Delirium — an acute but treatable syndrome — must be differentiated from dementia, which has a slow and chronic progression. A history of rapid functional change or change in patient behavior (e.g., ...

Accurate assessment of performance status (PS) in oncology care is crucial for improving clinical decisions, therapy selection and anticipated risks of treatment toxicity. While physical function is ...

Although an abundant number of studies have investigated the predictability of the commonly used functional screening tests and despite their popularity and applicability, the relationships between ...

Multidimensional assessment reframes pain around functional domains, including mood, activity, sleep, self-care, and ability ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conduct a study to (1) provide an overview of ways to collect information about ...

Jessica Nance, MD, MS, discusses the significance of surrogate end points, like functional assessments, in clinical trials of treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their implications for ...

Intra-patient comparison of urinary radioactivity after 18F-piflufolastat and 18F-flotufolastat PET in men with low PSA biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer who have had radical prostatectomy.

Calgary-based Healthflow Naturopathic (403-313-4354) recently updated its functional testing services to support earlier ...