#85: Neurology's Cutting Edge - Installment #6 [22:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (755)

Neurology’s Cutting Edge - Surgery And Trauma-Related Issues For Neurology Professionals.

• Endarterectomy Outcomes Beat Stenting: In a total of more than 17,000 patients.
• Statins and Cycloserine Lessen Tramautic Brain Injury Deficits
• Biomarker Enzyme May Help Predict Severity of Brain Trauma
• DTI Sheds Light on Diffuse Trauma
• Chitin (chitosan) shows great healing and biostimulant properties

Next week’s show: Reign Over Pain - Commanding news you can use to benefit your hurting patients (6th episode).

 

 #53: Vulnerability in Neurology, Installment #3 [37:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (525)

Potential challenges for neurologists on the clinical front lines, installment #3.

Publication Date: Jan 19, 2007.

Show Notes: A low-cost alternative to sustained release opiates - methadone: has it led to increased vulnerability - increased morbidity and mortality - from sleep apnea?

And you’re trying to switch a patient from morphine-based opioids to methadone, should you use the standard conversion tables?

Your patient is told he should consider a carotid endarterectomy - what’s the patient’s chance of having post-CEA cognitive decline, and what genetic test might help you assess his risk for incurring that cognitive decline?