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The diagnosis of brain death
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 07/02/09

Goila AK et al. - Physicians, health care workers, members of the clergy, and laypeople throughout the world have accepted fully that a person is dead when his or her brain is dead. There is a need to diagnose brain death with utmost accuracy and urgency because of an increased awareness amongst the masses for an early diagnosis of brain death and the requirements of organ retrieval for transplantation. Physicians need not be, or consult with, a neurologist or neurosurgeon in order to determine brain death.

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Acute Treatment of ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Is There a Role for the Cardiac Surgeon
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 11/24/09

Rapid viral diagnosis for acute febrile respiratory illness in children in the Emergency Department
Cochrane Reviews, 10/26/09

The Spot Sign Score in Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage Identifies Patients at Highest Risk of In-Hospital Mortality and Poor Outcome Among Survivors
Stroke, 11/18/09

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Escitalopram and Venlafaxine for the Prophylaxis of Migraine Headache Without Mood Disorders
Clinical Neuropharmacology, 10/02/09

Stroke treatment with alteplase given 3·0—4·5 h after onset of acute ischaemic stroke (ECASS III): additional outcomes and subgroup analysis of a randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Neurology, 11/17/09

Safety and Efficacy of IV-TPA for Ischaemic Stroke in Clinical Practice - A Bayesian Analysis
Cerebrovascular Diseases, 10/30/09

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