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D Larson

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Leptomeningeal artery atherosclerosis visualized by angiography: clinical correlates.

Circumscribed atherosclerotic involvement of secondary and tertiary branches of major cerebral arteries is a common angiographic finding whose nature is rarely in question. However, widespread and severe changes are unusual, and radiologic interpretation may be more difficult. We recently cared for a patient whose angiogram demonstrated extensive involvement of leptomeningeal vessels and were prompted to review the clinical courses and autopsy findings of a number of other patients with similar angiographic findings. Our observations suggest that the radiological appearance of leptomeningeal artery atherosclerosis can be confused with that of an arteritis. Atherosclerosis of leptomeningeal arteries is strongly associated with a history of arterial hypertension and seems to parallel arterial lesions thought responsible for lacunar infarction and intraparenchymal hemorrhage.

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The relative effects of health and income on life satisfaction.

The relative effects of health and income on life satisfaction were analyzed using data collected in three recent national surveys. Financial situation was a slightly stronger predictor of life satisfaction for persons under age sixty-five, whereas health condition had a stronger impact on the life satisfaction of persons over age sixty-four. An attempt was made to quantify the relative impact of health and income on life satisfaction through an analysis of conjoint influence with contingency tables.

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Clinical database repository--a solution for outcomes assessment.

This paper describes how implementation of a Clinical Database Repository (CDR) presents health care organizations with a tool to respond actively to quality and cost demands of the current delivery setting. The CDR is an innovative technological solution to integrate unlimited laboratory data with data from other systems, thereby expanding the contribution of routinely collected laboratory data to broader outcomes assessment goals of an organization. The technical components of a CDR, implementation methods, and deployment benefits to an organization are discussed. The resulting outcomes assessment from this tool will enable an organization to positively and cost-effectively influence how care is provided through system rules validation, measuring benefits of new technology, reducing unwarranted practice pattern variation, and validating practice guidelines. Although the value of systems such as CDR has been documented, their full potential for outcomes assessment has yet to be explored.

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