Relationship of anthropometric measurements and percent body fat mass to cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults with cerebral palsy.

Introduction: Adults with cerebral palsy (CP) face high morbidity from cardiovascular disease (CVD). Of concern, classic screening parameters are inconsistent in identifying CVD risk in this population. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), which provides direct measurements of fat mass (FM), may be an alternative screening method.

Outcomes Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke Treated With Intravenous tPA (Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator) via Telemedicine.

Background and Purpose- Telemedicine is increasingly utilized for intravenous tPA (tissue-type plasminogen activator) delivery. The comparative safety of leaving tPA-treated patients at a presenting (spoke) hospital (drip-and-stay) or transferring patients to a central treating (hub) hospital (drip-and-ship) is not established. We sought to compare outcomes between drip-and-ship and drip-and-stay patients treated with tPA via telemedicine.

Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound compared with hip and femoral neck dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in people with a spinal cord injury.

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements for identifying osteoporosis determined by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at the hip in a spinal cord injury (SCI) population.

Design: Cross-sectional retrospective review of data collected in the bone health registry of persons with a disability.

Setting: Inpatients and outpatients at a single acute rehabilitation hospital.

Prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in the acute inpatient rehabilitation population and its effect on function.

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) insufficiency and deficiency in the acute inpatient rehabilitation setting, identify risk factors associated with low serum 25(OH)D levels, and assess whether hypovitaminosis D affects the function of rehabilitation patients.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Academic acute rehabilitation facility.

Prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency in the outpatient rehabilitation population.

Objective: To assess the prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in the outpatient rehabilitation setting and to identify patient characteristics associated with low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.

Design: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels from 136 rehabilitation outpatients at an academic rehabilitation facility obtained from April 2007 to December 2008 for patient care purposes were captured via retrospective electronic medical record review.

Results: Considering only those subjects not receiving 25-hydroxyvitamin D supplementation at time of evaluation, 33.