Publications by authors named "K J Rennie"
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- The study focused on assessing long-term pediatric outcomes for children with monochorionic diamniotic twins who underwent fetoscopic laser photocoagulation (FLP) for twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS).
- Researchers utilized a web-based survey through REDCap to collect parent-reported outcomes from families across the U.S. and beyond, targeting patients treated from 2011 to 2019.
- The study achieved a survey response rate of 37.3% in 2019 and 57.8% in 2020, with high completion rates across various questionnaires designed to evaluate the children's developmental status.
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- Previous studies indicate that SSRIs like fluoxetine may help treat dizziness and vestibular dysfunction, but how they work in the vestibular system is still unclear.
- In experiments on gerbil vestibular systems, fluoxetine reduced K currents and affected hair cell responses differently in peripheral and central zones.
- The findings suggest fluoxetine significantly decreases sodium and potassium conductance in vestibular afferent neurons, potentially inhibiting action potentials.
Healthcare-associated pathogens, including Staphylococcus capitis, can contaminate incubator surfaces and are of significant concern in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Effective incubator decontamination is essential for infection prevention and control, with submersion decontamination often recommended. This may not always be achievable, with wipe decontamination seen as an alternative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Exercise promotion interventions for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are often offered on a face-to-face basis, follow a generic "one-size-fit-all" approach, and are not typically delivered at diagnosis. Considering PD's heterogenous nature, the existing evidence on the merits of exercise on symptom management and the expressed wishes of people living with PD for access to timely and tailored evidence-based information, there is a demand for interventions that are easily accessible, scalable and co-designed with people living with PD.
Objective: Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a co-designed digital intervention promoting exercise and physical activity, in people newly diagnosed with PD.
Health care spending growth is expected to outpace that of the gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming decade, resulting in a health share of GDP that reaches 19.7 percent by 2032 (up from 17.3 percent in 2022).
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