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Thomas Jefferson University

2022

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Characteristics, Emotional Experience, And Impact Of Unplanned Out-Of-Hospital Births In The City Of Beit Shemesh, Israel, Allison Rosenbaum, Dm, Cnm, Mss Aug 2022

Characteristics, Emotional Experience, And Impact Of Unplanned Out-Of-Hospital Births In The City Of Beit Shemesh, Israel, Allison Rosenbaum, Dm, Cnm, Mss

Midwifery Thinks! Symposium

Allison Rosenbaum, CNM, MSS, DM has been living and practicing midwifery in Israel since 2002. She obtained a master’s degree in social work from the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research in 1994, then went on to study nursing and midwifery at MGH School of Health Professionals and Philadelphia University’s Institute of Midwifery and Women’s Health (now Thomas Jefferson University), earning her Master of Science in 2018 and her Doctorate in Midwifery in 2022. Currently, she works at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod, Israel, and is the director of their waterbirth program. She is also involved …


Correlates Of Rem Sleep Without Atonia In Dream Enactment Behavior Associated With Parkinson’S Disease, Medication Use And Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Abigail Quintos, Rohin Saroya, Nisha Bagchi, Ritu G. Grewal Jun 2022

Correlates Of Rem Sleep Without Atonia In Dream Enactment Behavior Associated With Parkinson’S Disease, Medication Use And Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Abigail Quintos, Rohin Saroya, Nisha Bagchi, Ritu G. Grewal

Student Papers, Posters & Projects

METHODS: We did a retrospective review of medical records and polysomnographic (PSG) data of patients with dream enactment behavior (DEB) from 2015 to 2020. REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) was scored according to the AASM rules, and %RSWA was calculated.

RESULTS: Thirty-six patients with DEB were analyzed. Recursive partitioning algorithm was used to determine the %RSWA that correlated with the presence or absence of Parkinson’s disease (PD). RSWA >=20% was present in 11 patients, and had the highest correlation with PD (9/11). RSWA of 2.1% to 19.9% was present in 10 patients, and had modest correlation with PD (3/10). RSWA= …