Hair regrowth treatment efficacy and resistance in androgenetic alopecia: A systematic review and continuous Bayesian network meta-analysis.

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) affects almost half the population, and several treatments intending to regenerate a normal scalp hair phenotype are used. This is the first study comparing treatment efficacy response and resistance using standardized continuous outcomes.

Objective: To systematically compare the relative efficacy of treatments used for terminal hair (TH) regrowth in women and men with AGA.

An overview of the rehabilitation and psychiatric diagnoses of patients referred to a psychiatry consult liaison service at an inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

Background: Patients presenting for inpatient rehabilitation following injury or illness are commonly affected by comorbid psychiatric illness. Currently, little is known about the utilization of a psychiatry consult service in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

Objective: To identify which rehabilitation patient populations most frequently received psychiatric consultation and recognize the most common psychiatric comorbidities after the implementation of a psychiatry consult liaison (PCL) service.

The value of screening for cognition, depression, and frailty in patients referred for TAVI.

Current surgical risk assessment tools fall short of appreciating geriatric risk factors including cognitive deficits, depressive, and frailty symptoms that may worsen outcomes post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This study hypothesized that a screening tool, SMARTIE, would improve detection of these risks pre-TAVI, and thus be predictive of postoperative delirium (POD) and 30-day mortality post-TAVI. Prospective observational cohort study, using a historical cohort for comparison.

A Case for the Standardized Assessment of Testamentary Capacity.

Background: With an increasingly aged, frail population that holds a disproportionate amount of wealth, clinicians (especially those with expertise in older adults) may be asked with more frequency to offer a clinical opinion on testamentary capacity (TC), the mental capacity to make a will.

Method: This paper reviews the legal criteria as well as the empirical research on assessment tools for determining testamentary capacity (TC). We also review the relevance of instruments used for the assessment of other decisional capacities in order to evince the potential value of developing a standardized assessment of TC for clinician experts.

Getting clocked: screening for TBI-related cognitive impairment with the clock drawing test.

Primary Objective: Undetected cognitive impairment resulting from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), particularly the 75-95% classified as mild (mTBI), poses a significant public health challenge as untreated symptoms, can persist and cause lasting disability. These cognitive deficits are often missed by standard screening tests, creating a need for alternative cognitive screening tools. The Clock Drawing Test (CDT), a popular, brief cognitive screening instrument, was used to evaluate cognition in persons with TBI.

Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function.

Background/aims: Clinicians are increasingly being asked to provide their opinion on the decision-making capacity of older adults, while validated and widely available tools are lacking. We sought to identify an online cognitive screening tool for assessing mental capacity through the measurement of executive function.

Methods: A mixed elderly sample of 45 individuals, aged 65 years and older, were screened with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the modified Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery.

The test of time: a history of clock drawing.

Objective: The clock drawing test (CDT) has become one of the most widely used cognitive screening instruments in clinical and research settings. Its effectiveness, acceptability, and quick and easy administration have made it a staple for cognitive screening in dementia and a wide range of brain disorders. Despite a spike in popularity since the 1990s, its origins are relatively unknown.