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Safety and efficacy of eptifibatide in acute ischemic stroke requiring extracranial carotid artery stenting
CONCLUSIONS: Eptifibatide may have a role in the management of acute stroke requiring carotid stenting. Caution may be required in those with established infarct on presentation imaging.PMID:37574792 | DOI:10.1177/15910199231193928
Source: Interventional Neuroradiology - August 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Michael J Waters Jan Vargas Aquilla Turk Imran Chaudry Raymond D Turner Source Type: research

The Impact of Nasogastric Feeding Tube on Physiologic Swallow in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Multidisciplinary Clinical Trial
Nasogastric feeding tubes (NGT) are ubiquitous within the head and neck (H&N) cancer patient population. NGT are often placed in post-surgical H&N cancer patients to allow for healing of suture lines in oral cavity and oropharyngeal free flap patients and are also used in transoral robotic surgery (TORS) patients. Despite their widespread use, the impact of NGT on the physiologic swallow of H&N cancer patients remains unknown. In the neurology literature, there is data demonstrating alterations in the functional swallow of elderly post-stroke patients with NGTs.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - March 11, 2022 Category: Radiology Authors: M.N. Stevens, E. Hosokawa, A. Hereford, M. West, R. Fleming, K. Sharif, R. Sinard, S.L. Rohde, K. Mannion, A. Langerman, J. Netterville, E.L. Rosenthal, M.C. Topf Tags: 215 Source Type: research

Radiologic Percutaneous Gastrostomy in Nondistended Stomach: A Modified Approach
We describe a simple technique to prevent air escape from the stomach during gastrostomy tube placement. To the best of our knowledge, this technique has not yet been described in the literature. Materials and Methods Four patients with unsuccessful percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy were referred for fluoroscopic-guided gastrostomy. One patient had a pyriform sinus tumor and three had an ischemic stroke causing dysphagia. Gastric distention was not achieved in the patients due to air escaping into the bowel during the standard RIG procedure. A modified approach using a balloon ...
Source: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology - May 28, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Case of the Month #181: Iatrogenic Colon Perforation During Epicardial Pacing Wire Placement
A 79-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with Staphylococcal aureus endocarditis. Before surgery, he had a small right hemispheric cardioembolic stroke. He subsequently underwent mitral valve replacement for treatment of a large posterior leaflet valvular vegetation. Two days after surgery, he clinically deteriorated and developed intolerance to nasogastric feeds and significant abdominal distension and tenderness. He was hemodynamically stable, without fever or increasing leukocytosis. Supine frontal chest and abdominal radiographs (not shown) were ordered and demonstrated postsurgical changes related to recent mitr...
Source: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal - January 25, 2013 Category: Radiology Authors: Justin Haba, Shamir Patel, Robin Gray Tags: Canadian Residents’ Corner / Coin canadien des résidents en radiologie Source Type: research