Publications by authors named "A van de Kemp"
Article Synopsis
- The 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CL-PR) of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for virus replication and is targeted by the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, making it important for understanding its catalytic behavior.
- Research indicates that the activity of 3CL-PR is pH-dependent, with specific acidic and basic groups necessary for optimal enzymatic function, suggesting a neutral catalytic dyad involving cysteine and histidine.
- Kinetic studies reveal faster rates in certain conditions, highlighting the influence of the active form of the enzyme, and a full catalytic mechanism for 3CL-PR is proposed based on these findings.
Background: Nursing curriculum lacks content addressing care of transgender (trans) individuals. Gender diversity in health care education must be enhanced to prevent discrimination and systemic biases.
Method: A shared session between pediatric and medical-surgical courses using an interactive video simulation facilitated student preparation to provide inclusive care for trans surgical clients.
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists provide important services to people recovering from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), also called concussion, although they may be underutilized in outpatient care. Because health care providers face challenges in selecting assessments to efficiently describe patient needs, the purpose of this study was to describe factors related to patients receiving speech-language pathology services after mTBI, as well as how assessments predict amount of services received.
Method: In this retrospective chart review study, demographic factors, injury characteristics, and assessment scores were extracted from medical records of patients aged 14-65 years receiving services for recent (within 6 months) mTBI at an outpatient specialty clinic.
Article Synopsis
- Antipsychotic polypharmacy, or the use of multiple antipsychotic medications, is common in clinical practice, but it carries a higher risk of side effects and there's little proof that it works better than using a single medication.
- A systematic review analyzed 517 studies involving over 4.4 million individuals to determine the prevalence and trends of antipsychotic polypharmacy across different mental disorders.
- The findings revealed that 24.8% of individuals were using multiple antipsychotics, with higher rates in those with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and significant regional variations, showing an overall trend of increasing polypharmacy from 1970 to 2023.
Background And Objective: Highly variable pain mechanisms in people with low back pain or spine-related leg pain might contribute to inefficacy of neuropathic pain medication. This meta-analysis aimed to determine how neuropathic pain is identified in clinical trials for people taking neuropathic pain medication for low back pain or spine-related leg pain and whether subgrouping based on the presence of neuropathic pain influences efficacy.
Methods: EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Central, CINAHL [EBSCO], APA PsycINFO, ClinicalTrials.