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Hypoesthésie
Hypoesthésie : Questions médicales fréquentes
Termes MeSH sélectionnés :
Diagnostic
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Hypoesthésie
Examen neurologique
Sensibilité tactile
Douleur
Imagerie par résonance magnétique
Lésions nerveuses
Neurologie
Médecin spécialiste
Compression nerveuse
État temporaire
Symptômes
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Picotements
Sensibilité altérée
Prévention
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Prévention
Compression nerveuse
Mouvements répétitifs
Prévention
Posture
Compression nerveuse
Traitements
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Physiothérapie
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Douleur nerveuse
Physiothérapie
Fonction sensorielle
Chirurgie
Compression nerveuse
Efficacité des traitements
Gravité
Complications
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Qualité de vie
Activités quotidiennes
Douleurs chroniques
Hypoesthésie
Facteurs de risque
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Âge
Dégénérescence nerveuse
Maladies auto-immunes
Sensibilité nerveuse
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea; (Bio)medical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea; Institute of Translational Dental Sciences & Dental Research Institute, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea. Electronic address: Omsljy@pusan.ac.kr.
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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine I, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, lamjor@med.umich.edu.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Pain Research, MSk Lab, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
Division of Neurological Pain Research and Therapy, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany.
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Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Danish Pain Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Professor Latham has written a thought-provoking commentary...
Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) enable users of mental health services to express their treatment preferences for future mental health crises. PAD completion rates remain low despite high rates ...
A systematic review concordant with PRISMA guidelines was conducted. CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science databases were searched up to July 2, 2021. Include...
The search yielded 4,047 articles, 42 of which were eligible for inclusion. Six themes emerged (most of which included subthemes): signs of crisis, general treatment approach, preferences regarding th...
The concern that PADs may be unclear or incompatible with practice standards was not confirmed. Service users generally included clear, comprehensible, and clinically relevant information in their PAD...
It is hard to say at what point someone with dementia has changed so dramatically that the self that existed before the dementia manifested itself cannot be said to exist (anymore). This issue raises ...
CL is a 94-year-old male who is brought to the Emergency Department from an assisted living facility due to a new onset of weakness and altered mental status. He was in his usual state of moderately c...
An advance directive (AD) is a legal statement indicating the form of healthcare the patient would like to receive at a future time when he/she is no longer mentally competent to make decisions. As th...
Fifty-nine responses were received from questionnaires and the findings formed a protocol and guideline for the focus groups. Twenty-three participants participated in two focus group discussions. A t...
Older and young participants held slightly different views on the acceptance of verbal and written format, and the presence of witnesses of ADs. Overall, participants considered the general public did...
Findings suggested that public education should be enhanced, and guidance and protocols for healthcare professionals were needed after legislation of ADs. In addition, dying in place should also be fa...
Accordons-nous, a smartphone app, was developed to support patients in the advance care planning (ACP) process. The app raises awareness and facilitates communication on this sensitive topic. It helps...
Measure the impact of distributing Accordons-nous on patients' propensity to engage in the ACP process, compared with the distribution of a leaflet. A secondary objective was to test the effect of soc...
Pre-post randomized control study. Participants were patients approached in medical waiting rooms. They received the app (treatment) or an information leaflet (control). They responded to two question...
Four hundred seventy three participants were recruited and full responses obtained from 312. Overall, the intervention (control and treatment together) had a positive effect on the mean reported ACP e...
When distributed without specific counselling, the tool increased reported ACP engagement, although effect sizes remain modest. Further studies are needed to investigate whether the app could generate...
Little published research exists on how culture influences mental health service users when they create or use psychiatric advance directives (PADs). This column reports the results of a study (N=38 p...
Advance directives (ADs) are integral to health care, allowing patients to specify surrogate decision-makers and treatment preferences in case of loss of capacity. The present study sought to identify...
In this cross-sectional study (Care Attitudes and Preferences in Stroke Survivors [CAPriSS]), community-dwelling stroke survivors were surveyed on ADs; validated scales were used to query palliative c...
Among 562 community-dwelling stroke survivors who entered the survey after screening questions confirmed eligibility, 421 (74.9%) completed survey components with relevant variables of interest. The m...
Age, prior advance care planning discussion with a physician, palliative care knowledge, and attitudes towards life-sustaining treatments were independently associated with ADs....
Advance directives (ADs) such as living wills or healthcare powers of attorney are important tools to anticipate medical treatment decisions when decision-making capacity is lost in the future. Althou...
We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative survey of citizens aged 18+ in the city and county of Wuerzburg. The questionnaire included, among other things, possession, experience, and knowledge of AD...
Of the 282 participants who took part in the survey (M...
The relatively high rate of ADs in this sample indicates their rapid dissemination during the past few years in Germany. Overall, the level of knowledge ADs appears to be low, revealing misconceptions...
Preoperative review of existing advance directives and a discussion of patient goals should be routinely done to address any potential limitations on resuscitative therapies during perioperative care....