CAN FUNCTIONAL WALK TESTS ADD VALUE TO THE PREDICTION OF CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS AFTER STROKE? A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

Can functional walk tests add value to the prediction of cardiorespiratory fitness after stroke? A prospective cohort study

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness is often impaired following stroke, and peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) is an important prognostic value of all-cause mortality.The primary objective was to investigate whether functional walk tests assessed in the subacute phase after stroke added value in predicting VO2peak in chronic stroke, in addition to

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Transverse Myelitis and Heroin Abuse: A Case Report

The usage of heroin is associated with a variety of neurologic disorders,including acute transverse myelitis.In this study we present a 19 year old man who was suffered from insufflated heroin after several months of abstinence, and admitted to hospital emergency department, unconscious.He responded to fluid therapy Pool Chemicals and Naloxone,but

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Benchmarking the Cost per Person of Mass Treatment for Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Approach Based on Literature Review and Meta-regression with Web-Based Software Application.

Advocacy around mass treatment for the elimination of selected Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) has typically put the cost per person treated at less than US$ 0.50.Whilst useful for advocacy, the focus on a single number misrepresents the complexity of delivering "free" donated medicines to about a billion people across the world.We perform a lit

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The X-Codes: A Post-Katrina Postscript

Dorothy Moye explores the prevalence and significance of the X-code, a symbol Balloons Foil Bouquets used by search-and-rescue teams in 2005 to mark searched property in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.She considers the purposes of these codes and how returning New Orleanians felt about these symbols, as well as the stories these markings contin

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