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Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus
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
Posted in Epilepsy, Intensive Care Neurology
Tagged Epilepsy, fosphenytoin, levetiracetam, phenytoin, Statistics, status epilepticus, valproate
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Mechanical Thrombectomy for Ischaemic Stroke
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
Posted in Stroke
Tagged Statistics, stroke, Stroke treatment, Thrombectomy, thrombolysis
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Primer on Statistics for Non-Statisticians
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
Posted in Primer Posts for General Readers
Tagged Statistical Consulting, Statistician, Statistics
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