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The presence of conjugate eye deviation as measured by CT or MRI in acute stroke patients predicts visuo-spatial neglect. Prismatic therapy produces a cross-modality improvement in left-sided auditory extinction in patients with chronic right-sided stroke.
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This prospective case series reports on the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam in central nervous system gliomas.
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This large retrospective study reports an overall poor prognosis for patients with GBM, but treatment was not "state-of-the-art."
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Prabhakaran S, et al. Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage among eligible warfarin-treated patients receiving intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. Arch Neurol 2010;67: (doi:10.1001/archneurol.2010.25).
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
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Examining the three arms of the ACCORD trial; and FDA Actions: clopidogrel, dexlansoprazole, and tamsulosin.
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Non-ST elevation (NSTE) acute coronary syndromes (ACS) can be managed by either an early invasive or early conservative strategy, with most data favoring an early invasive strategy in moderate- and high-risk patients.
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Although age is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality with cardiac surgery, chronologic age does not always reflect biological age. Although frailty has been shown to predict falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, and mortality in geriatric populations in the community, it has not been systematically studied in patients undergoing surgery.
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The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has recommended that quantitative techniques be used to assess the severity of mitral regurgitation (MR) by echocardiography.
