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Frontal lobe dysfunction may predispose people to have psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; this dysfunction can be measured by analyzing a brief period of the awake EEG.
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This observational study noted that critically ill patients provided with clinical psychological support during their ICU stay had less anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder at one year post-discharge compared to historical controls.
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In a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients admitted with a variety of acute diagnoses, those diagnosed with COPD (but not in exacerbation) had higher ICU mortality but no difference in risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia as compared to patients without the diagnosis of COPD.
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The utility of inflammatory markers in acute pericarditis is not well understood. Thus, these investigators from Italy prospectively evaluated serial high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) serum levels in patients with acute pericarditis followed for 24 months on average.
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In response to concerns raised about IRB review of genetic research, a group of investigators, ethicists and other stakeholders has surveyed genetic researchers and IRB professionals to discern what issues are complicating review.
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It's a well-accepted position in human subjects protection circles that in order to improve IRBs and their relationships with investigators, it's important to actually study IRBs how they work, how long it takes to do things, the knowledge and attitudes that members carry into discussions of various types of research.
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An overwhelming majority of research subjects with schizophrenia monitored over the course of a long-term medication study retained the capacity to give consent for research.
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