Microbubbles added to sonothrombolysis and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment of acute stroke is associated with early recanalization, but they also lead to a high rate of asymptomatic hemorrhagic transformation, according to findings from a case-control study. Reuters Health Information
Psychostimulants do not appear to adversely affect brain development in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, a new imaging study suggests. Medscape Medical News
A 20-year-old G1 at 36 weeks is being monitored for preeclampsia. What medication is recommended for the prevention of a recurrent eclamptic seizure? br / iUSMLEasy from McGraw-Hill/i
Very preterm infants with a persistent patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are at significantly increased risk of dying, compared with very preterm infants with a closed ductus, results of a single-center, retrospective study suggest. Reuters Health Information
A report of a chain of 10 paired kidney donations, in which transplantations were not always performed simultaneously, shows the potential of the nonsimultaneous, extended, altruistic-donor chain. Medscape Medical News
A systematic review and quantitative analysis showed no significant difference in efficacy between oseltamivir and zanamivir for influenza prophylaxis. Medscape Medical News