Iron nanoparticle contrast enhanced microwave imaging for emergent stroke: A pilot study.

Emergent stroke is mostly evaluated using hospital based imaging. Quick imaging allows for rapid administration of IV thrombolysis and outcome improvement. Microwave imaging (MI) is an emerging portable imaging modality.

External Ventricular Drain and Hemorrhage in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Stenting and flow diversion for aneurysmal sub arachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) require the use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT).

Objective: To investigate whether DAPT is associated with hemorrhagic complication following placement of external ventricular drains (EVD) in patients with aSAH.

Methods: Rates of radiographically identified hemorrhage associated with EVD placement were compared between patients who received DAPT for stenting or flow diversion, and patients who underwent microsurgical clipping or coiling and did not receive DAPT by way of a backward stepwise multivariate analysis.

Evaluation of a Treadmill with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (TVIS) for use on the International Space Station.

A treadmill with vibration isolation and stabilization designed for the International Space Station (ISS) was evaluated during Shuttle mission STS-81. Three crew members ran and walked on the device, which floats freely in zero gravity. For the majority of the more than 2 hours of locomotion studied, the treadmill showed peak to peak linear and angular displacements of less than 2.

A Custom Face Mask for Sports This molded plastic mask may let an athlete with a facial fracture return to play sooner.

Facial trauma is common in contact sports. Fractures of the face, including orbital, zygomatic, and nasal fractures, generally stem from direct blows. After treatment, many athletes are eager to return to practice or competition before their fractures have completely healed.

A long-term prevention study with oxprenolol in coronary heart disease.

We carried out a randomized double-blind controlled secondary-prevention trial of oxprenolol over seven years. Forty milligrams of oxprenolol or placebo was given twice daily to 1103 men 35 to 65 years old who had an acute myocardial infarction between 1 and 90 months previously. Overall, there was no difference in mortality or cardiac events between the placebo and oxprenolol groups.

Influence of drug treatment on the irritable bowel syndrome and its interaction with psychoneurotic morbidity.

Sixty per cent of the patients referred to two gastroenterological clinics and diagnosed as suffering from the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), were found to have significant psychoneurotic morbidity on the basis of the General Health Questionnaire. A double-blind, completely randomised, placebo controlled comparison of treatment with a combined anxiolytic/antidepressant (Motipress) found a significantly better effect of Motipress than placebo on diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Detailed analysis of the results suggests that there is no direct relationship between psychoneurotic illness and IBS, but the presence of the former has an adverse effect on the short-term outcome of the bowel disorder.

A comparison of chlormethiazole and diazepam as intravenous sedatives for fibre-endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Chlormethiazole and diazepam as intravenous sedatives were compared in 75 patients undergoing fibre-endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Diazepam was considered to offer greater reliability and ease of administration. Chlormethiazole wqs found to be a safe drug and did not encourage salivation.

A patient with respiratory obstruction in glandular fever.

, , 145-146. Glandular fever is a common disease, and one of the most consistent features is enlargement of tonsillar and nasopharyngeal lymph nodes. This is usually of little serious consequence and, if difficulty in swallowing or breathing occurs, responds rapidly to treatment.

Colonic retnetion of barium in the elderly after barium-meal examination and its treatment with lactulose.

Five cases of colonic retention of barium with severe constipation occurring in elderly patients after a barium-meal examination were seen in a two-year period and it is suggested that this complication may be unrecognized. Lactulose 50% (Duphalac) was an effective agent in inducing bowel evacuation in these patients, who were resistant to more generally used methods.

Pulmonary aspiration after fibre-endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Pulmonary aspiration occurred in 16 out of 65 patients (24.6%) undergoing fibre-endoscopic examinations of the upper gastrointestinal tract under intravenous sedation, but it was rarely followed by serious complications. Aspiration was found to occur under sedation with diazepam alone, diazepam with atropine, and with chlormethiazole.