Neurology
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Opioids, other causes linked to shorter lifespans, rising midlife mortality
Life expectancy has dipped, and death rate for the 25-64 year age range is rising among multiple ethnic groups.
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Novel cEEG-based scoring system predicts inpatient seizure risk
LOS ANGELES – A validation study is currently underway on use of the 2HELPS2B scoring system to predict seizures in acutely ill hospitalized...
Clinical
Discharge opioid prescriptions for many surgical hospitalizations may be unnecessary
Do opioid prescriptions after surgical hospitalization correlate with opioid use immediately prior to discharge?
Clinical
Patent foramen ovale may be associated with increased risk of perioperative ischemic stroke
Clinical question: Are patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) at increased risk of perioperative ischemic stroke?
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Opioid use has not declined meaningfully
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How to prescribe effectively for opioid use disorder
NEW ORLEANS –
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Epinephrine for cardiac arrest: Better survival, more brain damage
PARAMEDIC2 clears uncertainties in treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Fentanyl analogs nearly double their overdose death toll
From 2016 to 2017, carfentanil-related deaths were up 98%.
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Pediatric inpatient seizures treated quickly with new intervention
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Alteplase, aspirin provide similar functional outcomes after nondisabling stroke