Search results for "Neurology"
Duration not always definitive in convulsive status epilepticus
Timelines can help but shouldn't always be followed to the letter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/status-epilepticus.htm
15 Apr 2016
Building new stroke systems
Now that endovascular therapy has been officially endorsed by experts, how should hospitals respond?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/endovascular-therapy-stroke.htm
15 Feb 2016
Recent Research
Macrolide antibiotics, central vs. peripheral thermometers, acute kidney injury risk factors in orthopedic patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2016
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/coding-stroke-TIA.htm
15 Dec 2015
Cases from Maine Medical Center
Meningoencephalitis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, tophaceous gout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/brief-case-maine-medical-center.htm
15 Nov 2015
Treatment of post-thrombolysis hemorrhage fails to reduce mortality, hematoma growth
There was a suggestion of benefit from hemorrhage treatment, but receiving an endovascular neurointerventional procedure and having a higher hematoma volume were the factors significantly associated with in-hospital mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/04/3.htm
4 Nov 2015
Move fast, but sometimes not too fast, in hypertensive emergencies
Reducing blood pressure in stroke, aortic dissection, and other conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/hypertensive-emergencies.htm
15 Jul 2015
Recent Research
Lower-extremity revascularization in nursing home residents, guidance on contact precautions for hospital visitors, treatment in-hospital strokes versus community-onset strokes, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2015
Endovascular therapy may herald a new era in stroke care
Challenges of moving latest research into practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/endovascular-therapy.htm
15 Jun 2015
Recent Research
ICU glycemic control adoption, beta-blockers at discharge, cognitive function after cardiac arrest, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2015