OBJECTIVES To assess the clinical performance of the Ambu Aura-i (Aura-i) in children. AIM To compare the Aura-i with the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway (air-Q) for the purposes of fiberoptic-guided tracheal intubation. BACKGROUND The Aura-i is a new supraglottic airway designed for tracheal intubation. MATERIALS/METHODS One hundred twenty children, ages 1 month to 6 years, were random...

A relationship between migraine with aura and the presence of right-to-left shunts has been reported in two studies. Right-to-left shunts are also associated with some forms of decompression illness. While conducting research in divers with decompression illness, it was our impression that divers with a large shunt often had a history of migraine with aura in everyday life and after dives. Ther...

Background: Migraine aura may be difficult to differentiate from transient ischemic attacks and other transient neurological disorders in pregnant women. The aims of the present study were to investigate and diagnose all pregnant women with transient neurological disorders of suspected central nervous system origin, and to compare this group with a control group of pregnant women with regard to...

Executive Summary I. The Aura Mission The Aura satellite is scheduled to be launched in 2003 in a sun-synchronous polar orbit for a nominal mission of five years. The four Aura instruments are: the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS), measuring infrared emission profiles from high resolution atmospheric limb scans behind Aura; the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS), obtaining limb emission...

PURPOSE To identify predictors of seizure recurrence following posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery. METHODS Between 1983 and 2008, 43 medically refractory epilepsy patients underwent posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy surgery involved the occipital lobe in all cases; some cases also included resection of the adjacent parietal or temporal cortex. Using a logistic regression model, w...

Numerous studies have indicated an increased risk for stroke in patients with migraine, especially migraine with aura; however, many studies used self-reported migraine and only a few controlled for familial factors. We aimed to investigate migraine as a risk factor for stroke in a Swedish population-based twin cohort, and whether familial factors contribute to an increased risk. The study popu...

The primary brain dysfunctions leading to the onset of a migraine attack remain largely unknown. Other important open questions concern the mechanisms of initiation, continuation, and termination of migraine pain, and the changes in brain function underlying migraine transformation. Brief trains of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), when applied to the primary m...

In adults, migraine with aura is considered to be a risk factor for stroke, especially when other risk factors exist. However, the relationship between migraine with aura and risk of cerebral infarct in children has not been well established and requires further study. We describe four young patients who suffered from migraine with aura and focal neurological deficits. All four patients had mig...

OBJECTIVE To determine cortical oscillatory changes involved in migraine visual aura using magnetoencephalography (MEG). BACKGROUND Visual aura in the form of scintillating scotoma precedes migraine in many cases. The involvement of cortical spreading depression within striate and extra-striate cortical areas is implicated in the generation of the disturbance, but the details of its progressi...