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  • - The study aimed to explore how early hospital readmissions (within 30 days) affect the survival rates of patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) after their hospital stay.
  • - Out of 2,238 patients admitted to a respiratory ward from 2013 to 2016, 98 were diagnosed with ILD, and 74 were discharged, with 25% experiencing in-hospital mortality; 20.2% of those discharged were readmitted early.
  • - Findings revealed that early readmission is strongly linked to increased mortality rates at both 90 days and one year after discharge, indicating a need for preventive measures and further research on contributing factors.
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Introduction: We aimed to define prodromal Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD dementia using normative neuropsychological data in a large population-based cohort of adults with Down syndrome (DS).

Methods: Cross-sectional study. DS participants were classified into asymptomatic, prodromal AD and AD dementia, based on neurologist's judgment blinded to neuropsychological data (Cambridge Cognitive Examination for Older Adults with Down's syndrome [CAMCOG-DS] and modified Cued Recall Test [mCRT]).

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