Charles P. Olinger

TL;DR: A 15-item neurologic examination stroke scale for use in acute stroke therapy trials was designed and interrater reliability for the scale was found to be high, and test-retest reliability was also high, suggesting acceptable examination and scale validity.

TL;DR: As part of a prospective therapy study of 65 patients with acute, nonhemorrhagic, cerebral infarction, computed tomographic scans of the head were obtained at admission, 7-10 days, and 3 months for the presence, site, size, and volume measurement of the infarctions.

TL;DR: A needle endoscope as mentioned in this paper includes a hollow needle of about 18-gauge, a lens system within the needle, an image transmitting bundle of flexible fiber-optic rods within the needles, a plurality of illumination transmitters within the rods, and apparatus to shift the image transmission bundle with respect to the lens system and needle to provide focus adjustment for focusing the endoscope on objects at various distances from the end of the needle.

TL;DR: The hyperdensemiddle cerebral artery sign (HMCAS) is recognized as a CT finding that indicates thrombus or embolus within the middle cerebral artery.

TL;DR: The experience suggests that naloxone is safe at the dose used, but data for efficacy are inconclusive, and there was no correlation between such a loading dose response and clinical outcome at 3 months.