Influence of age on outcome from thrombolysis in acute stroke: a controlled comparison in patients from the Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive (VISTA) [PDF]
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in patients aged >80 years is not approved in some countries due to limited trial data in the very elderly.
Bluhmki, E. +4 more
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Favourable Outcome in a 33-Year-Old Female with Acute Haemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis
Background: Acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE) is a rare and rapidly fatal disease of unknown aetiology. There is a paucity of literature on the presentation and management of this rare disease.
Waldo G. Solis +5 more
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Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in children is rare and can potentially result in severe neurological impairment. Our study aimed to identify characteristics of and factors associated with favourable neurological outcome following the ...
Alexander Fuchs +9 more
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Background Gasping during cardiac arrest is associated with favourable neurological outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Moreover, while extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) performed for refractory cardiac arrest can improve ...
Naofumi Bunya +10 more
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Cerebrovascular signal complexity six hours after ICU admission correlates with outcome following severe traumatic brain injury [PDF]
Disease states are associated with a breakdown in healthy interactions and are often characterised by reduced signal complexity. We applied approximate entropy (ApEn) analysis to investigate the correlation between the complexity of heart rate (ApEn-HR),
Gao, Lei +3 more
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Individual preferences, social mobility and electoral outcomes [PDF]
This paper models data for the Netherlands in the 1970s on prestige of male's occupation, occupational prestige of the father and ‘left/right’ score of the political party he prefers.
Graaf, Nan Dirk de, Ultee, Wout
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Delleman (Oculocerebrocutaneous) Syndrome: Case report
Delleman syndrome is an unusual entity, characterized by ocular cysts or microphthalmia, focal dermal anomalies and cerebral malformations. In the following article, we carry out a review of the disease and we present the case of a patient with ...
Tomás Ortiz-Basso +3 more
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A 6-gene signature identifies four molecular subgroups of neuroblastoma [PDF]
Background: There are currently three postulated genomic subtypes of the childhood tumour neuroblastoma (NB); Type 1, Type 2A, and Type 2B. The most aggressive forms of NB are characterized by amplification of the oncogene MYCN (MNA) and low expression ...
Daniel Dalevi (34357) +10 more
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A rare case of bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma
A 60-year-old female presented with gradual, painless, progressive diminution of vision, and progressive proptosis of left eye since 7 years. Ophthalmological examination revealed mild proptosis and total optic atrophy in the left eye. Magnetic resonance
Somen Misra +3 more
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Professional guideline versus product label selection for treatment with IV thrombolysis: an analysis from SITS registry [PDF]
Introduction: Thrombolysis usage in ischaemic stroke varies across sites. Divergent advice from professional guidelines and product labels may contribute. Patients and methods: We analysed SITS-International registry patients enrolled January 2010
Alan C Cameron +8 more
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