Summaries of Must-Read Clinical Literature, Guidelines, and FDA Actions
This Week's Must Reads
Unilateral Thalamic Stimulation Improved Axial ET, Parkinsonism Relat Disord; ePub 2018 Sep 6; Mitchell, et al
Balance-Gait Disorder Risk Factor for Dementia in PD, J Parkinsons Dis; ePub 2018 Aug 13; Lichter, et al
Suicidal Ideation Prevalent in Persons with HD, J Huntingtons Dis; 2018 Jul 31; Wesson, et al
Everyday Functioning in Parkinson Disease Assessed, Parkinsonism Relat Disord; ePub 2018 Sep 1; Lopez, et al
Comparison of 2 DBS Methods for Essential Tremor, Mov Disord; ePub 2018 Sep 5; Fenoy, Schiess
FDA Actions
FDA Approves Diacomit for Treatment of Seizures, Biocodex news release; 2018 Aug 23
FDA Approves Drug for Rare Peripheral Nerve Disease, FDA Web site; 2018 Aug 10
Clinical Guidelines
DBS Guidelines for Treatment of Patients with PD, Neurosurgery; ePub 2018 Mar 12; Rughani, et al
Guidelines for Reducing Brain Injury Post-Resuscitation, Neurology; ePub 2017 May 10; Geocardin, et al
Rare Diseases
FDA Approves Drug for Rare Peripheral Nerve Disease, FDA Web site; 2018 Aug 10
FDA Approves Hizentra for CIDP Treatment, CSL Behring news release; 2018 Mar 16
Movement Disorders
Unilateral Thalamic Stimulation Improved Axial ET, Parkinsonism Relat Disord; ePub 2018 Sep 6; Mitchell, et al
Balance-Gait Disorder Risk Factor for Dementia in PD, J Parkinsons Dis; ePub 2018 Aug 13; Lichter, et al
Practice Management
Neurologic Drug Shortages May Compromise Care, Neurology; ePub 2017 Nov 15; Omorodion, et al
Racial Disparities in Neurologic Care Examined, Neurology; ePub 2017 May 17; Saadi, et al
Traumatic Brain Injury
Poor Sleep Linked to Slow Recovery from TBI, Sleep; ePub 2018 Jul 24; Kalmbach, Conroy, et al
Psychiatric Risk Factors for Recurrent Neurotrauma, Brain Inj; ePub 2018 Jun 18; Hayward, Fessler, et al
Mixed Topics
Depression, Suicidality Among People with Epilepsy, Epilepsy Behav; ePub 2018 Aug 13; Friedman, et al
Link Found Between Ophthalmic Conditions, AD Risk, Alzheimers Dement; ePub 2018 Aug 8; Lee, et al
Neurosurgery & Trauma
Readmission Rates After Thrombectomy for Stroke , J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis; ePub 2018 Jul 3; Ramchand, et al
Ischemic Stroke Risk After Trauma in Young Cohort, Neurology; ePub 2017 Nov 8; Fox, Hills, et al
Trauma
Psychiatric Risk Factors for Recurrent Neurotrauma, Brain Inj; ePub 2018 Jun 18; Hayward, Fessler, et al
Effects of Concussion, Blast Exposure Examined , Neurology; ePub 2017 Oct 13; Tsao, Stentz, et al
Headache & Migraine
Headache Patients Seek High Level of Outpatient Care , Headache; ePub 2018 Jul 19; Brilla, Woo, et al
Prevalence of Optic Nerve Head Edema in the ED, Neurology; ePub 2018 Jan 5; Sachdeva, et al
GBS/CIDP
Guillain-Barré, Zika Virus, and Morbidity, JAMA Neurology; ePub 2018 May 21; Dirlikov, et al
Stroke
Affordable Care Act and Adult Survivors of Stroke, JAMA Neurology; ePub 2018 Aug 27; Levine, et al
Racial Disparities in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Care, J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis; ePub 2018 Aug 16; Fraser, et al
Pain
FDA Approves Expanded Use of Exparel Nerve Block, Pacira news release; 2018 Apr 6
FDA Approves Apadaz for Acute Pain Relief, KemPharm, Inc. news release; 2018 Feb 23
Epilepsy & Seizures
Epilepsy Transition Care Gap in Young Adults, Epilepsy Behav; ePub 2018 Aug 25; Baca, et al
FDA Approves Diacomit for Treatment of Seizures, Biocodex news release; 2018 Aug 23
Neuromuscular Disorders
FDA Approves Xeomin for Excessive Drooling, Merz North America news release; 2018 Jul 3
Integrated MRI and [11C]‐PBR28 PET Imaging in ALS, Ann Neurol; ePub 2018 May 8; Alshikho, et al
Sleep Medicine
Prevalence, Correlates of OSA in African Americans, Sleep; ePub 2018 Sep 5; Johnson, Guo, et al
Sex-Specific Hippocampus Volume Changes in OSA, Neuroimage Clin; ePub 2018 Jul 27; Macey, et al