Cataract surgery is associated with lower risk of developing dementia in older adults
1. A cohort study of 3038 participants found that cataract extraction was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing...
Neurology
Reports of high-impact neurology studies by medical professionals
Intraventricular alteplase use associated with a minimal reduction in parenchymal intracerebral hemorrhage volume in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage
1. In patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage, intraventricular alteplase use was associated with a small reduction in...
Dabrafenib plus trametinib provides clinically important response rates in BRAF-mutated gliomas
1. Response to treatment was noted in 33% of the high-grade glioma cohort and 69% of the low-grade cohort. 2....
Avoiding screen time after concussion may shorten recovery time
1. In a small randomized controlled trial of patients aged 12-25 with concussion, recovery time was significantly shorter in patients...
Noncontrast CT vs CT Perfusion or MRI selection in late presentation of large-vessel–occlusion stroke
1. For large-vessel occlusion stroke, there were no clinical or safety differences in outcomes for patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy between...
Pre-treatment and post-treatment factors may explain discrepancies between functional outcomes and follow-up imaging infarct volume after acute ischemic stroke
1. Discrepancies between follow-up imaging infarct volume and functional outcomes were associated with differences in baseline characteristics and post-stroke complications...
Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome following recombinant zoster vaccine in medicare beneficiaries
1. In a cohort of Medicare beneficiaries, the recombinant zoster vaccine was associated with a slightly increased risk of Guillain-Barré...
No difference between noncontrast CT vs MRI for mechanical thrombectomy in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke
1. In patients with large-vessel occlusion stroke presenting within 6 to 24 hours, selection for mechanical thrombectomy by noncontrast computed...
Immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis mortality predictors following SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
1. Low baseline platelet count and intracranial hemorrhage were shown to be prognostic mortality markers due to vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia...
Intranasal oxytocin showed no benefits for pediatric autism spectrum disorder
1. Intranasal oxytocin was shown not to impact social interaction scores in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)....
Popular Reports
Peripherally inserted central catheters are associated with twice as many complications than midline catheters when used short-term
The Child-Pugh score: Prognosis in chronic liver disease and cirrhosis [Classics Series]
Capecitabine + oxaliplatin chemoradiotherapy does not increase survival, but increases toxicity, compared to capecitabine alone in the postoperative treatment of rectal cancer
Ultrasound features associated with shoulder complaints
Automated pupillometry may be helpful in opioid agonist therapy dosing for opioid use disorder
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