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E-025 The rate and predictors of 30-day readmission in patients treated for cerebral aneurysms: a large single-center study
ConclusionIn our study, risk factors for 30-day readmission were increasing BMI, cancer, increasing aneurysm width, and anticoagulation use. Future studies should focus on aneurysm dimensions and the use of blood thinners as the literature pertaining these predictors is still scarce.Abstract E-025 Table 1 Variables N(%) 30-day Readmission 36 (6.6) Cause of Readmission: Infection Stroke Re-Rupture Wound Dehiscence Seizures CSF Leak Hydrocephalus Headache Wound Area Swelling Groin Hematoma Pseudo meningocele 9 (25)11 (30.6)1 (2.8)1 (2.8)1 (2.8)1 (2.8)1 (2.8)7 (19.4)2 (5.6)1 (2.8)1 (2.8) Causes and Rate of ReadmissionAbstrac...
Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - July 30, 2023 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: El Naamani, K., Hunt, A., Jain, P., Lawall, C., Yudkoff, C., El Fadel, O., Ghanem, M., Momin, A., Atallah, E., Abbas, R., Zakar, R., Tjoumakaris, S., Gooch, M., Herial, N., Zarzour, H., Schmidt, R., Rosenwasser, R., Jabbour, P. Tags: SNIS 20th annual meeting electronic poster abstracts Source Type: research

Hypothalamic-Pituitary Disorders in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Long-Term Health Outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS: HP radiotherapy, CNS injury and, to a lesser extent, chemotherapy are associated with HP disorders, which are associated with adverse health outcomes. PMID: 31373627 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - August 1, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: van Iersel L, Li Z, Srivastava DK, Brinkman TM, Bjornard KL, Wilson CL, Green DM, Merchant TE, Pui CH, Howell RM, Smith SA, Armstrong GT, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Ness KK, Gajjar A, Krull KR, Sklar CA, van Santen HM, Chemaitilly W Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research

Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases: Clinical and Genetic Update.
Authors: Matilla-Dueñas A, Corral-Juan M, Rodríguez-Palmero Seuma A, Vilas D, Ispierto L, Morais S, Sequeiros J, Alonso I, Volpini V, Serrano-Munuera C, Pintos-Morell G, Álvarez R, Sánchez I Abstract More than 600 human disorders afflict the nervous system. Of these, neurodegenerative diseases are usually characterised by onset in late adulthood, progressive clinical course, and neuronal loss with regional specificity in the central nervous system. They include Alzheimer's disease and other less frequent dementias, brain cancer, degenerative nerve diseases, encephalitis, epilepsy, genetic brain disorders, head ...
Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - December 9, 2017 Category: Research Tags: Adv Exp Med Biol Source Type: research

Keeping up with Amanda: Life after brain surgery
In most ways, Amanda LePage is just like any other rambunctious fourth grader. She loves school, dance class, playing basketball and keeping up with her twin sister Macy and older brother Nathan. Sometimes it just takes her a little longer to do these everyday things. That’s because Amanda has been through a lot in her short nine years. Amanda was just 5 months old when she was brought by helicopter to Boston Children’s Hospital for a hemorrhage in her brain from an intracranial aneurysm, a type of vascular malformation. Despite long odds, Amanda survived two life-saving brain surgeries and a massive stroke that left ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 22, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Ellen Greenlaw Tags: Our Patients’ Stories brain aneurysm Dr. Caroline Robson Dr. Craig McClain Dr. Edward Smith Dr. Peter Manley Hydrocephalus low-grade glioma pediatric stroke Source Type: news

Seizures after craniectomy: an under-recognised complication?
Decompressive craniectomy for ischaemic stroke is being increasingly used, at least in the USA.1 This has likely been stimulated by three randomised clinical trials reporting improved survival in appropriately selected patients.2 As the number of patients so treated, and surviving, increases, a better picture of the complications and outcomes is emerging, with recognition of the relatively high risk of infection when the cranium is reconstructed after the craniectomy, as well as the occurrence of postoperative extra-axial haemorrhages and delayed hydrocephalus.3 Creutzfeldt et al4 highlight another surprisingly frequent se...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - June 10, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Macdonald, R. L. Tags: Epilepsy and seizures, Hydrocephalus, Neurooncology, Stroke, CNS cancer, Drugs: psychiatry, Drugs: musculoskeletal and joint diseases, Surgical oncology Editorial commentaries Source Type: research