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Effect of sex on psychological distress and fatigue over time in a prospective cohort of cancer survivors
Studies indicate a higher level of distress in women than men with cancer, but whether this difference is retained over time is unknown. We studied the frequency and level of distress and fatigue during time a...
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The PRESTO study: awareness of stroke symptoms and time from onset to intervention
Timely access to medical assistance is the first crucial step to improving clinical outcomes of stroke patients. Many educational campaigns have been organized with the purpose of making people aware of what a...
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Internal carotid artery dissection related to abnormalities of styloid process: is it only a matter of length?
Vascular Eagle syndrome, due to im**ement of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) by the styloid process (SP), is an uncommon and not yet widely recognized cause of ICA dissection.
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Head CT in centenarians: emergency and non-emergency findings
Our retrospective study evaluates head CTs performed in our Hospital in the last 11 years (2009–2019) in centenarian patients.
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Multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) predicts successful application for disability social benefits in older people
The economic recognition of disability is of importance in daily practice, but the tools used in older people are still limited. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the multidimensional pro...
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The impact of oral health on prognosis of older multimorbid inpatients: the 6-month follow up MPI oral health study (MPIOH)
To identifying tools for the reliable and systematic evaluation of oral health in older inpatients as well as to addressing the association between oral health and patients’ prognosis as measured by the Compre...
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How to better stratify the risk of differentiated thyroid carcinomas: the key role of radioactive iodine therapy, age, and gender
The risk of relapse of differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) and their indication for radioactive iodine therapy (RAI) are assessed according to ATA risk stratification system principally based on tumor-node...
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The prognostic significance of geriatric syndromes and resources
Geriatric syndromes (GS) do not fit into discrete disease categories and are often underdiagnosed in hospitalized older adults. Geriatric resources (GR) are also not routinely collected in clinical settings, a...
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New associations of the Multidimensional Prognostic Index
The multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) is a validated, sensitive, and specific prognosis estimation tool based on a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). The MPI accurately predicts mortality after 1 ...
