Drug-associated psychiatric disturbances in medical inpatients

Provision of acute liaison in-patient neurology reduces demand on neurology out patient services, reduces unnecessary investigations and use of medical beds by patients waiting on in-patient neurology review and allows speedier access to necessary neurological services for those with a neurological illness.The pressure on acute neurology beds at QEUH Glasgow is immense and there is considerable delay in patients waiting for admission to the ward. An audit of the acute on call service in mid 2015 showed a 100% increase in the number of phone calls received by the on call registrar when compared to a similar audit in 2008. The number of requests for ward visiting to review medical inpatients at the Queen Elizabeth University hospital increased by more than 100% over the previous year.In June 2016 an Acute Neurology rota was introduced whereby a Consultant Neurologist supervised and delivered patient care for the acute neurology wards, referrals from medical wards and acute receiving, as well as twice a week acute neurology clinics. This has led to a significantly improved care for patients referred with neurological problems as perceived by trainees, consultants and referring medical physicians, as evident on a survey carried out in 2017.

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Limitations of Screening for Depression as a Proxy for Suicide Risk in Adult Medical Inpatients

Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.jaclp.2021.02.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Annabelle M. Mournet ◽

Jarrod T. Smith ◽

Jeffrey A. Bridge ◽

Edwin D. Boudreaux ◽

Deborah J. Snyder ◽

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Keyword(s):

Suicide Risk ◽

Medical Inpatients

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Mortality and readmission risk can be predicted by the record-based Multidimensional Prognostic Index: a cohort study of medical inpatients older than 75 years

European Geriatric Medicine ◽

10.1007/s41999-021-00453-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 253-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Troels Kjærskov Hansen ◽

Seham Shahla ◽

Else Marie Damsgaard ◽

Sofie Ran Lindhardt Bossen ◽

Jens Meldgaard Bruun ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Prognostic Index ◽

Medical Inpatients ◽

Readmission Risk

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A Comparison of Suicide Attempt Histories of Pediatric and Adult Medical Inpatients and Implications for Screening

Archives of Suicide Research ◽

10.1080/13811118.2021.1931596 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Annabelle M. Mournet ◽

Jeffrey A. Bridge ◽

Abigail Ross ◽

Daniel Powell ◽

Deborah J. Snyder ◽

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Keyword(s):

Suicide Attempt ◽

Medical Inpatients

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Expanding the genetic spectrum of primary familial brain calcification due to SLC2OA2 mutations: a case series

Neurogenetics ◽

10.1007/s10048-021-00634-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Luca Magistrelli ◽

Roberta Croce ◽

Fabiola De Marchi ◽

Chiara Basagni ◽

Miryam Carecchio ◽

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Keyword(s):

Autosomal Dominant ◽

Case Series ◽

Dominant Trait ◽

Autosomal Dominant Trait ◽

Phenotypic Spectrum ◽

Primary Familial Brain Calcification ◽

Psychiatric Disturbances ◽

Brain Calcification ◽

Uncertain Significance ◽

Six Genes

AbstractPrimary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a neurological condition characterized by the presence of intracranial calcifications, mainly involving basal ganglia, thalamus, and dentate nuclei. So far, six genes have been linked to this condition: SLC20A2, PDGFRB, PDGFB, and XPR1 inherited as autosomal-dominant trait, while MYORG and JAM2 present a recessive pattern of inheritance. Patients mainly present with movement disorders, psychiatric disturbances, and cognitive decline or are completely asymptomatic and calcifications may represent an occasional finding. Here we present three variants in SLC20A2, two exonic and one intronic, which we found in patients with PFBC associated to three different clinical phenotypes. One variant is novel and two were already described as variants of uncertain significance. We confirm the pathogenicity of these three variants and suggest a broadening of the phenotypic spectrum associated with mutations in SLC20A2.

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