and white blood cell count ≥12,000 cells/cc or <4,000 cells/cc); severe sepsis was defined as the presence of sepsis plus at least 1 organ dysfunction (Glasgow coma score [GCS] < 15, systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg, mean arterial pressure <70mmhg, or platelet counts <100,000...
Stroke is one of the leading global causes of disability [1,2], with over 17 million individuals worldwide sustaining a stroke each year [2]. Although stroke mortality is decreasing with improvements in medical technology [3], the neurological trauma resulting from stroke can be devastating, and...
GCS 13-15, and within 72 hours following a head injury. TheBFI is derived using EEG features that reflect changes in the brain that occurwith a concussion, notably including those reflecting disruption of relationships between brain regions (“connectivity...
I have undiagnosed diabetes that spikes my blood sugar to nearly 250 (I just found this out in May 2014, but I have been having it for years) Low CSF (you can have this without headaches). See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736050 Autoimmune disease attacking my RGCs (Marty ...
In vitro and in vivo evidence also demonstrates that VEGF165b is neurotrophic and exerts neuroprotective effects in response to multiple insults in various types of neurons; in particular, in vivo VEGF165b pretreatment protects RGCs and the inner nuclear layer cells in rat retinal I/R injury mod...
In my next lawyer life, I would like to do some serious class action work in male pheromone or enhancement products that fail. Mega-Doers in the Profession: See the ABA Journal's interesting piece, which echos my thoughts on how powerful GCs have become, called The Rise of General Counsel...
By this leftist ideology I mean mainly maintaining a large state. The JVP started talking of inequality of income distribution recently. In the policy statement of Rapid Response released during Covid time, they were focusing on criticizing the open economy in toto. It went on to state, “Intr...
In conversation and writing, lots of non-experts--I am not an expert on this, are you?--employ the narcissism lexicon glibly and confidently to describe all kinds of bad behavior as if everyone knows exactly what they mean. One problem with this is that nearly everyone who does it (like...