Objective To assess the safety and effectiveness of lumbar drains as adjuvant therapy in severe
bacterial meningitis, and compare it to standard treatment. Design A retrospective cohort …

Administering analgesics, sedatives and antipsychotics is challenging in the Neurological
Intensive Care Unit (NICU). We reviewed this literature and our current practice to better …

Introduction: Pleomorphic adenoma is a slow-growing benign salivary tumour most commonly
arising in the parotid gland. Macroscopically it has a surrounding capsule from which it …

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is not a new technique. However, it was not
until Ciaglia introduced a simple technique using a needle, catheter, and guidewire that it …

Immune reconstitution therapy (IRT) is an emerging management concept for multiple sclerosis,
whereby a short course of treatment provides long-lasting suppression of disease activity…

Little is known about the effects of demographic and lifestyle factors on laryngeal mucosal
immunology. Pinch biopsies of laryngeal mucosa were studied from 63 patients without …

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had improvement of the level of consciousness and weaned from mechanical ventilation…

Methods Forty-seven patients were neurology service referrals for suspected cardioembolic
stroke. The CT images and clinical reports of our cardiac CT radiologists were …

Aim of the work To investigate the frequency, characteristics, and associated factors of systemic
lupus erythematosus-related peripheral neuropathy (SLE-PN) using nerve conduction …

Brainstem stroke syndromes refer to a group of vascular disorders that occur secondary to
occlusion of small perforating arteries of the posterior circulation. Although such syndromes …