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Capacité mentale : Questions médicales fréquentes
Termes MeSH sélectionnés :
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Soutien social
Exercice physique
Santé cognitive
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Gestion des soins
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Accidents domestiques
Sécurité
Relations interpersonnelles
Conflits familiaux
Maladies chroniques
Comorbidité
Facteurs de risque
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Âge avancé
Antécédents familiaux
Tabagisme
Santé cognitive
Inactivité physique
Santé mentale
Traumatismes crâniens
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Troubles de l'humeur
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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 21/02/2025
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2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; foy.jane@gmail.com.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, New York; and.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Community Care of North Carolina, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; cmg9004@med.cornell.edu.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
The American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and.
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Office of Medical Services, Region Skane, Malmö, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Office of Medical Services, Region Skane, Malmö, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, IKVL, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Rural Health, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy, Mental Health Team, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Policy, Mental Health Team, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Lentis Psychiatric institute, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Lentis Psychiatric institute, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Rob Giel Research Center, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Addiction care North Netherlands, Groningen, The Netherlands.
NHL Stenden Hogeschool, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
Publications dans "Capacité mentale" :
Re-opening the chest is an unwanted and potentially morbid complication after open heart surgery, most commonly required for refractory bleeding or tamponade. In this report, we present a unique case ...
A 62 year-old male presented to hospital with exertional angina and a coronary angiogram found severe three-vessel coronary artery disease with preserved left ventricular function. He underwent an unc...
To our knowledge, this case is the first reported occurrence of cardiac constriction from excessive mediastinal fat after open heart surgery. Identifying patients at high-risk for excessive pericardia...
Penile length loss is often observed in patients with erectile dysfunction and obesity. In patients with a prominent infrapubic fat pad, the excess fat can further reduce perceived penile length....
We retrospectively reviewed an institutional review board-approved prosthetic database of male patients that underwent placement of a 3-piece IPP and concurrent suprapubic lipectomy from 2020 to 2023....
Nine patients underwent the combined surgery. There were no intraoperative complications. In follow-up, 1 patient developed an infection-related complication that required device removal and immediate...
Concurrent suprapubic lipectomy and placement of a 3-piece IPP is a safe and reproducible technique for the treatment of suprapubic lipodystrophy, buried penis, and refractory ED....
BACKGROUND Lipedema is a loose connective tissue disease characterized by disproportionate subcutaneous adipose tissue hypertrophy in the extremities. There is evidence of impaired lymphatic function ...
An evaluation of complication rates in different abdominal lipectomy techniques with relationship to body mass index (BMI) and other risk factors....
We identified patients who underwent an abdominal lipectomy at our institution from January 2015 to July 2020. Those with concurrent hernia repair were excluded. Patients were classified into 2 groups...
At our institution, 362 patients (group 1 = 196, group 2 = 166) were included. A total of 40.9% of patients experienced at least one complication at 1 year postoperatively with the complication rate d...
The increasing complication rate within each BMI stratum of the large sample size of the TOPS patient cohort, in addition to our similar institutional trends, suggests that a staged procedure may be m...
Lipedema is a chronic and progressive disease that may compromise lymphatic function. Although suction-assisted lipectomy (SAL) is considered a safe treatment for lipedema patients, the lymphatic repe...
Madelung's disease is a rare disfiguring disorder that affects both function and esthetic appearance in the head and/or shoulder, neck, and arms regions. Lipectomy is typically necessary but such trea...
A prospective study and clinical descriptions were conducted on 17 patients undergoing 26 head-and-neck lipectomies. A tumescent solution was injected into the surgical region with a blunt-tip cannula...
All 17 male patients had a history of alcoholism. In total, 12 lipectomies for the removal of anterior neck fatty masses and 14 lipectomies for the removal of posterior neck fatty masses were performe...
Using tumescent solution in lipectomies to treat Madelung disease in the head and neck area is a simple, safe, and useful technique. The technique helps to create a clean operative field, reduces blee...
The preferred vascular access for hemodialysis is a native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) because it offers the best results in the short and long terms, lower morbidity and mortality, and has additional...
The authors review their experience with excision of subcutaneous tissue (lipectomy) overlying upper arm cephalic vein arteriovenous fistulas in obese patients....
Consecutive vascular access patients undergoing lipectomy for cannulation with difficult access because of vein depth were reviewed. Cephalic vein depth was measured by ultrasound in all cases....
Twenty-two patients were reviewed (15 men and 7 women), with a mean body mass index of 34.0 kg/m...
Obesity should not be a limiting factor to creation of a native AVF, since lipectomy is a relatively simple option for superficialization, enabling functioning native and deep arteriovenous fistulas i...
Abdominoplasty procedures continue to evolve as combining techniques such as suction-assisted lipectomy or direct sub-scarpal lipectomy have proven to be powerful adjuncts to achieve optimal aesthetic...
To assess the safety and efficacy of simultaneous direct sub-scarpal lipectomy combined with liposuction in abdominoplasty patients....
A 4-year retrospective review of consecutive abdominoplasties (n = 200) performed by a single surgeon was conducted. Liposuction of the abdominal flap and flanks was performed in all patients. After r...
Average values included: Age, 42.19; BMI, 28.10 kg/m2; follow up, 7 months. Seroma occurred in 13 patients (6.5%), superficial wound dehiscence treated with local wound care in 16 patients (8%), hyper...
Simultaneous direct excision of sub-scarpal fat with liposuction of the abdomen and flanks does not appear to subject any zone of the abdominoplasty flap to increased risks of vascular compromise. No ...
The epididymal fat is a type of gonadal adipose tissue, which is localized closely to the testis. Even though it has been suggested that the epididymal fat is necessary for maintenance of spermatogene...
Incorrect bispectral index (BIS) values have been reported due to interference with this monitoring system. We report a case of a 46-year-old woman who underwent liposuction and breast lipofilling, wh...