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Predictors of Satisfactory Surgical Outcome in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (Review).
Sovrem Tekhnologii Med
November 2024
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery; Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, 6 Academician Lebedev St., Saint Petersburg, 194044, Russia.
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is a widespread neurodegenerative disease of the elderly. If not treated surgically early, it results in a severe decrease in quality of life and disability. According to current clinical Russian and foreign guidelines the candidates for CSF shunting procedures are selected based on the results of invasive tests, though treatment outcomes are not always optimal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStereotactic Photodynamic Therapy of Recurrent Malignant Gliomas.
Sovrem Tekhnologii Med
November 2024
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Neurosurgery; Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, 6 Academician Lebedev St., Saint Petersburg, 194044, Russia.
Unlabelled: is to assess the effectiveness and safety of stereotactic photodynamic therapy (sPDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) in patients with recurrent malignant supratentorial gliomas in functionally relevant brain areas.
Materials And Methods: In a retrospective single-center study the results of sPDT with 5-ALA in 10 patients (6 of 10 were male), aged 30 to 62 years (median: 51.5 years; 95% CI: 38-59 years) with recurrent malignant brain gliomas after standard therapy who underwent surgery during the period of 2020-2023 were analyzed.
First Insight into the Prevalence of Infection among Veterinary Medicine Students in Bulgaria.
Infect Dis Rep
August 2024
French Reference Center for Rickettsioses, Q Fever and Bartonelloses, IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France.
Article Synopsis
- * Overall, 29.7% of students tested positive for infection markers, with Stara Zagora students showing higher rates (33.6%) compared to Sofia students (23%).
- * Higher seropositivity was found in male students (32.8%) compared to females (16.0%), highlighting the need for improved safety protocols and infection control in veterinary training programs.
Violence study of healthcare workers and systems in the Caribbean: ViSHWaS-Caribbean study.
World J Methodol
September 2024
Department of Research, Global Remote Research Scholar Program, St Paul, MN 55101, United States.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the prevalence and impact of violence against healthcare workers (HCWs) in the Caribbean, highlighting underreported incidents and the need for awareness.
- - Utilizing an online survey over eight weeks, researchers collected data from 225 HCWs, revealing that 39% experienced violence and verbal abuse was the most common type, often perpetrated by patients or their relatives.
- - Findings indicated that female HCWs and those working more night shifts were at a higher risk of violence, with over 50% reporting reduced motivation and job satisfaction following such incidents.
The Pavlovian interpretation of speech and aphasia: Alexander Luria and Wilder Penfield.
Front Psychol
July 2024
Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
This paper discusses a neglected aspect of the historiography of aphasia, the role that Pavlovian conditioning played in Alexander Luria's and Wilder Penfield's understanding of the acquisition, expression, and loss of spoken and written speech. Luria was born into a bourgeois family in Tzarist Russia and pursued his research on speech and aphasia under the Soviet regime. Luria's work was condemned in the last years of Stalin's rule, but it received international acclaim in the West after Stalin's death.
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