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Estimation of the economic burden of atrial fibrillation-related stroke in Greece
Conclusion: A F-related stroke imposes asignificant socioeconomic burden in Greece. Despite results relying on estimations, it seems that ensuring efficient reallocation of resources in appropriate prevention and early intervention strategies could decrease AF-related stroke's burden but also enhance healthcare systems' efficiency.Abbreviations: AF=atrial fibrillation.PMID:34569402 | DOI:10.1080/14737167.2021.1979961
Source: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research - September 27, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Konstantinos Vemmos Nadia Boubouchairopoulou Panagiotis Stafylas Elli Vitsou George Giannakoulas George Ntaios Haralampos Milionis George Hahalis Frangiskos Parthenakis Konstantinos Tsioufis Source Type: research
Preliminary validation of the apraxia battery for adults-second edition (ABA-2) in Greek patients with dementia
ConclusionABA-2 is a valid, reliable and sensitive battery to differentiate demented patients from healthy individuals in the Greek population. We propose the modification of ABA-2 to a 5-subtest tool, to be administered as a bed-side test.
Source: Acta Neurologica Belgica - September 1, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
COVID-19 Has Numerous Neuropsychiatric Consequences, Report Finds
Anarticle appearing today in theJournal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences provides a comprehensive overview of the neurological and psychiatric impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.“Although best known for its severe effects on respiratory function, SARS-CoV-2 produces a broad range of acute and chronic neurological and neuropsychiatric problems,” wrote Theodora Manolis, M.D., of Red Cross Hospital in Athens, Greece, and colleagues. “The COVID-19 pandemic has also had an important impact on the mental health of many individuals in the general population as a result of loss of loved ones, fear of calamity or de...
Source: Psychiatr News - July 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Tags: COVID-19 delirium depression headache hypoxia Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences muscle pain neurological problems psychiatric problems psychosis stroke Source Type: research
IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 7298: The Effects of Patients ’ and Caregivers’ Characteristics on the Burden of Families Caring for Stroke Survivors
Conclusion: Caring for a loved one affected by stroke places a considerable burden on the caregiver. Systematic assessment and intervention strategies can help to identify caregivers at risk so that suitably targeted assistance may be provided.
Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - July 8, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Anna Kavga Ioannis Kalemikerakis Anastasios Faros Maria Milaka Dimitra Tsekoura Maria Skoulatou Ioanna Tsatsou Ourania Govina Tags: Article Source Type: research
City Heat is Worse if You ’re Not Rich or White. The World’s First Heat Officer Wants to Change That
Jane Gilbert knows she doesn’t get the worst of the sticky heat and humidity that stifles Miami each summer. She lives in Morningside, a coastal suburb of historically preserved art deco and Mediterranean-style single-family homes. Abundant trees shade the streets and a bay breeze cools residents when they leave their air conditioned cars and homes. “I live in a place of privilege and it’s a beautiful area,” says Gilbert, 58, over Zoom in early June, shortly after beginning her job as the world’s first chief heat officer, in Miami Dade county. “But you don’t have to go far to see t...
Source: TIME: Science - July 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized climate change feature Londontime Source Type: news
Stroke associated with Mycoplasma hominis infection: a case report
ConclusionAn association may exist between stroke and the immune response toMycoplasma hominis infection.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - June 15, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Atlas condemned to hold up the celestial heavens and bailout the mechanical thrombectomy failures in stroke?
ABSTRACT Since the Greek Aellus Galenum (129 AD - c.200/c.216), vertigo was considered a problem attributed to a cerebral disorder, diagnosed as the manifestation of apoplectiform cerebral congestion. In the mid-19th century, the Frenchman Prosper Meni ère changed this concept by placing the origin of this symptom in the inner ear. The main objective of this historical note is to highlight who Menière was, his work, and some aspects of the disease that bears his name.RESUMO Desde o grego Aellus Galenum (129 d.C. - c.200/c.216), a vertigem era considerada um problema atribu ído a um distúrbio cerebral, diagnosticado com...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - April 19, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Pure word deafness due to bilateral temporal lobe ischemic stroke occurring at different time points over the years: a case report on the insight of brain language network reorganization
Neurocase. 2021 Mar 9:1-7. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2021.1896744. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHere we present a case of a native Greek male patient who presented clinically with sudden onset pure word deafness after an ischemic stroke in the temporoparietal region of the right hemisphere, but who had suffered an ischemic stroke 9 years previously in an adjacent area of the left hemisphere, causing aphasic symptoms which resolved quickly and almost completely. What makes this case interesting and novel is that it is the first case describing a patient whose ventral language comprehension circuit did not reorganize successful...
Source: Neurocase - March 9, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Ioanna-Eleni Virvidaki Lambros Messinis Grigorios Nasios Source Type: research
