Publications by authors named "Hector M Garza"
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- The study used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to examine brain structures in 36 mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients compared to 37 orthopedic injury participants, aiming to identify recovery patterns.
- While no significant differences in brain structure among groups were found at baseline or follow-up, the orthopedic group showed increased global mean diffusivity in gray and white matter over time.
- DTI revealed elevated radial diffusivity in the corona radiata for mTBI at baseline, suggesting potential injury-related edema, though changes were not significant when looking at mTBI patients over time.
There is significant heterogeneity in outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). While several host factors (age, gender, and preinjury psychiatric history) have been investigated, the influence of preinjury psychological resilience and mood status in conjunction with mild TBI remains relatively unexplored. Euthymic mood and high resilience are potentially protective against anxiety and postconcussion symptoms, but their relative contributions are currently unknown.
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- - The study examined the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on the survival rates of patients with compensated liver cirrhosis (LC), addressing a gap in prospective research on this topic.
- - Out of 110 patients analyzed, those with DM showed worse health indicators and significantly lower survival rates over 2.5 years (48% vs. 69% for non-DM patients).
- - Key independent predictors of mortality identified were elevated serum creatinine levels over 1.5 mg/dL and a Child-Pugh score class C, indicating that DM notably increases mortality risk in these patients.
Damage and/or disconnection of the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) after stroke leads to deficits in touch perception. We used magnetoencephalography to test whether specific patterns of functionality of the somatosensory cortex are associated with different degrees of postacute somatosensory deficit. Nineteen postacute unilateral stroke patients suffering different degrees of somatosensory deficit (six nonexistent, six moderate, and seven severe) and eight aged-matched controls underwent high-resolution MRI and whole-head magnetoencephalography recordings of somatosensory-evoked fields and of spontaneous slow oscillatory activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine serum levels of vitamins A, C, and E among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in the community, to compare these levels with general population norms, and to assess their association with demographic and injury-related data (age at onset, time since onset, level and completeness of injury), function, nutritional behaviors, and health status.
Design: Descriptive and correlational.
Setting: General community.