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VIDEO: Measuring, treating brain hypoxia looks promising for TBI
A new trial is in the works to definitively answer whether knowing both intracranial pressure and brain oxygenation can improve neurologic...
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VIDEO: Sildenafil improves cerebrovascular reactivity in chronic TBI
Sildenafil may be a useful therapy for TBI because it can correct deficits in cerebrovascular reactivity.
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Eye movement, not CT or MRI, rules out posterior stroke
“Physiology beats anatomy in the acute phase,” Dr. David Newman-Toker said in regard to the results of a meta-analysis.
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Rectal swabs concurred with stool tests in children with GI illness
SAN DIEGO – Appears to be a good substitute for a bulk stool sample.
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Opioid management protocol lowered trauma patient pain medication use
A targeted pain management protocol for trauma patients addressed the problem of overprescribing of opioids.
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Soccer-playing girls 5 times more likely to return to same-day play after concussion
Increased likelihood for return to play stacks on top of increased risk of concussion for girls in soccer.
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Duke’s Criteria help guide echocardiography decision in suspected infective endocarditis
A large number of echocardiograms ordered to detect infective endocarditis prompted investigators to look at appropriateness of this test.
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Forgo supplemental oxygen in adequately perfused patients with acute MI, study suggests
Supplemental oxygen shows no benefit in no-hypoxemia patients with acute MI.
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Big risk of serious falls after first episode of syncope
BARCELONA – Surprising age effects seen in this Danish national study.
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Sodium fusidate noninferior to linezolid for acute skin infections
Sodium fusidate, a drug long approved in Europe and under development for U.S. approval, was noninferior to linezolid in a phase 3 study for...
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Meningitis before age 3 months: Consider enterovirus and parechovirus
MADRID – CSF PCR is key to diagnosis.