OBJECTIVES Hypothermia and decompressive craniectomy (DC) have been shown to be neuroprotective. This study was designed to evaluate neuroprotective effects of delayed singular or combination of DC and local hypothermia on stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cerebral ischemia was induced in 48 Wistar rats assigned to 4 groups: control, decompressive craniectomy (DC), local hypothermia (LH), combina...

Chun-Hsu Su,* Andrew D. Greentree, William J. Munro, Kae Nemoto, and Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg Quantum Communications Victoria, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Filton Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol BS34 8QZ, United Kingdom National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430, Japan Received 16 September 2...

Background Postoperative complications from the Central Nervous System after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Operations (CABG) can range from transient neurologic or psychological changes to massive brain infarction and irreversible coma. The risk of stoke after CABG is approximately 2%. Multiple mechanisms such as brain hypoperfusion during or after the operation, carotid stenosis and emboliza...

Paul M. Jenkinson, Nicola M. J. Edelstyn, Justine L. Drakeford, Christine Roffe and Simon J. Ellis School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK School of Psychology, Keele University, Keele, UK Research Institute for Life Course Studies, Keele University, Keele, UK School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK Department of Neurology, Unive...

Editor’s note For three years, two UK paediatricians have had to contend with massive media criticism, much of it fed by a pressure group. The UK government, through its regional NHS office, set up an enquiry into one aspect of the complaints—related to the ethical committee approval process and the monitoring of clinical trials within their unit. Its report was critical but has been attacked, ...

目的：Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test（Mini-BESTest）とBerg Balance Scale（BBS）の臨床的に意義のある最小変化量（MCID）に関するシステマティックレビューを行った．

The discussions of Madden and Stoke 1 recall similar statistical studies by tlie writer of the responses to the individual tests in the Binet scale. These studies include an analysis in 1911 of successful responses to the tests in the 1908 scale, based on the performance of 333 epileptics;2 a tabulation in 1916 of the percentage of successes for each test in the 1908 scale based on the response...