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Prolonged starvation causes Wernicke's encephalopathy in spite of oral thiamine supplementation, and permanent neurological deficits may result.
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Deep-brain stimulation (DBS) of the globus pallidus interna (GPi) is an FDA-approved treatment for certain types of dystonia, but previous studies have been limited by a small sample size and/or a lack of adequate controls.
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Patients with sentinel headaches occurring in the 4-week period prior to a subarachnoid hemorrhage have a 10-fold increase in early rebleeding. These patients may benefit from ultra-early treatment including aneurysm obliteration.
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Patients with coronary artery disease who have received intra-coronary, drug-eluding stents (DES) may benefit from longer courses of clopidogrel than is currently standard.
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Patients show reversible MRI signal abnormalities in the CA-1 sector of the hippocampal cornu ammonis early in the course of TGA. They are not correlated with any specific clinical or memory features of the episode.
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Surgery for epilepsy in and around sensory-motor cortex can be effective in controlling seizures, but mild post-operative neurological deficits are not uncommon in patients operated on after age 25.
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Because of adverse effects, special care should be used when prescribing the atypical antipsychotic drugs for patients with dementia.
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Using bedside ultrasound to detect pneumothoraces was first introduced in a veterinary journal in 1987. In 1989, Wernecke and colleagues published the first report on the ability of ultrasound to diagnose pneumothoraces in humans.
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Physicians believe that most medical malpractice lawsuits are without merit.