The muscle weakness and bilateral activation failure in the stroke patients was not explained by either excessive antagonist activity or disuse atrophy. They had potential for increased voluntary strength and if this were addressed during rehabilitation, then the rate and extent of functional recovery might be enhanced.
Although both conservative and aggressive surgical approaches can result in successful treatment of BRONJ lesions, aggressive surgical treatment needs a shorter mean duration to achieve complete remission of BRONJ lesion than conservative treatment. Concomitant corticosteroid administration or tobacco smoking may prolong the duration for complete remission of BRONJ lesion.
Although systemic cooling had recently been reported as effective in improving the neurological outcome after traumatic brain injury, several problems are associated with whole-body cooling. The present study was conducted to test the effectiveness of brain cooling without interference with the core temperature in rats after fluid percussion traumatic brain injury (TBI). Brain dialysates ischemia (e.g., glutamate and lactate-to-pyruvate ratio) and injury (e.g., glycerol) markers before and after TBI were measured in rats with mild brain cooling (33 degrees C) and in the sham control group. Brain cooling was accomplished by infusion of 5 mL cold saline via the external jugular vein under general anesthesia. The weight loss was determined by the difference between the first and third day of body weight after TBI. The maximum grip angle in an inclined plane was measured to determine motor performance, whereas the percentage of maximal possible effect was used to measure blockade of proprioception. The triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining procedures were used for cerebral infarction assay. As compared with those of the sham-operated controls, the animals with TBI had higher values of extracellular levels of glutamate, lactate-to-pyruvate ratio, and glycerol in brain and intracranial pressure, but lower values of cerebral perfusion pressure. Brain cooling adopted immediately after TBI significantly attenuated the TBI-induced increased cerebral ischemia and injury markers, intracranial hypertension, and cerebral hypoperfusion. In addition, the TBI-induced cerebral infarction, motor and proprioception deficits, and body weight loss evaluated 3 days after TBI were significantly attenuated by brain cooling. We successfully demonstrate that brain cooling causes attenuation of TBI in rats by reducing cerebral ischemia and injury resulting from intracranial hypertension and cerebral hypoperfusion. Because jugular venipuncture is an easy procedure frequently used in the emergency department, for preservation of brain function, jugular infusion of cold saline may be useful in resuscitation for trauma patients.
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