Irish journal of medical science
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Review Case Reports
This infant is having a stroke: an illustrative case report.
Paediatric stroke is a rare event, and timely intervention is required to minimise long-term disability, reduced quality of life and financial implications. Although reperfusion strategies such as thrombolysis and thrombectomy are now well established in the adult population, and paediatric consensus guidelines allow for reperfusion therapies in children, access is currently limited due to diagnostic delays. This challenge is partly due to the rarity of presentation, infrastructure and public awareness to support early diagnosis as exists in the adult setting. We use an illustrative case and literature to describe an achieved case of paediatric stroke within an Irish setting. ⋯ Paediatric stroke care should be available to all children presenting with acute stroke symptoms; however, the rarity of the diagnosis would suggest a national strategy will be required to provide equitable care at a national level.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized controlled trial on the effects of different music genres on physiologic parameters and emotion.
Listening to music has psychophysiological effects on individuals' body and emotions, and it is known as one of the most influential stimuli to create emotions. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of different music genres on some physiological parameters and emotion. ⋯ The results of the present study showed that statistically and clinically, there was no difference between silent music and other types of music, including pop, rock, western classical, and Persian traditional, in reducing physiological parameters. Different genres of music had no additional impact on emotion when compared to silence.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of Kinesio taping and conventional physical therapy in the management of knee osteoarthritis: a randomized clinical trial.
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common kind of arthritis that occurs due to degeneration of the joint articular cartilage, producing pain, stiffness, and impaired movement. The objective of the study was to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of Kinesio taping (KT) plus conventional physical therapy (CPT) and CPT alone in subjects with knee OA. ⋯ KT combined with CPT was found to be more effective than CPT alone in the third and sixth weeks of the treatment. In knee OA, this combination of treatments was found to reduce pain, enhance range of motion, and improve physical functioning.
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Copeptin, the C-terminal portion of provasopressin, has been regarded as a marker of non-specific stress response and a potentially prognostic biomarker of cardiovascular diseases. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to summarize the predictive role of baseline copeptin for the prognosis of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). ⋯ A high plasma level of copeptin is associated with higher risks of mortality and MACEs in patients with CAD. Measuring copeptin may be helpful for risk stratification in patients with CAD.