Geriatric nutritional risk index and newly developed scoring system as prognosis prediction for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with lenvatinib by Hideko Ohama, Atsushi Hiraoka, Toshifumi Tada, Masashi Hirooka, Kazuya Kariyama, Joji Tani, Masanori Atsukawa, Koichi Takaguchi, Ei Itobayashi, Shinya Fukunishi, Kunihiko Tsuji, Toru Ishikawa, Kazuto Tajiri, Hironori Ochi, Satoshi Yasuda, Hidenori Toyoda, Chikara Ogawa, Takashi Nishimura, Takeshi Hatanaka, Satoru Kakizaki, Noritomo Shimada, Kazuhito Kawata, Atsushi Naganuma, Hisashi Kosaka, Tomomitsu Matono, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Yutaka Yata, Hironori Tanaka, Hiroki Nishikawa, Hiroshi Shibata, Fujimasa Tada, Kazuhiro Nouso, Asahiro Morishita, Akemi Tsutsui, Takuya Nagano, Norio Itokawa, Tomomi Okubo, Taeang Arai, Michitaka Imai, Yohei Koizumi, Shinichiro Nakamura, Hiroko Iijima, Masaki Kaibori, Yoichi Hiasa, Takashi Kumada

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Research Progress and Trends in Exercise Interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Bibliometric Visualization Analysis Using CiteSpace by Han Q, Kim SM

“…Among authors, Shimada Hiroyuki and three Japanese colleagues are key contributors, while Neurology is the most frequently co-cited journal. …”
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Functional Analysis of Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Based on Exploratory Item Response Theory Modeling by FAN Yabei, CHEN Jinjin, GE Panli, CHENG Xi, ZHANG Yichen, LIN Feng

“…ObjectiveBased on Hammersmith Function Motor Scale Expanded （HFMSE），the study aimed at constructing item response model （IRM） to evaluate the functioning of patients with spinal muscular atrophy （SMA） and exploring the metrical characteristics of HFMSE.MethodsWe recruited 23 SMA patients who received corrective treatment in the Department of Geriatric Neurology and the Department of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University from February 2021 to June 2023. …”
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Burden of caregivers of older people in Sri Lanka: an overlooked concern in the health care system by Nirmala Rathnayake, Wedura Kannangara, Thilina Abeygunasekara, Warsha De Zoysa, Dhammika Palangasinghe, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…Methods The BSFC-s was cross-culturally adapted following standard guidelines and administered to consecutively selected 178 family caregivers involved in the long-term care of older patients (aged ≥ 65 years) who were regular attendees of medical and neurology clinics at the National Hospital Galle, Sri Lanka. …”
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The Risk Factors of Self-Management Behavior among Chinese Stroke Patients by Huang Shuqi, Li Siqin, Wu Xiaoyan, Yang Rong, Zhao Lihong

“…Ischemic stroke patients (n = 354) were enrolled from the outpatient department of Neurology in West China Hospital from September 2018 to December 2019. …”
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From Night to Light: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Global Research Trajectory of Sleep Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease by Shi L, Zhao X, Wu J, He C

“…Current research is primarily centered on Neurosciences, Pharmacology, and Clinical Neurology. Emerging trends involve comprehensive evaluations of sleep, early diagnosis and prevention of various sleep disorder subtypes in PD, and advancing research through animal models to develop effective therapies. …”
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Large Language Models in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis and Examination of Research Trends by Gencer G, Gencer K

“…The study highlights that neural network applications in diagnostic imaging, natural language processing for clinical documentation, and patient data in the field of general internal medicine, radiology, medical informatics, health care services, surgery, oncology, ophthalmology, neurology, orthopedics and psychiatry have seen significant growth in publications over the past two years. …”
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Efficacy Study on Training by Using Hydrogel to Improve Swallowing Function in Patients with Dysphagia after Stroke by HUANG Shaochun, XU Jianzhen, LIU Li, RAO Jiang, QIU Haiyan, YU Canping, ZHANG Jie, LI Shujie

“…ObjectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy on training by using hydrogel to improve swallowing function in patients with dysphagia after stroke.MethodsIn accordance with the diagnostic criteria of stroke established by Neurology Society of Chinese Medical Association, a total of 80 patients with dysphagia after stroke and Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS) with FOIS grade 1-3 were enrolled from May 2020 to October 2020. …”
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Identifying key signs of motor neurone disease in primary care: a nested case–control study using the QResearch database by Aleksandar Radunović, Carol Coupland, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Christopher J McDermott, Tom A Ranger, Judith Burchardt, Xue W Mei

“…Objective To confirm the symptoms and signs for motor neuron disease (MND) in the Red Flag tool; to quantify the extent to which the key symptoms and signs are associated with MND; and to identify additional factors which may be helpful within the primary care setting in recognition of possible MND and triggering timely referral to neurology specialists.Design A nested case–control study.Setting 1292 UK general practices contributing to the QResearch primary care database, linked to hospital and mortality data.Participants Baseline cohort included 16.8 million individuals aged 18 years and over without a diagnosis of MND at study entry and with more than 3 years of digitalised information available. …”
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The Mechanism of Acupuncture Therapy for Migraine: A Systematic Review of Animal Studies on Rats by An Y, Zhang J, Ren Q, Liu J, Liu Z, Cao K

“…Yuqiu An,1,2,* Jing Zhang,1,2,* Qiaosheng Ren,1,2 Jiaojiao Liu,1,2 Zhenhong Liu,1,2,* Kegang Cao1,2,* 1Department of Neurology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Kegang Cao; Zhenhong Liu, Email Kgdoctor@sina.com; lzhh0399@163.comBackground: Acupuncture has long been used for migraine treatment as it is convenient for use and has remarkable efficacy. …”
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Progressively complex neurorehabilitation: from a severe coma to a vegetative state, minimal consciousness ... and the Phoenix bird survives and is reborn from its ashes by Andreea-Iulia Vlădulescu-Trandafir, Aurelian Anghelescu, Ana-Andreea Cristea, Gelu Onose

“…The kinesiotherapy was progressively adapted to the neurologic and general condition. The patient had slight improvements in motor and cognitive abilities, resulting in simple voluntary gestures and affective response schemes. …”
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Best Evidence Summary of Home Enteral Tube Feeding Care Management in the Elderly by Zhu H, Liu A, Han Z, Yang Y, Ma X, Shi H

“…Huiya Zhu,1 Aihua Liu,1 Zhongyan Han,2 Yanling Yang,3 Xiao Ma,2 Haiyan Shi2 1Department of Cardiovasology, the Second Medical Center & National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Medical Center & National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Neurology, PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Haiyan Shi, Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Medical Center & National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, People’s Republic of China, Email shihyan662@163.comPurpose: To evaluate and summarize the best evidence of home enteral tube feeding (HETF) care management in the elderly to provide an evidence-based basis for caregivers to implement care interventions.Patients and Methods: Evidence on HETF care management in the elderly was retrieved from Chinese and international databases, guidelines, and websites of professional associations, including systematic reviews and expert consensuses, using the keywords of home enteral nutrition, home tube feeding, old, elder, home care, etc. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Nonenhancing Glioblastoma Regions by Flóra John MD, Natasha L. Robinette MD, Alit J. Amit-Yousif MD, Edit Bosnyák MD, Geoffrey R. Barger MD, Keval D. Shah MD, Sandeep Mittal MD, Csaba Juhász MD, PhD

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Sickle Cell Nephropathy and Associated Factors among Asymptomatic Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia by Uchenna Modestus Nnaji, Christian Chukwukere Ogoke, Henrietta Uche Okafor, Kingsley I. Achigbu

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Associations of neutrophil/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with frailty and its mortality by Jianqiang Zhang, Jianqiang Zhang

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EQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 utility scores in people living with chronic low back pain: a survey from Quebec by Thomas G Poder, Liang Wang, Nathalie Carrier

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Association of a novel nutritional index with cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the China Health and Retirement Longit... by Guotao Liu, Jianyuan Zhang

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Content and outcome of non-pharmacological rehabilitation in hospital, or community-based care, for women with traumatic brain injury: a scoping review protocol by Kajsa Lidström Holmqvist, Thomas Strandberg, Grahame Simpson, Jessica Massey, Marie Matérne

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What do medical students think about conscientious objection? A cross-sectional study from Turkey by M. Murat Civaner, Eylül Yalçinkaya, Arlene Macdonald

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Complex Inflammation mRNA-Related Response in ALS Is Region Dependent by Sara Berjaoui, Mónica Povedano, Paula Garcia-Esparcia, Margarita Carmona, Ester Aso, Isidre Ferrer

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