Publications by authors named "Nir Levy"
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- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a significant global health issue, with younger patients often affected by genetic and electrical disorders, while older patients commonly suffer from ischemic heart disease.
- A study involving 92 patients revealed that the majority had acute coronary syndrome, with many undergoing treatments like targeted temperature management and coronary angiography, but only half received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
- Despite the challenges, most patients survived hospitalization, suggesting that improving awareness and treatment guidelines could enhance outcomes for those experiencing OHCA.
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- The study focuses on nonagenarians (people aged 90 and older) with cardiovascular disease, highlighting that they are often underrepresented in clinical trials, leading to a lack of effective management strategies.
- Researchers compared nonagenarians admitted to a tertiary care coronary care unit with other patients over a three-year period, analyzing factors such as admission causes and in-hospital mortality rates.
- Results showed nonagenarians had higher rates of comorbidities and a two-fold higher in-hospital mortality rate compared to younger patients, yet they showed generally positive outcomes post-admission, indicating the need for more targeted research on this age group.
Background: Sleep disorders are experienced by up to 40% of the population but their diagnosis is often delayed by the availability of specialists.
Objective: We propose the use of search engine activity in conjunction with a validated web-based sleep questionnaire to facilitate wide-scale screening of prevalent sleep disorders.
Methods: Search advertisements offering a web-based sleep disorder screening questionnaire were shown on the Bing search engine to individuals who indicated an interest in sleep disorders.
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- * In the study, 13 patients underwent urgent TEER, predominantly older males with a history of ischemic heart disease; 61% were classified as being in an extreme category of severity.
- * The results showed an 8% mortality rate at 30 days, with all surviving at 6 months, indicating that TEER may significantly improve survival rates compared to typical outcomes for CS and MR patients.
Empirical studies show that epidemiological models based on an epidemic's initial spread rate often fail to predict the true scale of that epidemic. Most epidemics with a rapid early rise die out before affecting a significant fraction of the population, whereas the early pace of some pandemics is rather modest. Recent models suggest that this could be due to the heterogeneity of the target population's susceptibility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe modal view in the cognitive and neural sciences holds that consciousness is necessary for abstract, symbolic, and rule-following computations. Hence, semantic processing of multiple-word expressions, and performing of abstract mathematical computations, are widely believed to require consciousness. We report a series of experiments in which we show that multiple-word verbal expressions can be processed outside conscious awareness and that multistep, effortful arithmetic equations can be solved unconsciously.
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