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Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Background: The African-American Alzheimer's Caregiver Training and Support Project 2 (ACTS2) is a faith-integrated, skills-training and support program for Black family caregivers of persons living with dementia in Florida. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACTS2 initiated a bi-monthly Facebook Live Workshop series, offering practical information and resources for Black communities on dementia caregiving topics (e.g.
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December 2024
Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Background: The majority of persons living with moderate to severe dementia live in their homes despite the challenges of increasing care needs as dementia progresses. Caregivers are not prepared to understand and manage common medical concerns, such as incontinence, dehydration, and impaired mobility. Health care clinicians need training and tools to better prepare caregivers for these responsibilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Intensive Care
January 2025
Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Extubation failure is associated with an increased morbidity, emphasizing the need to identify factors to further optimize extubation practices. The role of biomarkers in the prediction of extubation failure is currently limited. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of cardiac (N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), High-sensitivity Troponin T (Hs-TnT)) and inflammatory biomarkers (Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Procalcitonin (PCT)) for extubation failure in patients with COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (C-ARDS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer Med
January 2025
Interface Demography, Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global health systems, impacting cancer care and potentially increasing cancer mortality, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals. We aimed to assess changes in cancer mortality from March 1 to December 31, 2020 relative to the same period in 2019, and to examine potential shifts in cancer mortality's social disparities during the same time frame.
Methods: We used nationwide individually linked cancer mortality data from the Belgian National Register, the Census 2011, and the tax register.
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