Comparing the Diagnostic Value of FDG PET or PET/CT With FDG PET/MR in Inflammatory Bowel Disease-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of 18 F-FDG PET or PET/CT with FDG PET/MR in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods: A comprehensive search was performed in PubMed for studies reporting the diagnostic performance of FDG PET (PET/CT) and FDG PET/MR in IBD from the inception of the database to March 14, 2024, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. Fourteen studies were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis.

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Predict Faster Cognitive Decline in Dementia Collaborative Care Than Antipsychotic Use.

Background: To compare short-term cognitive outcomes among groups with and without neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) or antipsychotic prescription and to determine which disease status or treatment modality is associated with relatively faster cognitive decline.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed a prospective cohort of patients diagnosed with dementia and mild cognitive impairment. All participants were evaluated using the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) during their initial clinical assessments and at the annual follow-up.

The Effectiveness of the Case Manager-Centered Collaborative Care Model with Computer-Assisted Assessment on Quality Indicators for the Care of Dementia.

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the influence of case management and its corresponding computer-assisted assessment system on the quality improvement of dementia care.

Methods: This observational study enrolled 2029 patients and their caregivers at Changhua Christian Hospital in Taiwan. Physicians who made the diagnosis of dementia would introduce the patient and caregiver dyad to the case manager-centered collaborative care team after obtaining agreement.

Influence of care modes and social resources on psychotropic medication use in community-dwelling dementia patients.

Background: Optimal use of psychotropic medications for people living with dementia is important. By finding potentially modifiable factors, dementia care teams may find solutions to achieve the appropriate use of psychotropic drugs.

Objective: This study aimed to elucidate patient and caregiver factors associated with the use of psychotropic drugs listed in the potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in community-dwelling people with dementia.

Corrigendum: A comparison of caregiver burden for different types of dementia: an 18-month retrospective cohort study.

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Case Management-based Collaborative Care Model Associated with improvement in neuropsychiatric outcomes in community-dwelling people living with dementia.

Background: This study aimed to explore the association between adherence of collaborative care model and short-term deterioration of BPSD after controlling patient and caregiver factors.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study enrolled 276 participants who were newly diagnosed with dementia and BPSD. A dementia collaborative care team interviewed patients and caregivers to form a care plan and provided individualized education or social resource referrals.

The Effectiveness of Community Aging Care Centers on Global Function for People Living with Dementia.

Background: The global population with dementia is growing rapidly. Dementia patients have been included in the services of the long-term care Act 2.0, supported by Taiwan's government since 2017.

Using DeepLab v3 + -based semantic segmentation to evaluate platelet activation.

This research used DeepLab v3 + -based semantic segmentation to automatically evaluate the platelet activation process and count the number of platelets from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images. Current activated platelet recognition and counting methods include (a) using optical microscopy or SEM images to identify and manually count platelets at different stages, or (b) using flow cytometry to automatically recognize and count platelets. However, the former is time- and labor-consuming, while the latter cannot be employed due to the complicated morphology of platelet transformation during activation.

Prediction of Institutionalization for Patients With Dementia in Taiwan According to Condition at Entry to Dementia Collaborative Care.

This study aimed to examine the institutionalization rate in patients with dementia in Taiwan, identify the predictors of institutionalization, and conduct a mediation analysis of caregiver burden between neuropsychiatric symptoms and institutionalization. We analyzed data from a retrospective cohort registered in dementia collaborative care ( = 518). The analyses applied univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression with Firth's penalized likelihood to assess the relationship between each predictor at entry and institutionalization for survival analysis.

A Comparison of Caregiver Burden for Different Types of Dementia: An 18-Month Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: This study aimed to elucidate the influence of dementia etiologies on the degree of caregiver burden and determine which factors predict a high caregiving burden.

Methods: This 18-month retrospective cohort study enrolled 630 patients and their caregivers from the Dementia Center of Changhua Christian Hospital. The care team performed face-to-face interviews every 6 months, for 18 months from when a diagnosis of dementia was made.

Stridor as a Harbinger of Congenital Cardiovascular Anomaly.

Background: There is an intimate spatial relationship between the cardiovascular and airway structures. Central airway compression related to congenital cardiovascular anomalies should be considered in neonates, infants, and young children presenting with stridor.

Methods: From July 31, 1990 to December 31, 2018, 24 pediatric patients, including 18 males and 6 females, aged 1 day to 11.

Characteristics Predicting a High Caregiver Burden in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment: Using the Apriori Algorithm to Delineate the Caring Scenario.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to elucidate the factors and caring scenarios associated with a moderate to severe care burden in the caregivers of patients with vascular cognitive impairment (VCI).

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 158 patients with VCI and their caregivers who were managed by the dementia collaborative care team at Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan. Gender, age, clinical dementia rating, walking ability, behavioral symptoms, and psychological symptoms were the variables from the patients with VCI.

Care Needs of Community-Residing Male Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the care needs of male patients with vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and their caregivers.

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 389 male patients with VCI and their caregivers who were cared for by the dementia collaborative care team at Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan. Fifteen care needs consisting of most of quality measures for people living with dementia and their caregivers were developed by the care team.

Using The Apriori Algorithm To Classify The Care Needs Of Patients With Different Types Of Dementia.

Purpose: To elucidate specific combinations of care needs for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers according to specific subtypes of dementia.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study at memory clinics in Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan, was conducted. Five hundred and eight people living with dementia and their caregivers joined the dementia collaborative care model.

Vertebral artery dissection stroke in evolution presented with postural headache as initial manifestation.

In young adult, the most common etiology of acute ischemic brain infarction are arterial dissections and cardiogenic embolic stroke. Vertebral artery dissection without preceding trauma history is quite rare in young ischemic stroke patients. Postural headache is even more atypical presentation for vertebral artery dissection.

Revascularization of Concurrent Renal and Cerebral Artery Stenosis in a 14-Year-Old Girl with Takayasu Arteritis and Moyamoya Syndrome.

Concurrent involvement of bilateral renal and cerebral arteries, usually incurred as stenosis, is rare in childhood-onset Takayasu arteritis (c-TA). We report the case of a 14-year-old girl, with c-TA, presenting with transient ischemic attack after endovascular revascularization for renal artery stenosis and cerebrovascular stroke after surgical revascularization for cerebral artery stenosis associated with childhood-onset moyamoya syndrome. We deem that decrease of blood pressure by endovascular revascularization and improvement of cerebral perfusion by surgical revascularization may have jeopardized the cerebral deep watershed zone to cerebral ischemia followed by cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome and caused transient ischemic attack and cerebrovascular stroke in our patient.

201Tl Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in a Case of Double-Inlet Left Ventricle: Correlate Anatomic Information of SPECT With MRI.

Double-inlet left ventricle (DILV) is a congenital heart disease that only a single left ventricle and a rudimentary right ventricle are developed. Because of lack of anatomic landmark, interpretation of Tl myocardial perfusion imaging in DILV is essentially challenging for unusual anomaly. We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with DILV who presented exertional dyspnea and tachycardia and underwent Tl SPECT.

Comparative assessment of therapeutic safety of norcantharidin, N-farnesyloxy-norcantharimide, and N-farnesyl-norcantharimide against Jurkat T cells relative to human normal lymphoblast: A quantitative pilot study.

The therapeutic safety of an anticancer drug is one of the most important concerns of the physician treating the cancer patient. Half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) and hillslope are usually used to represent the strength and sensitivity of an anticancer drug on cancer cells. The therapeutic safety of the anticancer drug can be assessed by comparing the IC50 and hillslope of anticancer drugs on cancer cells relative to normal cells.

Tc-99m imaging in thyroidectomized differentiated thyroid cancer patients immediately before I-131 treatment.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical role of technetium-99m pertechnetate (Tc-99m) imaging in thyroidectomized differentiated thyroid cancer patients immediately before radioiodine-131 (I-131) treatment (Tx).

Patient And Methods: Eighty-six consecutive post-total-thyroidectomy patients (15 men, 71 women; mean age: 46.8 years) with pathologically diagnosed differentiated thyroid cancer were retrospectively studied.