All articles tagged: Nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage, unspecified (I62.9)

Older emergency department head trauma patients appear to have a very low incidence of delayed intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) after head injury, with no difference in rates based on prior anticoagulant use, according to a study published online June 13 in The Journal of Emergency Medicine.Richard D. Shih, M.D., from Florida Atlantic Un

A new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday.In clinical trials, donanemab (Kisunla) modestly slowed the pace of thinking declines among patients in the early stages of the m

Reteplase is noninferior to alteplase for patients with ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours after symptom onset, according to a study published online June 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the 10th Annual Conference of the Chinese Stroke Association & Tiantan International Stroke Conference 2024, held from June 14

Elon Musk, co-founder of Neuralink, said this week that the company placed the first brain implant in a human over the weekend.In a statement posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter that is now owned by Musk, the billionaire said t

Living in a high-income ZIP code increases the likelihood of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies (WLSTs) for people with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), according to a study published online Jan. 18 in Neurology.Kara R. Melmed, M.D., from NYU Langone Health in New York City, and colleagues examined differences in WLSTs and m

The incidence of stroke is decreasing among Black and White adults in the U.S. population, but disparities persist, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Neurology.Tracy E. Madsen, M.D., Ph.D., from the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues examined trends in stroke incidence

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) predicts intracranial hemorrhage for patients with cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease taking antithrombotic therapy, according to a study published online Dec. 25 in the Annals of Neurology.Kanta Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Suita, Japan, and

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) predicts intracranial hemorrhage for patients with cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease taking antithrombotic therapy, according to a study published online Dec. 25 in the Annals of Neurology.Kanta Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center in Suita, Japan, and

A Falls Decision Rule can determine which elderly patients presenting with a fall require computed tomography (CT) of the head, according to a study published online Dec. 4 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.Kerstin de Wit, M.B.Ch.B., M.D., from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues conduct