An interesting case report of vertebral artery dissection following polytrauma.

Introduction: The authors present an interesting case of a 19-year-old male who presented as a polytrauma patient following a fall from a height.

Presentation Of Case: He was initially managed on the intensive care unit with intracranial pressure bolt monitoring after being intubated and sedated and having his other traumatic injuries stabilized. Upon attempting to wean sedation and extubation a repeat CT scan of the head was undertaken and showed a new area suggested of cerebral infarction, this was a new finding.

Monitoring the changing pattern of delivery of paediatric epilepsy surgery in England--an audit of a regional service and examination of national trends.

Purpose: The demand for paediatric epilepsy surgery in the UK greatly exceeds the number of operations performed. Hence, Children's Epilepsy Surgery Service (CESS) was commenced in 2012. This study is aimed to characterise the changes in service delivery in the North East of England Paediatric Neuroscience Network and nationally.

Early myocardial dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice: a study using in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Background: Diabetes is associated with a cardiomyopathy that is independent of coronary artery disease or hypertension. In the present study we used in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and echocardiographic techniques to examine and characterize early changes in myocardial function in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes.

Methods: Diabetes was induced in 8-week old C57BL/6 mice with two intraperitoneal injections of streptozotocin.