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J Clin Med
January 2025
1st Respiratory Medicine Department, "Sotiria" Chest Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have a substantial effect on overall disease management, health system costs, and patient outcomes. However, exacerbations are often underdiagnosed or recognized with great delay due to several factors such as patients' inability to differentiate between acute episodes and symptom fluctuations, delays in seeking medical assistance, and disparities in dyspnea perception. Self-management intervention plans, telehealth and smartphone-based programs provide educational material, counseling, virtual hospitals and telerehabilitation, and help COPD patients to identify exacerbations early.
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January 2025
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SP, UK.
Virtual preoperative anaesthetic assessments can significantly reduce healthcare costs and improve patient convenience. The challenge with virtual consults is often the airway assessments, which screen for potentially difficult airways (PDAs). The objective of this pilot study was to determine the reliability of standard airway screening tests for detecting PDAs when conducted virtually.
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January 2025
Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 07345, Republic of Korea.
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder in children, associated with significant morbidity and socioeconomic burden. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted healthcare delivery, potentially exacerbating seizure control among pediatric epilepsy patients. This study aimed to evaluate the pandemic's impact on seizure characteristics and identify risk factors contributing to seizure exacerbation in children with epilepsy.
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July 2024
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Introduction: Parenting programs are widely used to prevent and ameliorate children's emotional and behavioral problems but low levels of engagement undermine intervention effectiveness and reach within and beyond research settings. Technology can provide flexible and cost-effective alternate service-delivery formats for parenting programs, and studies are needed to assess the extent to which parents are willing to engage with digitally assisted formats.
Methods: After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) is an evidence-based parenting program for military families.
Cureus
December 2024
Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health Laboratory, Hassan II University, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Casablanca, MAR.
Background The transformative potential of technology in addressing mental healthcare challenges is more widely acknowledged in Morocco. The government has taken active measures to address persistent mental health challenges and provide better care by exploring innovative digital solutions. Several e-health services initiatives have been implemented, including electronic health record systems, telemedicine services, e-appointment systems, and mobile health applications.
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