A novel technique of botulinum toxin injection around skull sutures for chronic migraine: A randomized controlled clinical trial.

Background: Migraine is a chronic headache manifested with attacks. Here we aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of 15-point Dysport injection with 31-point Xeomin injections.

Materials And Methods: This is a randomized clinical trial performed in 2020-2021 in Isfahan on patients with refractory chronic migraine.

Status epilepticus due to COVID-19; a cases series and literature review.

Complications are increasingly recognized with SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen for COVID-19. Various mechanisms have been proposed to justify the cause of seizures in Covid-19 patients. To our knowledge, 13 cases of status epilepticus (SE) associated with COVID-19 have been reported so far.

Evaluation of rivaroxaban versus warfarin for the treatment of cerebral vein thrombosis: A case-control blinded study.

Anticoagulation therapy following cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT) can improve mortality and morbidity. Vitamin K antagonists are currently the routine oral anticoagulant used for CVT; while by introduction of rivaroxaban, a direct factor Xa inhibitor, the attentions have been deviated toward novel agents, but the evidence is not strong. The current study is aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban versus warfarin for anticoagulation therapy of CVT.

Peculiar Presentation of COVID-19: A Case Report of Concurrent Stroke and Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly recognized infectious disease that has turned into a pandemic. There are few studies reporting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and stroke separately associated with COVID-19. In this study, we report an unusual case of COVID-19 with stroke and GBS concurrently.

Guillain-Barre syndrome in patients with coronavirus disease-2019: Report of six cases and review of literature.

Few studies have reported the association of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) infection. In this study, we reported GBS in six patients infected with COVID-19 and reviewed all existing literature about GBS in association with COVID-19. This study was performed in three referral centers of COVID-19 in Iran, and six patients with the diagnosis of GBS were enrolled.

Predicting Long-Term Cardiovascular Events after Transient Ischemic Attacks: Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness or ABCD2 Score or Both?

Background: Patients who experienced transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at high-risk for cardiovascular events. This study aims to evaluate diagnostic value of carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) and ABCD2 score for predicting cardiovascular events in long-term follow-up after TIA. We prospectively included sixty patients with TIA who admitted to hospital from March 2016 to August 2016.

Perioperative myocardial infarction diagnosis after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery using coupled electrocardiographic changes and cardiac troponin I.

Purpose: Perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) is one of the most common causes of prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stay after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and is associated with poor prognosis and increases postoperative mortality due to the lack of accurate diagnostic methods. This study examines the association between electrocardiography (ECG) ischemic changes and cardiac troponin I concentration.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the ECG of 100 patients was recorded before and 24 h after the surgery.

Determinants of Mortality and the Lethal Area 50 Index (LA50) in Burn Patients Admitted to a Large Burn Center; A Single Center Experience.

Objectives: To investigate the determinants of mortality and the lethal area 50 (LA50) in large series of Iranian burn patients admitted to a single burn center.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Shahid Motahari burn center of Tehran, Iran during a 1-year period from 2011 to 2012. We included all the burn patients who were admitted to our center during the study period.

Pulmonary function tests in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the association between these tests and survival.

Background: The rapidity of progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to death or respiratory failure impacts patients, clinicians, and clinical investigators. The aim of this study is to evaluate of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in patients with ALS and the association between these PFTs and survival Methods: A total of 36 ALS patients who PFTs, including vital capacity (VC), maximum mid-expiratory flow rate (MMEFR), forced vital capacity (FVC), and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1), were available from the time of diagnosis were included in this study. Non-pulmonary characteristics assessed at the time of PFTs.