BACKGROUND Neurocognitive impairment has been described in COPD patients, but little is known about its relationship with physical functioning and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in this chronically ill patient group. METHODS 301 stable COPD patients completed the Trail Making Test (TMT-A: psychomotor speed and TMT-B: executive control); 198 patients completed the Memory Impairment Scre...

OBJECTIVE Bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder share some clinical features and have similar correlates. It is, therefore, not surprising that differential diagnosis is sometimes difficult. The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) is the most widely used screening scale for bipolar disorder. Prior studies found a high false-positive rate on the MDQ in a heterogeneous sample of psyc...

♦Corresponding Author: Hena A. Ansari, MD Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College AMU, Aligarh-202002, UP, India Email: [email protected] Introduction Ovarian adenofibromas are characterized histologically by a prominent fibrous tissue component in addition to epithelial elements. They are classified by the World Health Organization according to epithelial type into serous, en...

OBJECTIVE Borderline personality disorder is characterized by a lack of effective regulation of emotional responses. The authors investigated the role of the endogenous opioid system and mu-opioid receptors in emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder. METHOD Mu-opioid receptor availability in vivo (nondisplaceable binding potential, or BP(ND)) was measured with positron emission ...

Breathe | June 2017 | Volume 13 | No 2 141 Association of borderline pulmonary hypertension with mortality and hospitalization in a large patient cohort: insights from the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking program Authors: Maron BA, Hess E, Maddox TM, et al. Circulation 2016; 133: 1240–1248. Summary: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnostic criteria are currently defin...