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161 Corticomotor facilitation in vegetative state: results of a pilot study Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, February 8, 2013 Review Article
162 Association of Daytime Somnolence With Executive Functioning in the First Six Months After Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury PM&R, February 8, 2013 Clinical Article
163 Treatment Effect Versus Pretreatment Recovery in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Study Regarding the Effectiveness of Postacute Rehabilitation PM&R, February 8, 2013 Clinical Article
164 Frequency and Impact of Intensive Care Unit Complications on Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Early Results of the Outcome Prognostication in Traumatic Brain Injury (OPTIMISM) Study Neurocritical Care , February 7, 2013 Clinical Article
165 Emotional sequelae among survivors of critical illness: a long-term retrospective study European Journal of Anaesthesiology, February 7, 2013 Clinical Article
166 Comparison of motor-evoked potentials monitoring in response to transcranial electrical stimulation in subjects undergoing neurosurgery with partial vs no neuromuscular block British Journal of Anesthesia, February 6, 2013 Clinical Article
167 Early Predictors of Prolonged Stay in a Critical Care Unit Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Neurocritical Care , February 6, 2013 Clinical Article
168 Behavioural disturbance requiring medical referral: A case of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis in the emergency department Emergency Medicine Australasia, February 6, 2013
169 Rates and factors associated with admission in patients presenting to the ED with transient ischemic attack in United States—2006 to 2008 The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, February 5, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
170 Serum procalcitonin as a marker of post-cardiac arrest syndrome and long-term neurological recovery, but not of early-onset infections, in comatose post-anoxic patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia Resuscitation, February 5, 2013 Clinical Article
171 Oral Anticoagulants – A Frequent Challenge for the Emergency Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Cerebrovascular Diseases, February 4, 2013 Clinical Article
172 Stent salvage using the Enterprise stent for procedure-related complication during coil embolization of ruptured intracranial aneurysms Acta Neurochirurgica, February 1, 2013 Review Article
173 First Clinical Experience with Intranasal Cooling for Hyperthermia in Brain-Injured Patients Neurocritical Care , January 31, 2013 Clinical Article
174 Moderated Mediation Path Analysis of Mexican Traumatic Brain Injury Patient Social Functioning, Family Functioning, and Caregiver Mental Health Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, January 31, 2013 Clinical Article
175 A French multicenter randomised trial comparing two dose-regimens of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in urgent anticoagulation reversal Critical Care, January 31, 2013 Clinical Article
176 Role of therapeutic hypothermia in improving outcome after traumatic brain injury: a systematic review British Journal of Anesthesia, January 30, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
177 Endovascular stenting of symptomatic innominate artery stenosis under distal balloon protection of the internal carotid and vertebral artery for cerebral protection: a technical case report Acta Neurochirurgica, January 29, 2013 Review Article
178 Delirium in postoperative nonventilated intensive care patients: risk factors and outcomes Full Text Annals of Intensive Care, January 29, 2013 Clinical Article
179 Mortality and recovery from refractory status epilepticus in the intensive care unit: A 7-year observational study Epilepsia, January 28, 2013 Clinical Article
180 Illness experience of adults with cervical spinal cord injury in Japan: a qualitative investigation Full Text BMC Public Health, January 28, 2013 Review Article Clinical Article
In a study involving 87,025 postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study, there were 1049 incident cases of ischemic stroke over 663,041 person-years of follow-up. Women in the highest quintile of trans fat intake were at increased risk of ischemic stroke (HR = 1.39) compared with women in the lowest quintile of trans fat intake. Aspirin use modulated the effect of trans fats; ASA users and ASA non-users had HRs for ischemic stroke of 0.95 and 1.66, respectively. Saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fat intake were not associated with ischemic stroke.
Read the article summaryAs published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences, increase tea consumption (> 4 cups/d), and diet consisting of hot and spicy foods, and weight gain increase the likelihood of chronicity in patients with episodic migraines. During a 12-month prospective study involving 188 patients with episodic migraines, 17.7% developed chronic, daily migraines. Other risk factors included low education, a high frequency of headaches, headaches of long duration, allodynia, and increased symptomatic treatment of headaches.
Read the article summaryIn a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the calcium channel antagonist, ginsenoside-Rd, has been shown to improve functional outcomes in patients (n=386) with acute ischemic strokes. The patients received a 14-day infusion of ginsenoside-Rd within 72 hours of stroke onset. The National Institutes of Health Stroke Score was improved at 15 days and the modified Rankin score was improved at 90 days (OR = 1.74).
Read the article summary1 Recommendations on the use of EEG monitoring in critically ill patients: consensus statement from the neurointensive care section of the ESICM Intensive Care Medicine, May 10, 2013
2 Impact of blood pressure changes and course on hematoma growth in acute intracerebral hemorrhage European Journal of Neurology, May 14, 2013
3 An Italian population study on 600 persons in vegetative state and minimally conscious state Brain Injury, May 2, 2013 Review Article
4 Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity and cerebral oxygen regulation after severe head injury Neurocritical Care , May 28, 2013
5 High-Osmolarity Saline in Neurocritical Care: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Critical Care Medicine, April 18, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
6 Hypertonic Saline in Elevated Intracranial Pressure: Past, Present, and Future Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, May 7, 2013
7 Clinical Outcomes Following Prolonged Refractory Status Epilepticus (PRSE) Neurocritical Care , May 17, 2013
8 Current practice of brain death determination and use of confirmatory tests in an Italian University hospital: a report of 66 cases Minerva Anestesiologica, May 16, 2013 Free full text
9 Timing of intracranial hypertension following severe traumatic brain injury Neurocritical Care , May 24, 2013
10 Perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage triggered by hypoxic training during swimming Neurocritical Care , May 29, 2013
11 Predictive factors of symptomatic cerebral hyperperfusion after superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis in adult patients with moyamoya disease British Journal of Anesthesia, April 22, 2013
12 Acute-Phase Proteins and Mortality in Status Epilepticus: A 5-Year Observational Cohort Study Critical Care Medicine, May 22, 2013
13 Management of Status Epilepticus in Neurological Versus Medical Intensive Care Unit Neurocritical Care , April 17, 2013
14 Increased Brain Volume Among Good Grade Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Results from the Antihypertensive Treatment of Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage (ATACH) Study Neurocritical Care , April 25, 2013
15 The White Cerebellum Sign: An Under Recognized Sign of Increased Intracranial Pressure Neurocritical Care , April 18, 2013
16 Anaesthetic techniques to prevent perioperative stroke Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, May 13, 2013 Review Article
17 The Effect of a Neurocritical Care Service without a Dedicated Neuro-ICU on Quality of Care in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Neurocritical Care , May 17, 2013
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Effect of frequency of multimodal coma stimulation on the consciousness levels of traumatic brain injury comatose patients
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19 Continuous Optical Monitoring of Cerebral Hemodynamics During Head-of-Bed Manipulation in Brain-Injured Adults Neurocritical Care , May 9, 2013
20 Sleep disorders in children with traumatic brain injury: a case of serious neglect Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, May 21, 2013
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