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Compensated and non-compensated patient injury claims in internal carotid artery interventions in Finland, 2004-2017
CONCLUSION: Compensated patient injuries involving the treatment of ICAS are rare but often serious and mostly involve open surgery. Patient injury claims provide a valuable source of information for recognizing errors in care and offer possibilities to improve patient safety.PMID:35089091 | DOI:10.1177/17085381211069294
Source: Vascular - January 28, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Minna Laukkavirta Karin Blomgren Riitta Rautio Veikko Nikulainen P äivi Helmiö Source Type: research

Use of Antihypertensive Medication after Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults and its Association with Long-term Outcome.
CONCLUSIONS: Use of antihypertensives was suboptimal in one third of patients in whom antihypertensives were initially prescribed. Users were at lower risk of mortality and recurrent stroke or TIA compared to non-users. PMID: 30592437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Medicine - December 31, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research

Choice of the first anti-epileptic drug in elderly patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy: A Finnish retrospective study
Conclusion First-generation AEDs are still the most commonly employed first drugs for elderly patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy in Finland. Age and comorbid conditions have an effect in the choice of the initial AED treatment.
Source: Seizure - July 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research