Mental Health
News
Persistent electrographic seizures occur in one-third of convulsive status epilepticus patients
Major finding: Factors significantly associated with persistent electrographic seizures were prior diagnosis of epilepsy (P = .029) and the...
News
Drug selection, timing for refractory convulsive status epilepticus need improvement
Major finding: Median time to first benzodiazepine drug was 30 minutes, versus a recommended time of 0-5 minutes.Data source: An observational...
News
Blood pressure control tied to decline in stroke mortality over past 50 years
News
FDA updates clobazam label to reflect risk of severe skin reactions
Conference Coverage
BP therapy didn’t boost survival in ischemic stroke
Major finding: Blood pressure lowering resulted in a similar rate of death and major disability as placebo after 14 days. Data source: The CATIS...
Law & Medicine
Failure to diagnose
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First EDition
Article
Occipital headache and unstable gait
A 41-year-old-man with a history of hypertension suffers a sudden onset of severe occipital headache and unstable gait.
Case Reports
Case Studies in Toxicology
Neonatal Seizure: Sepsis or Toxic Syndrome?
A mother presents to the ED with her 4-day-old daughter after observing abnormal jerking movements of the neonate’s upper extremities.