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Investigators at the royal melbourne hospital in Australia reviewed their 11-year database of consecutive ruptured intracranial aneurysms treated with endovascular coiling or craniotomy and analyzed outcome using the modified Rankin Scale at 6 months.
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Careful testing of jaw muscle power can help to make an accurate clinical diagnosis in acute, flaccid quadriparesis.
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Many survivors of medulloblastoma, who were treated with craniospinal radiation, develop physical and cognitive impairments as adults.
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FDA issues multiple drug safety alerts; ARBs and cancer risk; and FDA actions.
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Serial examination of Humphrey visual fields in patients with infarct-related hemianopsia shows spontaneous recovery, predominantly in lower quadrants and in the periphery.
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In this non-randomized comparative trial, dorsal (posterior) decompressive spinal surgery resulted in longer lengths of stay and higher costs compared to ventral (anterior) surgery.
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In this issue: Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions.
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In Part 1 of this two-part series on Pregnancy and Critical Care Medicine (see Critical Care Alert, March 2011, p. 89-93), we reviewed the normal physiologic changes that occur during pregnancy, examining changes occurring across multiple organ systems that affect our management of these patients as well as the ability of the pregnant woman to respond to various forms of stress, such as acute hemorrhage.
