Despite improvements in SCI medical management, rehospitalization rates remain high. It has been estimated that 32% of medical costs in the first 2 years after injury was directly attributed to secondary medical complications and patients with SCI still present a high prevalence of secondary complications many years after their rehabilitation.
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Sara Salles, DO
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
College of Medicine
University of...
The purpose of both these talks was to inform and inspire others to include in their work the idea that they might innovate in ways that have value to the marketplace.
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As the need for organ transplantation increases and the waiting list continues to grow, successful utilization and transplantation of as many available donor organs as possible has become paramount. While short-term outcomes have continued to improve and the incidence of acute rejection episodes has decreased, there has been only modest improvement in longer term outcomes, due to a variety of factors. Clearly, the greater use of extended criteria donors (ECD) and donation after cardiac death...
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Exercise and nutrition play a key role in helping persons with spinal cord injury reduce the incidence of secondary complications and to improve activity level, which can impact the person’s overall QoL and community integration.
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David R. Gater Jr, MD, PhD
Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Cardiovascular (CV) disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the United States. Compared with age-matched persons in the general population, kidney transplant recipients are at a greater than 10-fold increased risk of CV mortality. Indeed, CV disease is responsible for approximately 50% of death with function after the first post-transplant year. Maintenance of CV health has emerged as a top priority in the long-term management of renal transplant recipients. Read More
As the United States becomes a more racially and ethnically diverse nation, health care systems and providers need to respond to patients’ varied perspectives, values, and behaviors about health and well-being. Failure to understand and manage social and cultural differences may have significant health consequences for minority groups in particular. Support your response by including current documentation explaining the need for this continuing education activity from journals,...
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Roberto Dansie, PhD
Faculty
Psychosocial Trauma Institute
Missouri School of Medicine
