2012
Acute Effects of Nimodipine on Cerebral Vasculature and Brain Metabolism in High Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients
Choi HA, Ko SB, Chen H, Gilmore E, Carpenter AM, Lee D, Claassen J, Mayer SA, Schmidt JM, Lee K, Connelly ES, Paik M, Badjatia N. Acute Effects of Nimodipine on Cerebral Vasculature and Brain Metabolism in High Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients. Neurocritical Care 2012, 16: 363-367. PMID: 22262041, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9670-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhageOral nimodipineSubarachnoid hemorrhageMmHg decreasePoor-grade SAH patientsDoses of nimodipineAdministration of nimodipineAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageSubarachnoid hemorrhage patientsRoutine clinical careAcute PhysiologicAdequate CBFNimodipine administrationOnly medicationHemorrhage patientsMultimodality monitoringSAH patientsVasopressor medicationsBrain metabolismAcute effectsObservational studyMetabolic effectsCerebral vasculatureClinical careNimodipine
2009
Fatal Case of Deer Tick Virus Encephalitis
Tavakoli NP, Wang H, Dupuis M, Hull R, Ebel GD, Gilmore EJ, Faust PL. Fatal Case of Deer Tick Virus Encephalitis. New England Journal Of Medicine 2009, 360: 2099-2107. PMID: 19439744, PMCID: PMC2847876, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0806326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeer tick virusTick virusNumerous immunoreactive neuronsTickborne encephalitis virusMeningoencephalitis syndromeVirus encephalitisImmunoreactive neuronsLarge neuronsBasal gangliaBrain stemFatal casesFatal encephalitisSpinal cordNecrotizing MeningoencephalitisImmunohistochemical analysisPowassan virusProminent involvementEncephalitis virusTissue samplesVirusEncephalitisNeuronsMeningoencephalitisSurgeryThalamus