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ArticleNeurology. Clinical practice2021

Inpatient vs Outpatient Evaluation of Suspected Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration.

Natalie Witek, Mitra Afshari, Yuanqing Liu, Bichun Ouyang, Deborah Hall

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Article in Neurology. Clinical practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natalie WitekDivision of Movement Disorders (NW, MA, DH), Rush University Medical Center, and Biostatistical Analysis (YL, BO), Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Mitra AfshariDivision of Movement Disorders (NW, MA, DH), Rush University Medical Center, and Biostatistical Analysis (YL, BO), Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Yuanqing LiuDivision of Movement Disorders (NW, MA, DH), Rush University Medical Center, and Biostatistical Analysis (YL, BO), Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Bichun OuyangDivision of Movement Disorders (NW, MA, DH), Rush University Medical Center, and Biostatistical Analysis (YL, BO), Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Deborah HallDivision of Movement Disorders (NW, MA, DH), Rush University Medical Center, and Biostatistical Analysis (YL, BO), Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the differences in outcomes of adult patients with ataxia initially evaluated for paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) as inpatients or outpatients.

methodsIn this retrospective cohort analysis, diagnosis, workup, and functional outcomes based on the change in the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score were compared between patients with ataxia who underwent workup for PCD initially as inpatients vs outpatients between March 2011 and June 2018 at Rush University Medical Center.

resultsThere were 78 patients included in the analysis; 59% were women, and the average age at symptom onset was 57 ± 19.5 years. Nineteen patients (24.3%) underwent evaluation as inpatients and 59 (75.6%) as outpatients. Admitted patients were more likely to receive immunotherapy (73.7% vs 20.3%,

conclusionsMore patients improved from baseline in the inpatient cohort. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides Class III evidence that for patients undergoing initial evaluation for PCD, patients undergoing inpatient evaluation have better outcomes compared with those undergoing outpatient evaluation.

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PMID33968470
PMCPMC8101295
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