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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"neurocognitive dysfunction"”.
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Pre-treatment of patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass with hyperbaric oxygen : a prospective randomised double-blind evaluation of inflammatory response and neurocognitive outcome
… Despite these improvements subtle neurocognitive impairment, from diffuse cerebral injury due to micremboli during cardiopulmonary bypass, continues to occur following cardiac surgery.Previous human and animal studies have shown that hyperbaric oxygen can reduce some of the …
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Using an Ethics of Care to Re-interpret Consent in the Management of Care for Addiction Disorders
… suffer from the biological, genetic, epigenetic neurocognitive dysfunction and social sequela of substance use disorders and addiction require the empowering support from healthcare professionals; necessitating the need to utilize an ethics of care to re-interpret consent for the management of …
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Neuroimaging and neurocognitive assessment of PTSD and MDD in a South African community setting
… with PTSD and MDD display distinct patterns of neurocognitive impairment and associated brain dysfunction, relative to healthy controls, and these effects will be amplified in patients with both disorders. Methods: This dissertation was undertaken within the Drakenstein Child Health Study, a …
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Feigning Cognitive Deficits on Neuropsychological Evaluations: Multiple Detection Strategies
… frequently stand to gain in some manner if neurocognitive dysfunction is diagnosed. As a result, neuropsychologists are customarily asked to test for neurocognitive feigning during the assessment. The current study employed an analogue design with a clinical comparison group to examine the …
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Blood-Based Inflammation Biomarkers of Neurocognitive Impairment in People Living with HIV
… living with HIV (PLWH) experience HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). ART has decreased incidence of HAD but the less severe forms of HAND has increased. Diagnosis of HAND is challenging as the often-subtle forms of impairment are not as overt as dementia. HIV infection promotes …
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Child Maltreatment, Behavior Problems, And Neurocognition: Main And Mediation Effects
… examined using a meta-analytic approach. The neurocognitive underpinnings of these relationships remain poorly understood. Also, the possible link that neurocognitive dysfunction and BP may predispose children to high risk of physical abuse is under-investigated. The purpose of this …
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The effects of HIV-1 viral protein r (vpr) and anti-retroviral drugs in the brain: Implications in HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders
… different forms of HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) still persist and affect about half of the HIV infected population. The importance of HIV-1 accessory protein Vpr has been well established in the pathology of AIDS in the peripheral and central nervous system. …
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HIV-1 INFECTION OF NEURAL STEM CELLS RESULTS IN COGNITIVE DEFICITS THROUGH ADULT NEUROGENIC MODULATION
… include cardiomyopathies, metabolic dysfunction, accelerated aging, and most notably, neurocognitive deficits. HIV-1 associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) denote a spectrum of neurocognitive deficits that are either asymptomatic in nature (asymptomatic neurocognitive impairments, …