Neuropsychological performance labels: do patients understand?

Objective:  Descriptive labels to communicate performance are integral in neuropsychological reports. Although the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) reached consensus on standardizing uniform labels of performance, consumer understanding of these labels is unclear. This pilot prospective cohort study evaluated patient, family member, and medical provider understanding of neuropsychological performance labels.

Sport-Related Concussion in Para Athletes: A Scoping Review of Concussion Incidence, Assessment, and Management.

Although research on sport-related concussion has grown substantially in the last decade, research on concussion in para sports remains limited. The aim of this scoping review is to synthesize and describe the current literature on the incidence, assessment, and management of sport-related concussion in para athletes. The literature search was conducted in CINAHL, Google Scholar, MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases and identified 22 studies that addressed one of our research questions.

Physical activity and recovery following concussion in collegiate athletes: a LIMBIC MATARS Consortium Investigation.

Objective: To investigate whether routine daily activities (RDA), non-prescribed exercise (Non-ERx), or prescribed exercise (ERx) were associated with recovery from sport-related concussion (SRC) in collegiate athletes.

Materials And Methods: Data for this cross-sectional, retrospective chart review of collegiate athletes diagnosed with SRC ( = 285[39.6% female], age = 19.

Sport Type and Risk of Subsequent Injury in Collegiate Athletes Following Concussion: a LIMBIC MATARS Consortium Investigation.

Objective: To investigate the association between sport type (collision, contact, non-contact) and subsequent injury risk following concussion in collegiate athletes.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective chart review of 248 collegiate athletes with diagnosed concussions (age: 20.0 ± 1.

Ketamine for major depressive disorder during an inpatient psychiatric admission: Effectiveness, adverse events, and lessons learned.

Objective: Most studies examining the efficacy of ketamine for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) have been conducted in outpatient or mixed inpatient/outpatient settings. Less is known about effectiveness and tolerability of ketamine for psychiatrically hospitalized patients. Efficacy and tolerability data from a naturalistic sample of acute inpatients may help inform institutions considering ketamine therapy for inpatient services.

Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder in Athletes.

ADHD is common among the general population and may be slightly more common among athletes. Diagnosis requires six or more DSM-5-TR symptoms to have been present prior to age 12 and to have an effect on functioning in multiple settings. Different sporting organizations have varying requirements for documentation when making a diagnosis.

Multifocal hypometabolic correlates to deficits of verbal memory in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Background And Objectives: Neuropsychological research on mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) often highlights material-specific memory deficits, but a lesion-focused model may not accurately reflect the underlying networks that support episodic memory in these patients. Our study evaluated the pathophysiology behind verbal learning/memory deficits as revealed by hypometabolism quantified through 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).

Methods: This retrospective study included thirty presurgical patients with intractable unilateral MTLE who underwent interictal FDG-PET and verbal memory assessment (12 females, mean age: 38.

National Network of Depression Centers' Recommendations on Harmonizing Clinical Documentation of Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly therapeutic and cost-effective treatment for severe and/or treatment-resistant major depression. However, because of the varied clinical practices, there is a great deal of heterogeneity in how ECT is delivered and documented. This represents both an opportunity to study how differences in implementation influence clinical outcomes and a challenge for carrying out coordinated quality improvement and research efforts across multiple ECT centers.

General Anesthesia Recommendations for Electroconvulsive Therapy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

Unlabelled: Coronavirus disease 2019 is an infectious viral disease first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and very rapidly spread globally resulting in a pandemic. Common symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Although the majority of patients recover, there are still a significant number of patients who progress to respiratory failure, multiorgan failure, and death.

Evidence-based systematic review of cognitive rehabilitation, emotional, and family treatment studies for children with acquired brain injury literature: From 2006 to 2017.

This paper updates guidelines for effective treatments of children with specific types of acquired brain injury (ABI) published in 2007 with more recent evidence. A systematic search was conducted for articles published from 2006 to 2017. Full manuscripts describing treatments of children (post-birth to 18) with acquired brain injury were included if study was published in peer-reviewed journals and written in English.

Potential for drug-drug interactions in treating cancer-related nausea and distress.

Purpose: To determine the extent and severity of drug-drug interactions between anti-emetics and antipsychotics or antidepressants.

Summary: Oncology patients are often required to deal with chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting at the same time as psychosocial distress. A review of primary literature, as well as several drug interaction databases, was performed with anti-emetics used in The NCCN® 1.

A parallel cholinergic brainstem pathway for enhancing locomotor drive.

The brainstem locomotor system is believed to be organized serially from the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) to reticulospinal neurons, which in turn project to locomotor neurons in the spinal cord. We identified brainstem muscarinoceptive neurons in lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) that received parallel inputs from the MLR and projected back to reticulospinal cells to amplify and extend the duration of locomotor output. These cells responded to muscarine with extended periods of excitation, received direct muscarinic excitation from the MLR and projected glutamatergic excitation to reticulospinal neurons.

Initiation of locomotion in lampreys.

The spinal circuitry underlying the generation of basic locomotor synergies has been described in substantial detail in lampreys and the cellular mechanisms have been identified. The initiation of locomotion, on the other hand, relies on supraspinal networks and the cellular mechanisms involved are only beginning to be understood. This review examines some of the findings relative to the neural mechanisms involved in the initiation of locomotion of lampreys.

Muscarinic receptor activation elicits sustained, recurring depolarizations in reticulospinal neurons.

In lampreys, brain stem reticulospinal (RS) neurons constitute the main descending input to the spinal cord and activate the spinal locomotor central pattern generators. Cholinergic nicotinic inputs activate RS neurons, and consequently, induce locomotion. Cholinergic muscarinic agonists also induce locomotion when applied to the brain stem of birds.

[Prevention of the development and importation of infections in members of the Army of the Czech Republic participating in foreign missions].

Over the last years, Czech soldiers became involved in several foreign missions. In 2001-2003 more than 4000 persons participated in such missions. Since their activities are typically associated with high health risks including that of acquiring infectious diseases, the significance of prevention is underlined.

Effect of intravenous magnesium sulphate in reducing irritability and restlessness in pure and polysubstance opiate detoxification.

The aim of this double-blind, placebo-controlled study was to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous magnesium sulphate (MgSO(4)) on the need for chlormethiazole in pure or polysubstance opiate detoxification. Forty-one inpatients suffering from pure and polysubstance opiate dependence were treated with morphine sulphate pentahydrate in a gradual detoxification program. Morphine reduction took about 11 days.

[Magnesium, acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion injury].

Coronary artery disease (CAD) ranks top with respect to morbidity and mortality in humans. Development of high-tech diagnostic and therapeutic strategies has greatly improved the prognosis of CAD and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over the past decade. Data from experimental and clinical research have provided important information on the role of magnesium in CAD and AMI.

Intravenous magnesium sulphate in acute myocardial infarction--is the answer "MAGIC"?

The role of magnesium in coronary artery disease has been evaluated extensively during the last three decades. The intravenous application of magnesium in acute myocardial infarction is of major importance, the beneficial effects have been underlined in several studies. Magnesium is of significance in the pathomechanisms of reperfusion injury and reduction of malign arrhythmias in the critical acute phase of myocardial infarction, if applied intravenously.

Intravenous magnesium sulfate for bronchial hyperreactivity: a randomized, controlled, double-blind study.

Background: Magnesium has been shown to be helpful in the treatment of acute exacerbations of asthma. Conflicting data exist concerning the effect of magnesium on bronchial hyperreactivity.

Methods: We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effect of intravenous magnesium sulfate on bronchial reactivity to metacholine in 30 subjects with bronchial hyperreactivity.

[Significance of magnesium in cardiac arrhythmias].

Magnesium is of great importance in cardiac arrhythmias. It increases the ventricular threshold for fibrillation. Sinus node refractoriness and conduction in the AV node are both prolonged.

[Magnesium in coronary artery disease--is there evidence?].

The role of magnesium in coronary artery disease has been evaluated extensively during the last three decades. The intravenous application of magnesium in acute coronary syndromes is of major importance, the beneficial effects of magnesium in acute myocardial infarction have been underlined in several studies. The promising results of LIMIT-2 could not be confirmed by the data of ISIS-4.

Treatment of severe mania with intravenous magnesium sulphate as a supplementary therapy.

Ten patients with severe, therapy-resistant manic agitation received magnesium sulphate infusions with a continuous magnesium (Mg) flow of approximately 200 mg/h (4353+/-836 mg/day; daily monitored Mg plasma level: 2.44+/-0.34 mmol/l) for periods ranging from 7 to 23 days.