Brain Edema: Newer Concept of Treatment

[Treatment of brain edema after attempted hanging].

Ischemic Brain Edema and Compression Brain Edema

Grades of recovery and outcome of patients with "stroke" have been widely reported by different authors.' There is reasonable agreement on the "poor" outcome of a certain number of surviving "stroke" patients; their number is widely estimated to vary from 19% to 35%. With the growing need for physical medicine and rehabilitation treatment and the associated mushrooming financial expenditures fo...

Ischemic Brain Edema and Compression Brain Edema

Grades of recovery and outcome of patients with "stroke" have been widely reported by different authors.' There is reasonable agreement on the "poor" outcome of a certain number of surviving "stroke" patients; their number is widely estimated to vary from 19% to 35%. With the growing need for physical medicine and rehabilitation treatment and the associated mushrooming financial expenditures fo...

Efficacy and safety of bevacizumab treatment for refractory brain edema

OBJECTIVE This retrospective study investigated the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab treatment for refractory brain edema. METHODS Between March 2009 and December 2015, bevacizumab was used to treat 59 cases of brain metastatic patients with refractory brain edema. The median dose of bevacizumab was 4.68 mg/kg (range 2.8-6.52 mg/kg). The clinical-pathological data, the efficacy, and the sid...

Treatment of scabies: newer perspectives.

Scabies is a common dermatological problem managed by general physicians, family physicians, and dermatologists. Scabies manifests itself in various forms in different individuals. The treatment of scabies has undergone developments with the evolution of new treatment strategies and antiectoparasitic drugs. The advent of drugs such as permethrin and ivermectin has revolutionised treatment. Mana...