Sources of Discomfort in Persons with Dementia: Scale and Initial Results

The Sources of Discomfort Scale (SODS) assesses discomfort manifestations based on source of discomfort, thus making it both distinct from and complementary to pain assessments for persons with dementia. Sources were categorized as pertaining to physical discomfort, to body position, and to environmental sources. Body position sources of discomfort were related to poor functional status and to pain. The SODS scores were not related to cognitive functioning, and sources of discomfort other than those pertaining to body position were not correlated with pain. This paper demonstrates a direct and enhanced method to detect the manifestations of discomfort separately from pain indicators in a population with advanced dementia. The determination of the source of discomfort has direct implications for intervention.

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PO-0836 Determination Of Cognitive Functioning Disorders Incidence In Children With Multiple Sclerosis

Archives of Disease in Childhood ◽

10.1136/archdischild-2014-307384.1467 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 99 (Suppl 2) ◽

pp. A526.4-A527

Author(s):

K Gücüyener ◽

S Soysal ◽

U Yilmaz ◽

E Demir ◽

E Gurkas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Cognitive Functioning

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P-488 Interest of BNP titration in determination of functional status in a heart failure population

EP Europace ◽

10.1016/eupace/4.supplement_2.b181b ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. B181-B181

Author(s):

Y. Guyomar ◽

P. Graux ◽

S. Heuls ◽

G. Forzy ◽

F. Coviaux ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Functional Status

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Prostate Cancer: Accurate Determination of Extracapsular Extension with High-Spatial-Resolution Dynamic Contrast-enhanced and T2-weighted MR Imaging—Initial Results

Radiology ◽

10.1148/radiol.2451061502 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 245 (1) ◽

pp. 176-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 180

Author(s):

B. Nicolas Bloch ◽

Edna Furman-Haran ◽

Thomas H. Helbich ◽

Robert E. Lenkinski ◽

Hadassa Degani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Prostate Cancer ◽

Mr Imaging ◽

Spatial Resolution ◽

High Spatial Resolution ◽

Accurate Determination ◽

Extracapsular Extension ◽

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced ◽

Contrast Enhanced ◽

Initial Results

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Anatomo-functional state of organs of small tangs in poor responders

HEALTH OF WOMAN ◽

10.15574/hw.2018.132.50 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 50-54

Author(s):

G.V. Strelko ◽

Keyword(s):

Blood Flow ◽

Functional Status ◽

Vascular Resistance ◽

Functional State ◽

Color Doppler ◽

Ovarian Response ◽

Treatment Programs ◽

Poor Responders ◽

Surgical Interventions

The objective: study of the anatomical and functional status of the uterus and ovaries in poor responders in ART programs. Materials and methods. Determination of the anatomical features and functional status of the uterus and ovaries in «poor responders» to exclude a clinically significant pathology that would affect the success of the ART program was performed by ultrasound scanning with the study of topografts, sizes, contours, echostructure of the uterus and ovary and determination of the volume of the ovaries and the number of antral follicles. Blood flow in the vessels of the stroma of the ovaries, as one of the important criteria for assessing the possible ovarian response, was assessed using color Doppler mapping. Results. «Poor responders» patients have a smaller sise of ovaries and a reduced number of antral folicles, which can be explained by the surgical interventions carried out according to the type of ovarian resection and the cysts removal. In addition, during the transition from the follicular to luteal phase, there is no decrease in the vascular resistance of the dominant follicle, which slows the process of ovulation and reduces the likelihood of fertilization in conditions of increased vascular resistance. Conclusion. Ultrasound examination of the uterus and ovaries and doplerometric investigation of peryfollicular blood flow allows us to thoroughly approach both the evaluation of the ovarian response and the endometric readiness for implantation, which dictates the need for an individual selection of preconceptional preparation and treatment programs for ART. Key words: anatomical and functional state, pelvic organs, ovarian reserve, peryfollicular blood flow, poor responders.

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Poor Functional Status as a Risk Factor for SevereClostridium difficileInfection in Hospitalized Older Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ◽

10.1111/jgs.12442 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 61 (10) ◽

pp. 1738-1742 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Krishna Rao ◽

Dejan Micic ◽

Elizabeth Chenoweth ◽

Lili Deng ◽

Andrzej T. Galecki ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Functional Status ◽

Hospitalized Older Adults ◽

Poor Functional Status

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Low serum vitamin D (25-OH) levels is associated with severe disease activity and poor functional status in patients of RA

Indian Journal of Rheumatology ◽

10.1016/j.injr.2014.10.063 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. S24

Author(s):

Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo ◽

Sunita Sethy ◽

Rina Tripathy ◽

Sarit Sekhar Pattnaik ◽

Bidyut Das

Keyword(s):

Vitamin D ◽

Disease Activity ◽

Functional Status ◽

Severe Disease ◽

Serum Vitamin ◽

Serum Vitamin D ◽

Poor Functional Status ◽

Low Serum

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Tracking patchy pulsating aurora through all-sky images

Annales Geophysicae ◽

10.5194/angeo-35-777-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 777-784 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Eric Grono ◽

Eric Donovan ◽

Kyle R. Murphy

Keyword(s):

Time History ◽

Image Data ◽

Auroral Oval ◽

Automatic Identification ◽

Inner Magnetosphere ◽

Wide Range ◽

History Of ◽

Initial Results ◽

Automatic Technique

Abstract. Pulsating aurora is frequently observed in the evening and morning sector auroral oval. While the precipitating electrons span a wide range of energies, there is increasing evidence that the shape of pulsating auroral patches is controlled by structures in near-equatorial cold plasma; these patches appear to move with convection, for example. Given the tremendous and rapidly increasing amount of auroral image data from which the velocity of these patches can be inferred, it is timely to develop and implement techniques for the automatic identification of pulsating auroral patch events in these data and for the automatic determination of the velocity of individual patches from that data. As a first step towards this, we have implemented an automatic technique for determining patch velocities from sequences of images from the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) all-sky imager (ASI) and applied it to many pulsating aurora events. Here we demonstrate the use of this technique and present the initial results, including a comparison between ewograms (east–west keograms) and time series of patch position as determined by the algorithm. We discuss the implications of this technique for remote sensing convection in the inner magnetosphere.

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