Publications by authors named "J Kevin McGrory"
Background: Clinical practice guidelines support efforts to improve functioning in patients with schizophrenia. Discrepancies in the perception of cognitive status between clinicians, patients with schizophrenia, and their caregivers have been associated with impaired functional abilities in patients; medication side effects might worsen both cognition and daily functioning. We assessed daily/social functioning and cognition in stable patients with schizophrenia who switched to the long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic aripiprazole lauroxil (AL).
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- The study looked at how hospitals helped patients with schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic using telepsychiatry (remote doctor visits) instead of in-person meetings.
- Most of the hospitals quickly started using telepsychiatry, and many didn’t notice any big problems with patients taking their medications, but some patients did struggle a bit.
- Almost everyone involved in the study thought the changes were good and that telepsychiatry would still be used even after the pandemic, making it important to ensure everyone can access this service.
Background: Around one third of patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA) will eventually have the contralateral knee replaced. Overall patient satisfaction after staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty procedures performed on different days is reportedly similar to unilateral TKA. Nevertheless, in our anecdotal experience patients often report less satisfying outcomes following the second side.
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