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Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol
January 2025
Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
This study explores the integration of telerehabilitation, virtual reality, and serious games technologies in addressing physical disabilities. Specifically, it focuses on game-based telerehabilitation for patients with stroke, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis undergoing home-based rehabilitation. Utilising the PICO approach, a search in Scopus and PubMed until February 21st, 2024, identified 31 relevant English articles out of 258 initially considered.
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March 2025
Hayward Genetics Center, Dept of Pediatrics, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Objective: To provide insights and strategies for pegvaliase management in challenging cases with phenylketonuria (PKU) based on the first 5 years of experience with pegvaliase in real-world clinical practice.
Methods: Twelve PKU experts gathered during a one-day, in-person meeting to discuss clinical cases illustrating important lessons from their experiences treating patients with pegvaliase in real-world clinical practice. Challenges with pegvaliase experienced prior to and during treatment and corresponding strategies to overcome them were discussed.
Narra J
December 2024
Doctoral Program of Development Extension and Community Empowerment, School of Postgraduate Studies, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, especially for children. The aim of this scoping review was to investigate the role of mothers in preventing childhood TB transmission and highlight effective strategies and associated barriers. A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus, covering articles up to January 17, 2024.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, St Vincent's Clinical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Australia has a robust public health system that helps to make medicines affordable. However, evidence shows that a significant proportion of Australians still cannot afford medicines prescribed to them and that some patients import medicines from abroad as a result. The strongest predictor of whether patients import medicines is whether they have discussed it with their doctor.
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January 2025
AO Alliance, Stiftung, Switzerland.
Background: In low and middle-income countries like Ghana, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments remain a significant barrier to healthcare access, often leading to catastrophic health expenditures (CHE). This study evaluates the incidence of CHE among patients treated for long bone fractures at Ghana's major teaching hospitals, providing insight into the economic burdens faced by these patients.
Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 2,980 patients with long bone fractures treated at four major teaching hospitals in Ghana from July 2017 to July 2020.
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