AIMS This prospective, multicentre study (PRECISION GOLD) evaluated the incidence of asymptomatic cerebral embolism (ACE) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using a new gold multi-electrode radiofrequency (RF) ablation catheter, pulmonary vein ablation catheter (PVAC) GOLD. Also, procedural efficiency of PVAC GOLD was compared with ERACE. The ERACE study demonstrated that a low incidence of A...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate validity of the Italian Mini-ICF-APP (Mini-ICF Rating for Limitations of Activities and Participation in Psychological Disorders) in schizophrenia and related disorders. METHODS 74 outpatients affected by schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders attending a University-based community mental health centre were recruited to the study. All partic...

background and objective: evaluation is one of the major aspects in process of educational activities. evaluation provides the possibility to assess strengthens and weaknesses. the present study has been conducted under the goal to assess approach of students evaluation by basic sciences and clinical sciences educational groups at medical school of shiraz university of medical sciences. methods...

Conflict of interest: none. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and agreement of the Dementia Rating Scale with clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment and to compare its psychometric measures with those from Mini Mental State Examination. Methods: Eighty-six elders from a long-term care institution were invited to participate in a study, and fifty-eight ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness, relative ease of administration, and patient acceptance of the clock drawing test as well as the time and change test for detecting dementia in Chinese elderly adults. DESIGN Prospective case-controlled study. SETTING Memory clinic and geriatric clinic of a district hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS A convenient sample of 85 subjects aged 65 years or o...

Introduction Prior mechanistic studies in rodents showed decreased levels of the pivotal mitochondrial metabolite acetyl-L-carnitine (LAC) relation to cognitive deficits and depressive-like behavior (Neuron 2017, 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.020, PNAS 2013, 10.1073/pnas.1216100110), providing basis for current translational study. Objectives The main objective this work was ascertain role specific ...

The Mini-Mental State Examination is one of the most widely used screening tests for the adult population in daily neurologic practice. The aim of this study was to describe and to analyze the results of the Mini-Mental State Examination administered to Spanish children and to assess the relationship between Mini-Mental State Examination scores and the child's mental age/intelligence quotient. ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a tool called the Pictorial Cognitive Screening Inventory (PCSI), which consists of pictorial memory and attention tests that are not influenced by literacy level. PATIENTS AND METHODS PCSI, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) questionnaires were administered to 80 elderly participants (20 illit...

Abstract Background Although there are clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), two conditions may sometimes be difficult to differentiate. Prior research has documented that often have striking neuropsychological differences, been a number reports promoting ability simple screening tests help diagnostic accuracy clinician. These tests...