Publications by authors named "C M Prather"
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- A study was conducted to analyze how often dermatologic surgeons face challenges in identifying the locations of skin cancer tumors before surgery.
- Out of over 17,000 cases, only 0.60% involved uncertain sites, with these cases more common in older, male patients who had biopsies done over a month prior.
- Surgeons commonly used various methods to confirm tumor locations, achieving success in identifying 82% of these uncertain sites, while some surgeries were delayed, especially for non-facial tumors.
Introduction: We present a relationship-centred shared-decision-making (RCSDM) process model to explicate factors that shape decision-making processes during physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) encounters among patients, their care partners and practitioners. Existing shared decision-making (SDM) models fall short in addressing the everyday decisions routinely made regarding persons with chronic disabilities who require high levels of support, their care partners and rehabilitation practitioners. In PMR, these everyday decisions are small scale, immediate and in service to a larger therapeutic goal.
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- Designing spray-dried particles for inhalation focuses on achieving specific properties such as ideal aerodynamic diameter and powder dispersibility.
- Leucine is used to enhance bulk powder properties and is co-sprayed with mannitol, a common bulking agent, while varying excipient ratios and processing conditions to understand particle formation dynamics.
- The study found that the crystallization order of leucine and mannitol affects surface composition, with initial leucine saturation being crucial for optimizing the characteristics of the final powder.
Risks and Benefits of Clinical Diagnosis Around the Time of Dementia Onset.
Gerontol Geriatr Med
November 2023
Diagnostic delay in dementia is common in the U.S. Drivers of diagnostic delay are poorly understood, but appear related to misconceptions about dementia, stigma, concerns about autonomy, the nature of the diagnostic process, and provider-related factors.
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