Joseph T King

..In this study the authors evaluated pain, functioning, and quality of life (QOL) in patients with radicular leg and back pain who underwent nucleoplasty-based percutaneous disc decompression...

..Retrospective analysis of nationwide Veterans Health Administration clinical and administrative data...

..Examine the relationship between perioperative glucose control and postoperative infections in a nationwide sample of diabetic patients undergoing a wide variety of surgical procedures...

..We investigated factors related to the rate of additional cervical spine surgery, the associated length of stay, and hospital charges...

..The EuroQol EQ-5D is a popular generic 5-item multiple-choice survey questionnaire that measures preference-based QOL on a 0 to 1 scale. We assessed the validity and reliability of the EQ-5D in patients with cerebral aneurysms...

..QOL values of the general public for cerebral aneurysm health states are not well understood...

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..To study what patients know about their condition, we compared patients' knowledge about their aneurysm-related medical history with information in the medical record...

..q scales. They sought to validate the differences in Q and q scale measurements in a separate patient population...

..MMSE and TICS scores are often dichotomized to classify patients as cognitively impaired or not. Frequently, after an initial MMSE face-to-face evaluation, the TICS is used for follow-up assessments by telephone...

..Aneurysm disease and its treatment can have an adverse impact on mental health, yet the affects of cerebral aneurysms on general mental health, anxiety, and depression are poorly understood...

..An additional advantage of preference-based QOL values is that they can be incorporated into decision analyses and cost-effectiveness analyses...

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..In the present study the authors used three types of outcomes instruments to assess the results of CSM surgery...

..The authors assessed the performance, validity, and reliability of the Short Form-12 (SF-12), a self-administered written survey instrument, to assess health status in patients with cerebral aneurysms...

..Valuations of hypothetical health state scenarios can be affected by participant characteristics...

..Hence, the duration of AKI adds additional information to predict long-term mortality...

..However, many investigators have questioned the scientific basis of this rule, and it has not been updated...

..Prospective cross-sectional observational cohort study...

..We studied 2 large cohorts to estimate the background rate of intracranial hemorrhage and compared it with rates reported among persons who had been exposed to tipranavir...

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..We used Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36), a generic quality of life outcome-assessment instrument, to assess the quality of life among patients with CSM...

..In this study the authors assessed the validity and reliability of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36), a generic outcomes instrument, in a population of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM)...

..Little is understood about the factors that influence survival in patients who undergo gamma-knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases...

..Health-state preferences can be combined with willingness-to-pay (WTP) data to calculate WTP per quality-adjusted life year (QALY). The WTP/QALY ratios provide insight into societal valuations of expenditures for medical interventions...

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..The 3-month GOS is a powerful independent predictor of long-term outcome for patients with severe TBI. Prolonged hypotension, DAI, and the presence of fixed and dilated pupils were also independent predictors of poor outcome...