Preference for advance care planning in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Implementing advance care planning (ACP) is recommended in clinical guidelines. However, in pulmonary hypertension, patients' preference toward ACP remains unclear. We aimed to elucidate the preference of patients with pulmonary hypertension for ACP conversations and the association of ACP with important patient factors underlying treatment decision-making.

Could video game-based physical rehabilitation substitute for conventional physiotherapy in patients with glioma? A proof-of-concept study.

Purpose: The present study investigated the clinical feasibility of replacing a part of conventional physiotherapy (PT) with Nintendo Wii® for the recovery of motor function and activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with glioma.

Methods: This study included 10 patients with first-episode gliomas who were admitted to the neurosurgery department of a tertiary hospital. According to the patients' preferences, they were allocated to conventional PT or Wii® rehabilitation groups in which a part of the conventional PT sessions were replaced with Wii® training.

Impact of rehabilitation dose on body mass index change in older acute patients with stroke: a retrospective observational study.

Background: It is established that a low body mass index (BMI) correlates with a diminished home discharge rate and a decline in activities of daily living (ADL) capacity among elderly stroke patients. Nevertheless, there exists a paucity of knowledge regarding strategies to mitigate BMI reduction during the acute phase. This investigation seeks to elucidate the impact of rehabilitation dose, as determined by both physical and occupational therapy, on BMI alterations, positing that a heightened rehabilitation dose could thwart BMI decline.

Ability to walk 10 m within the first week of stroke predicts independent outdoor walking and destination.

Objectives: We aimed to determine if achieving a 10-m walk target within the first week of stroke onset correlates with independent outdoor walking at discharge and discharge to home for patients with stroke.

Materials And Methods: This study included 226 patients transferred to the subacute rehabilitation hospital (SRH) between January 2018 and March 2021. Data obtained from hospital records included age, sex, stroke type, lesion side, body mass index, presence of acute treatment, length of days from onset to physical therapy intervention, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, length of hospital stay, Functional Independence Measure score, and the ability to complete the 10 m walk target within the first week of stroke onset.

EmPHasis-10 Health-Related Quality of Life and Exercise Capacity in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension After Balloon Angioplasty.

Background Whether pulmonary hemodynamic parameters and functional capacity are associated with quality of life in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate disease-specific quality of life using the emPHasis-10 questionnaire and assess its determinants in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with normalized pulmonary hemodynamics. Methods and Results This cross-sectional study included 187 health status assessments of 143 patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (median age, 68 [58-75] years; men/women, 51/136; use of home oxygen therapy, 51 patients [27%]) after balloon pulmonary angioplasty with normalized mean pulmonary artery pressure <25 mm Hg at rest.