Articles Tagged With: Neurology
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A Trial of Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury — What Do We Do Now?
Chesnut et al have performed the first randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the benefit of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring on outcome after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). -
Myasthenic Antibodies and Disease Phenotype
Do the presence or absence of acetylcholine receptor (AchR)-binding antibodies (Abs) and muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) Abs correlate with disease phenotype in myasthenia gravis (MG)? -
Pharmacology Watch: Zolpidem and Risk of Falls in Hospitalized Patients
Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions. -
Stroke Alert: A Review of Current Clinical Stroke Literature
Treatment and Outcome after Acute Cervical Artery Occlusion with Stroke; Continuous Transcranial Doppler Insonation Can Determine Recanalization Following Acute Ischemic Stroke; Antithrombotic Therapy Appears to be Safe for Patients with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Cardiac Implanted Devices and Repetitive Nerve Stimulation
Repetitive nerve stimulation studies appear to be safe in patients with modern implantable pacemakers and defibrillators. -
A Potential New Therapeutic Target for Migraine?
A novel target for suppression of cortical spreading depression shows promise in rodent models and in patients with medically refractory migraine with aura. -
Nystagmus in Superior Cerebellar Artery Infarcts — A Paradigm Shift
Video-oculography reveals spontaneous or gaze-evoked nystagmus in more than a quarter of patients with isolated superior cerebellar infarction. -
Steroids for Bacterial Meningitis: Long-term Follow-up
Use of dexamethasone in community-acquired bacterial meningitis is associated with long-term survival in treated patients. -
Cholinergic Dysfunction and Gait Disturbance in Parkinson’s Disease
Cholinergic system dysfunction, as measured by short latency afferent inhibition, might contribute to gait abnormality in early stages of Parkinsons disease.