2020
Probing the Effective Treatment Thresholds for Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Regression Discontinuity Designs
Naidech A, Lawlor P, Xu H, Fonarow G, Xian Y, Smith E, Schwamm L, Matsouaka R, Prabhakaran S, Marinescu I, Kording K. Probing the Effective Treatment Thresholds for Alteplase in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Regression Discontinuity Designs. Frontiers In Neurology 2020, 11: 961. PMID: 32982952, PMCID: PMC7492202, DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00961.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment thresholdOutcomes of patientsAcute ischemic strokeCohort of patientsPatient demographic characteristicsIschemic strokeControlled TrialsStroke interventionClinical outcomesClinical careEffective treatmentLarger sample sizeMedical interventionsPatientsDemographic characteristicsGold standardAlteplaseInterventionTreatmentContinuous variablesOutcomesLimited populationSample sizeTreatment timePotential reasons
2009
False Positive CT Angiography in Brain Death
Greer DM, Strozyk D, Schwamm LH. False Positive CT Angiography in Brain Death. Neurocritical Care 2009, 11: 272-275. PMID: 19390993, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9220-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrain DeathBrain EdemaCerebral AngiographyCerebrovascular CirculationCircle of WillisDiagnosis, DifferentialElectroencephalographyFalse Positive ReactionsFemaleHeart ArrestHumansTechnetium Tc 99m ExametazimeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedUltrasonography, Doppler, TranscranialConceptsCerebral circulatory arrestBrain criteriaCirculatory arrestBrain deathPositive CT angiographyCerebral blood flowSingle photon emissionTranscranial DopplerNewer testsClinical examinationTomographic angiographyConventional angiographyCT angiographyBlood flowAncillary testsEase of performanceAngiographyDetermination of deathGold standardConfirmatory testDeathPhoton emissionAcceptable testArrestPatients