Articles: function.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Jan 2023
Case ReportsClinicopathological Features of Patients with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre in Pakistan.
Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) antibody encephalitis is a potentially lethal form of autoimmune encephalitis in which auto-antibody production occurs against the NMDAR, NR1 subunit, causing massive dysregulation of neuro-transmission. This syndrome is often paraneoplastic (ovarian teratomas) having a male-to-female ratio of 1:4 and most often manifests with neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms, including hallucinations, memory loss, and diminished conscious level leading to death. ⋯ All three patients had a prodrome of fever, abnormal psychiatric behaviour, decreased consciousness level, speech dysfunction, and autonomic instability; however, seizures and movement disorders were only present in two patients. Key Words: Anti-NMDAR antibody, Anti-NMDAR encephalitis, Autoimmune encephalitis.
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To investigate the effect and efficacy of traditional Chinese and western medicine combined with lung rehabilitation training on pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD) complicated with chronic cor pulmonale. ⋯ Traditional Chinese and western medicine combined with lung rehabilitation training displayed better results on lung function and curative effect than conventional western medicine combined with lung rehabilitation training in patients with COPD complicated with chronic cor pulmonale (Tab. 8, Ref. 43). Text in PDF www.elis.sk Keywords: traditional Chinese and western medicine combined, lung rehabilitation training, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary function, curative effect.
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Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are associated with structural and functional vascular abnormalities. MetS and its components may increase arterial stiffness and the risk of cardiovascular events. However, the relationship of MetS and its components, including obesity, with arterial stiffness is still not fully understood. ⋯ Arterial stiffness was associated with age, sex, and MetS components (BMI and FPG/T2DM). Surprisingly, the parameters of dyslipidemia do not influence stiffness parameters, which can be explained by hypolipidemic therapy. The influence of hypolipidemic therapy should therefore be borne in mind when evaluating arterial tree function (Tab. 15, Ref. 62). Text in PDF www.elis.sk Keywords: obesity, fasting plasma glucose, type 2 diabetes, aortic stiffness, metabolic syndrome, arterial hypertension, cardiovascular risk.
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Numerous surveys using different techniques have been conducted in recent years to accurately classify Alzheimer's disease (AD). This research emphasized the identification of AD through neuroimaging data. However, it is important to identify symptoms as soon as possible when the disease-modifying medications function best during infection before a permanent cognitive impairment develops. ⋯ Experiments are being conducted on the Alzheimer's Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) dataset, and the proposed system achieves the 98.32 % accuracy level (Tab. 6, Fig. 4, Ref. 34). Text in PDF www.elis.sk. Keywords: mild cognitive impairment, deep learning, Alzheimer's disease, expected risk.