Publications by authors named "E J Stam"

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  • Loneliness impacts both personal and partner's cognitive abilities in older relationships, affecting episodic memory but not verbal fluency.
  • Over time, feelings of loneliness are interconnected; one's loneliness can predict the partner’s memory deterioration, indicating a dyadic influence.
  • While lonelier individuals showed declines in episodic memory, poor memory didn't lead to increased loneliness, suggesting emotional well-being is vital for cognitive health in aging couples.
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Diverse lines of research testify a link, presumably causal, between immune dysregulation and the development, course and clinical outcome of psychiatric disorders. However, there is a large heterogeneity among the patients' individual immune profile and this heterogeneity prevents the development of precise diagnostic tools and the identification of therapeutic targets. The aim of this review was to delineate possible subgroups of patients on the basis of clinical dimensions, investigating whether they could lead to particular immune signatures and tailored treatments.

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Background: Paramedic-performed out-of-hospital ultrasound is a novel skill that has gained popularity in some services in recent years. In this setting point-of care ultrasound (POCUS) can provide additional information that can assist with management and guide transport to the most appropriate facility. We sought to explore the different educational approaches used for training paramedics in ultrasound in the out-of-hospital setting.

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Neonatal encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a familiar disease with a high mortality and morbidity rate. Isolated skin-eye-mouth infection is less familiar among professionals. In this article we present two neonates with an isolated skin lesion caused by an HSV infection.

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