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Poststroke outcome measure implementation fails to address NPT components

Poststroke outcome measure implementation fails to address NPT components

25 Mar 2025 byStephen Padilla

Implementation strategies for the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), a gold-standard poststroke upper limb outcome measure, fall short of addressing key components of the Normalisation Process Theory (NPT), particularly coherence and reflexive monitoring, according to a Singapore study.

Poststroke outcome measure implementation fails to address NPT components

25 Mar 2025
Eyebrow or eyelash hair loss affects QoL in AA patients

Eyebrow or eyelash hair loss affects QoL in AA patients

25 Mar 2025 byAudrey Abella

A real-world analysis presented at AAD 2025 shows that patients with alopecia areata (AA) with eyebrow or eyelash hair loss have greater health-related quality of life (HRQoL) burden than those without eyebrow and eyelash involvement.

Eyebrow or eyelash hair loss affects QoL in AA patients

25 Mar 2025
More syphilis cases picked up with universal vs targeted ED screening

More syphilis cases picked up with universal vs targeted ED screening

24 Mar 2025
SZC lowers hyperkalemia risk in HF patients on spironolactone

SZC lowers hyperkalemia risk in HF patients on spironolactone

24 Mar 2025 byStephen Padilla

The use of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (SZC) among patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and hyperkalemia has significantly improved the proportion of those with normokalemia while on optimal spironolactone dose, a study has shown.

SZC lowers hyperkalemia risk in HF patients on spironolactone

24 Mar 2025