Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major public health problem globally. In the United
States the incidence of closed head injuries admitted to hospitals is conservatively estimated …

Object. Increasing age is associated with poorer outcome in patients with closed traumatic
brain injury (TBI). It is uncertain whether critical age thresholds exist, however, and the …

There is now compelling evidence that sleep promotes the long-term consolidation of
declarative and procedural memories. Behavioral studies suggest that sleep preferentially …

Studies in animals indicate that methylprednisolone and naloxone are both potentially
beneficial in acute spinal-cord injury, but whether any treatment is clinically effective remains …

A reciprocal and apparently symmetrical interchange of land mammals between North and
South America began about 3 million years ago, after the appearance of the Panamanian …

Objective.—To compare the efficacy of methylprednisolone administered for 24 hours with
methyprednisolone administered for 48 hours or tirilazad mesylate administered for 48 …

As triage and resuscitation protocols evolve, it is critical to determine the major extracranial
variables influencing outcome in the setting of severe head injury. We prospectively studied …

✓ A new classification of head injury based primarily on information gleaned from the initial
computerized tomography (CT) scan is described. It utilizes the status of the mesencephalic …

✓ The 1-year follow-up data of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of
methylprednisolone (30 mg/kg bolus and 5.4 mg/kg/hr for 23 hours) or naloxone (5.4 mg/kg …

Objective: To quantify the incidence of uterine leiomyoma confirmed by hysterectomy,
ultrasound, or pelvic examination according to age and race among premenopausal …