Neurología : publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española de Neurología
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Surgical activity is one of the major causes of iatrogeny. All surgery carries an inherent risk of complications, whether in emergency surgery or in simpler elective procedures. Because of the progressive increase in life expectancy, surgical techniques are increasingly used in the elderly, with a consequent rise in the possibility of catastrophic complications. ⋯ The present article reviews the most frequent neurological complications of anesthetic techniques and the types of surgery most commonly associated with central or peripheral nervous system complications. Neurologists are well versed in the complications associated with neurosurgery and carotid artery surgery. Other types of surgery, such as cardiac surgery, liver transplantation, bariatric surgery or aortic aneurism surgery, are also potential sources of complications.
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Convulsive status epilepticus constitutes a medical emergency that requires a fast and aggressive management with the objective to prevent neuronal damage and systemic complications. The objective is to determine clinico-epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in adults attended in a National Hospital from Lima-Peru in a period of four years. ⋯ Aetiologies more frequent in the hospital studied from Lima-Peru are remote symptomatic secondary crisis to cranio encephalic trauma, neurocysticercosis and idiopathic. The irregular antiepilepticus treatment constitutes a risk factor to convulsive status epilepticus.
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Multicenter Study
[Global adherence project to disease-modifying therapies in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis: 2-year interim results].
In this article we report adherence data from the first 2 years in a subset of patients from the Global Adherence Project (GAP; n=2,648) in Spain. ⋯ Adherence remained high over the first 2 years of the study. It was highest with Avonex®, being significant on first assessment, after 40.5 months of therapy, on average compared with other DMTs and at year 1 compared with Rebif®22.
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Various cases of editors of leading journals resigning has led to a debate on the question of editorial independence, understood as the unconditional freedom of editors to approve the contents of their journals. ⋯ Editors of scientific publications not only have to be judges of the articles they receive, but they must also be judged by their decisions, and editorial independence cannot be a refuge for personal stances. By independence it must be understood as the meticulousness in accepting manuscripts and the application of transparent criteria.
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The evidence that recanalization and reperfusion of the distal vascular bed in appropriately selected patients is crucial to achieve good functional outcome has triggered interest and research into endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke. ⋯ Endovascular treatment of stroke is a new therapeutic tool for achieving reperfusion safely in patients ineligible for Alteplase or who have failed reperfusion with an iv fibrinolytic.