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Pilot study shows promise in people with chronic cognitive deficits

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is an objective tool to describe the extent of impaired consciousness in patients. It assesses three aspects of responsiveness: eye-opening, motor, and verbal responses.

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This randomized clinical trial compares the effect of continuous administration of meropenem vs intermittent administration on a composite outcome of mortality

Objective: This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in the Departments of Trauma and Neurosurgery, Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, Pakistan from September 2021 to February 2022 to study predictive factors of outcomes in acute subdural hematoma evacuation. Methodology: A total of 101 patients with confirmed diagnosis of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) who underwent surgical evacuation by consultant neurosurgeon were included in the study. A detailed clinical proforma was designe...

Assessing sex differences in stroke risk factors, clinical profiles, and outcomes in the medical ward of Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital. Read more...

Objective: The objective was to use the Rotterdam score, which is based on a CT scan, to assess the outcomes of traumatic brain injury patients. Material and Methods: This research, which included 319 head trauma patients, was carried out at the neurosurgery department of a tertiary care hospital between June 2019 and December 2020. The Rotterdam score was calculated for each patient on the basis of the first CT scan after the head injury. The Glasgow Outcome Score was used to assess the result...

Scrub typhus is an endemic disease caused by the bites of infected chiggers (larval mites) harboring causative bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi. Acute pancreatitis is a rare but occasionally fatal complication of scrub typhus infection caused by vascular and perivascular inflammation of the pancreas. A 34-year-old female presented with severe epigastric pain and multiple episodes of vomiting. Extensive evaluation of the patient revealed acute pancreatitis secondary to scrub typhus. The patient al...

Emphysematous osteomyelitis is an uncommon and fatal disease that can only be confirmed with a contrast-enhanced CT scan showing characteristic features of air locules within the bone. It usually occurs in the setting of existing comorbidities and suppressed immune system resulting in widespread bacteremia which may be mono or poly-microbial. Presented here is a case of this disease caused by an unusual anaerobe affecting the pubic bone. This case emphasizes the importance of early imaging as it...

A 59-year-old man with COVID-19 presents to the ED with complaints of shortness of breath, hypotension, tachycardia, and oliguria. The authors describe how to diagnose and treat both cardiogenic shock and COVID-19.