Neurology
Conference Coverage
Vasodilator cocktail beats single-agent infusion for subarachnoid hemorrhage vasospasm
Major finding: Patients who received nicardipine, verapamil, and nitroglycerin had significantly greater improvement in the ratio of arterial...
News
Regionalized trauma care boosts TBI survival
Major finding: Hospital mortality was 6.2% pre-NOTS vs. 4.9% post-NOTS for all TBIs (P = .005) and 19% vs. 14% for severe TBIs (P less than .001)....
News
Memory fares better with laser ablation for epilepsy than with surgery
Major finding: After undergoing stereotactic laser ablation, 1 in 7 patients had significant drop in one of two memory tasks, compared with 9 of...
Conference Coverage
Make the most of nonopioids: Managing acute pain in children
News
Gene panel identifies residual neuroblastoma metastases
Major finding: In a multivariate analysis, patients negative for minimal residual disease had about a fourfold increased rate of progression-free...
News
Anatomy’s role is elusive in carotid stenting risk
Major finding: The risk of perioperative stroke or TIA was significantly increased only in patients with a higher degree of internal carotid...
News
Earlier epilepsy surgery may have reproductive benefits for women
Major finding: Prior to surgery, the women had an average of 0.93 pregnancies each, and an average of 0.73 births; after surgery, a total of 17...
Commentary
Practice tips for opioid prescribing
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Nerve growth factor gene therapy delivered safely in Alzheimer’s patients
Major finding: At 24 months, human nerve growth factor gene therapy via bilateral stereotactic injection into the nucleus basalis of Meynert was...
Conference Coverage
Younger adults with brain metastases survive longer with radiosurgery alone
Major finding: Stereotactic radiosurgery was associated with significantly longer overall survival among patients age 50 years and younger (hazard...