients with secondary hypokalaemic paralysis (HP) is limited. This study aimed to analyse the frequency, aetio...
The clinical and laboratory records of 18 consecutive patients with secondary HP aged ≥ 18 years admitted to our hospital between April 2011 and March 2022 were reviewed. Patients with inherited hypok...
Of the 18 patients, 16 had a common aetiology: chronic alcoholism, diarrhoea or an imbalanced diet. Initial symptoms, such as fatigue, were often atypical. Three patients had prominent asymmetric limb...
Secondary HP can be caused by a variety of conditions, but mainly occurs due to lifestyle conditions/disorders. Secondary HP often presents with atypical symptoms, and the initial symptoms can be non-...
Acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance continues globally as part of the World Health Organization's goal to eradicate poliomyelitis. The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU), Paediatric...
Data were reported nationally by paediatricians via prospective APSU surveillance, PAEDS surveillance nurses at five tertiary paediatric hospitals and NERL from 2007 to 2017. Children aged 0-15 years ...
Of 590 AFP-compatible cases, 49% were male; 47% were aged 0-4 years, 9% aged <1 year. Annual incidence of AFP was 1.3 cases per 100,000 children aged <15 years. Lower limb paralysis was the most frequ...
Estimated incidence of GBS, ADEM, and TM in Australian children was comparable with international rates. There was stable incidence of AFP in Australian children between 2007 and 2017. GBS, ADEM, and ...
Robotic exoskeletons leverage technology that assists people with spinal cord injury (SCI) to walk. The efficacy of home and community exoskeletal use has not been studied in a randomized clinical tri...
To examine whether use of a wheelchair plus an exoskeleton compared with use of only a wheelchair led to clinically meaningful net improvements in patient-reported outcomes for mental and physical hea...
This RCT of veterans with SCI was conducted at 15 Veterans Affairs medical centers in the US from September 6, 2016, to September 27, 2021. Data analysis was performed from March 10, 2022, to June 20,...
Participants were randomized (1:1) to standard of care (SOC) wheelchair use or SOC plus at-will use of a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared exoskeletal-assisted walking (EAW) device for 4 m...
Two primary outcomes were studied: 4.0-point or greater improvement in the mental component summary score on the Veterans RAND 36-Item Health Survey (MCS/VR-36) and 10% improvement in the total T scor...
A total of 161 veterans with SCI were randomized to the EAW (n = 78) or SOC (n = 83) group; 151 (94%) were male, the median age was 47 (IQR, 35-56) years, and median time since SCI was 7.3 (IQR, 0.5 t...
In this RCT of veterans with SCI, the lack of improved outcomes with EAW device use may have been related to the relatively low device usage. Solutions for companion requirements and user-friendly tec...
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02658656....