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Research Methodology A prospective cohort study will be conducted. The follow-up periods are 18 weeks. Diagnostic criteria of mild and moderate traumatic brain injury. Diagnostic criteria of traumatic brain injury will be according to (1) American Association of Neurosurgical Surgeons (AANS)

Background and scientific rationale Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory condition of the paranasal sinuses affecting millions of patients, resulting in billions of dollars being spent annually in associated health care costs. Biofilm has been implicated in chronic rhinosinusitis

To confirm hypoglycemia unawareness, patients answered a questionnaire based on the items explored by the model of Clarke 19 about hypoglycemia and hypoglycemia awareness. The eligibility of patients was confirmed by a blinded CG M recording using the trademark iPro ™ 2 sensor for 6 days. During

Stroke or unsufficient cerebral circulation is a non-traumatic disease due to occlusion or rupture of brain blood circulation characterized by neurological deficits such as loss of motor control, cognitive impairment, oral disorder or sensory changes in one half of the body resulting from changes.

Concussion Syndrome (CS) and TBI are common injuries producing temporary and long-term damage to impact brain function. Symptoms are sometimes transient, sometimes long-term depending on severity and/or repetitive damage. Signs varying from recurrent headaches, mental fog, emotional changes to

Ketamine is a noncompetitive N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist that blocks the release of excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate and provides anesthesia, amnesia and analgesia by virtue of decreasing central sensitization and "wind-up" phenomenon. At low (sub-dissociative, analgesics)

1.0 Background While atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia requiring therapy, it is also associated with increased risk of stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, dementia, and death. The number of Americans affected with AF is expected to surge to nearly 16

This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled feasibility trial of DHA for the treatment of pediatric concussion related to sports-injury. The definition used for concussion is from the Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport: the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport (Br J

A multicenter external validation study in 7 Tunisian teaching and non teaching hospitals including patients with MHI defined as a blunt trauma to the head within 24 hours with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13 to 15 and at least one of the following: history of loss of consciousness,

Review of literature: Benzodiazepines are among the most popular drugs used for preoperative medication to produce anxiolysis, amnesia, and sedation. However, they negatively influence sleep quality by decreasing the duration of REM sleep and slow wave sleep. Alprazolam is more anxioselective than

Concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a condition that affects hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide. It is a biomechanically induced neurological injury, resulting in an alteration of mental status, such as confusion or amnesia, which may or may not involve a loss of

Material abuse nowadays become a serious public health issue, among these, abusing of opioids is the most serious one. It cause HIV infection rate hiking up, recent years in Taiwan, it impairing people health as well. The successive 2 year methadone substitutive abstaining program makes HIV

INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to improvements in emergency medical care, transportation and specialized trauma facilities, the number of people surviving TBI with impairment has significantly increased in recent years. The

Research of deep TMS treatment in patients with schizophrenia experiencing auditory hallucinations, double blind placebo(sham) controlled study October 14, 2007 Physical background Modern TMS began in 1985 when Barker and colleagues in Sheffield, UK, developed the first TMS device. However, the