Ethics of a Physiotherapist: Touch, Corporeality, Intimacy-Based on the Experience of Elderly Patients.

This paper presents a qualitative study investigating the application of physiotherapists' professional ethics in practice with respect to touch, intimacy, and corporeality during therapy, based on the experiences of elderly patients. As the relationship in a physiotherapy session is multidimensional, the study considered three levels: physical contact, verbal contact, and the conditions in which the therapy took place. The aim of this study was to find out what values are of importance to older people during a physiotherapy session, with emphasis on the categories of touch, corporeality, and intimacy.

Coexistence of Andersen-Tawil Syndrome with Polymorphisms in hERG1 Gene (K897T) and SCN5A Gene (H558R) in One Family.

Background: Andersen-Tawil Syndrome (ATS) is a channelopathy caused by mutations in KCNJ2 gene. It is characterized by symptoms of ventricular arrhythmias, periodic paralysis or muscle weakness, and dysmorphic features. ATS can present with the triad of symptoms, any combination or none of them.

"Migraine side effect" and stroke recurrence in late follow-up after transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure as secondary prevention of cryptogenic thromboembolism.

Introduction: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with cryptogenic strokes, recurrent transient neurologic deficits, sleep apnea, decompression illness and migraines with aura.

Aim: We verify cryptogenic embolism recurrence after transcatheter PFO closure in patients younger than 55 years old, and determine the prevalence of migraine with aura before and after PFO closure.

Material And Methods: We sent a questionnaire concerning the recurrence of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and the presence of migraine symptoms before and after PFO closure to 224 consecutive patients (mean age 40.

Electrocardiogram in Andersen-Tawil syndrome. New electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of type-1 Andersen-Tawil syndrome.

Andersen - Tawil syndrome (ATS) is an autosomal - dominant or sporadic disorder characterized by ventricular arrhythmias, periodic paralysis, and distinctive facial and skeletal dysmorphism. Mutations in KCNJ2, which encodes the α-subunit of the potassium channel Kir2.1, were identified in patients with ATS.