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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Background: Alzheimer disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is accountable for the leading case of dementia in elder people. Before, only symptomatic treatments are available for AD. Since 2021, two anti-amyloid antibodies aducanumab and lecanemab have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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December 2024
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Background: Best practice recommendations suggest a person close to a patient with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia be involved in their care. This person is often referred to as a "caregiver," though the term "care partner" has increasingly been used in research and care instead of "caregiver." Unlike "caregiver," "care partner" suggests a collaborative relationship between the patient and their support person, in which the patient actively participates rather than passively receives help.
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December 2024
Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Background: Data-driven criteria for DNA testing were implemented in routine care of Alzheimer Center Amsterdam. We aimed to explore patients' perspectives and considerations regarding their decision to (not) be tested for a monogenic cause of their disease.
Methods: In this mixed method study, 150 of 519 new patients visiting Alzheimer Center Amsterdam who fulfilled the criteria were offered DNA-diagnostics: 86(57%) accepted, 64(43%) did not.
Eur J Med Res
January 2025
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 710004, China.
Background: This study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of pancreatic duct stenting in the treatment of SAP, providing reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data from patients with SAP admitted to the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University from June 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022. A total of 51 patients were included (33 males, 18 females).
BMJ Open
January 2025
Hospital Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Introduction: Hospitalisation represents an opportunity to identify and treat e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults (AYAs). Knowledge on how to provide this care is lacking. We aim to fill this gap by developing an e-cigarette use intervention and evaluating preliminary efficacy and implementation outcomes among hospitalised AYAs.
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