Enhanced perceptual priming for neutral stimuli occurring in a traumatic context: two experimental investigations. by Michael, T, Ehlers, A

“…Dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder: Two prospective studies of motor vehicle accident survivors. British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, 363-368]. …”

Outcome of 609 adults after relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); an MRC UKALL12/ECOG 2993 study. by Fielding, A, Richards, S, Chopra, R, Lazarus, H, Litzow, MR, Buck, G, Durrant, I, Luger, S, Marks, D, Franklin, I, McMillan, A, Tallman, MS, Rowe, J, Goldstone, A

“…In a very highly selected subgroup of patients who were able to receive HSCT after relapse, some were long-term survivors. We conclude from a large, unselected series with mature follow-up that most adults with recurring ALL, whatever their prior treatment, cannot be rescued using currently available therapies. …”

The Current State of Radiotherapy for Pediatric Brain Tumors: An Overview of Post-Radiotherapy Neurocognitive Decline and Outcomes by Nicholas Major, Neal A. Patel, Josiah Bennett, Ena Novakovic, Dana Poloni, Mickey Abraham, Nolan J. Brown, Julian L. Gendreau, Ronald Sahyouni, Joshua Loya

“…Advancements in radiotherapy grant both an increase in lifetime survival and an increased lifetime for survivors to contend with these late effects. In this review, the authors examined all the published literature, analyzing the results of clinical trials, case series, and technical notes on patients undergoing radiotherapy for the treatment of tumors of the central nervous system with a focus on neurocognitive decline and survival outcomes.…”
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Neurocognitive Dysfunction and predictors in non-CNS cancer patients: Rationale and methods for the neuro-oncology research at a South African academic hospital by Antonio G. Lentoor, Tiro Bright Motsamai

“…The scope of the neurocognitive issues and risk factors that may be present in cancer patients and survivors in a developing environment could be determined by this study. …”
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Community engagement in Ebola outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for COVID-19 control: A scoping review by Shadrack Osei Frimpong, Elijah Paintsil

“…Our findings show that effective community involvement during the EVD outbreak depended on the survival rates, testimonials of survivors, risk perception, and the inclusion of community leaders. …”
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NE-Motion: Visual Analysis of Stroke Patients Using Motion Sensor Networks by Rodrigo Colnago Contreras, Avinash Parnandi, Bruno Gomes Coelho, Claudio Silva, Heidi Schambra, Luis Gustavo Nonato

“…A large number of stroke survivors suffer from a significant decrease in upper extremity (UE) function, requiring rehabilitation therapy to boost recovery of UE motion. …”
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The limits of medical recovery of post stroke patients suffering of different types of neoplasia by I.D. Rădulescu, A.M. Pâslaru, V. Creangă-Zărnescu, A.-M. Fătu, A. Ciubară

“…Excluding the characteristic neurological pathology, a series of complications may follow and if they are neglected they might compromise the success of medical rehab and the reintegration of the patient back into society.Recent studies have demonstrated that there is a higher rate of incidence of cancer among the survivors of a stroke in comparison with the general population. …”
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Use of magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of therapeutic response in breast cancer-related lymphedema: A systematic review by Antonio Jorge Forte, Daniel Boczar, Salam Kassis, Maria T. Huayllani, Sarah A. McLaughlin

“…Breast cancer treatment-related lymphedema (BCRL) is a common comorbidity in breast cancer survivors. Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to evaluate therapeutic response of patients with various medical conditions, it is not routinely used to evaluate lymphedema patients. …”
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Intestinal Atresia: Experience at a Busy Center of North-West India by Shilpi Gupta, Rahul Gupta, Soumyodhriti Ghosh, Arun Kumar Gupta, Arvind Shukla, Vinita Chaturvedi, Praveen Mathur

“…Mean hospital stay for survivors was 11 days. Overall survival was 63%. Conclusion: Late presentation, overcrowding in intensive care unit, septicemia, functional obstruction and anastomotic leak are the causes of poor outcome in our series. …”
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Proresolving mediator profiles in cerebrospinal fluid are linked with disease severity and outcome in adults with tuberculous meningitis by Colas, RA, Nhat, LTH, Thuong, NTT, Gómez, EA, Ly, L, Thanh, HH, Mai, NTH, Phu, NH, Thwaites, GE, Dalli, J

“…CSF proresolving mediator concentrations were also associated with 80-d survival. In survivors, we found a significant increase in proresolving mediator concentrations, including the lipoxygenase 5-derived 13-series resolvin (RvT)2, RvT4, and 15-epi-lipoxin B4, compared with those who died. …”

Decision making in breast cancer treatment: a qualitative inquiry by Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mansor, Ahmad Zamri, Muhamad, Mazanah

“…To get an insight into decision making related to breast cancer treatment from the perspective of breast cancer patients and survivors, a series of focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted with 36 informants of the Chinese and Malay ethnicities. …”
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Incidencia, factores relacionados con la presentación, evolución y mortalidad de la acidosis láctica asociada a metformina en el área sanitaria de un hospital de tercer nivel by José María Peña Porta, Hilda Mercedes Villafuerte Ledesma, Carmen Vicente de Vera Floristán, Ana Ferrer Dufol, Tránsito Salvador Gómez, Rafael Álvarez Lipe

“…There were only significant differences between the deceased and survivors regarding the duration of stay and final creatinine. …”
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Nutritional Risk Assessment Scores Effectively Predict Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Severe COVID-19 by Constantin Bodolea, Andrada Nemes, Lucretia Avram, Rares Craciun, Mihaela Coman, Mihaela Ene-Cocis, Cristina Ciobanu, Dana Crisan

“…Results: In-hospital mortality was 46.7% (<i>n</i> = 42/90). Non-survivors had a significantly higher nutritional risk, as expressed by all four scores. …”
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Evaluation of Hepcidin Level in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit by Marco Ciotti, Marzia Nuccetelli, Massimo Pieri, Carlo Maria Petrangeli, Alfredo Giovannelli, Terenzio Cosio, Luigi Rosa, Piera Valenti, Francesca Leonardis, Jacopo Maria Legramante, Sergio Bernardini, Elena Campione, Marilena Minieri

“…Based on the clinical outcome, the patients were assigned to two groups: survivors and non-survivors. Moreover, a series of routine laboratory parameters were monitored during the stay of the patients in the ICU and their levels correlated to the outcome. …”
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Quimioterapia de alta dose com suporte hematopoiético autólogo em tumores de células germinativas Experiência do Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil. by Margarida Brito, Pedro Sanchez, Sónia Velho, Nuno Miranda, Fernando Leal da Costa, Isabelina Ferreira, Gilda Teixeira, António Guimarães, Manuel Abecasis, J L Passos Coelho

“…This series is small and heterogeneous which prevents us from drawing conclusions regarding the benefit of this treatment for GCT. …”
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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders following past exposure to ionizing radiation and SARS CoV-2 infection by K. Loganovsky, T. Loganovskaja

“…The prevalence rate of schizophrenia in A-bomb survivors in Nagasaki was very high – 6 % (Nakane and Ohta, 1986), and increased in those prenatally exposed to A-bombing (Imamura et al., 1995) and medical X-irradiation (Gross et al., 2018). …”
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Diversity of SIRV-like Viruses from a North American Population by Joseph R. Fackler, Michael Dworjan, Khaled S. Gazi, Dennis W. Grogan

“…The majority of host cells infected by the new isolates were killed, but survivors exhibited heritable resistance, which could not be attributed to CRISPR spacer acquisition or the loss of the pilus-related genes identified by earlier studies. …”
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Data-driven phase extraction for anomaly detection of repetitive human movements by Jatesiktat, Prayook

“…An evaluation on four different exercises shows good potential in separating anomalous movements from normal ones with an average area under the curve (AUC) of 0.9872 and the test on actual stroke survivors is also performed. In addition, a new real-time depth-based object tracking method is invented by training a neural network to learn a continuous signed distance field of a target object. …”
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Porcine or human stentless valves for aortic valve replacement? Results of a 10-year comparative study. by Ali, A, Lim, E, Halstead, J, Ashrafian, H, Ali, Z, Khalpey, Z, Theodorou, P, Chamageorgakis, T, Kumar, P, Jackson, C, Pepper, J

“…Survivors were interviewed by telephone according to a defined protocol. …”

Social engagement after stroke – is it relevant to cognitive function? A cross-sectional analysis of UK Biobank data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Carlos A. Celis-Morales, Bogna A. Drozdowska, Terence J. Quinn, Donald M. Lyall

“…The disabling nature of stroke increases the likelihood of social isolation and stroke survivors are at high risk of cognitive decline. We assessed the association between social engagement and cognitive function in a sample of stroke survivors. …”
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