Neurology

TPA improved stroke patients' functional outcomes, quality of life

Publish date: July 15, 2013

Major finding: At 18 months’ follow-up, 35% of TPA-treated patients were alive and independent with an Oxford Handicap Scale score of 0-2,...

Publish date: July 11, 2013

Major finding: Intravenous ketamine resolved 14 of 17 refractory status epilepticus cases in children.Data source: A prospective study involving...

Publish date: May 30, 2013

Major finding: The odds ratio for intensive blood pressure lowering preventing death or disability, compared with guideline-recommended treatment...

Publish date: May 28, 2013

Major finding: In an effort to detect patients who are at high risk for opioid abuse or overdose, investigators found that a history of sexual...

Publish date: March 18, 2013

Publish date: February 27, 2013

Major Finding: The adjusted odds of in-hospital death were nearly threefold higher in cocaine users than in non-users (OR 2.8; P less than .001)....

Publish date: January 24, 2013

Publish date: November 12, 2012

Major Finding: Although 91% of pediatric and emergency providers reported caring for at least one concussed patient in the past 3 months,...