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Background: It is more ideal to manage dementia patients in memory clinics but not all of them are referred to such clinics. Also, the characteristics of these patients are less studied and local published data is limited. In 2004, the Neuro-cognitive Clinic of Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital was established.
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December 2024
École d'optométrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Background: Occupational therapists (OTs) play a crucial role in rehabilitation, aiming to improve the lives of individuals with sensory impairment and an increased risk of cognitive decline. Despite being responsible for cognitive screenings on occasion, they have expressed limited confidence in performing these with their clients with visual and/or hearing impairments (VI/HI). To improve this situation, OTs should gain expertise in collaborative sensory rehabilitation.
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January 2025
Department of Educational Psychology, NEAG School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.
In computerized adaptive testing (CAT), examinees see items targeted to their ability level. Postoperational data have a high degree of missing information relative to designs where everyone answers all questions. Item responses are observed over a restricted range of abilities, reducing item-total score correlations.
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January 2025
Paediatric Neurology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) presents as reduced consciousness, often with seizures, abnormal tone, feeding and respiratory difficulties. The most common cause is secondary to a hypoxic-ischaemic event. However, there are many important diagnoses that can also present as NE, so-called 'hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) mimics'.
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December 2024
Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
Background: Lacking causal treatment options in most cases, severe IgE-mediated food allergies (IgE-FA) are associated with a high burden of disease due to permanent risk of anaphylactic reactions after accidental allergen ingestion. To date, only few data comparing health resources and burden of disease between the pediatric and adult population are available.
Objective: Our survey aimed to assess the care situation of pediatric and adult patients with severe, self-reported physician-diagnosed IgE-FA.
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