Coma
Q&A: First-ever World Coma Day aims to raise awareness, engage caregivers in research
Today marks the inaugural celebration of World Coma Day, a daylong, online event organized by the Neurocritical Care Society designed to raise awareness of coma as a clinical event that can be treated and cured.
HbA1c at type 1 diabetes onset, not DKA status, predicts later glycemic response among children
HbA1c value 3 years after a type 1 diabetes diagnosis is more closely associated with HbA1c at disease onset and not with diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA, at presentation, according to findings from a registry-based study published in Pediatric Diabetes.
HYPERION: Moderate hypothermia beneficial for patients in coma after cardiac arrest
Achieving moderate therapeutic hypothermia at 33°C improved survival with favorable neurologic outcome compared with normothermia in patients with coma who were resuscitated from cardiac arrest with nonshockable rhythm, according to results from the HYPERION trial.
Use aberrometry when patients cannot see 20/20
LAS VEGAS – The use of aberrometry can provide peace of mind when patients do not see 20/20, according to a speaker here at Vision Expo West.