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J Neurosurg Anesthesiol
January 2025
Department of Anaesthesiology, Pain Medicine & Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center.
Intubation of patients requiring cervical spine immobilization can be challenging. Recently, the use of C-MAC video laryngoscopes (VL) has increased in popularity over direct laryngoscopy (DL). We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy of C-MAC VL as compared with DL for intubation in C-spine immobilized patients.
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December 2024
Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD, USA.
Background: Most assisted living (AL) settings organize and provide opportunities for residents to participate in activities (e.g., exercise, music, arts and craft, cognitive activities, religious services, community outings).
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December 2024
Milbotix Ltd, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Background: Currently ∼50% of people with dementia experience behavioural symptoms linked to unmanaged distress. Effective and safe management of these symptoms is critical to maintain the quality of life and overall care of people with dementia. Technological solutions have the potential to help with research into these symptoms.
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December 2024
Centre for Research in Aging - Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Background: Screening for elder abuse can cause victims to experience feelings of unpleasantness and/or relive painful memories which can be an ethical concern. Ensuring the safety of all participants/users, in our case long-term care (LTC) residents, is of the utmost importance.
Method: Drawing from approaches used in the intimate partner violence and clinical trials literature, we developed a novel typology of harm and a series of procedures to evaluate any negative consequences that might be incurred as a result of participating in the Piloting the Elder Abuse Suspicion Index-long term care: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases e.V. (DZNE), Site Rostock/Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Background: Proxy ratings primarily provided by informal caregivers are usually administered if patients living with dementia (PlwD) are cognitively unable to rate health independently. The literature is limited by the use of typically agreement statistics, reporting that proxies generally underestimate PlwD health. Additional analyses of self- and proxy-rated discrepancies in individual responses that focus on HRQoL dimensions are lacking.
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