From the Old, the Best: Parathyroidectomy in the Management of Soft-Tissue and Vascular Calcification in Patients with Chronic Renal Disease.

. Bone mineral disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD-MBD) is a clinical syndrome involving bone, biochemical changes, and extraosseous calcification. These complications increase morbidity and mortality.

Prey Range and Genome Evolution of Predatory Bacteria from an Estuary.

strains are saltwater-adapted predatory bacteria that attack Gram-negative bacteria and may play an important role in shaping microbial communities. To understand how strains impact ecosystems and develop them as biocontrol agents, it is important to characterize variation in predation phenotypes and investigate genome evolution. We isolated BE01 from an estuary in Rhode Island using from the same site as prey.

Neuromodulation Therapy with Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Epilepsy: A 2-Year Efficacy Analysis Study in Patients under 12 Years of Age.

To study the efficacy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy as an adjunctive treatment for intractable epilepsy in patients under 12 years of age, we analyzed 2-year postimplant data of 35 consecutive patients. Of the 35 patients, 18 (51.4%) at 6 months, 18 (51.

Inadequacy of Headache Management After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Background: Headache profoundly affects management of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage but is poorly characterized.

Objective: To characterize headache after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Methods: Medical records of patients with Hunt and Hess grades I-III subarachnoid hemorrhage admitted from 2011 to 2013 were reviewed.

Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy.

Purpose: To examine evidence for effectiveness of anteromesial temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for disabling complex partial seizures.

Methods: Systemic review and analysis of the literature since 1990.

Results: One intention-to-treat Class I randomized controlled trial of surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy found that 58% of patients randomized to be evaluated for surgical therapy (64% of those who received surgery) were free of disabling seizures and 10 to 15% were unimproved at the end of 1 year, compared with 8% free of disabling seizures in the group randomized to continued medical therapy.