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Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma With Atorvastatin
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Atrial Flutter, Atrial Fibrillation, and Ischemic Stroke
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Recanalization Treatment in Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke
In a population-based study from Switzerland, the authors found that recanalization treatment (intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular treatment) overall was safe without significant side effects or increased mortality compared to standard care.
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Hypercapnic Acidosis and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Brain Injury
In this multicenter retrospective study, hypercapnic acidosis was associated with worse clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with acute brain injury.
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Unilateral Scapular Winging
Scapular winging is an occasional finding on a neurological examination, rarely a chief complaint, and usually is caused by long thoracic nerve or spinal accessory nerve lesions.
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Initial Management of Patients With Medication-overuse Headache
As part of a randomized treatment trial for medication-overuse headache, a simple protocol that provided early advice on stopping excessive medications was effective in one-third of patients, even before any prophylactic medications were started.
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Which Is Better for Nonconvulsive Seizures: Lacosamide or Fosphenytoin?
Intravenous lacosamide was found to be noninferior to fosphenytoin in the treatment of nonconvulsive seizures in a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial.
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Untangling the Factors Governing Huntington’s Disease Progression
In a study of more than 3,000 subjects, CAG-repeat-dependent factors affecting age at onset also influenced rates of progression of cognitive, motor, and functional impairments, providing optimism that developing interventions, such as gene silencing therapies, could provide benefit.
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Predicting Future Dementia With Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an innovative imaging device that measures thickness of retinal nerve fiber layers and ganglion cells. Thinning of these layers is associated with current and future risk of dementia.
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Use of Amyloid PET Imaging for Diagnosis of Dementia
The use of amyloid positron emission tomography scanning to assist in accurate diagnosis of patients with symptoms of cognitive impairment as well as frank dementia results in a change of diagnosis in at least 25% of patients.