No significant differences between medications for episodic migraine prophylaxis
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, there were no significant differences between various pharmacologic treatments for preventing episodic migraine...
Pediatrics Classics
Physician-written reports of landmark pediatrics studies
Intra-arterial tenecteplase has limited use after successful endovascular recanalisation of acute posterior circulation arterial occlusion
1. In patients with acute ischemic stroke due to acute intracranial occlusions of the posterior circulation, the use of intra-arterial...
Transcranial direct current stimulation affect neural connectivity and subsequent fibromyalgia symptoms
1. Home-based active transcranial direct current stimulation (HB-a-tDCS) can affect the neural connectivity between the brain regions connecting pain and...
Coffee consumption associated with better cognitive performance in patients with atrial fibrillation
Coffee consumption correlates with better cognitive performance in patients with a high incidence for stroke 1. In this cohort of...
Similar recovery course noted for both sports and non-sport-related concussion in children
1. Symptom recovery trajectories in children aged 5 to 12 years of age suffering from sport-related concussions (SRCs) and non-sport-related...
Middle meningeal artery embolization reduces adverse events in patients with subdural hematomas
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among patients with symptomatic nonacute subdural hematoma, embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA)...
Adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization may reduce the recurrence of subdural hematomas
1. In this randomized controlled trial, middle meningeal artery embolization plus surgical evacuation was associated with a lower risk of hematoma...
Paretic limbs suffer greater loss of bone mineral density following stroke
1. BMD may differ on paretic and nonparetic sides in stroke patients with a history of falling and balance deficits...
Axonal injury may occur up to 9 years prior to symptom onset in multiple sclerosis
1. Multiple sclerosis patients can sustain axonal injury up to 9 years before symptom onset. 2. Until symptom onset, physical...
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PECARN Prediction rules for children at a low risk of clinically-important traumatic brain injury [Classics Series]
This study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine's The Classics in Medicine: Summaries of the Landmark...