Tag Archives: Statistics

Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus

Posted on December 9, 2019 by dulcetware

Status epilepticus is a medical emergency with significant morbidity and mortality and, in circumstances where benzodiazepines alone have failed to terminate seizures, has traditionally been treated with anticonvulsants such as phenytoin or phenobarbitone. Other intravenously administered antiepileptics have also been … Continue reading →

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Mechanical Thrombectomy for Ischaemic Stroke

Posted on September 23, 2017 by dulcetware

  Introduction Stroke is the most common cause of disability in Western Countries, and its lifetime risk is 1 in 6 for men and 1 in 5 for women. While managing acute stroke patients in hyperacute stroke units overall has … Continue reading →

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Primer on Statistics for Non-Statisticians

Posted on March 8, 2013 by dulcetware

Many of the journals discussed assume a knowledge of statistics. In fact, it is often the statistics that are the crucial issue in a critical review of a research study. And paradoxically it seems that the further we move from the more … Continue reading →

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