Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jan 2024
ReviewThe three pillars in treating antibody-mediated encephalitis.
The rapid initiation of immunotherapy has a decisive impact on the course of the disease in patients with antibody-mediated encephalitis (AE). The importance of treating AE with antiseizure medication and antipsychotics is discussed controversially; however, standardized procedures should be ensured, especially for the initiation of treatment in severe disease. Recommendations and guidelines for further interventions in refractory courses are needed. In this review, we contrast the three mainstays of treatment options in patients with AE and attempt to highlight the importance of 1) antiseizure therapy, 2) antipsychotic therapy, and 3) immunotherapy/tumor resection from today's perspective.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jan 2024
The Vienna idiopathic intracranial hypertension database-An Austrian registry.
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is becoming increasingly more prevalent bearing the risk of visual impairment and affecting the quality of life. Clinical presentation and outcome are heterogeneous. Large, well-characterized cohorts are scarce. ⋯ The large representative Vienna IIH cohort characterizes IIH-related symptoms, diagnostic findings, treatment, and outcome emphasizing substantial long-term sequelae of IIH. Future analyses will aim to refine phenotyping and identify factors predicting outcome.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jan 2024
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear avoidance components scale in patients with chronic pain related to musculoskeletal disorders.
The fear avoidance components scale (FACS) evaluates patients' cognitive, emotional and behavioral fear avoidance behavior. The aim of the study was to conduct the cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the FACS. ⋯ The Turkish version of FACS is a valid and reliable questionnaire for patients with chronic pain related to musculoskeletal disorders. The FACS provides a further advantage over identical questionnaires by evaluating cognitive, behavioral and emotional fear avoidance components.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jan 2024
A novel set of Austrian reference unit costs for comprehensive societal perspectives consistent with latest European costing methods for economic evaluations.
Decision making in public health often happens against the background of scarce resources. The systematic use of economic evaluations can be a main enabler in the alignment of public health goals with budgetary constraints. ⋯ The common framework for costing and reporting, as well as the easy availability of the RUCs will reduce the burden on researchers and policy makers in future economic evaluations. The higher quality, accuracy, transparency and availability of economic evidence for policy design will help to improve the efficiency of public health-relevant healthcare decisions and make it easier for policy makers to bring funding arrangements and decision making across multiple sectors in line with Health-in-All-Policies goals.