1. Telephone consultation for myasthenia gravis care during the <scp>COVID</scp> ‐19 pandemic: Assessment of a novel virtual myasthenia gravis index
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Deepak Menon, Vera Bril, Monica Alcantara, Joy Vijayan, Sara Alnajjar, Hans D. Katzberg, Carolina Barnett, and Davood Fathi
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Physiology ,Physical examination ,030105 genetics & heredity ,Myasthenia Gravis Impairment Index ,Severity of Illness Index ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,Severity of illness ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,telephone consultation ,Humans ,Clinical Research Articles ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Clinical Research Article ,myasthenia gravis ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,COVID-19 ,Retrospective cohort study ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Telemedicine ,Confidence interval ,Myasthenia gravis ,Telephone ,Telephone consultation ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,patient‐reported outcomes ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Introduction/Aims The aim of the study was to determine the association between the virtual Myasthenia Gravis Impairment Index (vMGII) with other patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) of myasthenia gravis (MG) and its usefulness in telephone consultations with MG patients. Methods This was a retrospective case series in which vMGII score along with virtual Single Simple Question (vSSQ), virtual Patient‐Acceptable Symptom State PASS (vPASS) response, and patient disease status based on Myathenia Gravis Foundation of America postintervention status were collected during telephone consultation along with the MGII, SSQ, and PASS responses during the preceding in‐person clinic visits. Results In 214 patients, the mean difference of vMGII between the vPASS “Yes” and “No” groups was −14.2 ± 1.4 (95% confidence interval, −16.9 to −11.3; P
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- 2021