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The role of prophylactic anticonvulsants in moderate to severe head injury
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2010 BackgroundPost-traumatic seizures cause secondary brain injury, contributing to morbidity and mortality after traumatic brain injury. Seizure activity may be undetectable if the patient is paralysed and ventilated.AimsThe effect of prophylactic ...
A. Khan, A. Banerjee
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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Gain‐of‐function (GoF) variants in KCNT1 encoding for potassium channels are associated with different epilepsy phenotypes, including epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures (EIMFS), other early infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, and focal epilepsy.
Marina Trivisano +13 more
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BiomedicinesEslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) is a third-generation antiepileptic drug indicated as monotherapy for adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy and as adjunctive therapy for the treatment of partial seizures.
Jaime Gonçalves-Sánchez +4 more
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Whole genome sequencing identifies putative associations between genomic polymorphisms and clinical response to the antiepileptic drug levetiracetam [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 In the context of pharmacogenomics, whole genome sequencing provides a powerful approach for identifying correlations between response variability to specific drugs and genomic polymorphisms in a population, in an unbiased manner. In this study, we employed whole genome sequencing of DNA samples from patients showing extreme response (n=72) and non ...
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2009 QuestionDo prophylactic anticonvulsants decrease the risk of seizure in patients with metastatic brain tumors compared with no treatment? Target population These recommendations apply to adults with solid brain metastases who have not experienced a ...
T. Mikkelsen +17 more
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Throat and rectal swabs may have an important role in MRSA screening of critically ill patients.
, 2008 OBJECTIVE: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major problem in intensive care units (ICU). International guidelines recommend screening patients for MRSA on admission, although consensus on sites required for optimum detection has ...
Batra, Rahul +3 more
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A Rare Case of Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Accompanying Late Postpartum Eclampsia or Hypertensive Encephalopathy-A Clinical Dilemma [PDF]
, 2012 Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) refers to a clinic-radiologic diagnosis. Clinically it is characterized by non specific symptoms such as headache, confusion, visual disturbances and seizures.
Appaiah, N +4 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Abstract Aim This study aims to conduct a hypothesis‐generating screening for acute cardiovascular effects of prescription medications. Methods This Danish nationwide screening study was conducted among incident cases of cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic stroke (IS), heart failure (HF), venous thromboembolism (VTE),
Saad Hanif Abbasi +4 more
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Clinical Dermatology Review, 2020 Background: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a severe adverse drug-induced reaction characterized by a triad of fever, skin rash, and symptomatic or asymptomatic internal organ involvement.
Varadraj V Pai +3 more
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Epidemiological study of drug intoxication in children [PDF]
, 2006 Unintentional drug intoxication is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. In order to study the epidemiological pattern of childhood drug poisoning in Golestan province, all cases diagnosed with poisoning from 1997 to 2002 in ...
Cheraghali, F., Taymori, M.
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