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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Neurological assessment"”.
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Neurological Nursing Assessment Education at Intermountain Medical Center: A Quality Improvement Project
Background and Aims: Nursing assessments are an integral part of the nursing process that may have significant impact on patient outcomes. Nursing assessments often identify potentially life threatening conditions such as acute neurological events. Inconsistencies of neurological assessments can …
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Confidence intervals and measures of significant change for KINARM Standard Tests
Neurological assessment plays a pivotal role in the overall diagnostic and prognostic process of patient care. The effectiveness of the various examinations and methods of neurological assessment are based on the accuracy and precision of the measure. In other words, a good assessment tool should …
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Neurodevelopmental outcome of the high risk infant in Cape Town
… to evaluate selected early neurodevelopmental assessments of these infants; and to propose a protocol for their effective follow-up. Three separate cohorts were selected and studied in order to achieve these aims. A prospective six-year follow-up study of infants with birth weights less than …
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Patterns and biomarkers of X-linked dystonia parkinsonism disease progression
… performed a standardized oromotor, speech and neurological assessment every 6 months over an 18 month period. 73 men were evaluated: 30 who were gene-positive and exhibited symptoms and 5 who were gene-positive without symptoms at the time of enrollment, while the remaining 38 were gene …
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Profile of specific neurological and neurobehavioural problems in children with HIV-1 infection attending dedicated clinics
Aim: Neurological involvement related to HIV-1 infection is well described in the paediatric population and causes significant morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to describe specific neurological and neurobehavioural complications in this population. Method: Children infected with HIV-1 …
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The development of posture in very low birthweight infants (<1500 grams)
… in VLBW infants which was apparent from the assessment of postural responses was still identifiable on the locomotor sub-scales at 12 and 18 months. Five of Vojta's responses were shown to be useful as part of the neurological assessment of high risk infants. In the second part of the study, …
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HIV-associated Neuropathy and Autonomic Dysfunction in South Africans on established ART impacts daily living
… Each consenting participant underwent a focussed neurological assessment using the Brief Peripheral Neuropathy Screen (BPNS) and a reduced version of the Total Neuropathy Score (rTNS). DSP was defined as the presence of at least 2 neuropathic signs in a distal and symmetrical distribution, and …
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Traumatic posterior fracture-dislocation of the hip joint in adults
… in the reconstruction. All patients had neurological assessment preoperatively and their Sciatic nerves were explored and the state of the nerve recorded at surgery. The process of formulating this dissertation took place over a two-year period from September of 1997 until June of 1999. …
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Case Studies of the Effects of Orienting Stimuli on the Electroencephalogram and Levels of Coma
… whether brain activity was predictive in assessment of the comatose patient as measured by the EEG; (2) to investigate whether levels of coma were predictive in assessment of the comatose patient as measured by the GCS; (3) to define the effectiveness of a planned series of orienting …
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WISC-IV and IVA+Plus Pattern Analysis: Assessment of Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder
… of performance method of inference in ADHD assessment that examines an individual's general intellectual ability in comparison to his or her own attention skills. WISC-IV scores, IVA+Plus quotients, and basic demographic information were collected from patient files of children previously …
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Altered cord blood biomarkers in neonatal brain injury
… score at 24 hours and were followed-up with neurological assessment and neurodevelopmental outcome at 18-36 months of age. Umbilical cord serum, plasma and whole blood were processed and biobanked across all cohorts at delivery and stored at -80°C. Techniques employed throughout the thesis …